Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-10
CITY &C yNClL.

pose of receiving the report Of the COM
lniticc on streets on the ordinances per
mittin5 the Real Estate Improvement
Company of Baltimore to lay tracks
across the Strand, between Duke and
Wolfe streets, to connect the same
with those of the Virginia Midland
Railway on Union street, to lay tracks
on Wolfe street, and to enclose the
Strand with gates, which are to be
kept open during the day. The session
was short, the business presented being
transacted with but little debate.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Six Aldermen were present and the
matters presented were acted upon ex-
peditiously.
The committee appointed to ascer-
tain whether the city or the Virginia
Midland Railway Company should keep
Union street in repair, presented an
ordinance amending an ordinance to
authorize the railroad company to lay
turnouts on Union street, whereby it
was provided that said company should
be liable to a fine of - dollars fer
every day they should neglect to make
needed repairs after ten days notice.
President Marbury could not see the
utility of the ordinance, and asked if
the company had ever refused 10 act af-
ter having been Officially notified. He
thought the matter should be let alone
until that was demonstrated.
Mr.. Leadbeater said the committee
hol laft n a of nv 10 l.
in the ordinance, and suggested that
some nominal amount be fixed by
Council. He moved that ten dollars be
inserted, which motion was seconded
by Mr.. Hinken.
Mr.. Lindsay said the company would
doubtless do the work when properly
notified. All heavy hauling was done
over that thoroughfare, and it would
be imposing no hardship upon the rail
road authorities to require them to
have the repairing done.
Mr.. Leadbeater moved that twenty"
instead of 'ten" days notice be in
serted.
MIR. Hinken thought ten days notice
sufficient time to be given, after which
period the company could be fined ten
dollars day for each day the work re-
NAMED undone.
The ordinance was finally passed
with Mr.. Leadbeater's amendments.
Mr. Leadbeater, from the committee
on streets. presented the three ordl-
nances in reference to the building by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany of depot in the city-the clos
ing of the Strand the crossing of the
Strand and the connection and paving
on Wolfe and Union streets. He ex-
planned the purport of the ordinances
and they were passed unanimously.
He also presented a petition from
Messrs. j. w. Roberts and A. w. Har-
rison, of the Road Commissioners Of
Mt. Vernon district, Fairfax county,
asking Council to macadamize or repair
south Patrick street in order 10 furnish
a suitable approach to the new iron
bridge over Hunting creek. The paper
went to the committee Cn streets.
Mr.. Sweeney then presented the re-
port OF the special committee appointed
10 confer with members Of the Board
Of Supervisors of Alexandria county
in reference to division of the old
court house and Jail property. The
committee and the Supervisors, as has
been previously stated, agreed to ex
pose the same for sale at public auction
in July, 1895.
The report was adopted and the AL
dermen adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
The board held an adjourned meet
ing last night. Very considerable
drumming was needed to get together
quorum of the board. The telephone
was used az far as it would go, but the
wind had disarraDged some of the wires,
and even electricity failed for awhile TO
secure the nine members necessary for
a quorum. At last, near 8 o'clock, q
quorum was secured.
The ordinance authorizing the Vir-
gnia Midland r. r. Co. to lay turn outs
ON Union street was received from the
Aldermen with three amendments and
the action of the Aldermen was con-
Cured in.
The ordinance authorizing the Real
Estate and Improvement Company of
Baltimore TO use certain portions of
Wolfe, Union and Potomac streets for
tracks of the B. & 0. r. r.; to place
pavements on the sidewalk at the prop
erty of the railroad company on Wolfe
and Union streets, and to place gates
upon Potomac Strand, to be open in the
day but closed at night, were received
from the Aldermen and read.
Mr.. Uhler said he did nor desire to
obstruct the operations of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, but
no saw no provision in the ordinance to
compel the B. Il 0. company to observe
the grade of the streets.
Mr.. Cation declared that omission to
have been an oversight, and introduced
an amendment as follows "And that
all such tracks conform to the grade of
the street." The amendment was
adopted and all the ordinances agreed
to.
When the special committee reported
that il had agreed with the county SUI
pervisors upon plan for selling the
court house and Jail,
Mr.. Fisher thought that Council
should proceed cautiously in this mat
ter so as not to become involved in liti-
CATION or nave to build new Jail.
Oh his motion the subject was laid on
the table to be considered hereafter.
The communication Of the road over
seers of Mt. Vernon district, Fairfax
county, in regard to macadamizing the
south end of Patrick street was referred
and the board adjourned.