Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-11
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
MONTHLY MEETING OF CITY
COUNCIL HELD.
Lower Board Votes to Appropriate
Money for Public Schools-Gen-
eral and Personal.
pecial Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

pecial Correspondence Of The Evening star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May IL, 1904
The city council transacted considerable
business last evening at its seml-monthly
meeting last night. A report was received
from the committee on finance and schools
recommending the appropriation of $1,3O0
for the purpose of continuing the public
schools until the end of June, the usual
time for the closing In regard to the re-
port Mr.. Bryan, chairman of the commit
tee on finance, said that in the discussions
relative to the appropriation no part had
been taken by Alderman w. H. Sweeney,
who is a member of the finance committee
and also teacher in the public schools.
Mr. Bryan said he thought it was due Mr..
Sweeney to make that statement. The re-
port was adopted by common council, but
when 1t reached the board of aldermen 1t
was laid over until Friday night owing to
the law governing appropriations of more
than 81 600 1t is understood that there is
hardly a question as to the favorable ac-
ton of the higher board.
The annual license law was read and
adopted after several amendments had
been made. Under the law the tax on tele-
phone companies Is fixed at 1 per cent of
the gross receipts of the local offices in
stead of the former rate. The annual taxes
on trading stamp companies and local firms
using trading stamps We're increased. re-
sidered prohibitive figures.
Owing to the state tax of $1,000 on all
sewing machine companies doing business
in the state the local tax against such COM
panies was discontinued The annual tax
on fortune tellers, clairyoyants, ETC., was
increased from $40 to 500. The caption of
the annual appropriation bill was read and
referred. The street committee reported
that the cost of grading and crawling
Washington street from Queen street to
Whythe street, 1t was estimated, would
be between 1900 and 81 800. Mr.. Johnson
gave notice that at the next meeting of
council he would call for joint session for
the election of a clerk of the gas and SUI
perintendent of the gas works. Five bids
for the electric light franchise, which under
the law must be disposed of to the highest
bidder, all other things being equal. were
opened. Mr.. d. ]. Howell of this city Of
fered 5000 for the franchise and to abide
by all the terms of the ordinance providing
for the sale. c. s. Richards and U. 8.
Hanks of Washington, and G. B. Kennedy
of this city offered 81 600 for the franchise,
agreeing to furnish eighty lamps at $50 per
lamp. additional lamps at SIS each and to
buy the present plant at terms to be agreed
this city offered to pay 5000 for the pres
ent electric plant. furnish arc lights to the
city for street lighting at so per lamp, and
to furnish currents for private consumption,
Mr.. L. e. Sinclair offered to furnish the
lamps for street lighting at $6S per lamp.
Mr.. c. L. Thompson of this city offered
$4,000 for the franchise, 81 GOO for the plant
and 10 per cent of the gross earnings and
to furnish at least eighty-five lights at $72.
Another proposition was made by Mr.. Rus
sell and all were referred to the committee
on finance and light.
Cameron Run Horse Show.
The second annual horse show of the
Cameron Run Hunt Club opened this morn
ing about IL o'clock at the grounds of the
club three miles west of this city, with
large attendance of horsemen of Virginia,
Maryland and other places. The show is
Under the auspices of the Virginia Horse
Show Association, and the events are I'M
der the immediate supervision OF Mr.. J.
Jenky Davies of Manassas, secretary of the
been made, eighteen of which are In the