Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-23
COMMON COUNCIL.


At a regular meeting of the Common Coun-
Gil of the city of Alexandria, Va, held March
%, 1910, there were present:
Hubert Snowden, esq.,, president, anu
Nessrs. Ieadbeater. Burke, Brumback,
Smith, Bladder. Birrell, Monroe. Hellmuth,
Harrison, Uhler, Marshall, Spinks and
Evans.
The Committee on Finance recommended
an appropriation Of $500 to the Cooperative
Charities Association and the report was
adopted--Iyes IA, noes o.
The Joint Committee on Public Property
and Finance recommended the payment OF
the hill of the Rensselaer, Manufacturing Co;
for fire hydrants, amounting to Sl3s. s., anu
The report was adopted-ayes IA, noes Q.
The joint Committee on Streets and Finance
recommended an appropriation of 500 to
purchase hagstone and granite curb and the
| report was adopted-ayes IA, noes 0,
The Finance Committee recommended an
appropriation of s. 400 to paint and repair
exterior of market, police and corporation
| court buildings, the same to be available AFTER
| June |, 1910, and the report was adopted
! ayes "a, noes 0.
/! The Joint Committee on Streets and Finance
recommended an appropriation OF $1,000 10
l extend the northws stern sewer eastward on
| Cameron street to Henry street northward.
| Mr.. Uhler in the chair, A motion by Mr.
Snowden to lay the report on the table unit!
the Ro;al street sewer has been completed
was lost-lyes 4, noes s. Mr.. Snowden offered
a substitute that the money be available upon
the extension of the south Royal street sewer
| A motion by Mr.. Monroe to lay the Sub 'tltuie
on the table was car ied-syes Z, noes b. and
the report of the committee was adopted =
ayes 9, nces6 (Mr. Snowdea resumed the
chair.)
resolution appropr' ating $50 for printing
two hundred copies Of the building laws ana
a supply of permits was offered by Mr.. Lead
beateI and passed ayes Il, noes O.
| The Committee ou Stress recommended an
lan,royriation Of SO to extend the Pitt street
| sewer north Of Wolfe street IS feet aud the
renort was adopted-iyes Is, .noss 0,
labproprlatlon OF ~ to extend the north &c.
lumbus street sewar south towards Privcass
stree. about seventy feet, and the report was
jadopted-ayes Is, noes 0.
a resoluti n di ectiGg the Committee on
Streets and the City Engineer to proesed al
once to build the sonth Royal street sewer in
| accordance With g previous ordinance and an
q preparation made by the City Council was
offered by Dir. Smith and pssse3-lyes l3,
noes 0.
The joint COMMITTEES on Finance, Streets
and General Laws. as directed by resolution
referred to them on January %, 1910, sub.
| mitted an approximate estimate for the cost
| OF completion Of tee northwest trunk sewer
to First and Allied streets, q distance of 4 $50
| feet, $50 GOO, and also submitting the ordi'
nance for building and tapping sewers. was
| received.
A resolution making additional appropria.
tiona for the fiscal year ending May 81, 1910,
vas offered by Mr.. Burke and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
a petition from property owners for sewer
IN the alley north of King street running east
and west between Fayette and Henry streets
was referred 10 the Committee on Streets
A petition from the Clerk of the Corpora
ton Court requesting az appropriation of
Sll0 to purchase book typewriter for use in
the clerks office in typewriting the records
was received and referred to the Committee
on Finance.
AN ordinance to repeal go ordinance ap-
proved February is, 1910, relating to prop
ertg sold at tax sales; also an ordinance to
repeal an ordinance passed on the same date
relating to property sold at tax sales was laid
on the table.
A petition from the Old Dominion Glass
Company requesting that three arc lights be
placed between the city proper and the glass
works, was received from the Board of Alder
men and their action concurred in.
Bills from VIM II Peck, Sill; Frank NJ.
Adams, $685. Stewart J. Simpson, $40,
and james Bowling, $l4.2l, for supplies fur.
nished the Health Department, was received
from the Board OF a ldernen and their action
concurred in.
A report Of the Committee on General Laws
relating to resolution referred 10 them on
December IA, 1919, requesting the Corpora.
ton Attorney TO secure the necessary data
and report to Council was received from the
Board Of Aldermen and their action concur.
red in.
The board then adjourned,
HUBERT SNOWDEN, President.
leste: DANIEL 2. STANsBURY. Clerk c. C.