Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-18
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ton street and said sit has not been i'm
proved since George Washington sur.
veyed it," They proposed the plan
submitted by the Business Mems
League.
The plan submitted by the commit
tee provided for twenty six foot park
in the centre of Washington street,
with twenty-foot driveway on either
side, next to the sidewalks, which are
eighteen feat in width. The parking is
to have stone coping its entire length.
The street. at present is partly paved
with cobblesones
Mr.. Smith moved that the plan Of
parking, &c., be adopted.
Mr.. Trimyer opposed the narrowing
of the roadway on this street. He ia.
vored paving, not parking.
Mr.. Smith urged that it would cost
S. 900 per square to pave Washington
street, aud this was the cheapest if not
the only plan of paving Washington
street. There had been much discus
sion, but no other way had been
shown.
Mr.. Burke was opposed TO any new
work on streets until the city has an
engineer. The next engineer might
have entirely new and different plans
for street work.
Mr.. Smith said that the work had
already been laid out by Engineer
CoIse. IL was dtsled to adopt plan
and if this one did not suit it could be
changed. lie did not want obstacles
thrown IN the way. When the plan
was adopted sn engineer and the ways
and means would follow.
Mr.. SDowden said that the plan pro-
posed would destroy the beauty of
Washington street by running tow
paths along il; further the city had no
right to narrow streets, for the streets
belonged to the property holders, many
of whom would stop the work by in
junction. The cost of double row of
curbinR would 60 far toward paving
the streets.
Mr.. Smith said he had called on two
thirds of the property holders and they
made no objection. He did not think
there wouli be any Injunction.
Mr.. Snowden said that one property
holder could stop the work and it should
be understood how and by whom the
work is to be done. He first wanted to
know if the property owners on the
street would pay part Of the cost, or
if the entire expense would be borne
by the city; who the engineer would be
and where the money for the work was
coming from. He wanted Washington
street improved properly. He opposed
the entire plan of improvement as SUBJ
mitted by the Business Mems League
For these gentlemen he had the great
est respect, but did not believe that they
knew any more about street improve
ments than did the members of the
City Council. He asked, Why don't the
members of the Business Mems Lea2ue
go before the people and come to coun-
Gil He did not think that their plan
should be adopted. One member of the
street committee had already expressed
to him his opposition to the plan. Mr..
SnoWden then said that the plan as
proposed ny the league of building an
expensive sewer down Wythe street to
the river, and also emptying the sew
erage of the western part of the city
into Hoofi's run at Duke street, was Ut
! terly impracticable and he hoped it
would be defeated.
The report was then rejected, to 6
The vote will be found 10 the official
report.
A resolution sppropriating $500 for a
20 feet roadway on Alfred street, be-
tween Oronoco and Pendletop, was in.
troduced.
Mr.. Lawler and Mr.. Burke urged
that such work should cease until the
city had chief engineer.
After further discussion the subject
was, on motion OF Mr.. Lawler, laid on
the table.
Mr.. Burke submitted letter from
Corporation Attorney Boothe on
resolution calling for his opinion of sec.
ton of the city charter governing
the time within which the Mayor shall
send veto message to council. Mr..
Boothe is OF the opinion that when the
Mayor retains for three days bill SUBJ
mitted to him without objs ction it be-
comes law. He can, however, com.
municate his objection either to the
President or to the Clerk of the board
in which the measure originated with
out calling Council together.
Mr.. Snowden moved that the Alder
men be invited in convention with this
board to elect City Engineer.
Mr.. Smith said that an examination |
would be necessary and q board of ex-
aminers could soon be gotten,
Mr.. Snowden said he wished to be |
perfectly frank. At present there was
only one man eligible, and that was
Mr.. E. Q. Dunn. 1t was an open secret
that Mr.. Dunn had resigned in May be.
cause he knew there would be opposi-
ton to his election and that rather than
be harrassed by elections he bad ac-
cepted a government position. Mr..
Snowden then went on to say that he
did not know whether or not Mr.. Dunn
would accept the position, but that if
be did the city would save the expense
of an examination and money in various
ways He said the money spent by Mr..
DUN bad been used to better advan.
tage than the money spent by his pre-
decessors and by those who followed
him. He then spoke of work that
had recently been done and that had to
be done over again, and said the work
this year had cost much more than
during the corresponding period of last
year.
Mr.. Smith had spoken with Mr..
Dunn just before he left, and he never
expressed any fears of his reelection.
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