Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-23
Spirited Debate in Upper Board at
Last Nights Meeting on
Measure TO Extend.
ONLY TWO MEMBERS OPPOSE.
Alderman Ogden and EallengeT Present
Objections to MISUNDERSTANDING Of
Mayor is all That Is needed to Com
plete PreIiminarieS for Big Fight.

i The Board of Aldermen. after hav-
ing been IN session about an hour last
i night, concurred with the Common
/ Council in the matter Of proposed an
I, neation and adopted the ordinance
as it came from the lower board by q
| vote Of 6 TO > When the measure
/ shall have received the signature OF
the mayor and has been published. rs
required by law. measures toward
| putting the instrument into effect
will be taken.
The board adjourned last Friday
night to meet again I:30 o'clock East
night, but it was o'clock before il
was called TO order.
The ordinance came upon its sec
ond reading, and after the clerk had
| read the first section, Mr.. Ogden
arose and said he had refrained from
offering an amendment from the fact
! that he had only the same in rough
4
| however, would vote to lay the ordin-
aItce over and pass a resolution TO
! that effect. more time would be given
for preparing the amendment as well
as for more closely studying the re-
suit of what the city was now about
TO do. He urged that if annexation
was pushed-and he was heartily in
, favor Of such a moyemcnt-we should
| extend our line further north and
| take in Del Ray and st. Elmo, thus
going TO Four-mile Run. which would
embrace the Potomac Railroad yards.
In order to do this. the City Engineer
should be directed to make the mclcs
ard bounds. III. said he had bech
excess OF that which he had at the
last meeting. but he hoped that if any
other members had been more for
tunate they would impart the frnits
| of their laborS 10 him, in order to
convince him that it would be a bus
I mess proposition 10 pass the ordn-
ance as it came from the Common
! Council The speaker said he favored
annexation. but he first desired TO be
convinced tha; such a procedure
would financially benefit the city.
Mr.. Hill said the metes and hounds
OF the territory which the city desired
to absorb was matter which the
court would be called upon 10 decide.
| II would he entirely with the judge
| before whom the matter would come
! 10 say what territory The city had the
right to annex. Judge Nicol so de
cded when he sat upon the case
brought by Richmond to take in
! Manchester. After the annexation
! shall have been passed, our attorney
would. Of course. be expected to OBJ
tain as much territory as possible.
! Mr.. Hill thought the ordinance should
be passed as it came from the Com
mon Council. and if we wanted more
| territory than that set forth in the
instrument. we had the privilege of
urging il. He thought it waste or
! time 10 defer action on grounds set
forth by AIr. Ogden.
Mr.. Ogden said he thanked Mr..
! Hill for his statement. but he was
still unable 10 see how the procedure
would prove a paying proposition for
! the city were he to vote for the or
dinance as it stood. He did not think
| his measure would be waste of
time, as he wanted more knowledge
ever, said he could be convinced if
! proper facts were SET forth. as he
was not biased Were it shown to
! him that the city was not TO be the
loser in the enterprise. he would
vote for the measure Otherwise he
could not
Mr. Brill stated that he heard the
arguments in the lower board. Per
sonally he was opposed TO annexation.
but the people of Alexandria wanted
it and as> the ward he represented
was anxious for expansion, he. accord
ing to the wishes OF his constituents.
would vote for it, He failed, howev-
er. to see how Alexandria needed the
territory it purposed TO annexed for
palatial residences. as it was claimed.
If Alexandria were situated farther
away from Washington, this might be
urged. The new territory would
prove Of more commercial value to
Washington than Alexandria, Nc
business organization of the city had