Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-12
COUNCIL HOLDS
BRIEF SESSION
Police Commissioner a n d
Members of School Board
Elected.
ROUTINE Blu SIN ES S.
Committees Fail to Bring in Ordin-
anccs for New School Building and
Modern Truck House.

The voluaie of business brought be.
fore the Council at the regular meet
ing last night was small, and that
Of general nature, which will be
found in the official proceedings.
Robert f. Knight was elected Po-
lice Commissioner to succeed himself,
he having no opponents for the po-
:ition. j. Gilbert Cox, from the First
Ward, Harry Kirk, from the Third
Ward. and T. c. Howard, from the
Fourth Ward, were reelected school
trustees. and c. w. Wattles was cho-
sen a trustee from the Second ward
80 succeed Aifro. H. Thomson, who
has removed his residence to the
Third Ward
Board of Aldermen.
All the members Of the Board Of
Aldermen were present, and the
business presented was, generally,
transacted without debate.
The committee on light had reported
in favor Of placing arc lights at
Cameron and Pitt and Cam
eron bnd Washing, on streets
The committee in their report recon-
mended the removal of the present
gas lights from these points.
When the report came in from the
-Cna,,uon Council. that board having,
adopted it by a unanimous vote, MIR
Brill stated tina: the committee on
light had not been of one accord in
the matter, and three members had
voted to present the report which
had been read. Mr.. Brill further
stated that while placing arc lights
AT every street intersection would
prove sreat desideratum, the
city u. present was not in position
to enter into such an expenditure, as
it would entail an outlay Of about
six thousand dollars annually Messrs.
Hill, Fitzgerald and Summers agreed
wi Mr.. Brill.
There was further interchange OF
opinion during which Mr.. Ballenger
stated that in the era Of automobiles
the proposed lights were essential
10 prevent accidents.
Mr.. Hill saw no force in his argu-
ment. as the headlights Of automo-
,biles were! stronger than electric
lights,
A vote was finally taken on the
adoption of the committees report
ar}i il resulted in i tie. as follows:
AYES, Messrs. Ballenger, Field,
Ogden AMI President Mar
bury. Noes, Messrs. Hill, Brill,
Fitzgerald and Summers.
F., a petition OF the Slaymaker-
Schneider Corporation for permits
sion to renew the roof of house on
the north side of Oronoco street, be-
tween Columbus and Alfred, was pre-
sented by Mr.. Ogden of the street
committee. The petition had an ad-
verse endorsement of the commit
tee Mr.. Og,,en stated that the
work of renewing the roof had been
started without a permit and as the
bonse was within the fire limits the
petitioners had been told that ;hell
application had been rejected.
After an interchange of opinion
the report Of the committee was
adopted.
Later the aldermen proceeded tc
the chamber of the Common Coun'
ell for the purpose of participating II
the election of a Police Commission
er and School Trustees. and upot
their return adjourned.
Csmmen Council.
Thirteen members Of the Common
Council were present last night
Messrs. Smith, Monroe and Bryan
being the absent ones.
The committee on light reporte
favorably on the petition asking elec
1ric arc lamps at Washington an,
Cameron and at Pitt and Camera
streets and further recommend
ing that four gas lamps at O
nssr these corners bs removed. Th
report was n.opcea.
Mr.. girsv, as i aslshsr OF II
committee on cunfsysree and on Sh
proposed new school and sogln