Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-09
COMMON COUNCIL.

At regular meeting of the Copmon Conn
Gil of Alexandria, Va, he'd March Sth 1Ng-.
there were present:
Hubert snowden, esq, President ant
SIessrs. Trimyer, Alton Moore, c. Moore
strider, Latham Birrell Beach, Brill. Bar
rison, Greene, Smith, Uh er, White. Ficslr
and Kelly.
A communication from the Hon. Geo. j.
Simpson, Mayor enclosing report from NJ
James Bayne, expert accountant, on record
matters in clerks Office OF tie City Gas Wors
since June L, 1897, was received aud Iefer.,.
| 10 the Committee on Light
! ! he President presented the following
Resolved, That Mr. James Bayne. expert
accountant. who has been engaged upon lie
looks of the City Gas Works be further ell.
gagged to examine and report on the condition
of the books in the city gas office for two
| years prior to June LIST. 1897, at a compeuss-
ton to be agreed upon by the Mayor and CHS
Auditor. The resolution was adopted lyo-
| 10; noes. 6
The Finance Committee reported Adversely
on the petition of Mr.. c Ashby Blsden
reduction in delinquent taxes on property .
lO2l Queen street and the report was unu.
mously adopted.
| The following was referred to the Comm.
| tee on Streets An ordinance grading ana
paving King street from the west crossing @.
| Fairfax street to the east crossing of Roya
street, with sheet asphalt, asphalt block @,
ytrlhed BRICK; also proposition from iA,
Robert Portner Brewing Co. to furnish 4 suf
icient quantity of secondhand Belgian bloc.
to pave the east side of st. Asaph street, ic
tween Pendleton and Wythc streets, provid
ed the city will furnish the other nccessars
material and do the work: also petition iron.
II Nafl nd al.
grade and improve with gravel Alfred street
between Cameron and Queen streets also -
report from E. G. Dunn. City engineer ON
! condition OF sidewalks at Gil and G13 King
street, 1OS north Washington street go
King street, II south Alfred street, and 10
snd IL! south Patrick street; also al o-di-
nance to appropriate 81 600 to build a brick
sewer from Wilkes street To Duke street. on
Royal street; also resolution appropriate
$50 to Jay an 8 inch pipe on Wilkes street
from Union street 10 tho Potomac river.
The following was referred TO the Commit
tee on Finance: petition from Mrs. Lucy
N. House to refund Improvement tax smount-
ing to $3.50, which was paid by her late
husband on property on ameron street, be
tween Payne and West streets; alto petite,
from Miss Rebecca Smith for exemption of
taxes Oh property at northwest corner of
Queen and Lee streets.
The following were unanimously passed ~
the Common Council A resolution appropu
atng 5000 to purchase cast iron pipes o.
take out cutters across various streets also s
resolution providing that The resolution pas
ed at the last meeting of Council on this sut-
lect be, and Is hereby, repealed, and in iee
thereof the following be enacted That q.
City Engir Ger and Committee on Street. lr
empowe' ed and directed to set the curb
pave the gutter and lay tho sidewalk upon
the south side of Wolfe street, between
Asaph and Washington sire IS, the city
pay the whole cost of the work in front
the school property and Mr.. Charles King 10
pay his proportion of the cost of the work 80
front Of his property also resolution opprt
prlatiug 500 to gravel twenty. feet Toal-
way on Columbus street from First street o.
the corporation line also a resolution ipfra
priating S1OO to cut six Inch curb from tin
stone in the canal locks; also a petition no
Mrs Mary Entwisle for permission TO rc'l.
frame back building TO her house, 10. -
south Lee Street.
Dir. Smith called up the petition o r,
dents ana owners of property on Column
and Camera streets to compel the Nash.u-'
ton Alexandria and Noun, Vernon Raii"sg
Company 10 remove their tracks from
sireets.
motion to lay on the table was los;-ayes
I, noes 9
motion to lay over until tho rext NEE
ing was lost-syes I, noes 8.
A motion in favor Of the petitioners W.
adopted by the following vote;
Ayes, Me.srs. Trimyer, Alton Moore G. :.
Moore, Srider, Brill, Green. Smith, White
Fickin and Kelly-10 Noes, MessIs Lat'
am, RrrelI, Beach, Harrison, Uhler ard u r.
President-6.
The petition was returned from the Boaid
of Aldermen non.concurred in and referred u
the joint Committees on Streets and Finance.
] he Common Council receded from It's formci
action ard concurred in that Of the Board Oh
Aldermen.
The board then adjourned.
HUBERT SNOWDEN, President.
Teste: D. r. STAHSBURY. Clerk.
After years of untold suffering from piles,
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by using single box OF DeWitts Witeh
Hazel salve Skin diseases such as eczema,