Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-06
STREET WORK
NEAR SCHOOL
TO COST S2l,lS)
City Council Adopts ResO-
lutiOns For Proposed
Work
FINANCES DISCUSSED
City Auditor Price Withdraws Resig-
nation-SchOOl Trustees to be Fleet
ed October l8-Plan For Remodel
ing Offices in City Hall.

The new city council at its meet
! ing yesterday afternoon adopted res
olutions appropriating S2l,lSO for
street improvements in the vicinity
of the high school building. These
improvements were recommended IN
the program recently submitted to
council by City Manager Wilder NJ.
Rich.
The streets proposed to De improved
and cost of same follows: $1,000 for
gravel roadway on Queen from PaynS
to West together with concrete curbs
and cutters, one-third of the cost 20
be borne by the property owners ana
two-thirds by the city; $4,000 for
bituminous roadway on West between
King and Princess streets, a distance
of three squares, it being estimated
that it will take $4,000 for each
square; $4,000 for gravel roadway on
Cameron from West to Harvard, .
distance of about two squares; $3.50
for sidewalk on west side OF West
from King to Cameron streets; Sl3o
for sidewalk on west side of Wes,
from Cameron to Princess, distance
of two squares.
Action on the resolutions for the
inprovement of Harvard street from
King to Cameron streets and OF
Pavne from King to Cameron street,
a distance of one square each, went
over. .oa
A resolution appropriating $4,000
for ;mnrovements in the city hall
building, as recommended by the old
citv council was presented and de-
ferred.
It is proposed by City Manages
Rich TO change the offices of city Of
ficials The old council chamber will
he used Jointly by the city tax col
Iector and the clerk Of the gas anc
the future meetings of the city coun
ell now held in the chamber Of the
common council, will be held IN the
chamber of the board OF aldermen,
Transfers of the other officials viii
no made to different offices upon the
completion of the improvements pro-
The resignation of City Auditor F,
= price. presented at the last meet-
inc was withdrawn and on motion o.
Councilman Jones a committee COM
posed of Councilmen Bryant ana
Ticer was appointed to thank Mr..
price for the withdrawal of his reslg
nation. .;.+,t %
CITY Auditor Price was deferred u;;-
4J +ba ,,ayt meeting.
An amendment to the ordinance
providing for tax on intang'DieS'
as passed by the old council and nay
mo This tax collected by the city
treasurer instead of the city tax col
lector. offered by Councilman llceT,
was adopted. 1t was estimated thac
this will yield the city about SI9'oVo
additional revenue annually.
Communication from the city schoo'
hoard announcing that the the terms
of the following school trustees have
expired was received: Gilbert ). Cox,
First ward; Ashby Bladen' second
ward: z. C. Dare, Third ward: T. f.
DYSON Fourth ward. 1t was decided
70 go into an election at the next
r,eef;no of council which will be heid
, iltCLAlie VI
October Is. ,-..,
The city manager was authorized
TO make an inventory and appraise-
ment of all city property. Bill OF the
Alexandria Light and Power Com
many for $194.74 for current fur
nished at the Armory was deferred.
CITY Manager Rich presented az
invitation to attend the annual meet
inc of the League of Virginia Munich
paiities which will be held in Peters
burg. Va, October 19 and 20 and IN
view of the fact that the next regu-
lar meeting of council is set for Oc-
tober 10, it was decided to hold this
meeting on October Is IN order that
Mr.. Rich may attend the meeting.
Resolution for sewer on Pendleton
street to Henry street and on Henry
from Pendleton to a point fifty feet
south of Wythe street which will
drain the property of the National
Fruit Products Company at a cost OF
about $500 went over until the next
meeting. The returns from taps from
this sewer, it was estimated, will
J amount to about 5000.