Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-06-01
OFFICIAL
Common Council

OFFICIAL
Common Council
At an adjourned meeting Of the
Common Council of the City of Alev-
andria. Va, held May 81, 1921, there
were present:
II. r. Burke. esq, president, ard
Messrs. Mccartney. Mater, T;cec,
Downham, Hartmann. Wattlas. Des-
mond. Drury, Sullivan. Baggett. Bal
lenger, LAWYER, Fletcher. beavers.
An ordinance 10 amend an ordin-
anee entitled An ordinance empow-
ering and inssr!c,!ag the Mayor Of
the city of Alexandria 70 execute
contract on behalf Of the city Coun-
Gil of Alexandria with Edward E.
Vaudeville, MS successors or assigns,
in reference 10 the furnishing IN this
cry, of light. heat and power. by
electricity, which was approved July
25th, 1906. was recommended by the
joint committee on light and finance
and read the second and third time
and passed. Ayes, Messrs, McCaffrey
Matter, TIGER, Downham, Kaufman.
Watt1es, Desmond, Drury, Bagget..
Eaalenger, Lawler, Fletcher, beavers,
and Mr.. president, IA. Noes Mr.. Sui
Ivan /.
The Board then adjourned.
H. r. BURKE, President
Teste: Daniel R Stanst3ury, c. C.
AT called meeting of the Com
mon Council held at $50 p. NJ, May
81, 1921. There were present:
H. r. Burke, esq. president anc
Messrs. Mccartney, Matter, TIGER
Downham, Kaufman, Wattles, Des-
mond, Drury, Sullivan, Baggett Bal
lerger, LAWYER, Fletcher, beavers.
The President stated that the mech
ing was called on the request Of five
members to consider a veto of the
mayor an ordinance to provide TO.
the issue and sale Of three hundred
thousand dollars Of registered or nor
registered coupon bonds of The city,
as passed by the Common Council
May 10Th, 1921, was returned by the
mayor with out his approval. The foi-
lowing. message from the. nlaYoc was
received:
To; the Gty icauneil| of
Alexandria, Virginia. !. |; !; i;!,.
Gentlemen, - ! $50
RETURN herewith anil. ordnance
adopted by the common council May
10th, 1921, which aetioH was concur
red in by the Board Of Aldermen en-
May 24th, 1881, entitled TAn iOrdi-
nance to provide for the issue and
sale of three hundred thousand, ($3OO,-
O00) dollars Unregistered or nom
registered coupon bonds: of the City
Of. Alexandria, Virginia. called Gas
Wopks, Street improvements and Ger
eral Fund Bonas;:'to provide for the
creation of sinking fund for pay
ment Of said bonds and to designate
and describe the, form of binds is
sued by authority and, under tire pro.
visions of this Ordinance 81
l ann not able to lend my approval
of this ordinance for the reason that
it does not sem to me to conform to
recognized business principles, nor
to meet the urgent requirements and
absolute necessities of the City.
This ordinance declares that the
bonds referred to are to be issued
'for the corporate purpose of said
The City Council of Alexandria, and
particularly for the Alexandria Gas
Works to the amount of one hum
dred and eighty thousand (S1S0,000)
dollars. and for street Improvement
and the general fund to the amount of
one hundred and twenty. thousand
($120,000) dollars" This language
seems to intimate that the proceeds
of the bonds are to be used for, con-
templated expenditures and for I'M
provements to be hereafter made TO
streets, and in that respect is Who'll
~ misleading and inaccurate, as he
following brief statement OF the
actual unsecured Indebtedness Of the
city viii show. All of the amounts
set out in the following schedule are
due by notes as shown therein, heit
oy the First National Bank of this
City, sand the whole amount repre-.
scented by these notes has either
actually been already spent or must
be spent for debts now due. AS mat,
ter of fact all of the money except
$40 . ,,o,>t of tho fu,anty-five thoO.