Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09
.G0RMAN ELECTED #: |.
ON SECOND BALLOT
Former Health Officer is
Chosen to Succeed !!
Himself. :
HAD THIRTEEN VOTES.
City Council After Brief Session
Adjourns. Most OF Members At
tending the Banquet.

Dr.. E. A. German was elected
health officer Of Alexandria on tn
second ballot at the meeting of city
council held last night. After brief
sessions of the two boards, where
only routine matters were consider.
ell Il joint session was held for the
purpose of filing the vacancy in the
health office.
Dr.. E. A. German was placed IN
nomination by Alderman Brill and
DR.. T. Marshall Jones by President
Smith of common council.
! Councilman A. D. Brockett, il
seconding the nomination of DR..
Jones, declared that he had reached
! the conclusion to vote for Dr.. Jones
| lccause the German family was al.
ready well represented on the public
payroll. He declared that Dr.. Cor
mans father, Patrick +. German,
held the most lucrative position IN
the city government paying from S33,.
900 to $4,000 per annum, that ne en-
rloyed son in his office and had
another son in the government ser
vice "Now third son is an appli-
. cant for the position of health officer
said the speaker. The remarks of
| the councilman from the third ward
we're received in dead silence. and
! Willie. there vas no answee. made by
his fellow members it was clearly
to be seen that they had the effect
of strengthening the German forces
resulting in his election on the sec
ono ballot.
The first ballot did not result in an
! election the vote standing II to 10 In
favor of German, The members vot-
ing as follows:
For Gorman-Marbury, II. R. Burke
John Leadbeater, C. w. Wattles,
James w. Bales, R. L. Monroe, ,Iohn
! T.. Harrison, n J. Lawler, NJ. Hill,
; Jacob Brill, George H. Robinson, and
/ James B. Fitzgerald-(12).
7 For Jones-R. D. Brumback, Viii
liam Desmond, A. D.;Brockett, Albert
! Bryant, Charles Bendheim, Howard
; ". Smith, w. W. Ballenger, Maurice
| wilkins C. J. w. Summers and Henry
X. Field,-Q0)
| Or the second ballot Councilman
Desmond changed from Jones to Cor
man giving the latter IL votes, or
majority of the two bodies.
The report of the committee on
: streets and finance recommended that
the petition of r. L. Myers to re-
imburse him in the sum of Sl26.S4
one third the cost of the new pay
ment in front of his property on
Pitt street between King and Came
ron streets be refused which caused
a brief discussion.
Mr. Brockett asked that this be
referred as he wished to appear be-
; fore the committee before they made
their recommendation to Council.
| When Council refused 10 re-reter, MI.
Prockett stated that he would make
his statement before Council. Mr.
iErockett said that this work had been
recessitated by change in grade, and
! tnat under similar conditions both
i'm front of adjoining property on
Pitt street and in front OF most OF
the property in Cameron street new
sidewalks had been laid at the city;
expenses. The improvements OF these
s+roets as we'll as most of the other:
lin the City where improvements nat
been made, hadiibeen made possible
.ihy the willingness of the property
owners to makeivoluntary contribu'
tion toward the improvement, and
that he felt the City should be willing
;. 20 do its share in assisting propert!
owners to : improve othe sidewalks
when the property ownersewere VII
ing to assist the City in! Improving
the streets.
Mr.. Burke said the matter had
been gone over very carefully by th'
committee, and that, they: felt tha
the payment Of this money would b
! setting dangerous precedent.