Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-05-14

and roafraDke tno HstoI cloHetb Oh tDo Milkeb
and station house.
Resolution granting permission to the
Washington, Alexsn6fis and Mount Vernon
Railway Company to furnish electric current
for fans, &C., for one year from May IL, 1902.
Petition from Policeman Samuel TIGER TO
bo allowed pay, S5473. while disabled from
fail during the performance Of bis duty.
Resolution directing the Committee CD
Streets to sscsrtsin and report 10 Cornell the
cost Of watering cart.
Petition cf Fdgsr Wsineld, IT,, for permits
sion to use electric light at his sods water
fountain during the summer months.
Report of the Committee on Finance on
bills Of w. J. d. Duncan, E E. Dswoham ard
I. A. Moore for services as members Of the
Electoral hoard.
A petition Of property owners on o.umbus
.treet betyeen king and Cameron, sskiug Tor
yitrihed brick paving on that beck.
Resolution sppropriating $4OO to cbsnIe
catch basins on King street
Resoution sppropristDg $4oO 10 pay Tor
differt nee between granite curbing snd hat
cut from stone in canal basin for Alfred street
improvement
Petition of W. L Williamson for permits
SO 1 10 make improvements to houses Nos
1905 snd zoos Queen street.
Petition OF Martin Lswler aud Others for
improvement of Gibbon street from Wash
ington to Pitt
Petition tf J. N. Young fer the resettingC If
curbing in front of bis premises, corner OF
AT ed and franklin streets.
Petition of James A. Dryer for pei mission
to reshingle his house. southeast corner OF
Duke and Royal streets.
Petition Of sundry persons for sewer en-
Royal street between King ana Prince.
Eli Of q. L. Boothe, Corporation Attorney,
800, for legal tervice,
Tho board then adjourned
Ut SWEENEY, President.
Teste LUTHER II. HOMPSON, Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL
| At q regular meeting of the Common
| Council Of the city OF Alexsndris, Va, held
| Nay Is, 1902, there were present
F. J. Psf, esq. President and HCssrs.
| Trimyer, Burke, Snowden, Risheill, Fisher,
Desmond, Bladder, Brill, Bryan, JohnsoD,
| McCuen, Leadbester and Spinks.
An ordinance for imposing aud collecting
| licenses for the year commencing on June j,
| 1902, wss referred to the Committee on FL
| nance
An act to appropriate a part Of the city
revenue for the fiscal year ending Nay 81,
1903, was referred to the Committee on FIJI
nance.
An ordinance to permit the Washington,
Alex.ndria and Mount Vernon Railway TO lay
its tracks and run its cars on Prince street,
from FaiifAx TO Royal street, to take up its
| tracks on rairfsx street south of Prince street
and to stop running its local car, was referred
| to the joint Committee on Streets and General
| Laws.
An ordinance to provide for the grading
paving and curbing OF King street, from
the east crossing of Royal street, TO the tracks
Of the Washing ton-S0u n Railway on Fay
cite street, under the 33d iection of the city
charter, WAS referred TO the joint Commiitee
on Streets and Finarce.
An ordinance directing the Washington
Southern Railway Company 10 take up their
rails at the intersection OF King and HenrY
streets, and to lay rails to be approved by the
Committee on Streets and City Engineer AID
pave beiwe IN the rails snd two feet on each
side thereof with vitrifed brick on six-iuch
concrete base was read three times and psss-
ed Aver, IA; noes, 0
An ordinance directing the Washington,
Alexandra and Mount Vernon Railway Com
psny to take up the rails on King street, from
the east crossing OF Royal street to Fsyette
street, and lay grooved rails and grade and
psve the spsce between tad rails and two
feet on each side thereof, was resd three
times and passed: Ayes, IA noes, D.
A bill from Gardner L. Booihe, Corpora
ton Attorney, for preparing notices to prop
erty owners on King street from Boysl to
Fayet;e streets, etc, for 800, Was Iefsued
to the Committee on Finance.
The joint Committee on Finance and Pdb'
lie Property recommended an appropriation
Of 81 200 for repairs to the city jail and the
| report g adopted Ayes, Ia noe',O.
The Committee on Finance recommended
the payment of 500 to the estate OF G. A.
Mushbach for legal services and the report
was adopted: Ayes, ID noes. o.
Bills OF w. J. B. Dnncan, S27 T. A. Moore
$25, End Z. E Downhsm, S25, for services
on the Iity Electoral BOsrd, which VAS laid
OIL tho table, together With a report OF the
Finance Committee Cd February % aud
March 20. 1902, was called from the ia e
By Mr.. Trimyer. The report Of ths COM
mittee was read, which stated that they re-
J turned the bills without recommendation.
The State law especially says that 10 mtm Der
, OF the board shall receive more than $40 in
I any one year. Upon motion If Mr. Burke
the report of the committee was accepted and
concuTred in.
The Committee on Streets reported a.
} yer ely on the petition from the men en-
, pioyed on street work requesting that nine
, hours constitute working day instead OF ten
hours aud the report Was adopted Ayes
Messrs Burke, snowdepr Rlsheil, Fisher,
Bsader, Bryan, johnson, / ei1beater ana Mr..
, Presiden-9 Noes, Messrs. TIimyer, De.
mond, Brill, McCuen and Spinks-5.
The Committee on Streets reported against
granting permission to Mr.. w. f. Penn to
erect frame bay window at No. 424 Queen
| street and the report was sdopted.
Permission was granted to James A. Dryer
10 reshingle roof at southea,t cjrner Of Duke
and Boysl streets.
Upon petition from Policeman Samuel
TIGER, S54 10 was appropriated for bis relief
while disabled and ce.Gined from duty from
February % uatll April 80, 1902 Ayes,
10, noec, o.
Upon petition from Edgar Warfeld, ir.,
permission was granted him to use ineandef-
cent electric lights for ornamental TpOses
on his soda fountain during the summer
months.
A resolution appropriating $1S5 to lsy
terra Gotta sewer on st. Asaph street. from
King street south and into the Columbia &C.
CINE house alley, was passed: Ayes, ID
noes, o.
A resolution making an additional sppro-
pration OF $75 for repairs to the clcsst sys-
tenn Of the msIket ard police station was
passed: Ayes, IA. noes, o.
The following was adopted:
Resolved, That the provisions 6f sn ordi'
nance approved My "a, 1900 granting per-
mission to the Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Railway to furnish electric current
for fans, motors and machinery be continued
in force for one year from this date, May
13. 1902.
The following was referred to the Commit
tee on Streets:
4 petition from Francis L. Smith ard
others for the construction OF sewer on
Royal street between Prince and King streets
| Also q petition from Martin Lawler sna