Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-26
CITY COUNCIL.

The board was called to order at
three minutes past eight o'clock. Six
members were present, including the
President.
After the reading of the minutes q
lull followed, as no business was pre-
scented.
At twenty minutes to 8 o'clock res
olutiou appropriating small sums for
the purchase of curbstones was receiy-
ed from the Common Council and their
action concnrred in. Some other rou-
tine business from the lower board was
presented and concurred in.
Another intermission followed, and
lie was ten minutes past o'clock be-
fore proceedings were renewed when
batch of papers which had been acted
upon by the Common Council came in.
The clerk proceeded 10 read them and
the action of the lower board was con-
CURED in without debate.
At twenty minutes to 10 o'clock Mr..
Beach, from the Common Council, APP
peared in the chamber and announced
that the lower board was ready TO ad
journ. A few minuteG later the Alder
men adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
The Common Council held its regu-
lar meeting last night.
Mr.. Greene, from the committee on
general laws, reported an ordinance re-
curing electric railway trains to stop at
each crossing on King street. He said
this was one of three railway measures
proposed some time ago. Two had
been passed and this mad been laid
over. It was now time to pass it.
Mr.. Smith suggested that the pas
sage of this ordinance would mean an
increase of ten or more minutes in the
schedule time between this city and
Washington aud this delay would re-
quire the workingmen going to Wash.
lngton to start earlier and so be an an
uoyance to them.
The subject was laid over at the sug-
ges;ion OF Mr.. Greene until the next
meeting.
Mr.. Smith introduced bill to app-o-
pria,e 81, 900 to grade and gravel Glib
bon street from Henry to Washington.
He said that this appropriation had in
substance been agreed to by majority
but had been postponed until after the
appropriation bill passed.
Mr.. Greene favored passing the ap-
preparation
Mr.. Snowden feared that if the city
did this work it would be an end to
any work under the 33d section Of the
charter which requires property hold
ers to pay one-thlrd of the street re-
pairs.
Mr.. Ficklin said the proposal was
made by the Gibbon street property
holders in 1897 and was deferred with
the understanding that it would be
soon passed. The original amount was
81 900 or about $3.50 per square.
Mr.. Uhler did not think that this ap-
preparation could be made except at
the risk of invalidating the SD section
in other cases. He was willing to vote
that the city should pay one.third OF
the cost, the residue to be paid by the
property holders.
Mr.. Snowden appealed to Mr.. Flick
. lin to allow the matter to go over un-
til the next meeting Of Council so that
the paving question now in court might
be first settled. He said q mandsmus
had been issued to compel the electric
railway to do certain street work, and
be thought it best to await the decision
of the court on this subject.
Mr.. Greene said that the mandamus
suit would fail because the City Council
had never made any special order d.
recting the Commemorative Attorney
to bring the suit.
The subject was laid over for two
weeks.
The street committee reported in ia
vor of allowing repairs 10 the dwelling
OF Mrs. Nichols, on Pitt street, in
jured by the late fire.
The protest of a number of adjoin-
ing property holders against the re-
building of frame house within fire
limits. was read.
Mr.Smith and Mr.. Birrell thought Mira.
Nichols was going TO repair the house
at cost of $l05, not TO rebuild it, aud
it was the only resource of widow.
Mr.. Snowden suggested that no one
desired to do an injury to a widow but
he thought that the protest of the
neig hboring citizens should be consid-
cred.
Mr.. Trimyer urged that the fact that
only S105 would be required to restore
the dwelling showed that it was not re.
building. The Mayor had belived that
the house could be repaired; the City
Engineer thought it would have to be
rebuilt
The subject was laid over.
The City Engineer reported that Mr..
G. F. Neale had submitted an offer to
furnish blue stone for curbing at AZ
cents per foot, but better stone was Of
fered by Messrs. Smith & Co. at 50
cents, and the King street work was
given to the lowest bidder. The report
was received aud afterwards long let
ter from Mr. Nesle was read.
a ember-1s that all ?
A motion to receive the committees
report was carried.
Mr.. Smith, recurring to the letter Of
Mr.. c. F. Neale, jokingly moved that
it be referred to the committee on gen.
eral laws.
Mr.. Greene, chairman of that commit
tee, said be was willing to take the re.
sponsibility of making sD Investigation
into the complaint of Mr. Neale.
Mr.. strider urged that there WIS nothing
to investigate. Nr. Neae had sent to Council
in his letter statement of private converse
lions, which was violation of confidence.
Mr. Greene urged that if Mr. Neale had
grievance he was citizen OF the town and
should have fair play.
A ember-"What is his grievance
To- ind