Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-29
ANNEXATION HELD
uPBY COUNCIL.
Resolution Offered by MIR. Williams
Prevents Vote Being Taken on
Extension Ordinance.
LONG DEBATEBY city FATHERS
Inference of Opinion as to Expenses to
he paid by CITY In New Territory-As-
sessed Value of Proposed Addition is
over a Million Dollars q uestion May
be Long Delayed.

a6eihlast night tai he'd for nearly
three hossssoh the annexation ordl.
nance, and at the end OF that time
nothing had been accomplished with
the exception OF a resolution offered by
Mr.. Williams looking for further infor-
nation which carried by a vote of 10 to
d and prevented vote on the measure.
When Mr.. Snowden called up the or
dsuance, Mr.. Williams asked that Mr..
Smith (who had the matter in charge) to
give Council such information as he bad
imthe matter. Mr.. Smith stated that the
boundaries selected were those the conf
mittee thought necessary for the I'M
mediate deyelopmentof the city. lie
said that the assessed value in the
territory to be annexed was rs follows:
Electric Railway, $4,000; Southern
Railway sidings, $125, 900; main line,
500, 900; Washington Southern main
liue, $4,000; station, s4S.0 Alex,
andria Water Company $50, 600; land
aAd personal assessments both white
ahd colored in Alexandriae county estf-
mated at $S22. 900, land and PERSONAL
assessments Fairfax county ESTIMATED
S14O. 600: a total OF 81 ,O00,0Cp.
Mr.. Smith read copiously from the
State Law providing for the enlarge
meut OF cities. which law provides
that all the revenue OF every kind re-
ceivcd fromIthc territory anhexed, for
neriod OF tive years. should be spend
for sewers. hight. water and either pub
lie Improvements in the annexed terri
tow. urless the city shall set aside, 4
sum of anoney, equal to twelve (l2) per
cent OF tile total assessed valuation, to
the ann Jed territory to be spent for
such pul ic Improvements.
There lee hed to be some Question
as to wh(ther the costs OF mabtenance
OF police fire operation, schools includ'
ing the balary of teachers and Slmlar
expenses would be public improve
ments, DR. whether these wonld lbe pald
out of the pevenue collected within the
city as how constituted. The general
opinion Eas that these expenses, could
not be considered for public Improve
ments although Mr.. Smith safd that
this was h question that would have to
be decided afterwards.
Messers. Birrell.- Brumback, NJ Ar-
shall, Monroe, Smith. Sphinx, 4nd
Swan all spoke in favor OF anneaatidn,
and said that they would vote lforIs,,
hut most OF them wished more linfbr-
nation before voting. MesscrsI Mir-
shall and Smith though that 50 me of
the information could only be gost9n
from the Judge who would by the cape
and until the question OF annex; N;ation
was taken into court, these questions
would not lbe answered. /
Mr.. Spiuks said that it had been
charged that City Council had driven
the railroads from the city but that
was not the case. No request OF any
kind had lever come from railroad
that had ndt been granted Council.
During the debate Mr.. Snowhen
stated that be had to come to Couh hcil
prepared to1Rote for annexation, as, he
believed it ght, that certain amoh ant
be annexed \ but that until full 'ntor-
nation wal laced before Couocl', no
vote on tbA kdinancc should be taken,
as it y,sgS aps the most important
ma,M ptfp come up before Corip-
* Is,>ss Ssss s P''' ''"' he had y /
.aeuaoe' .ss3 said that ne favorfs
ANNEXATION providing it would nj
delay the building of propds
high school and the laying Of goof
streets and side walks in the presene
city and would not impoverish the cityI
until these things had been shown him
he would oppose annexation.
Mr.. Willis ms introduced resolu-
ton providing that the ordinance b.
re-committed to committee Consisting
of two members Of the upper board
and two members of the lower board
to be appointed by theiS respective
presidents, with directions TO get The