The times., 1898-10-12
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.
First Meetips sof the City Council
SINCE Vacation.

S1nce Vacation.
Alexandra, va, Oct 1.-THE first meet
ing of the city council since the Summer.
vacation was held tonight and many mat
ters pertaining to street improvements
were REFERRED to the committee on streets.
A resolutionJdirecting the committee on
public property and the board of fire war
dens to report the cost of bell to be
placed in the tower of the new Hydraulion
engine house was introduced by Mr.. Uh-
Ter and referred to the committee on pub
lie property.
The petition of Mrs. III. Atkinson for
permission to repair frame residence on
upper Duke Street within the fire limits,
was granted.
A communication was received from
Chief Engineer George Pettey, asking for
an increase of salary from $50 to $50 per
annum IL was explained that the present
chlet, since the apparatus of the depart
rnent had been drawn to fires by horses,
mad provided himself with a horse and
wagon Tor the purpose of aiding in re-
spending promptly to alarms of fire. and
the proposed increase is asked for the
purpose of defraying the expenses of
maintaining the chiefs team. The matter
was referred to the committee on finance.
Petitions OF A. T. Rollins for new curb
ing at Patrick and Duke Streets. and of
William +. Lambert at Royal and Duke
Streets, were referred to the committee
on streets
Petitions for crossings at West and
Duke Streets and at Duke and Patrick
Streets were also referred to the commit
tee on streets. as were also petitions of
John McCuen, of North Patrick Street.
and Mrs. +. w. Nichols, of South Royal
Street, for permission to repair frame
buildings within the fire limits
communication was read from the
tenants of benches in the country por-
| ton of the market building asking that
the present system of lighting the mar
/ ket area of electric lights be replaced
| by gas. The matter was referred TO the
| commissioners of the sinking fund.
letter was read by the clerk signed by
! c. F. Neal. in which the latter stated that
| he had offered to furnish to the city en-
| gineer curbing at AZ cents per foot, while
contract had been awarded by the city
! to M. H. Smith. of Baltimore, for curb
/ ing for the proposed King Street i'm
! provement at 70 cents per foot. The COM
| munication led to a lengthy discussion
| and revealed the fact that slx-inch gran
| ite curbing is being purchased by the
| city at 35 cents per linear foot and that
| the contract entered into between Mr..
| Smith and the committee on streets at 20
/
concrete
The of $3.50 was appropriated for
| the purchase of granite curbing at 35
cents per linear foot.
Mrs. Annie Barry died at Linconia
Fairfax County last night. Her remains
were forwarded to New York this even
ing for interment
The first annual meeting of the Wom-
| ans Home Missionary Society convened
| in the ME-. Church South at 2:3O this
afternoon.ss "A session was also held to-
night. Tomorrpw the sessions viii be
continued, at which time officers for the
ensuing year will be elected Quite a
large number of delegates are in at
| tendance
Lieut.. Smith has recovered a bicycle
that was stolen from Benjamin Reiss in
Washington in August. Robert BeaIl.
In whose possession it was found says
he traded his bicycle for it to a colored
member of an Ohio regiment
Isaac Schwarz, one of the oldest and
! most prominent merchants of this city,
died at his residence, on King Street. at
6 O'Clock this evening. in his sixty-four;h h
| year, after long illness from a COM
plication OF diseases. Mr. Schwarz came
TO Alexandria when a boy, and at the
| breaking etft of the war between the
states left here as a member of the Mt.
| Vernon Guards. Seventeenth Virginia
Regiment, and was engaged in the first
battle of Bull Run. After receiving an
honorable discharge from the Confederate
! army he returned to- his adopted home
and engaged in the dry goods business,
| which he has successfully followed ever
since. Since the death of his wife, some
! three years ago. he has continued to
fail in health, and on one occasion. about
! six months since. his death was reported
in Washington paper. Mr.. schwarz
| leaves four children. Arrangements for
the funeral have not yet been completed,
but it will probably take place on Thurs
! day with Masonic honors, the deceased
| having been a member OF Alexandria
| Washington Lodge, of this city.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the
| ordination of Rev. Father I Y. McCar-
thy to the priesthood will be appropri-
| ately celebrated by the Young Mems
Sodality Lyceum tomorrow night.