Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-10-23

when the city was selling the property
in question st an advance OF l50 per
cent. He thought thst Council would
be placing itself 10 most peculiar posi-
ton II IL sustained the Mayors areu-
ment that the glass company had suf.
ficient ground for its needs. He said
the company claims that 1t has not
enough and ss 1t was purely matter
of dollars and cents he could not un-
derstand the Mayors argument, es-
pecislly 10 view of the fact that the city
was making q handsome profit on the
investment.
Mr.. Brill moyed thu. the lease pass
Notwithstanding the objections Of the
Mayor.
Mr.. Burke urged that 1t wo uld be
we'll to refer the matter 10 the commit
tee. II We allow this factory too much
we Lessen our ability to induce other
factories to come here. he was not
willing to vote away the city's property
to meet what might be the future
needs OF the company. He moved to
refer the Mayors message to the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Spinks urged that this was g pres-
emit need-it was wanted for i'm.
mediate use. he favored an immediate
vote.
Mr.. Trimyer had generally coincided
with the Mayor but on this matter their
opinions oonficted. The glass company
had now orders which, working night
and day, could not be filled until mex,
March. Now their boxes were piled 10
the open air because the company had
90 place to build o new warehouse.
They would soon need to build another
glass plant to make another kind OF
glass. They bad been offered all the
free land they needed at Paducab, KY.
Mr.. Soowden said none OF the
Mayors objections had been answered.
This land bad already paid the city over
81, 1000 In cash-6 per cent. on the
80, 100 invested, besides furnishing q large
amount of street material. He did not
think one-eighth of the property al
ready granted was now used by the
company. The city bad made no con-
cession to Capt. Bryant when Do built
his extensive fertilizer plant, but offered
that property at auction and compelled
Capt. Bryant to buy In the open mar.
ket. He thought ss the city had
granted the glass company one valuable
lease the company should be satisfied
and leave the city 10 position to offer
inducements to other enterprises to
locate here.
The motion to recommit was lost,
ayes, 5, nays 10.
On the question, Shall the lease be-
come q law notwithstanding the OBJ
lection Of the Mayor, 1t was decided 10
the affirmative by the same vote.
The finance committee reported In
favor OF an appropriation OF $500 for 8
new public school, Mr.. Bryan explain
iug that the school committee bad
agreed to get on with that SUN. The
report was adopted.
After some street improvement bad
been considered al appropriation OIL
800 10 make q bulkhead at the King
street dock came up.
Mr.. Suowden asked If the bulkhead
would not be built on private property;
he knew that the property was claimed
by others.
Mr.. Leadbeater said he though the
city owned the property; anyway the
bulkhead was needed to protect the
sewer now being built.
Mr.. Uhler said that the Twins claim
ed years ago the strand south OF King
street.
The appropriation Of 800 was then
agreed to.
An appropriation OF $25 to fis up q
room adjoining the City Engineers Of
fee was made and an application for
1926 to buy a new transit instrument
was referred.
A petition OF property owners on the
squares on Royal, Cameron and Fair
tax streets. surrounding the market
building, asking for yitrlfed brick paw
ing, was referred to the stress commit
tee.
An appropriation OF 800 was made
for the construction of q sewer on Duke
street from Pitt street west 140 feet.
A petition OF the residents 10 the vi.
cinity OF the intersection OF King and
West streets asking that an arc light be
placed at that point WAS referred to the
committee on light. The petition
stated that under the present condi-
tions that neighborhood is "unsafe aud
unsightly."
An ordinance to give the Southern
Railway the right to lay an additional
track on Uoion street, from Fayette
alley TO the south line of King street,
was introduced.
Mr.. Lesdbeater urged that the ordi.
nance should be passed at once as the
street was now torn up.
Mr.. Trimyer objected and the subject
went over.