Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-03-14
COMMON COUNCIL.

At a regular meeting OF the Common COun.
Gil of the city of Alexandris, Va, held March
$4,000, there were present.:
Messrs. Trimyer, Burke, snOwden, Moore,
Desmond, Pat, Hsrisop Appicb, Smith,
Lawler, Ficklin, Evans and Kelly.
| In the absence Of the President Hubert
Snowden, esq, was elected President pro
tenn.
| The joint committee On Light, Finance and
General Laws by vote Of eight to one, rel
commended the passage OF an ordinance to
provide for the creation of the ofics nj
and the election of Superintendent of Gas
and to define his duties and powers. Tho
| ordinance was read the second and third times
and passed. Aye. 13, noes o.
| An ordinance prohibiting the putting up of
signs or advertisements of paper. wood, meta
or other material on the telephone tele.
graph, electric light, or electric railway poles.
\ in the city OF AlexsndTis, was read the first.
second and third times and passed. Ayes ID
noes o.
resolution sppropriatng $25 to remove
the signs now on the poles was unanimously
| adopted.
A resolution appropristing $50 to put in
fagstone crossing on the south side OF Queen
street, across Alfred street, was unanimously
| adopted.
A resolution appropriating $3.50 to cut 500
feet of fsgstone and 300 feet of curb from
the canal locks WAS unanimously adopted.
resolution appropriating 800 or Is much
thereof 10 may be necessary to remove the
| earth from portion of the deposit Of gravel
| on Il city's proplrty ut the canal locks, was
adopted.
resolution appropristing $3.50 to put In
the necessary catch basins and sewer connef
tons at Prince and Pitt streets, at Prince
and Patrick and on east side of Henry street
south OF Prince street, was adopted.
A report from the Committee on Public
Property recommending the laying Of Q vitri.
fed brick floor ia the Columbia engine house
at ost not to exceed $3.50, the work to be
done after specifications have been drawn nv
the City Engineer, was presented by Mr..
SnowdeD, chairman, and unanimously
adopted.
A petition from DR.. Geo. T. Klips.ein fer
permission to erect frame back building At
lib south Patrick street, was granted. pro-
vided adjoining property owners give consent.
resolution approprIating the sum of 1925
TO build pipe sewer from the Pitt street
sewer for 40 feet into the first alley north
OF Cameron street, between Pitt and Roy 81
streets, was unanimously adopted,
The following was referred to tho Commit.
tee or Finance; A bill of Gardner l.. Bootbe.
Corporation Attorney: for preparing an ordi.
nance for prohibiting signs on p,les. &c
amount So. Also the following commupics.
ton from the Auditor:
Alexsndris, Va, March 10
To the Honorable City Council:
Gentlemen-The appropriation for Outdoor
Poor amounting to $4,000, IS provided fer
In the appropriation bill, approved June Ia
1899, and aso the sdd tioDal appropriations
made on February b 1900 Of 5000. and
February 18th, 5000, total So 200, has bsen
expended. l have also the honor 10 inform
you that allowing for salaries of EMPLOYEES
for the bslsnce of the fiscal year ending MAY
81, 1900, the $4,000 appropriated Tor the
Fire Department is also exhsu sted.
Very respectfully,
E. F. PRICE, Auditor,
The following were referred 10 theCommta
on General Laws: A communication from the
Co operst We Charities Association OF Alexan.
dris; slso an ordinance prohibiting persons
under the age of sixteen years from remain.
ing or being found upon the streets or alleys |
of the city after certain hours at night
The following were referred to the Commit. |
tee on Streets: A resolution appropriating |
$50 to lay pipe under Fairfax street at the |
intersection OF Jefferson street, also petition |
for pipe sewer to be laid from King street |
sewer northward in the alley opening into st. |
Asaph street, between Washington and ST.
Asaph streets; also resolution sppropriating
$3.50 to repair cutters on King street; also .
resolution sppropristing $3.50 to repair Cam
eron street from Columbus to Alfred street:
also resolution sppropriating SITS to take
oat cutters and repair the intersection of Pitt
and Prince, Prince and Columbus, and Prince
and Patrick stIeets; also q resolution appro-
pristing $3.50 to repsve Duke street from
to Alfred street.
A report from the joint committee on
Streets and General Laws recommending that
he Wsahingt and southern Rail-