The Washington herald., 1910-10-26
WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU.


Alexandria. Va. Oct &.-The City
Council tonight voted down report OF
the street committee, recommending that
$500 instead OF $500 be appropriated for
treating the broken stone roadway on
Washington street with tar prepara-
ton. Eight favored the measure. ana
seven were against it. The city has al
ready spent 5000 in the ward
In the board OF aldermen a resolution
was ohered directing the police and street
committees to consider the advisablity
OF Installing a combination FIRE alarm
and police call system. The purchase
OF a combination ambulance and patrol
wagon was also recommended for the
committees consideration
The street committee recommended that
s. so be appropriated for guttering, curb
ing and broken-stone roadway In Alfred
street, between Queen and Princess
streets, the work 10 be done when three
fourths Of the abutting property owners
have paid into the city treasury the sum
of Is cents per Iineal foot The report
was adopted.
On recommendation Of the street COM
mittee. $3.50 was appropriated for cobble
cutters, with vitrifed brick eenters in
Alfred street, between Wilkes and Glib
bon streets.
The sum of $50 was appropriated for a
cinder walk in North Fairfax and North
Henry streets.
\ communication was received from
the clerk Of the school board announc-
ing the following vacancies on the board:
Lawrence Stabler A Il Thomson, W.
J. BOothe. and j. Frank Myers. He also
announced that c. r. Yates was not a
A. ID
declined 10 qualify. The election was de-
ferred until the next meeting.
A resolution. offered by Councilman
Brockett. directing the health officer to
have the city water analysed by the
state chemist was adopted. 4 resolution
of Councilman Williams to use the i'm
proved lamps in front OF churches was
referred to the light committee. The
report OF the light committee for gas
lamps at Washington and Madison and
Wolfe and Fairfax streets was adopted.
A resolution was passed directing the
city attorney 10 take legal steps to en-
force the payment OF taxes now due. The
collector Of city taxes was also author
lied 10 sell all real estate at public auc-
ton on which taxes are unpaid December
next
a resolution carrying with II an appro-
priation of $500 for curbing and cutters,
with brick centers, on Queen street, be-
tween Payne and West streets, was re-
fered 10 the street committee. A reso-
luton appropriating 500 for constructing
a pipe sewer on Alfred street, between
Wolfe and Wilkes streets. was also re-
ferred To the street committee. a petit
ton for a gas light at Duke and Patrick
streets was referred TO the light COM
mittee.
John Carry, eighteen years old who
says he has been ION the road" for
five years, was brought here tonight
and held at police headquarters for
the Prince William County authorities
on a warrant charging him with at
tempting to ASSAULT Miss Eleanor
O'Neil, OF Cherry HILL He was az
rested this Afternoon at Cherry Hill, an
hour after the alleged attempted as
sault,
Henry Jackson, a negro indicted for
stabbing a soldier on July 4, to-day
entered plea Of guilty. and vas sen
fenced to serve four years in the peni-
tertiary Ben Coleman, negro ar
rested on suspicion OF horse stealing.
was acquitted this afternoon.
In Police Court this morning Emma
Carter. a negro, was sentenced to serve
three months in the workhouse on
charge Of stealing a tin box containing
a number Of valuable papers from the
residence OF John ". Summers, I21 South
Pitt street. The box and papers were
recovered. but tho money. sic. was not
recovered
The local board OF civil serviae ex-
aminers to-day held an examination al
the city post-ofice for stenOgrapher and
typewriter Seven males and eleven fe-
males took the examination.
The committee in charge Of the parade
held last August IL connection with the
State tiremen's convention held a meet
ing last evening and finished its work
with the payment Of all outstanding bills
against il.
Because Norman Willis, a negro who
was released from Jail yesterday after
serving a short sentence. accidentally
took a coat belonging TO a fellow-pris-
oner. he is once more IN the tolls. He
was fined IS for the mistake in court this
morning.