Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-13
CITY COUNCIL.


There was a two-bour's session OF the /
City Council last night, during which |
time large volume of routine business
was con.idered. The communication |
OF the Police Commissioners requesting |
Council to pay the bills Of counsel 10 |
the recent INJUNCTION proceedings was
read In the Common Council and laid !
on the table without debate.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
All the Aldermen with the exception
of Mr.. Hill were present. The board
concurred In the action Of the lower
board on ell papers sent 10 except the
ordinance leasing to Augustus Dean
certain city property for shipyard pur
poses; also the ordinance providing for
parking on streets having sixtv-feet
roadway, and on the reports OF the
Committee on Light concerning the
erection OF electric lights at King and
West streets and at Royal and Wilkes
streets.
When the ordinance concerning
parking had been read Mr.. W. ID.
Sweeney moved an amendment pro-
viding that no fencing shall be allowed.
There was considerable interchange
of opinion concerning the parking oil
streets which was to be allowed by the
ordnance, after which the amendment
was adopted and the ordinance read
the third time and passed by unani-
nous vote.
When the ordinance providing for
the lease to Mr.. Dean of city property
near the old canal was read COO
siderable discussion was precipitated
by the fact that 1t contained no clause
by which the city could regain pos.
session, provided the ground was not
used for the purposes OF shipyard.
= While no one anticipated any breach
1 OF faith on the part of Mr.. Dean nor
desired to delay him 10 his work, It
was deemed best to have proviso in
serted BY which the city could repos-
sess the property provided Mr.. Deau
by death or any other cause was un'
able to carry out his designs and the
ground got into the hands OF others.
1t appeared that The ordinance had not
been drawn up by the Corporation At
torney.
After considerable debate, which was
participated in by all the members, II
was determined to refer the ordinance
to the ommittee on finance ana public
property, 10 order that it be put IN
proper shape.
Subsequently Messrs. Bryan and
Uhler, from the Common Council, who
nad been authorized to request CON-
mittee OF conference on the ordinance,
| appeared in the chamber and asked
| why the Aldermen had refused to cor
cur 10 the action OF the lower board.
President Sweeney gave substantially
the reasons stated above, when Messrs,
Bryan and Uhler concluded that 1t Was
unnecessary to ask for a conference
| CON miItee.
The Aldermen had ooncurred 10 the
action OF the lower board In adopting
the report of the committee on light ad-
verse to placing an electric light at
ROYAL and Wilkes streets. but when al
adverse report of the same committee
on a petition for one at King aud West
| streets was read, Mr.. Clark opposed
concurrence, saying il was the only In
tersection on King street which did not
have al electric light and gave several
reasons why one should be there.
Mr.. Burke said he voted to concur 10
the action OF Council regarding the Pc
tition for one at Royal and Wilkes
streets because be had been told the
plant was already taxed TO its fullest
capacity.
| a. Wy III Guannay urood that this
was the case, aud that there were a
number OF places in the city where
lights should be placed If the works
could furnish the power.
Mr.. Msrbury called attention to the
fact that six lights had recently been
taken from the Southern Railway de-
pot, and be thought it strange that the
plant could not furnish electricity for
one lamp on King street after furnish
ing 1t for years for six.
Mr.. W. II. Sweeney showed why the
committee had made the adverse repor'
and reiterated that the works were at
present taxed to their fullest capacity.
Mr.. Ballenger thought the plant
could furnish electricity for another
lamp on King street and also for one on
Royal and Wilkes street.
Ga motion of Mr.. Clark the action oil
the Common Council was Don-concur
red 10 and the petition was recommlt-
ted to the committee.
On motion OF Mr.. Burke the Alder
men reconsdered their action concern
ing the petition for lamp ct Royal
aud Wilkes streets, and 1t, too, was re-
committed.
The Aldermen, after copcurring in
the action of the Common Council Cd
the other papers which had come 10 re-
paired to the chamber OF the Common
Council for the purpose OF participant
ing In the election OF School Trustees,
and upon their return adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
The board was called to order about
l8 o'clock and much OF its time was
spent in recess waiting for the Board
of Aldermen.
The committee on streets reported
an amendment to the sewer law To-
creasing by $40 the price of tapping
sewers when the city makes the connec'
ton from the curb line.
Mr.. Leadbeater explained that this
additional charge was designed to pay
for the work done by the city In open
ing the streetway, etc. The ordinance
was passed unanimously.
The ordinance providing that on g.
feet streets the property holders may,
when, on Improvement. the streetwsy
Is reduced to 32 feet, change the loca'
ton Of the sidewalk 80 as to give q
parking next the houses, was reported
iayorably by the committee on streets
and adopted without dissent, but Was
afterwards amended by the Aldermen