Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-22
COMMON COUNCIL.

At a called meeting Of the Common Coun'
Gil of the city of Alexandria, Va, held Aug.
q, 1908, there were present:
F.. j. Paff, President, and Messrs. Burke,
Trimyer, Snowden, Risheill, Normoyle, Des-
mond, Bladder, Bryan, johnson, Uhler, Lead
beater and Spinks.
A communication from George L. Simpson,
Mayor, giving his reasons for calling the
meeting Of Council, was received.
The following was received from George l..
Simpson, Mayor:
Alexandria, Va, July is, 1908.
To the Honorable, The City Council of Alex
andria.
Gentlemen 1 respectfully return without
my approval a resolution adopted by your
honorable body, July 18th, 1908, appropriat-
ing six hundred dollars for a thirty.foot
gravel or broken stone roadway on Franklin
street, between Alfred and Washington
streets. If proper to repair Franklin street, a
ttreet practically one hundred feet wide, for
there are but few side walks to interrupt the
width from houseline to houseline, the ex-
pended money should come from the general
fund for repairing streets and not from spe-
cial appropriation but aside from this tech
meal view of the situation there is objection
founded upon the wastefulness of expanding
six hundred dollars where the practical good
to community and to the neighborhood con-
tiguous to Franklin street canr0t be perceiv-
ed. From the Strand to Patrick street,
Franklin street has never been a well condi-
toned thoroughfare and except Fairfax, Lee
and Washington streets there is no continual
ton of streets south Of Franklin. On the
north side Of the street between Washington
and Alfred there are no sidewalks, and on
the south side the sidewalk conditions are
nearly as bad. Now it is proposed not to
make new street with well regulated side
walks, curbing and cutters, but TO take up
two blocks Of street one hundred feet wide
and place in the center thirty-fO0t roadway
at an expense of six hundred dollars, piece
of roadway which will have disappeared long
before permanent and practical Improvements
occur. The proposition for thirty-foot road
is impracticable, il does not give the people of
Franklin street a single convenience which is
not possessed now. The few vehicles using
this street from Washington 10 Alfred street
have no difficulty in travelling and the expen-
diture Of six hundred dollars will in no wise
better conditions or popularize the street as
driveway. There are many and far more
more important uses in our municipal econ
omy for the six hundred dollars and would
earnestly and respectfully advise the elimina-
ton Of the appropriation for Franklin street.
Respectfully,
GEORGE l.. SIMPSON, Mayor.
The Mayors objections TO the resolution re-
ferred to by him were sustained by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes, Messrs. Trimyer, Burke, Snowden.
Risheill, Desmond, Bladder, Bryan, johnson,
Uhler, Spinks and Mr.. President--11, Noes,
Messrs. Normoyle and Leadbeater-2.
An ordinance TO amend and reordain an or
dinance approved November IL, 1901, entitled
an ordinance to amend and re0rdain an Ordi-
nance entitled an ordinance TO provide for the
construction Of public sewers and TO regulate
the use thereof, approved March %, 1897. was
called up. Mr.. Leadbeater proposed amend.
ments TO section 1, making it compulsory in
stead of optional on the part of the city to lay
proper connections to the curb line in certain
Instances; to section 2, making an additional
charge Of $40 for each connection from the
sewer to the curb line, and TO section 3, strik-
ing out that provision applying to persons
opening streets or alleys before the opening
permit had been paid.
Amendments to base the assessment occord-
ing TO the front footage Of buildings only and
to make the assessment $35 fiat for each tap
per we're lost.
The ordinance as amended was then passed
bv the following vote: Ayes, Mrs. Trimyer,
Burke, Risheill, Normoyle, Bladder, Bryan,
johnson, Leadbea.er and Mr.. Presidents.
Noes, Messrs. Snowden, Desmond, Uhler and
Spinks-4.
An ordinance TO provide for the construc.
ton of sewer with all necessary appurten-
ances on Washington street from a point lT5
feet north Of the north side Of Duke street TO
Wilkes street, and making appropriations |
therefor, was read the second and third times |
and passed by unanimous vote.
The following reports from the Committee |
on Streets were adopted by unanimous votes
Recommending the adoption Of a resolution |
street from Royal to Pitt also the adoption |
Of resolution appropriating $50 for a sewer |
from Fairfax street to Royal through the |
alley south Of Wilkes also the adoption Of
4 resolution appropriating $500 for a sewer on
St. Asaph street TO the lanyard sewer 100 feet
'Outh of Wolfe street. also recommending All
Of 800 for sewer OH Prince
;treet from Pitt 10 st. Asaph also recon-
nending the adoption Of resolution appro-
Driating 500 for catch basins at Wolfe and
Patrick streets also the adoption of reso-
ution appropriating 81 zoe for curbing, gut
ering, grading and graveling Wolfe street
rom Fairfax TO Pitt.
A petition Of n. Poison asking Council to
Iced 10 him certain property near the outlet
ock Of the old canal basin was referred to the
Committee on Finance and Public Property.
A resolution appropriating $1,000 for the
construction of a pipe sewer on Pendleton
treet from Pitt to Washington, and from
'endleton to OronOco. was referred 10 the
Committee on Streets.
A resolution appropriating $3.50 for the
rectiOn Of suitable enclosure between the
wo buildings Of the Peabody school and 10
-o.t o.,stok1o olnoofc fharafn for Zach IF tho |