Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-25
ACT ON. JURY'S REPORT

= Findings of Grand Jury Referred t
Committees-Lower Board Change
i Location of Jitneys and Aldermen
Lay Matter on Table-Other Mat
ters Presented.
A copy of the findings of the grane
jury which met recently in the cor
poration court was read at a meet.
ing of common council last night, anc
President Burke took up each part
Ct the report and referred it to the
proper committees, for report tc
council es follows:
Illirii traffic in liquor to police COM
| mittee; restoraE police force to full
membership, police and finance COM
n.ittees; poor quality of gas, to light
committee, removal of all screens
from pool rooms, and gambling cases,
to general laws and finance commit
tee; using all prisoners in city Jail
for chain gang purposes, to street
committee
The street committee recommended
that the jitney lire operating between
this city and Camp Humphreys be
located in Friendship alley in the
square bounded ny King, Prince, Al
fred and Patrick streets, and that
passengers be taken on jitneys on
Gifred street between King and
Prince streets. Their recommends
ton was adopted by vote of 13 to =
Messrs. McCaffrey and Sullivan voting
against changing the location.
The board of aldermen, however,
laid the matter on the table and thi
jitneys for the present, at least, will
continue to use the d location o,
Pitt street between King ad Prince
streets.
This action was taken because OBJ
lection was raised to the jitneys by
residents of Pitt street between King
end Prince streets.
The proposition created consider
able debate.
Kenneth w. Ogden, chief of the fire
department, called attention to the
fact that the fire engine bells now q,
times are not rung during a fire oV
ing to the shortage Of policemen ar'
he suggested ir his communication
that an automatic ringer be installc'
This was referred 10 the joint commit
tee on finance, police and general
laws.
Chief Ogden also directed atten-
tion in another! communication to the
congested condition Of King street be-;
tween Washington and Columbus
streets owing to the double track o.
the Washington-Virginia Railway
that poin. and of the danger when tn.
fire. apparatus is responding to az.
alarm OF fire.
{. uncil decided to request the rail
way company to discontinue using
this switch and make transfers
King and Columbus, streets instead
CT: at this: switch. The railway com
panv also will be asked to remove the.
switch. The railway company also
switch. A committee composed Of
Councilmen Ruben and Lawler was ap
pointed for the purpose of waiting or
the officials of the railway company
and having them attend tc the mat
ter at:orce.
George E. Warfeld, who was re-
Gently. elected a member of common
council from the first ward, tenderef
his resignation and the election of his
successor was deferred until the next
meeting. In his .,letter he explained
that his duties were such that ne
would be unable to give the required
time to the position.
A committee composed of Mrs. NJ.
". O'Brien, Miss Mary Carlin and
Mrs. John Leadbeater appeared be-
fore council and asked for an appro-
priation cf $500 for The Alexandria
Free Kindergarten. Councilman Law
lcr moved that the usual approprla-
ton of $3.50 be granted and Council
man Ballenger offered resolution
authorizing the light committee t.
furnish two loads of coke month for
six months to the kindergarten in ac-
cordance with request made by the
committee of ladies. Councilman Ru-
ben suggested increasing the ap'
nronriation to $500. Both matters were