Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-24
$l9o,2o5 Required to Meet
City's Expenses Next
l2 Months
ss2,24e FOR SCHOOLS
Common Council Will Meet Again To.
night and Board Of Aldermen Next
Saturday Night

The annual appropriation bill was
passed by the city council last night
and it carries with it appropriations
totaling $19O,2O5, for the fiscal yeal
ending May 81, 1917, and the esti-
mated receipts are given as Sls2,loo
Councilman Bryan, chairman of the
finance committee, reported that the
bill of appropriations does not IN
clude $4,000. asked for the opera
tion of the schools and $500 asked
for the purchase Of fire hose for the
fire department.
According to a statement prepar-
ed by Councilman Bryan, chairman
of the finance committee, the esti-
mate receipts of the city for the
wear will include the following:Taxes
$4,000; paving bills, $4,000; IL
censes, $13, 1000; fines from police court
s2loO; sewer permits, $4,000; cleo
trio lights $1,000; Washington-Vir-
ginia Railway Compay, $1,65O; state
capitation taxes $1,000, gas works,
$4,000; rent bills $500.
Among the large items contained
in the list of expenditures include
$4,000 police force; $3.50 salaries;
S12,SOO cleaning streets; $4,000, hre
department; $500; electric lights;
100000; temporary loans; $4,000;
Alexandria Hospital; together with
: many ohers.
n An ordnance providing for the
payment of money for setting curb,
paving cutters and sidewalks, mon
ey to be deposited to cover cost OF
labor and material as made by the
city engineer, was adopted.
On the recommendation Of the
street committee the city eng:ileec
was directed to have ashes. and
house waste removed from houses
nj the recently annexed territory,
beginning June l, in the same man
ner as is done in the old city limits
A resolution providing for this was
introduced at the last meeting hy
Councilman C. S. Taylor Burke.
An adverse report was made on
petition of R. Ramer to make cer-
a petition of R. Ramer, to make GER
1916 King street. The street COM
mittee in making this report set
forth that the proposed steps, etc,
would be in violation of the building
laws.
After a protractcd debate on the
report it was laid over for further
consideration.
An ordinace to approve ordinance
for $4,000 bond issue OF May /,
1916 and amending same was read
and referred to the joint commit
tee on finance and general laws. =.
Councilman Bryan stated that a
meeting will be held tonight for the
purpose of acting on this matter and
he expressed hope that all members
of council would attend. - i
The New York attorneys, repres-
enting the recent purchasers OF the
bonds, which bear interest at four
per cent and are to run for a period
of 81 years, desire council to take
certain action regarding the bonds,
and the necessary ordinance has al
ready been prepared by Common
wealth's Attorney Brent.
A resolution appropriating $4,000
for construction of sewer on Prince
and Henry Sts., was referred to the
committees on finance and streets. A
resolution appropriating $500 to be
used by the health committee in i'm
proving conditions in certain sections
of the city was referred to com
mittee on health and finance.
A communication was received
from the city school board setting
forth that the sum of S42,949 will b'
required to operate the public school:
for the coming year and of this
amount the sum of S10,70O will b'
paid by the state. This was refer
red to the committee on finance ant
schools.
The city engineer reported tha
the construction of a four foot grano
lithic sidewalk from the north sid,