Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-15
City. Council Refers Petition
To Limit Number of
Carnivals
LIGHTS FOR SUBURBS
Will Elect Piye School Trustees at
Next Meeting-To Compel Railway
to Take up Switch on King Street

The first. meeting of the city coun
Gil since It's summer recess, which wa
taken July %, was held last nigh
and large volume of business wa
disposed of. Council was in. session
two and a half hours.
On recommendation of the fire ant
finance committee the sum of SIT,
600 was appropriated 20 complete tht
motorization Of the. city fire depart
ment. Of this amount the sum of $40,
600 will be used to purchase an Amer
lean La France engine and $500
each for two Brockton hose wagons
The old steamers will be kept as
reserve engines it was stated. At.
tention. was called to the fact that
recently the fire apparatus has re-
sponded 70 false alarms of fire be-
yond the city limits in the neighbor-
ing counties, and it was stated by
some of those present that it is per-
fectly proper to go when there is a
serious conflagration in progress but
not otherwise.
Resolution increasing the salary Of
the chief of the fire department to
$50 month effective November l was
referred TO the joint committee or
fire and finance.
Resolution appropriating the sum
of $1,000 for the installation of {
heating plant and other Improve
ments at the. Reliance engine house
was referred to the public property
and finance committee.
The lower board adopted a resolu-
tion approp,iating S700 for new roof
and other improvements for the &C.
lunbia engine house. The aldermen
however, non:concuTred and referred
the matter to the finance and public
property committee and the lower
board then colrcutred in their action.
J. M. Otey, clerk of the city Of
Lynchburg, sent communication tc
council setting forth that nine coun
ties in the state paid during the fis.
cal, year $14e,sa2.O9 more than paid
back to them BY the state treasury,
and' that the: remaining ninety-one
counties We're paid out Of the state
Treasury s1,533,s59.1O more than they
contributed, causing loss to the
state 1,o of 81, ,3s4,G1T:el.
lt>was set forth that the cities, as
shown by theSrecords, paid into 1.-The
state treasury sum of $2,4O1 ,068.2S
more than paid back to them. This
deplorable condition, it was claimed
is due to the present inequitable sys-
ten, of assessment in the counties.
Suggestions were made to increasc
the taxes in order to make a more
y uniform system for the whole state
( This was referred to the finance and
general laws, committee.
4he clerk of the city school board
Gilbert ]. Cox, submitted notice thai
C. r. Yates, member of the boarc
from the first war, had resigned, ano
that, the term of the following trus,
tees had expired.
Gilbert J. Cox, first ward; W. F. H
Finke, second ward; w. H. HelmutE
third ward: T. C. Howard, fourth
ward.
The lower board decided to hold {
joint session next Tuesday night. Th'
aldermen, however, declined the in
v.tation, hence the election of trus
tees win go over for two weeks.
The special committee, of which Nj
Baggett is chairman recommends
the removal of the switch of th
Washington Virginia Railway Com
pany on KiEg street between st
.Asaph and Columbus streets withi1
sixty days. and that if not dom
steps be taken to have it removed a
the expiration of that time. This wa
The Chamber ;, of Commerce pc
toned that the number of carnivals i
adopted.
the city hereafter be limited to thre
q year, none to remain more than
week at time and that the licens
tax be fixed at 5000 day 1t wa
stated that not less than fourtce
carnivals came to Alexandria durin
the season just closed. The matte
was referred to the finance and se,
era! laws committee.
Resolution that council place eigl