Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-12
Howard w. Smith Makes
Plea in Behalf of Cham
Der of Commerce
WANTS MANAGERS JOB
Ordinances Providing For Improve
ment of Fifty-two Sidewalks are
Adopted.

Attorney Howard w. Smith, on be-
halk of the directors of the Chamber
of Commerce, last night appeared be-
fore Common Council and made plea
for the construction of 4 road on y.
Fairfax Street leading to the plants
of the Old Dominion Glass Company
Bryant Fertilizer Factory and what
was formerly the plant OF the Cen
eral Shipbuilding Corporation. Mr'
Smith was given the floor to address
the Council at the request OF Coun-
Gilman Fletcher.
Mr.. Smith among other things SAID
there is no improved street by whlch
YOU can approach that point, ana ne
added that the glass factory IS one
of the city's leading business enter
nrises and he asked if Council cou!d
not get together on some action IN
order that the employees OF these
plants would not nave to wade
through mud during the winter mon
tbs in going to their work. he point
ed ont that in the event of fire there
.,onld be considerable trouble Tor tne
,neines to reach this point. Mr'
smith asked Council for speedy ac,
ion on the proposition and Presldent
Burke referred the matter TO the
Joint committee on streets ana llf'all-
ce with the request that they MAKE
. renort on the matter at the next
meeting of the City Council.
The first application Tor the posi-
ton of City Manager OF the scity ~as
read and received. 1t came from
George l.. R;nkliff. The writer At
nresent is business manager OF HAM
mon Va, and says he has had seven
years experience, for five and nan
Years being secretary to Charles r.
Ashburner at Springfield o., the ialc :
ter now being business manager OIL
Norfolk, Va, Councilman TIGER eN,
nlained that the present city Council
has nothing to do with the matter.
The manager will be elected by city,
council to be elected next June ana
this Council will not go into ONCE tii'
September, 1922. ~,
The automobile bureau OF the
Chamber of Commerce petitioned Tor
s;gns at Alfred and Franklin, and
Patrick and Franklin Streets and II
was referred to the Street Committee
Councilman Desmond offered res
olution appropriating Sl,3'o Tor the
purchase of pneumatic tires Tor IN
rine Companies Nos ! and > ana II
was referred to the Joint commlttee
on fire and finance.
Proposition of Beach Brothers Tor
installation of sanitary boxes was re-
ferred to the health committee
Resolution to extend the fire limits
weseward on King Street was refer
rod To the committee on fire and cor
poration attorney.
The sum of $4,000 was appropri-
ated for the purchas of broken stone
for repairs to streets.
Dr.. Louis E. Foulke, city health OF
fcar, submitted his monthly report
showing the health of the city to be
in good condition and reviewing the
work accomplished BY his department
during the past month. le was re-
ferred 10 the health committee.
Councilman Fletcher introduced a
letter addressed to the Washington
Board of Trade urging a clean up for
Washington for the coming disarr-
ament conference; saying the letter
had been submitted to the Chamber
of Commerce directors by Leo T. ttar'
low. Mr.. Fletcher urged that Alex
andria should take steps to clean ul
as many of the delegates who VII
attend the conference and visit Alex
andria and he urged that the stree
committee take up the matter with thf
citv engineer and it was referred Il
the street committee.
Communicate from Capt. l.. +. Gar
dner of the Alexandria Light lnfan
+ry calling attention to carnival Il
be held BY that company the last tw'
weeks of this month at the armory t
raise funds to install heating plan
md # was referred to the finance
committee. Bill of court expenses Il
suit of Mrs Daisy Datona Burton a
Mounting to $43.93 was referred I
tho committee on finance. 'aUto.
of Sands and Company f7F aer1n.
sion to erect garage in eor -r
Prince Street was reter1 - a
committee
Ordinances providing ~.
Drovement of fifty-two
different parts of the cit
and adopted. 1t was Prov r.. H,
cost of these improveme s7&
assessed against the prop
unless me property oW1
work within ten days afte celHs Fl"