The Washington herald., 1922-09-06
new CITY COUNCIL
AT ALEXANDRIA IN
ITS FIRST SESSION
Manager Rich Is Under
Bond of $1,000 at His
Uwn Suggestion.
PLANT TO RESUME
Old Dominion Glass Company
Only Awaits Supply
OF Coal.
PLANT TO RESUME
THE HERALD BUREAU.

THE HERALD BUREAU.
A s. Doniphan.
T27 King Street.
y ALEXANDRIA. Va. Sept. 5.-The
frst business meeting Of the new
city council operating under the
council manager form of city gov
ernment was held this afternoon
at o'clock with Mayor william
A. smoot presiding and City Man
ager w. II. Rich in attendance.
ut was decided to hold regular
business meetings the first and
third Thursday of each month. the
next meeting to be held septem-
Der 81. Councilman Ticer objected
+, to afternoon meetings. but was not
sustained.
At the instance of City Manager
Rich 1t was decided to determine
the financial condition of the city
and advertise for bids to audit the
city's books from May 81 to Sep
! tember l.
1t also was decided to install a
I budget system and that all pur-
J chases made by the city manager
in excess of $500 shall come before
, the council.
At the suggestion Of City Man
aEer Rich he was placed under
( bthd of $1,000. the bonding fee TO
( be paid by the city. and it was
also decided to pay for maintain
: ance of his automobile instead of
buying a new one. The business
manager was authorized to hire a
secretary.
The councilmen present were w.
non. Arthur H. Bryant. Robert s
Jones and Edmund F. Ticer.
Just as soon as the necessary
supply of gas coal can be received
the Old Dominion Glass Company
which has been closed since the
middle of June. will resume oper-
ations. The plant will give en-
ployment to 300 men. 1t has a
monthly payroll of $4,000. II
would have resumed operations
more than a month ago If coal
could have been obtained. Ofhctals
of the company say they, now have
assurances that a supply OF coai
soon will be received
The concern was compelled 20
refuse an order for making $4,000
worth of bottles several weeks ago
owing to its inability to obtain
coal.
A mass meeting of Republicans OF
the city will be held in the rooms OF
the Chamber OF Commerce at 8
o'clock tomorrow night to elect nine
delegates and alternates to the dis
srict convention. which will be held
N this city September Is. The dis
trict convention will nominate a
>candidate for Congress.
Nine delegates also will be chosen
at the mass meeting to the State
convention which will be held at
Roanoke. Va. September Is to NOM
mate a candidate for the United
States Senate.
A baseball game will be played
at 4:3O o'clock tomorrow afternoon
at the Dreadnaught Athletic Park
( for the benefit of the charity fund
! of Martha Washington Chapter No.
|" ~. Eastern Star. Nick Altrock, Of
washington. will umpire the game.
The team of Alexandria Washing
! ton Lodge Of Masons will be in
charge of Claude W. Fletcher and
the team of Andrew Jackson Lodge
will be in charge of Frank W. La
/ than
An overheated smoke-stack at
the city gas plant early this after
noon set fire to shed. The fire de-
partment responded and the blaze
was subdued before much damage
was done.
Fines and collateral forfeited in
\ Police Court today amounted to
sIa5. mainly for violation of the
traffic regulations.
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