Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-15

r street and seWer Work WAS ie;er:e I to the
Co pmttee on st eets.
4 communication lroul the Ci;' S.hool
Board requesting an appropriation Of SIN for
grading and gresSlug lot around lie school
Bulldog and $500 or closets in tn. W.Shin--
ton 5 :tool Building was 'e'erre u the Com
mittee on Finance.
The joint romnittee Oh Light, Finance and
General Laws reported adversely on TIE petit
| lion from renters 10 the City Market for wr.
ing AID lighting the City Market with cleo
| trcity and the report w6s adopted
report from John B. Vale. Ce-k Of
| Gas. showing receipts of the Hitv Gas Wo ks
tor the six months ending November 0 Ii,
| 1909, and compnativ3 atement showing
amount gas sold duriJg six months ending
November, 20. 1909, as compared with same
| period 1908, and receipts from sale Of C IKE
| from June 'st, 1909, TO November lst, 10 .,
as compared with sans period 100 was re-
| ceiyed.
4 communication from +. F. Price, City
Au:itor, notifying council that the appro-
prlatlon OF $1,000 for repairing streets has
baen exhausted was received and referred to
the Committee on Finance
| a communication from the Board OF War
dens requesting an appropriation of /! 900 to
purchase hre hose ives received and referrei
| to the Joint Committee On Public Propnty
| and Finance.
The following resolution oile~ed ty Mr..
Smith was referred t. the Committee on
General Laws.
Whereas the rate of fare on the Washing.
| ton, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railway is
ererbitant and greatly in excess of reason.
able and just rate of transportation: a2d
Whereas the amount Of passenger traill) b..
| tween the two cities is great enough 10 per-
NIT substantial reduction of said rate aud
still enable the said company to earn fair
and reasonable interest on its Investment: and
Whereas it /, desirable that the two cities
should be made accessible to each other ut as
reasonable, and low cost of transportation IS is
consistent with the amount of traffic carried
on: and
Whereas the rate of transport ,tion on ether
electric lines running into the City of Wash.
ington is much cheaper than the rates charg d
Oh the said Washington, A!e1audria and Mt.
Vernon Railway; end
Whereas other electric RAILWAYS running
into the City of Washington furnish their
passengers with transfers to the stree. car
lines in said City.
Therefore he it resolved by the City Coun.
Gil of AlexandriR, Virginia, that the Corpora
ton Attorney be instructed 10 take such steps
ss may be necessary to cause the said COM.
psny to appear before the State Corporation
Com mission and show cause why The said
rate should not be duced between the City
of Alexandria and the District line, and to
take such steps as may be necessary to COM
pei the said company to appear before the
Interstate Commerce Commission and show
cause why said rate should not be reduced
between the said City Of Alexandra and the
City Of Washington.
A resolution appropriatipg $50 to pur-.
chase curtains for the south windows of the
City Aims House WAS offered by Mr.. Birrell
and passed. Ayes II; noes 0.
Permission ws7 granted DIR. 8. B. Moore to,
erect frame addition at 81 Prince street pro-
vided there is no objection from adjoining
property owners.
A resolution that when Council adjourns
tonight 1t be TO meet on the second Tuesday
in January, 1910, was rassed.
An ordinance to regulate the running OF
automobiles. locomobiles and other vehicles
and conyeyances whose motive power is other
than animals, and motor bicycle, along or
over any street or alley in the city Of Alex
andria, Va, was received from the Board Of
Aldermen and laid on the table.
An ord:nsnce to prohibit the keeping or
stabling of horses, cattle or other such,
animals, in any building erected in or ,r,
thirty feet OF either Of said streets in the City
Of Alexandria, Va.,- as recommended by TIE
Joint Committee on General Laws and Streets,
was received from the Board of Aldermen,
resd the Fl st, second ard third time and
passed. Ayes IL: noes 0.
A report Of the Committee on General Laws
recomme ding the appointment Of Commit
tee Of five consisting Of the Mayor. President
of the Board Of Aldermen, President of Com
mon Council, and one member from each
board to, attend conference on Municipal
Reform Of Virginia cities to be held in Rich
nond, January 9th and 9TH. 1910. and appro-
priating $50 TO defray expenses was received
from tine Board Of Aldermen and their action
concurred in. Ayes IL; noes (Mr. Snowden).
H.
be. of the Committee from this Board.
The board then adjourned.
HUBERT SNOWDEN, President.
Teste: DANIEL r. STASsBURY, Clerk C. c.