The Washington herald., 1922-02-15
COMMON COUNCIL
AT ALEXANDRIA
FOR WHITE Way
Ordinance Must Lie Over
Three Days for the
Aldermen.
THE HERALD. BuaEAy,

N King street.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. Feb. IA
The ordinance providing for
white way" on King street, De.
tween. Fairfax and Patrick strcets.
a distance OF seven squares, was
adopted tonight by the common.
council by a vote OF II to .. In the
board Of aldermen the matter was
laid over under the rules. as IL
would have been illegal to pass the
measure tonight. Three days will
have to intervene before Il can tss
passed. Just as soon as the alder
men adopt the measure and 1t Is
approved by the mayor the work
'of constructing will begin.
Those voting against the measure
tonight were McCsffrey, Ballenger
and Devers. President Burke first
voted against the measure and later
changed his vote for It. =
The ordnance provides for a
fourteen-year contract with the
Alexandra County Lighting Com
pany for forty-two lamps-six TO
each square, three on each side OF
the street and four at each corner
except at Fairfax and Patrick
streets.
IT will cost the city approxi-
mately $1,000 a year, IL Is esti.
mated. Forty-two ornamental iron
poles, 35 feet high, are to be erected
and all OF the wires OF the various
public utilities will be placed on
these poles. -
On Recommendation of the joirt
COMMITTEES on finance and streets,
sss.ooo was appropriated for the
erection Of new public school
building. o..
An adverse report was made on
an ordinance introduced some time
ago by Alderman Summers provId-
ing for the exemption from taxa
tion till January /. 1925. on all new
buildings. in order to stimulate
building. The committee set forth
1t could not legally be done and
the report was adopted.
| A resolution empowering the city
to make a loan Of $4,000 TO pay
of bills owed by the city gas works
was adopted. -,.. o..
The sum Of s1.4eo was approprI-
ated TO meet deficit in the IRE de-
partment's appropriation.
An ordinance appropriating si5,-
600 year to pay half the interest
charges for Fairfax County on the
loan to be made by the county for
the Improvement of the Little River
turnpike was referred to the streets
and finance committees.
Pending enactment of a bill now
before the State legislature ie-
signed to curb divorce, Judge Rob-
inson Moncure, of the Corporation
Court, today indicated to a. COM
mittee of the Bar Association that
he would carry out the spirit of the
bill as requested bysthe association
in dIyorce csses.- This, II il be-
lieved. will tighten UP the divorce
situation here. :.
The board of, directors Of the
chamber of commerce is mapping
out plans whereby hexandrlans
who were furloughed at the Wash
,ington Navy Yard can secure en-
ployment.
1t was announced at the meeting
that 50 per cent of the merchants
on King street. where the white
way is to be. have agreed to pay
their proportion of the cost OF in
stallation, and that others will sign
when council reports favorably
on the measure.
The directors reported that ar
rangements have been made where
by they hope to have all river
steamers stop here.
Rev. E. B. jackson, D. D., pastor
of the First, Baptist Church. an
nounces appointment of the follow
ing committees: Finance, n. p.
Pitts, chairman: A. d. Shuman, Jo-
seph W. Reeves. c. E. Nicol, r: H
Cox. Clinton Brown. Clarence Wells;
tiebins, J. L. Foster. chairman; DR.
e. H. Lewis, H. .R. Steele. L. NJ
Evans. Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Steele
poor. ]. NJ. Saunders, chairman;
James B. Williams. p. F. Wade. -
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