Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-07-12
City Council.


There was two.hours' session of the
City Council last night All the Alder
men were present aud fifteen members
of the Common Council. The Alder
men concurred 10 the action of the lower
board two weeks ago in passing the ordl-
nance providing for advertising TOR oids
for the sale of the electric franchise.
The lower board passed appropriations
amounting to nearly 100000. A joint
session was subsequently held for the
purpose of electing certain city officers.
Mr. Thomas A. Fisher, police COM
missioner from the Third ward, sent in
his resignation, which was accepted. by
the recent change in the ward lines Mr..
Fisher has become a resident OF the
Second ward, and he was elected to rep
resent the Second ward in the police
board, defeating Mr.. George E. Price by
a 70 of Is to 8. Mr.. Z. E. Lawler
had declined 10 allow his name to be
submitted for reelection. The other
election VI corporation officers resulted
as follows: Weigher of bay, Dew.
AitchesoD; chief of fire depar .ment,
George w. Pettoy; keeper of almshouse,
w. NJ. Smith; physician to the poor aOd
health officer, DR.. E. A. G ornan; DR..
w. R. Purvis fire wardens, lst ward,
W. H. Melchoir; I'd ward, II. A. Down
ham; Sd ward NJ. l.. Risheill and 4th
ward Z. J. w. Summers; dispenser OF
medicines for Western district, Richard
Gibson, and tor Eastern district, f.
Warfeld, ir., and steward of Offices, w.
y. Craven.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
The first business before the board
was the ordinance providing for adger
Using for bids for furnishing electricity
to the city. The ordinance had beer
passed by the Common Council at tht
last regular meeting and laid over.
Mr.. Fisher, from the joint committee
on general laws and light, presented
report on resolution providing that
this question be submitted to the quail
fed voters of the city. He asked thai
this be considered first The report was
adverse to the proposition. This was
agreed to and the report was adopted.
A vote was then taken on concurrine
1 with the lower board on the ordinance
providing for advertising for bids and
the ordinance was passed, ayes Mr.
Fisher voting in the negative.
Mr.. Fisher then submitted ordinances
to provide against distractions to side
walks, in reference to bay windows, re-
pealng an ordinance imposing penalties
Tor obstructiDg the sidewalk on King
street, and repeating section Z of chapter
of the city code. These were referred
to the committees on general laws and
streets.
The Aldermen concurred in the action
of the Common Council on all paper
sent in except on petition of 7. t. Har-
ringtOn Tor pay for horse which had
fallen into trench and been killed.
The lower board had referred the same
TO the committee on claims. The Alder
men non -concurred and referred the petit
llOu 10 Tue COululticco WI NiaiHo o"N
streets.
The board subsequently proceeded Il
the chamber of the Common Council fOI
the purpose OF participating in the cleo
ton of sundry city officers, and upon
their return adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
The board was called to order soon at
ter o'clock.
The finance committee reported 10
favor of an appropriation Of 500 to the
Relief and Reliance fire companies to
assist in paying the expenses of thelI
proposed trip to Harrisonburg to attend
the meeting of the State Firemen's Asso-
citation next month.
Mr.. Strauss moved to make the appro-
priation 5000.
Chairman Bryan said that 5000 had
been asked for and the city could not
appropriate that amount. Last August
the city had given The fremen $3.50 and
alter all expenses were paid considera-
BILE sum was left over. Instead of keep
ing the surplus for this year it was ap'
priated among the companies.
Mr.. Strluss's motion was lost and the
report was adopted.
The committee reported in favor Of
giving the Columbia Company $50 in
stead of 800 for the same purpose, and
the report was agreed to.
The board passed unanimously an or
dinance requiring the W., A. & Mt. V.
Railway Company to erect iron trolley
poles on the streets whenever the poles
now in use become unseryiceable, the
law no. 70 apply to Royal street, south
of WI IS.
A resolution appropriating So, 500 to
macadamize Washington street, from
Queen to Oronoco street, was reported
on favorably by the committee on
streets.
Mr.. Bryan: Does the city get back
any of that?
Mr.. Leadbeater: No, it gets none OF
it back directly; but the fact is that moth
ing whatever has been done to the street
since the first house was built there. The
property holders, however, might raise
a fund to put down a granite curb IN
concrete and the improvement would
make the street look well.
Mr. Bryan saw no reason why the
rule that Council would pay one half for
street improvement whenever the prop
erty holders would pay the other hald,
sh1uld be violated in this case. On
King street, Lee and Prince streets the