Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-27
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ht regular iutcliuR VI tuc COmInOu COun'
Gil of the city of Alexandria, Va, held Feb
ruary 9th. 1895, there were present:
Hubert Snowden. esq, President, and
Messrs Burke. Thompson. Moore, Fisher
Kraft, Beach, Mushbach, Harrison, Strider
Uhler, Evans and McCuen.
A communication from his honor, the
Mayor, with the recommendation that the
aims house be supplied with water from the
Alexandria Water Company's main, and also
that a fire plug and hose be put in con.
venient place for use by the keeper of the
aims house In case of necessity, was received
and referred to the Committee on Public
Property.
The Committee ON Streets, report recon.
mending the passage Of the following resolu-
ton and accompanying ordinance, was
adopted:
Resolved, That the City Council instruct
the Superintendent of Police to build bulk
head on the east side Of Union street from the
south side of Queen street to south end of the
Wheat mill property. All st.ne used to be
taken from the caual and the sum of $500 is
hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as
may be necessary. The work to be done un-
der the supervision of the Committee on
Streets.
An ordinance to repair the east side of
OAAoA sSiCOIi bObNOCn QuCCu dlu IIluCpSS
streets by building and constructing bulk.
head from the pr,Te'ty Of Daingerfield on the
south to heats mall GU the north, and for
the assessment of the cost thereof and the
collection of the same under the 33rd section
of the city charter, favorably reported by the
Committee on Streets was read three times
and passed by the following vote:
Ayes, Messrs. Burke, Thompson, Moore
Fisher, Kraft, Beach Mushbach, Harrison
Uhler, Evans and Mr. Presidential. Noes,
none.
An ordinance for curbing the west side of
Union street from the south side of Duke
,treet to tho north side of Wolfe, street, and
for the assessment of the cost thereof and the
collection OF the same under the 33rd section
of the city charter, also favorably reported by
the Committee on Streets, was read three
times and passed by the following vote:
Ayes, Messrs. Burke. Thompson, Moore,
Fisher, Kraft, Beach, Mushbach, Harrison,
-trider. Uhler, Evans, McCuen and Mr. Presi.
ient-13. Noes, none.
The Committee on General Laws report
recommending the passage of an ordinance
creating the Office Of inspector of buildings,
was received and made the special and con.
t;nuing order for the next regular meeting
III Council.
A Communication from tho Auditor notify
ng Council Of tho exhaustion Of the appro-
,r;ation for the chain gang WAS referred to
the Committee on Finance.
The petition of Herbert Knight for Council
. pay DR.. T. II. Jones's bill against him for
Professional services made necessary by reason
II an injury received by him while assisting
An officer to make sn arrest on January 19,
1894, was referred to the Committee on
,aims with the request that Mr. Knight be
c,lled before the committee.
The petition Of Vim. E. Hammersley and
others for the abatement of the nuisance
caused by an imperfection in the construction
of the Henry street sewer was referred to the
Committee on Streets.
The report Of the joint committees of
finance, general laws and light recommend
ing that thu committees be authorized to ad.
vertise and receive bids for the lease Of the
city gas works, the right to reject any and all
laid on the table, and the committee dis.
charged ON further consideration of the
matter by 6 vote of ayes. 7 noes, 6.
Mr.. Mushbach moved reconsideration of
the vote by which the report was laid on the
table; the Chair decided that Mr. Mushbach
bad not voted with the majority, therefore
could not make the motion to reconsider Mr..
Mushbach appealed from the decision of the
Chair, and upon rising vote the decision OF
the Chair was sustained by vote OF ayes, 7 !;
noes, 2.
An ordinance to permit the Washington,
Alexandris and Mount Vernon Electric Rail.
way Compsny to connect It's tracks with the
tracks of the Southern Railway Company at
or near the intersection Of Wilkes and Royal
streets, and to permit the Southern Railway
Company to connect its tracks with the tracks
Of the Washington, Alexandna and Mount