Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-09


the deadlock, and he put in nomination
Mr.. Robert E. Knight.
Mr.. Burke seconded the nomination.
The first ballot resulted: Stansbury,
(; Knight, 4, and the same vote was
cast in the two succeeding ballots.
Mr.. Smoot moved to postpone the
election.
Mr.. Ballenger thought the matter
should be settled once for all.
Mr.. Hinken, after consulting Mr..
stansbury, withdrew that gentleman's
name.
Mr.. Smoot moved the election of Mr..
Knight, and that the president cast the
vote.
Mr.. Knight was then declared
elected.
Mr.. Ballenger offered the following
resolution
Be it ordered that the tax collector
do advertise the delinquent tax list in
both the local papers.
Mr.. Burke thought that one paper
should publish the list, and not put
the city to an extra expense.
Mr.. Bsllenger could not agree with
| MIR. Burke. He said that great many
people took one paper and did not take
the other.
Mr.. Sweeney said he recognized the
fact that some people got one or the
other paper, but he wanted to know
whether the city was bound to one par
ticular paper. He said he did not
know whether the City Council had
any specific contract with one paper or
not.
Mr.. Smoot said he thought council
ought to know what they were to pay
for publishing the list.
Mr.. Hinken moved that the resolu-
ton he referred TO the committees on
finance and general laws, and be re-
ported at the next meeting of council,
which was adopted.
When the resolution instructing the
committee on public property to confer
with the commissioners of Alexandria
county came in from the common
council,
Mr.. Sweeney stated that the county
authorities would refuse to sell por-
ton of the court house property:
Mr.. Burke asked if they would sell
lot or portion of the property.
Mr.. Sweeney thought not.
The action of the common council
was finally concurred in.
The board then proceeded to tie
chamber of the common council for the
purpose of participating in the election
of the city officers, aud upon their re-
turn adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
After the reading of the minutes of
the last meetings had been dispensed
with the clerk read communication
from the board of Police Commission
ers recommending an increase of four
additional privates ON the police force.
The matter was referred to the COM
mite on finance.
A petition from Mrs. E. r. Burson
praying for rebate of taxes on her
property was reported from the com
mittee ON finance adversely, and the
report was adopted.
The committee on streets reported
unfavorable on petition from E. NJ.
Anderson for permission to erect a
frame house in the rear OF the build
ing on the northeast corner of Duke
and St. Asaph streets.
The matter precipitated some de-
bate, the idea prevailing that if the
line was to be drawn here, and no more
petitions of like character be granted,
the committees report should be
adopted. Heretofore number of
frame houses have been erected within
the FIRE limits by permission of council.
The report against the erection of the
building was adopted.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Strider,
that conference be had between the
public property committee of Council
and the county commissioners regard
ing the county court house, on Column
bus street, and the city Jail, owned
jointly by the city and county,
and arrive at some satisfactory
conclusion as to an equal division
of the property was passed. Mr.. Strider
stated that if the city intended building
an engine house on the corner of
Columbus aud Queen street for the
Hydraulion Fire Company, something
definite regarding the possession of che
lot between the city and county auth
critics should be attained.
Mr.. Cation said the matter had been
previously reported upon, and nothing
had resulted.
Mr.. Strider replied that something
might be done now, as the personnel Of
the City Council and county commits
sioners had both changed to some ex-
tent since the matter had been last be-
fore Council.
A letter was read from the Wishing
ton Southern Railway addressed to N.
P. T. Burke, chairman of the commit
tee on streets, asking permission to lay
an extra track on Fayette street, from
Oronoco to Duke streets, the railroad
agreeing, if permission he given them,
to pave the street, gutter and curb the
same and lay an eight foot sidewalk on.
both sides ofthe street, in addition or
fencing in the track.
Mr.. Burke spoke in favor of the ps-
tition, which was subsequently refer
red to the committee on streets.
An ordinance was offered by Mr.. Ca
ton dividing the Office of dispenser of
medicines, and dividing the city into two
districts, east of St. Asaph street to be the
eastern district and west of that street
to be western district, and electing two
dispensers, one for each district. TIL,
resolution was passed, and when the two