Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-24

as long as the bill was chsrged against
them it would stand as q claim and was
collectible.
The Chair inquired If the charging Of
this bill to profit and loss would vitiate
the claim and Mr.. Uhler said II would
not.
The commit ee on light reporting on
a petition from the Alexandra Realty
Company for the extension of the city
gas mains into Rosemont, q new SUBURB,
recommended that the realty company
psy for the extension OF the mains with
the understanding that the city would
purchase the pipe line as room as the
NIT revenues from that suburb raach
$3.50 per annum. This report was
adopted.
The committee also presented the re-
port of j. B. Waller clerk of gss for the
year which was received and adopted. The
report showed receipts OF $40, 7l3 40 Snd
expenditures of $50, 1899. The sum
of $l2, 900 was turned over to the gen.
trsl fund, aud balance of 1928 80 is
on hand.
The report Of w. f Lstham, super
intendent of the city gas werks, It tsd
that, although the gross profits on gas
sold consumers had decreased 81, 647. II,
yet the net earnings on gas sold con-
sumers decreased $42 81, and the t.tsl
expenditures for improvements at the
works amounted to $4l5 %.
Mr.. Burke from the committee on
finance read the annual report of the
auditor and took occasion 10 comment
on the amount of money spent in street
Improvements which sum, he said,
amounted to Sal 900. He said this year
less sum would be expended on stret
improvements. The report showed re-
ceipis fer the fiscal year of $40, OPS "a;
expenditures, $40, 76l.n.
An announcement from the Board of
Aldermen that they had disagreed to the
0ronocO street improvement propCs ton
10 referring the matter TO the commit re
on streets, and asking for committee OF
conference came in and the Chair ap-
pointed MessIs. Burke aud Evans as the
council conftr4es.
Several petitions and quests (all Of
which will be found 10 the official pro-
ceedings and which occssioned little de.
BATE were pn sented and appropriately
referred.
The petition from the Columbia
ST ,am Fra Company asking perm ssion
IT. take the old Columbia engine on 3
trip with the company 10 Hsrrisonburg
came up.
The Chair referred the matter to the
committee on public property.
Mr.. Bhrell stated that the members
oil the company wanted to k0ow in time
in order TO give them an opportunity t.
place it 10 coLdiliou.
The Chair stated that there might be
some opposition to The engine being
taken away, for once terrible conhA-
grafton had occurred when but one en-
CINE was 10 the city. All such matters
should be considered by the committoe.
he said there was ample tine between
the next met ting aud tho middle of Au-
gust for the company - mske their ar
Pangtment aud that Council would
NETT again in two weeks when repor.
would be submitted.
| Mr.. Leadbester thought like Mr..
Binsll that the met er might be con-
siderfd Immediately al d lhonght it an
advantage TO The old engine by having
1t r,paired, aud he was glad to see
the firemen taking such interest in it.
The Chair stil thought the matter
should 20 to committee and that il
could rest for two weeks and 1t was 80
decided.
The committee on conference on the
Ofonoco street improvements returned
to the chamber and reported that they
could not fgtee.
The bid of Mr.. Anhur Bryant for the
leasing Of the property adjacent TO the
old canal was accepted and the matter
was referred t. the committees on public
property and finance for the preparation
of the necessary ordinance,
A resolution Tor an appropriation of
$3.50 10 purchase a horse for the chief
engineer of the fire department was re-
ferrtd to the finance committee.
A resolution appropriating 81, 500 -
improve Alfred slreet from Prince to
Wilkes was referred to the committee on
streets.
The msItar of appropriating $500 for
the imprOveme' t OF OronOcos rect which
had sssed the Board of A Idermen came in
and a mGtion to nOn-concur 10 the action
wss lost. The matter was then referred
to the committee on streets.
The Chair stated that he had been
told by a physician that 10 certain honses
in the city which had been placarded
no contagious diseases existed and
offered a resolution directing the COM
mittee on general laws to investigate
the matter.
Mr.. Birrell urged the committee on
general laws 10 look carefully into the
matter and the resolut on WAS adopt ID.
Permission was granted the First Ma
tionsl Bank u construct eighteen-inch
brick walls, laid with cement, instef OF
twenty-five inch walls, as required by
the building laws, in their banking
building, soon to be erected.
The Chair reminded The body that as
this was only one story building the
walls would be Pr riectly safe.
When the ordinance TO repeal the Law
prohibiting the sale OF tobacco, &c., on
Sundays came in from the Aldermen.
Mr.. Lesdbeater asked II there WAS net
Stats law on the subject. He was an
swered in the afFirmst i've and the action
Of iIe Aldermen in referring the matter
to committee was cOncurred in.