Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-26

City Council Last night.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
No business originated in the Bcaid
OF Aldermen, ard the action of The Con-
mon Council was concurred 10 by uuao;.
NOUS votes on all save one of the pap.is
sent IN.
When the report of the finance COM
mittee recommending the payment OF 3
bill Of 1852 90 for supplies, gusra, iuni-
CATION and services OF the health oficer
was received from The lower bosrd, Mr..
Ballenger after examining the bills, e1-
pressed bis disapprovsl Of the action of
the committee. Fl, said eVe:y bill!
against the city should have been item
lad aad dated, IS wtud be required 10
the business wo:ld.
After colloQuy 10 which nearly all
the members participated, vote Was
taken aud all the Aldermen save Nj.
Bsllenger voted to concur In the action
OF the Common Council.
When the report of the 6nsnce COM
mittee recommending sn annual sppro.
pris.ion of $3.50 10 each OF tho three FIRE
companies in lien of all other sppropria-
lions was received from the Common
Council, President Curtin said these
organizations expected larger sum than
this during the present year. The ire
mems convention wss 10 NEE. in Alex.
aDdrIa and 1t would take 81, 500 to en-
terrain them.
MIR. Fiald said these appropriations
we're solely fer this year. 10 the future
they would form iems in the appropris-
ton bill.
The ao!ion OF the lower board WIS
concnrred in. No other business CAUSED
disclssiGn.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Council was called TO order at 8
o'clcck with Is members present
Mr.. Marshall, of the committee Cd
pablo properly, stated that certain part,
Of the town clock hsd arrived in tbe
city aud would soon be put 10 place.
Mr.. Lsadbeatsr callsi up The resolu.
ten authorizing The building Of a seWe!
10 the alley in the tqusrs bounded by
Alfred, Patrick, Primes aod Duke.
The resolution presided that an sp.
preparation of $500 BIZ available nov,
IS $l25 has beea psid 10 By The prop.
erly holders instesd of $50 as originally
provided.
Mtssrs. Marshall, Lesdt1atey aud
Smith spoke in favor of making the sp.
propriaticn available at oCce.
Mcssrs. Uhler, Monroe aud Snowdsp
thought the original resolution 81 fficient-
~ liberal, and that OOrncil should stand
by Its 6,st action.
After further remsrks By Messrs.
Spinks, Blrrell, Btumbsck and Smith
tsvcripg the resolution 1t was 6nelly
passed after motion TO lay on the table
had been Lost.
A communication from the msyor Gu.
closing letter from Uorp ration At
!orney Fisher calls attention to the
Tact that there are only two public alleys
10 this city ---!he market alley and Fay
cite alley-and that all the other al.eys
are private property. As this Is often
embarrassing to the city, the ma7or rec.
ommend. that an eftrrt be made to
have The city charter 80 amended So to
correct this condition of affairs. This
vas referred to the committee Oh streets
and general laws.
The 6uancs committee recommended
tbs. $3.50 bs appropriated for the use Of
each fire company; tais 10 lieu OF all
other appropriations for period of one
year. This 6ss adopted.
The finance committee cleo recon-
mendcd sn appropriation OF 5000 for
the Installing OF sanitary closets IN
Washington echool and this was done.
Tae committee recommended lhs,
action on the requsat Of The school board
for 40 appropriation OF 5000 for gradi lg,
etc., the lot aroDud Lee school building
be deferred and this was agreed to.
Tbs finance committee slso reported
iayorably 90 bills amounting to 1852 80,
incurred by the health officer in treat
ment of smallpox patients last year, and
the repor! Hss adopted without word.
Mr., Burke, Of the fnaoce committee.
submitted q statement prepared by the
city auditor, showing in detail the meth.
cd OF exchanging The bonds Of toe Issue
OF 1879 for those Of 1908, the redemp.
ton of bonds due July l, 1909, aud the
sale of bonds of 1908. The statements
SHOW, that the boad,d Indebtedness oil
the city Is $74s, 300. Mr.. Burke then
said The financial condition of tbs city
Was now In good condition ard warned
council against exravagsuce.
Mr.. Barke stated that the task OF re.
fandipg the debt hsd been laborious
o1e and that the work had been accom-
plished mainly through the efl1rs of
Auditor Price.
Judge Barley was given permiaaIon TO
have The roof of the bouae No. III
north Fairfax stree! rssh!ngle.
Mr.. spiuks Introduced a resolution di.
ractiug the street committee to report
the cost of completing the q Iof's run
SEVER. he believed that this se8ef had
jast reached the part of the city where
1t was useful and 1t should now be push
ed Its construction has been long drawn
ou'.
Mr.. Mcfarland pstitloned Council for
deed to certain lot bought By him at
a tax sale. ThIa vas referred to the
committee on foancs, Htrests and gen.
ersl lags.
Mr.. Marshall asked that the commit.
tee on general laws report on the ordi.
nance offered By Mr.. Blrrell looking to a
o,d;foInn If tho njfy lsvs Mr. R;ryall alan