Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-09-29
Have New Garbage And
Trash Collection
System
STREET WORK $2O,4OO
Part of Cost of Street Work to be
Done in Vicinity of High School
viii be Assessed Against Abut-
ting Property Owners.

! The new city council at an adjourn
ed meeting held yesterday afternoon
adopted the tentative program for
! improvements to be made during the
autumn and winter months as out
lined by City Manager Wilder NJ.
Rich. The program was adopted as
a whole with ore or two minor
changes.
Mayor William A. Smoot, who
presided, told Council that its adop-
ton does not mean that council will
carry out the entire program, bu:
that the program is merely a scheme
to give council something to follow
and that each item will be taken up
separately.
The program provides for the fol-
lowing: Complete paving work as au-
thorized by the old city council; con-
struct pavements and sidewalks in
the vicinity of the high school build
ing, this to include concrete side
walks; construct cinder sidewalks TO
the Parker Gray School; construct a
concrete sidewalk on the west side Of
Washington street from Wythe street
to the overhead railroad bridge; IN
stall garbage and trash collection
system; construct twenty-four inch
sewer along the Masonic Temple
property on King street extended.
and make plans to comolet a sewer
Park subdivision; obtain plans, spec
ifications and estimates for construct
ing a trunk sewer in the northeastern
section of the city TO replace the
preset sewer which is entirely made
quate and in such condition that it
can no longer be repaired; investi-
gate proper location for Fairgrounds
in various parts Of the city with a
view of operating at least three dur
ing the coming year; audit the city
accounts as of September |, 1922, and
install a new budget and accounting
system; rearrange the offices in the
city hall; plans, specifications and eS-
Inmates for the installation of a po-
{ lice and fire alarm system; make
plans for beautifying the school
grounds, and obtain estimates of
cost of work necessary.
The street work prorosed in the
vicinity of the school building will
cost $50, 400, and of this amount aD-
proximately $4,000 will be bourne by
the property owners for their re-
SDective share of the work. The pa-
wing and cost estimated of work fol-
lows: $1,000 for thirt,T-siX foot road
wav on Queen street between Pavne
and West streets; $4,000 for paving
West street from Cameron streets;
$1,000 for paving West street from
Cameron TO Queen street; $4,000 for
having Cameron street from West to
Harvard streets; $500 for paving
Harvard street from King to Cam
erou street
Estimated cost of sidewalks fol-
lows On west side of West street
from King to Cameron street. $1,000:
on west side of West street from
Cameron. to Jefferson School, 500
One third of the cost of the work
would he bourne by the property own
ers under the terms of resolutions
prepared for each piece Of work pro-
| posed
/ In conectior with the proposed in
ISOLATION of the new system for the
collection of garbage. trash and ashes
the sum Of 1899 was appropriated to
purchase dunn carts for IFS removal
and 5000 was appronriated to pur-
chase an automobile for the use Of
tho superintendent of the work. City
! Manager Rich explained that for the
nreSent he will endeavor 10 hire
mules and until his eouinment ar'
rivnS he will continue to trv out th"
present force of employees engaged
in tho work.
A let+er was rooeived from The
/ Vouno Mons CHRISTIAN Association.
through Clyde G Lsmond, president:
Detitioning council for the opening OF
Cameron to Harvard street. A res
olution of Councilman Ticer appro-
priating $4,000 for street improve
mentS. to take the place Of the one
resolution appropriatinr S2O,4OO for
| the work outlined by Manager Rich
in the tentative program was re-
ceived.
The sum of $500 was appropriated
TO widen the roadway at the corner
Of Patrick and Franklin street, now
regarded as a menace TO motorists.
Owing to its narrowness, was adopt
ed.
Council received and accented an
invitation from the Northern Virginia
Odd Fellows Association 10 partlci-
nate ir their parade which VIII be
held here the afternoon OF Novem-
Der II
Ft. Lauderdale. Fla. - Eighteen
thousand dollars collected IN 1lnes
from confessed wire tappers ana con-
fidence men will he used IN build,
ing a hospital. Victims of mental