Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-12
MAYOR FISHER ! II:
IS SUSTAINED
Vetoes Councils Action in
Naming Highway Rus =.
sci Road
HOLD BRIEF SESSION ''|:
Official Report Of Test of New Com
binatidn Fire Engine Received
Met All Requirements.


Met All Requirements.
The session of the City Council las
night were comparatively brief The
bulk of the business introduced was
of a general nature.
Mayor Fisher sent in a veto
message. The document dealt with
the passage of conference commit
tees report on communication from
f. P. Russell who had petitioneo
Council to name a road running INTO
Rosemont 4Russell Road" The Mayor
questions the legality Of the pro-
ceedings of Council in the matter.
The committee on streets, it will be
remembered, reported adversely on
the petition. and the Common Council,
after some discussion, ordered that
the highway be named Mason Avenue
after the author of the Virginia Bill
of Rights. The Board of Aldermen re-
fused to concur, and conference COM
mittee was appointed which unanlm-
ously recommended that the highway
he called "Russell Road" This was
adopted by a vote OF S to IN the
Board of Aldermen and 6 to 4 in the
Common. Council. The Mayors OBJ
jections were sustained by the Com
mon Council, to which his honor's
paper had been sent, by vote
OF 2 to a. and the Aldermen concurred
in their action by unanimous vote.
I The message will be found in the Of
fetal proceedings. go ,...
Board of Aldermen.
There was no discussion upon any
paper introduced in the Aldermen,
and the votes were unanimous.
Mr.. Summers introduced a pream-
bic and resolution appropriating SS,-
600 with which to pay for the new.
motor engine and runabout recently
received from the La France Company
Of Elmira, N. Y. He also presented
the report of the test made OF the
apparatus. which, was satisfactory.
The test was made under the super
vision of 7. NJ Robinson, Superinten-
dent of Machinery of the District OF
Columbia, who submitted his report.
The preamble and resolution went
to the Finance and Fire Committees.
< The Aldermen adopted the report
Of the Fire and Finance Committees
recommending the employment of a
driver for the new apparatus at a
salary of $40 a month.
The Aldermen also appropriated
s2O6. so for the purchase!of curtains
for the new high school Building.
The board concurred in the action
of the Common Council on all papers
sent in.
Common Council
Common .Councile by vote of Z
TO a last night sustained Mayor
Fishers veto of the resolution adopt
ed at a recent meeting of council Of
fcially designating a certain road
formerly a part of Alexandria coun-
ty, as Russell road. The mayors rea'
son for vetoing the measure was that
it was adopted by council without
sufficient number of votes. Those for
it were Messrs, Marbury, H. R. Burke
Wattles, Desmond, Bales, Ballengea
and Bryan and those against it were
Messrs. Brumback, Pohl, Harrison
and Smith. >f>; - -.
The resolution was then referred tt
the committee on general laws on mo-
tion of Mr.. Brockett, who did not moi
vote on the veto.
Councilman Bryan contended tha
the resolution should have had majo
I rity of the votes Of members of coun
Gil in order to be legally adopted, ant
instead it had only vote of to q
: He read a section Of the city charte
to uphold his contention.
Jonathan Matthews petitioned TO
s. permission to convert frame struc
! ture in alley bounded by King, Primo,
Lee and Union streets, which is :no'
half completed, into a storage she
for lumber.
Mr.. Brockett said the street con
nittec had refused permit for II