Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-06-15
PROPOSE To ERECT
SCHOOL BUILDING
Council Authorizes Plans
and Specifications to
be Prepared
TO CONTAIN 16 ROOMS
Health Officials Re- Electtd--Aldci-
men Defeat Mayors Feto-Decisirn
On Friendship Engine House

The joint committee on finance
and schools at a Meeting &C. the city
council he'll last night presented a
resolution authorizing the construc-
ton of a sixteen room school build
ing on the lot of the Alexandria
High School ard directing the city
engineer 10 rave plans and speclfi-
cations prepared and submit to
council an estimate of the cost of
construction end the report was
adopted.
A Joint session was held at which
time the following sfcials of the
city health department were re-
elected to serve for the ensuing year:
DR.. L. F.. Foulks, city health officer;
DR.. w. Clye West, bascteriologist.
The nominations were made by
Councilman Matter. Following the
election Health Officer Foulks sub
mitted the name Of DR.. James j..
Garvev for reelection for deputy
health officer and he was elected
being nominated by Councilman Sui
Ivan. Councilman MeCaffrey, how
ever, declined to vote when Dr.
Garvev's name was presented.
The board of aldermen by vote
of 7 to / defeated the veto of Mayor
!. NJ. Duncap to the 100000 bond
issue, Mr.. Summers voted to sustain
the mayor. Mayor Duncan desired a
$500, 900 bond issue. The s30O,O0O
bond issue having passed the common
council at the last meeting of that
body will row become law.
The special committee Of council
composed Of Courcilmen Ticer, Wat
ties. Kaufman and Dcvers and Aldcr
men Rallencer and wilkins named to
confer with the members of the
Friendship Fire Association to ascer
tain what arrangements, of any.
could be made with the members of
the Friendship Company toward Sc
curing the CId hand engine for exhi-
hition purposes by the Russell Nit
chell Post Veterans of Foreign
Wars report, dtfat the building of
tie Friendship Company is the prop
erty Of the city Of Alexandria and
that the engine is the property of
the Friendship Company. They also
appended 20 their report report
submitted to them b. the corpora
ton Attorney Fl. Noel Garner set
ting forth The facts in the case.
The committee in their report set
forth that they would gladly give the
war veterans any ether city properly
they might desire to use as meet
ing place.
H. l.. Arnold, cne Of delegation Of
the members of Russell Mitchell Pest
present, was given the floor and re
among other thing. said that they
had meeting place Of their own and
marted to use the place as d museum
ard charge a fee 20 see the engins
the fund to oe applied for the use Q!
ex-se.vice men and cheir families.
The veterans he said had no dc
sire to join the Friendship Company
as they were not veteran firemen ant
he added there is only one living mem
ber of the Friendship Company, Mr..
Clarkson
The corporation attorney was ii
recte.d to give his opinion as to tht
ownership of certain furnittre taken
from the Relief Truck House. Coun-
Gilman Ticer presented a ccsolutio'
which was adapted that the corpn.
ration attorney ascertain whether OF
net it is necessary to submit the pro
posed bond issue to the freahoiders.
Resolutions carh'yiag appropriations
for street improvements amounting
to S33 900 were presented and refer
red to the joint committee On street:
and finance. They follow: $40 900 fuI
nlacadam roadway p feet wide !
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