Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-13
declined the request Of council tc
erert waiting room and establish tlck'

| Spring Park station, aL t'e he''" o'
king street, be referred TO the cor
poration attorney and ne take 1ht
necessary legal steps to compei the
company to erect waiting room anC
J ticket office, was adopted.
The street committee recommends
ed that an ordinance be prepared o.
petition of DR.. NJ. D. Delaney, tc
erect steps on Cameron street SIDE OF
his residence, Cameron and Washing
ton streets and the board OF alder
men non-concurred and asked 1ol
conference committee and COM
mittee composed Of j. W. Bales ahc
Albert Bryan was appointed and II
was agreed to refer the matter back
to the street committee. Both board
then concurred in the matter.
After some debate petition o.
Central Garage to regrade Sidewalk
on Washington street. in front OF IT,
new building, between King ano
Cameron streets, was referred l.
street committee.
Action of board of Aldermen III di
recting that one Of the free tele-
phones to be given by c. and p. Tele-
ohone Company in connection with II
franchise be installed in Office o.
Corporation Attorney Fisher VA
non-concurred in. Councilman Bryan
told council the contract with thl
concern has not yet been perfected
The other business transacted vii
&c found in the official proceedings.
Board of Aldermen.
President Field and Messrs. Rob
inson, Brill, Wilkins, Fitzgerald anc
Summers were present at the regula!
meeting of the Board of Aldermen las;
night. The board was in session two
hours.
Mr.. Brill introduced a resolution
directing the Chesapeake and Poto
mac Telephone Company to install
telephone in the Office OF S. P. Fisher
Corporation Attorney, the compan!
having agreed to funish twelve phone
free to the city in the franchise re-
Gently obtained. The resolution was
passed, but was returned by the Com
mon Council, that board having re-
ferred it to the committee on finance
streets and general laws.
Mr.. Brill, was opposed IN concurr'"f
in the action Of the lower board, ant
stated that Mr.. Fisher is corpora
zion official with whom other officials
are in almost constant communlca'
ton, and one of the phones to be fur
nished free by the telephone com
pany should he installed in his Office
He called attention 90 the fact thai
Council had recently passed reso'
luton directing that one Of the twelve
phones be placed in the gas works.
A motion that the Aldermen re-
consider their action and concur irI
that of the Common Council was lost
by the following vote: Ayes, Messrs
Fitzgerald, Summers and Mr.. Presl-
dept-3. Noes, Messrs. Brill, Robin
SON and Wilkins.
Messrs. Brill, anc Summers. were
subsequently appointed committee
of conference, and having consulted
with a similar committee of the Com
mon Council, reported in favor of the
Aldermen. receding from their ac-
ton and concurring in that of the
lower board Their report was adj
opted.
Mr.. Summers introduced resolu-
tion authorizing the finance and fire
committee to purchase triple COM
bination fire engine and Ford runa-
bout. All the members spoke III IA
vor of the proposed purchase, and
the resolution was passed by unani-
nous vote. The Common Council re-
turned the resolution amended so as
to provide that the committee enter
into a contract for the purchase OF
! the new apparatus.
!. When a favorable report of the
committee on streets, on a petition
of T. NJ. Cragg. for permission 70
shingle the sides of houses 527 and
529, north Columbus street, was re-
| ceived from the Common Council, Mr.
Summers said he was opposed to the
Aldermen concurring if the petition
er did not intend to place metal roofs
on these houses. The action OF the
lower board, however, was concur
red in.
The report of the committee on
streets on petition Of NJ. d. De-
laney, MD, for permission to place
steps in front of his office on Cameron
street. was as follows: "1our com
mittee recommends that the Corpora