Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-29
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field had told him there "ou'' -
crease Mz Burke asked if the increase seine Gla
aa. .;.a from Mr.. Moore's oV1 0nsiNo
room. II that he had
Capt. q. Bryant from the city with
bought his PRONG that he was to erect
the understactory thereon. He had
fert'large sum of money in the cree.
srl of the works, put up costly wharf
and he was now asking for the right to
renew the works. He explained his
intention in regard to the erection of
the building. he said he heard there
was objection and he conferred with Mr..
Moore, whereupon Mr.. Moore said he
had no objection to the erection of the
frame building if it did not increase his
insurance. On inquiry, Mr.. Warfeld,
insurance agent, had said that there
would be no increase in insurance rates
but further inquiry showed that the in
crease was on account of an extension
of Mr.. Moore's plant with an engine
room and boiler. he was willing to
do whatever good citizen could do
towards eliminating the risk. The risk
was greater on planning mills, s per
CENT; on machine shops, with boilers,
etc, per cent, while on fertilizer fac
tories it was but per cent. So that it
was evident fertilizer factories did not
make serious fire risk. The fire did
not originate in his engine room, for af-
ter the confagration was over next
morning, the fires in his engine room
remained intact. No one could guard
against an inceniary and his plant had
been set on fire.
Some questions arose as to the erec-
ton of frame building on the south
side of Duke street after January IA,
1897, when all permits stood repealed.
Capt. Bryant said that the permit for
that building had been granted and the
work was underway when the order
resembling all permits Was passed. He
consulted the Mayor, who decided that
the resembling order did not apply to
his case as the work had been begun.
After further discussion,
Capt. Bryant repeated that there had
never been an ouace of inf1amable ma
terial in mis- building. No calculating
process ever took place in his mill.
The motion of Mr.. Greene for refer.
ence to special committee was lost
yeas 8, nays 10.
Mr.. Greene moved further that Coun-
Gil bind Capt Bryant 80 that the build
ing shall be erected under the super
vision of the City Engineer and of the
committee on streets, and be 80 protect.
ed by corrugated iron or other fire proof
material as not to be dangerous to the
surrounding property, and in this shape
it was agreed to without objection.
An order giving Superintendent
Shock, who is in charge of the outdoor
poor, $25 for extra services, came up.
After discussion, in which Mr..
Strider urged that MIR. Shock was en-
titled to this pay for extra work, it
was explained that Mr.. Shock had con-
tinued his services by direction of the
Mayor after the regular time.
Further discussion by Messrs. Cation,
| Fannon, Uhler and others led to the
adoption OF an order introduced by Mr..
Uhler appropriating S25 as q contingent
fund to be paid out by the Mayor. This
was done with the instruction that it
shall be paid to Mr. Shock.
Mr.. Burke called up the resolution,
''That, after the LIST of July, no fire ap-
aratus shall be taken from the city
except for fire service, or by consent of
the City Council"
Mr.. Cation said that the matter bore
on the law governing the fire wardens
and should be carefully considered.
The paper was referred to the COM
mittee on general laws.
Mr.. Beach introduced resolution OF
thanks to Mr.. Hubert Snowden, presi-
dent of the board, for his impartial dis
charge of his duties as president, which
was unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Snowden replied, thanking the
Council. He had, he said, endeavored
to be fair and impartial in all his rul-
ings and was conscious of no occasion
where he had offended any member Of
the board. If he had done so, however,
he asked now to Withdraw any express
sion which had not been perfectly kind
ly. His term had been pleasant one
and he cordially thanked the members
for the support which they had uni
formly given him. He was sorry to
say good bye" to the old members who
would not return, and he hoped that
their successors would prove as worthy
and faithful as they had been.
After short interval he declared the
council adjourned sine die.