Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-28
new CITIZENS
ATTEND COUNCIL
Residents Of Recently-An-
nexed Territory Among
Spectators
VACANCY NOT FILLED
Special Committee Appointed to For
mulate Annexation Legislation Pre-
sent Two Reports.

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The special annexation committee
of the City Council of Alexandra
which has charge of all legislation al
fecting the territory recently annexed
to the city, submitted report to
Council at its meeting last night op-
posjne the creation Of 4 fifth "aro
and recommending that the new ter
ritory be added to the present wares
They suggest that the territory sou.h
of the first ward and east OF WASH
inrton street be added to the tirst
ward; that all the territory lying
west of Washington street and south
of King street and King street ROAD
extended, be attached to the fourth
ward and that all the territory north
of King street and King street en-
tended and lying west Of Washington
street be attached to the third ward
They also recommend that the va
cancy at present existing in the
third ward be filled by the election
of a resident of the addition OF the
said ward.
A minority report of the same COM
mittee signed by Henry X. Field, c.
j. w. Summers, R. D. Blumback and
w. w. Ballenger was also presented.
In it they recommend that a fifth
ward be created consisting of all the
territory recently annexed to the
city west of West street.
!. Both reports were laid on the
table and will be taken up at the next
meeting Of Council.
In the lower board an attempt was
made to fill the vacancy in the third
ward delegation caused by the death
of Robert L. Monroe and a motion.
made by Mr.. Brockett to 60 into the
election was lost by vote OF to 8.
bOaTQ VI :hWeI HIGH
All the Aldermen were present. The
first business which came up was
an ordinance granting franchise to
any company to .construrt'a and operate
telephone line in the ely tof Alexan-
dria. The ordinance twas recently
passed by the Common Council and
laid over in by the Aldermen.
All the members save Mr.. Summers
We're disposed to vote for the meas
ure. He thought the company who
obtained this franchise would place
poles wherever convenient to them
and could increase rates at pleasure:
1t is provided in the ordinance that
SHOULD this company resort to such i.
conrse the Corporation, Commission
would be appealed to, but Mr.. Sum-
'ners thought as an additional safe
guard that the company should not
be allowed to exercise such a course
without permission of the City coun-
cil..
MesSrs. Hill, Brill, Ballenger and
wilkins thought sufficient safeguards
had been thrown around the city by
the ordinance which had been pre-
pared by the Corporation Attorney
and others who had worked in the in
1erests of the city.
1t was finally determined to lay the
ordinance over until the next meet
ing.
President Field, as chairman of the
special committee to consider, mat
ters and legislation respecting the
recently annexed territory, presented
the following report:
The special Committee appointed
under resolution to investigate an,
report necessary measures for The
government of the territory reccnt!.
annexed, recommend that all OF III
annexed territory lying south of tn
First Ward and east of Washingto,
Street, be attached to the said Ward
that all; of the annexed territory ly
ing west OF Washington Street an
south of King Street and King Stree
road, otherwise known as the Lees
burg Pike, be attached to the FourtI
Ward; and all Of the. annexed terri
tory north of King Street and Kin,
Street road. otherwise known as Lees
burg Pike, and lying west Of Wash
ington Street. be attached to tn
Third Ward. And with that end i
veiw, your Committee recommen
that the ordinance hereto attache
he passed.
Your Committee farther recon,