Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-26
.G0uNC|L HAS STORMY
SESSION LAST NIGHT
Personal Encounters are Frequent.
Alfred Street Ordinances are Pass
ed--.Washington Street I'm
pr0vements Held Up.

The City Council was in session
three hours last night. The meeting
was not harmonious, and the wheels
of legislation were clogged from start
to finish. In the lower board there
were exciting scenes, several members
at times being upon their feet at once
clamoring for recognition and calls
to order and points OF order we're
frequent. There were several personal
encounters which threatened to be seri-
Gus. The volume OF business transacted
was comparatively small. About one
half of the ordinances providing for GER
tain street improvements, over which
there has been much wrangling OF late,
we're adopted, but those providing for
repaving four squares on Washington
failed OF adoption. The ordinances
for the improvement OF Cameron
street from Pitt to Washington were
recommitted.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
There vas no discussion in the
Board OF Aldermen, and the matters
which came up in the board we're
quickly disposed OF. Hence most OF
the three hours was passed in recesses,
during which the members repaired
to the Chamber OF the Common Ccun-
Gil to witness the exciting proceedings
in that body.
The ordinances providing for the
repairing of Cameron street from Pitt
to Washington were called up as soon
az the Aldermen were called to order.
They had been laid over at the last
meeting when they were received
from the Common Council under the
law.
Messrs. Ballenger and Ogden were
opposed to contracting the width OF
the street to 81 feet, as provided in
tae ordinances, and upon the sugges-
ton Of Mr.. Summers, conference
committee was appointed to meet o
similar committee from the Common
Council.
The committee (Messrs. Summers
and Ogden retired and later returned
to the chamber and reported that an
agreement had been reached by which
it was agreed to recommit the ordi-
nances to the committees on streets
and finance with the recommendation
that the width OF the street be made 81
feet. The report of tue committee was
adopted.
Mr.. Ballenger offered 3 resolution
which was adopted, providing for the
substitution OF Welsbach ga, burners
for those now in use in the two cham
bers OF Council.
Mr.. Field, from the finance commit
tee, reported in favor of paying bill
OF ST.. so OF B. w. Pullin for supplies
furnished the health department. The
report was adopted.
After the Aldermen had concurred
in the action OF the Common Council
on number OF papers which had been
sent in Mr.. Brumbach, from the Com
mon Council, appeared in the chamber
and stated that the lower board was
unable to agree on the adoption OF the
ordinances for repavlng Washington
street as they had been amended by the
Aldermen. The latter board, it will
be remembered, had altered the ordi-
nances by making them provide that
the work will be commenced when one.
half OF the property-owners on the
thoroughfare shall have signified their
desire for the improvements. The or
dinances originally provided for COM
mencipg the work when thres-fourths
should have signed. The alteration
had been made at the suggestion of a
member from the lower board, the
Aldermen conceding the change for the
parpose OF bringing about harmony.
A committee OF conference, consisting
OF Messrs. Field and Ogden, was ap-
pointed and the report was submitted
to the Common Council,
The Aldermen later adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
There have been few meetings of the
Common Council OF Alexandria that
have been marked by the exchange of
SO many neutrality-suspicious. aud ex-
hibtions OF bitter feeling as was shown
by the city fathers at the meeting last
night From beginning to end the
city business was retarded SO some oil
the members could give vent to their
rancor and at the end much important
business had to be left over unit
the next meeting. The question o
street Improvements was again on the tap