Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-01
CITY COUNCIL.

in the main were of routine nature.
! The committee on streets and general
laws submitted their report on the
ordinance allowing the electric railway
company to double-track King street
from Washington to the city limits. The
report will be found in full in the official
proceedings 1t suggests that if the pc
tition be granted the company shall be
required to pave the street with vitrified
brick from curb to curb on the squares
designated. The re port was adopted by
both boards.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Five Aldermen were present. j. X. n.
Curtin presids I'd in the absence OF the
President. There was no debate on any
thing which came up, the board con-
curing in the action of the Common
Council on all papers sent in.
Mr.. Clark introduced resolution
providing for the use Of the cobblestones
now being removed from King street IN
filling certain unsightly holes on Alfred
street, between Queen and Princess.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Council gathered slowly, and it was
after s O'Clock before the chair called
the board to order and the call message
ofthe Mayor was read A bare quorum
was present.
The committees ON streets and general
Law reported adversely on the ordinance
proposed by the w. A. & Mt. V. Rail
way for a double track on King street,
and outlined an ordinance requiring the
railway company to pave the squares on
which it proposes to maintain double
tracks from curb to curb and each in
ter ecting street to the building line;
that the ordinance contain ample pro-
lection for the contractors who shall do
the work, and that the railway company
put in thorough repair the portions OF
Columbus, Payne, and Cameron streets
from which they propose to remove the
tracks that they have abandoned; and
further that limit be placed on the
time in which they shall be required to
double track and pave King street from
Fayette street to the corporate limits on
the west.
The ordinance which the electric rail-
way company proposes simply provides
for two tracks to Washington street on
King the abandonment of the Payne,
Cameron and Columbus street tracks
and the paving of twenty feet of the
roadway on King street from Washing
ton to Fayette by the railway company.
Mr.. Leadbeater said that the commit
tees had suggested number of changes
in the proposed ordinance and desired
to know what changes the board desired
in reference to the ordinance hereafter
to be reported.
Captain Bryan desired to, offer an
amendment to the effect that a compen-
sation of 81, 900 per annum be paid by
the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount
Vernon Railway as the price of the right
to Law two tracks on King street west of
Washington.
1t was doubted whether such an amend
ment could be made at this meeting.
Capt. Bryan said the extra cost of
paving King street from Washington to
Fayette street from side to side would be
about Sc, 600. The interest on this sum
would be at per cent. only 5000 per
annum, so that the railway would thus
pay about 80 cents per day for the use
of the principal street.
Mr.. Burke called attention to the fact
that the ordinance required the paving
of the street from Washington street to
the city limits-not merely to Fayette
street.
Capt. Bryan said this would cost
about so, ZOO, so the city would get
$3.50 per day for the use of the street;
four passengers would pay that. Oh
course this grant was for 80 years only,
as the State constitution forbade long
er grant.
Mr.. Burke wished to get as much
from the railroad company as possible,
but Council must remember the boy who
put his hand in jar to take out wal
nut. and got his hand so full that he had
to drop all the nuts to get his hand out.
AIR. Snowden did not think that Capt.
Bryan's amendment was in order 1t
proposed to amend an ordinance here
after to be presented.
Capt Bryan after some debate as to
the legitimacy of the amendment at this
stage of the proceedings, withdrew it.
Mr.. Snowden suggested that notice could
be given of an intention to introduce the
amendment whenever the new ordinance
was presented He had understood from
lawyers that the grant .ofthe use OF King
street for single track would not be
merely for 80 years but forever; the fran
ehise for double track might not be a
new franchise, as it might be merely the
extension of grant made before the new
constitution was adopted.
After some parliamen tary movement
to shape legislation properly, the report
of the committee was adopted so far as
it op posed the passage of the original
railway ordinance, and was in past re-
committed on motion of Mr.. Uhler.
The committee on streets reported in
favor of allowing Messrs. Cuvillier q
Co. TO use five ton horse roller instead
of a steam roller on the new King street
paving, but in case the city purchases
steam roller Cuvillier q Co. should
pay the city Sl5 square for the use Of
the roller or allow the city rebate Of
sl2 per square if allowed to use a horst
roller.
Mr.. Leadbeater explained that VIII lie
the work of the steam roller would be
better than the horse roller, the latter,
by proper attention, could be made to do
acceptable work. The only question
was whether the allowance of the horse
roller instead of the steam would be
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