The times., 1899-07-26
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.


monthly meeting of the city council was
Boothe, through the committee on general
laws. submitted an opinion. under a reso-
luton of the council. directing him to re-
port the power OF the Legislature to amend
! the charter of the Alexandria Water Com
pany. The opinion is voluminous and COM
prehensive. The attorney stated that tho
cnsrter contained no repeating clause and
could not be amended unless its terms were
violated by the water company: as the
stock OF the company is now taxed. the
council cannot assess a special tax on the
company unless by general act OF the
Legislature covering all water companies
within the State; the Legislature cannot
regulate the water tax TO patrons OF the
company except as a sanitary measure The
following resolution, offered by Alderman
Hill, was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That committee OF three be
appointed. two by the president OF the COM
mon council and one by the president OF
the board of aldermen. who are hereby au-
thorized to communicate with the bond
holders of the city OF Alexandria. and as
certain il they will accept par for their
bonds, and the same time ascertain II tbs
city can borrow the money on forty-fear
bond at per cent interest. with which
to pay of the entire present Indebtedness
of the city
An adverse report from the committee Oh
general laws on a resolution providing for
dispensing with an examination of candi-
dates for the office OF city engineer was
adopted. On Recommendation from the
committee on streets. 5000 was appropriated
for constructing a twenty-foot roadway In
Pitt Street. between Duke and Wolfe
Streets, and $500 for constructing road
way in Gibbon Street. from Washington to
Pitt
An appropriation OF s275 was made to
complete the construction of the sewer In
South Pitt Street.
petition OF ]. d. H. Lunt and others
for the construction of sewer In South
Columbus Street was referred to the COM
mittee on streets
A petition of NJ B. Harlow and others
for the construction of a sewer in the alley
bounded by King, Prince, Royal, and Fair
fax Streets was granted.
The committee on streets was authorized
to construct pipe cutters at King and West
Streets
joint resolution was introduced by Mr..
Smith providing for the payment of the
claims of Drs. Howard, Jones. Purvis. Mil
Ter. Snowden, Gibson, and Quackenbush.
for services rendered during the smallpox
epidemic. Mr.. Smith urged that these were
legitimate claims and that the city had
been threatened with lawsuit If the coun-
Gil failed to act, as the matter had been
pending for months. Mr.. Snowden op-
posed the payment of the bills until they
had been considered by the proper COM
mittee of the present council and moved
their reference. Mr.. Smith withdrew his
resolution and on motion of Mr.. Snowden
the matter was referred to the committee
on claims.
A resolution providing for $500 to con-
struct a roadway in Henry Street, and a
resolution directing the city engineer to
remove the fence in West Gibbon, west of
Patrick Street, back to the building line.
were referred to the street committee. as
was also a petition of property owners in
West Duke Street for the removal of a
frame building at Duke and Payne Streets.
which, it is claimed, was erected without
proper authority having been obtained.
j. A. Bergman was granted permission
to repair his residence at 120 North Pat
rick Street, which was damaged by fire.
A resolution was adopted that the coun-
ell adjourn to meet on the second Tuesday
in October.
Motor car No. /, of the Washington.
Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric
Railway, which left Washington at 3
O'Clock this afternoon. jumped the track
at the head of King Street, in this city,
and plunged into a ditch The car was
crowded with passengers. but no one was
injured, and but little damage resulted to
the car. Motorman Burke used the air
and exerted his best efforts to check the
speed OF the car, which he did not leave
until it landed in the ditch. The passen-
gers were transferred to another car and
brought into the city. Conductor Pickett
was in charge of the train. A defective
iiange is said to have caused the accident.
A civil service examination for the
grade Of storekeeper and gauger in the
Internal Revenue Service was held at the
Government building in this city today.
The examination was conducted by y. F.
Featherstone, r. W. Whaley, and George
f. Kesgan. About forty applicants were
examined. The result will not be made
known for some weeks.
Hon. Frank Hume today publicly an
nouneed his candidacy for the House of
Delegates.
Councilman II. r. Burke, on account OF
i'll health, left today for the country.
Herbert Gray. six-year-old colored
boy, while skylarking with several com
panions On the old fair grounds this even
ing, WIS struck on the head with a stone
and badly injured. He was removed to
his home. 313 North Payne Street.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Robert
E. Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans, will
give an excursion to River View tomor-
row.
DEATH HOAX FOR INSURANCE.