Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-28
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Health Committee Criticised
at Meeting of City Council.
DEBATE GROWS PERSONAL
Proposed Investigation of Gas Sys-
ten-Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett
Addresses D. A. r. Society.


ALEXANDRIA. Va. october Is
City Councilman Charles Bendheim
who is chairman of the special com
mittee appointed to investigate the
rates of the Alexandria Water Com
pany, took occasion last night at q
meeting of the city council 10 criti-
else the health committee of city coan-
Gil for the delay in making its report
relative to the condition o. the water
furnished the citizens -or drinking
purposes. and this led to a clash be-
tween Mr.. Bendheim and A. D. Brock
EFT, chairman of the health commit
tee.
Concluding his remarks Mr.. Brockett
said: IF Mr. Bendheim has any griev-
ance against me let him express II
outside of this body"
Mr. Bendheim assured him there was
no personal grievance.
Opening of the debate on the water
situation was made by A. D. Brockett.
when he submitted d mass of corre-
spondence leading up to the lnVestlga-
tfon OF the water supply, 1ncludinS
letters from DIR. German, city health
officer: one letter from the directors OF
the water company and many from me
state health depari ment- This conf
mittee, Mr. Brockett announced, has
not yet completed it's report. but ne
submitted these papers to let council
know the progress of the work; me
: matter was referred back to the health
committee. But little OF the CORE
spondence was reau.
REPORT Is Debated.
Mr.. Bendheim wanted to know what
had been done to rectify conditions. He
: declared it was UP to city council to
give the people definite assurances that
they can drink the water without en-
$ dangering their lives, and he suggested
getting a chemist to analyZe it. We all
viii actuateu by Idi. ness, he sad.
but when il comes to endangerlnS the
: health of the community / am for the
community and against the water COM
pany.
MI. Brockett said he was under the.
impression that when Health Officer
German turned over to him the papers
bearing the water situation it was
his committees work. Had he known the
special committee was to handle it, he
! said. he would have dropped the matter.
Mr.. Brockett was assured by Mr.. Bend
helm that he did not think the commit
tee acted outside of it's jurisdiction
1t was charged by Mr.. Be no hat
this matter has been permitted to drag
along while the peoples lives were
endangered. He thought it of sufficient
Importance to call special meeting Of
council. 1t was the duty of the health
committee, he declared, to act more
. eSpSulliOuSlS tIGn II HiQ.
Mr.. BrOckett, replying, declared the
charges were not based on fact. The
delay in the report was not due to
either the health committee or him
. self, he said Mr.. Brockett called at
tention to the fact that council organ
lied September 1, but the committees
were not appointed until September
Il. His absence at two meetings, he
declared, was due to the fact that he
was out of the city. He recited that
the directors of the water company
+ appeared before the committee.
According to Mr.. Brockett, the COM
mittee had been informed by the water
company that samples examined
: showed the water to be all right.
For Improving Gas Supply.
In order that Alexandria's gas supply
may be improved, Mr.. Brockett intro
duced resolution appropriating $3.50
to employ an expert to examine the
works and see if the existing condi-
tons cannot be remedied. The resolu-
ton cited the receipt of many COM
plants of poor gas. The matter was
referred to the light committee. 1t is
expected that immediate action will be
taken.
There was another resolution intro
Guced that the city discontinue the sale
of gas stoves and other gas appliances,
it being explained that their sale had
been Improbable This resolution also
was referred to the light committee.
\ resolution authorizing the finance
committee to borrow $4,000 to pay the
current expenses of the city for the
fiscal year ending May 81, 1915, was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
The city tax collector was authorized
to sell at public auction December Z all
property on which taxes have not been
paid to June /. 1914
y resolution appropriating $500 to re-
pave the alley adjoining the Relief
hook and ladder house was referred to
the finance committee.
The sum of s75 was appropriated for
City Engineer Dunn to attend the
American congress of good roads in
Atl@nta, Ga, November 9-14.
Permit to Remove Church Building.
Trustees of the Peoples Baptist
Church We're authorized to remove a
frame church building from Columbus
street between Oronoco and Pendleton
streets to oronoco and Pitt streets.
Permission was granted r. C. Acton
* Son to erect d street clock at COG
King street
of $500 from the Old Dominion Glass
Company for the purchase of a square
of ground bounded by LIST. Fairfax
Montgomery and Royal streets. and it
was referred 10 the finance, public
property and general laws committee.
1t was decided 10 hold a joint session
at the next meeting for the purpose of
electing a health officer.
Mrs. Barrett Delivers Address.
An address by Mrs. Kate Waller Bar
rett, president of the National Council
of Women, entitled The World View
point of Woman" was feature of the
morning session of the Daughters of
the American Revolution of Virginia in
session here.
Mrs. Barrett, who recently attended
the International Council of Women
held in Rome, told of her visit alter
ward to the various countries and OF
her Investigations regarding the con-
ditions OF women in these countries.
She told of her report just filed with
Commissioner of Immi grafton Cam
inetti, which she made as special
field representative OF the depai tment
of Immigration.
Delegates were this afternoon enter
tanned at luncheon at the cafe of T
F.. Ellis, Mount Vernon, as guests o.
Mrs. W. a. Smoot, ST. This afternoon
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