Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-06-26
lon, and asked if there was sever on

square which would be built when the
property owners paid their share of the
cost. If the citizens were not satisfied
with the kind of street the committee
proposed they need not pay their share
of the cost and that would kill the meas
uer.
The report Of the committee was final
ly adopted.
On the resolution that Columbus street,
from King to Queen street, be improv'
ed at a cost of IS, 900, the committee on
streets recommended that an ordinance
be prepared for the paving of the street.
Mr.. LeadOeater asked that the matter
be referred to the committees on streets
and finance which was done.
The committee on streets also reported
Oh the petition to curb and gutter Fair
tax street at the corner OF jefferson with
q recommendation that $500 be spprO-
priated to lay cobble and brick cutters
e We feet wide.
The chair stated that City Engineer
Dunn had examined the street and rec
commended three sides be guttered. The
place certainly needed draining, as it
was at various times impossible.
The report was adopted.
The committee on public property re-
ported adversely on an ordinance to
grant the right of way over an alley ad-
joining the Reliance engine house 10
NJ. Schiller & Sons.
Mr.. Marshall stated that the commit,
tee had found that the Reliance Com
pany had shed on the alley, and that
the committee would ask for an appro-
pristion OF $25 to remove the shed and
open the alley.
The report of the committee was
adopted.
The same committee reported reso-
luton that the committee on public
property be instructed to remove the
shed on The east of the Reliance engine
house, which was adopted.
The committee also reported a resou-
ton that that committee be instructed
to advertise for bids for the sale of the
old Hydraulion engine house. The
resolution was referred to the committee
on public property, finance and general
laws.
The committee on light presented the
report of John B. Waller, Clerk OF
Gas, for the year ending May 81, 1907,
with their approval. The report shows
the city gas works TO be in excellent
condition, and states that $15, 500 had
been turned into the city treasury. A
quantity of gas had been
lost through an accident in connecting
the main pipes on West street, which
could not have been avoided. The net
cost of gas used by the city was Sc, $685.
09, decrease over the previous year.
Mr.. Uhler stated there had beea no
better showing made by the gas works
during the last twenty years. He
also read the report of Superintendent
Latham, which shows the machinery
and mains to be in good condition, and
the superintendent states that should
an emergency arise the works could
produce so per cent. more gas than
they do at present.
Mr.. Lesdbeater moved that the re-
port be adopted and the thanks Of Coun-
Gil be rendered the committee on light.
The motion was unanimously passed.
Mr.. Birrell said be was gratified TO
hear that the works could produce so
per cent. mote gas. he was still in favor
of his idea that the city purchase gas
stoves and sell them to consumers at the
cost price. He thought the city should
adopt some method to increase The con-
sumption of gas. The committee, he
said, had indeed made an excellent
showing.
An ordinance to established the curb
grade on Washington street from Queen
20 Wythe street was passed.
A petition from Louis Krexsin for per-
mission to sell handkerchie's, shoe strings,
&c. on the street corners, the license rate
to be 81 per day, was referred to the
committee on flnance.
A petition from the Relief Hook and
Ladder Company for 800 to defray the
expenses of that company on trip 10
the Firemen's Convention at Newport
News was referred to the committee on
finance.
Mr.. Birrell offered a resolution appro-
priatipg $37S.2S 10 pay the bill of the
PinkPrton Detective Agency for services
10 the Curtin murder case. The res
olution without debate was referred to
the committee on finance.
The annual reports of the city auditor.
+. F. Price, of the City Tres urer, and
I. w. Robinsoo, were read. The reports
show that on June /, 1906, there was a
balance in the city treasury of 81, 1885,
"a, and on May 81, 1907, the balance
remaining was $7,695.1S. The dis
during the year were $14l,
BIB 81. The total receipts for the year
we're l49, 500.
A petition for a mscsdam roadway on
Henry street, from Wolfe to Gibbon, was
referred to the committee on streets.
The petition of @. J. w. Summers for
permission to improve the store at the
southwest corner at Duke and Alfred
streets was received from the Board of
Aldermen and their action concurred 10.
The chair stated that he had recently
petitioned that an arc light be placed at
he corner of Union and Franklin streets,
He had since examined the place and
lad found the place exceedingly dark.
Iuasmuch as an arc light would cost
S75 or $50 the citizens of that neighbor-
hood would be satisfied with an incan-
descent light at that point. He was of
he opinion that people on the outskirts
hould be given some consideration.