Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-26
Adverse Report
Bv Council on Bill
In Divorce Probe
Recommend That S4O95O be Paid By State Auditor-Cy
Will Discount Street Improvement NOtes-Re-
fuses to Pay Electric Light Bill For Mill
tary-PetitiOns For Garages
Referred

The finance committee of city
council at a meeting of council held
last night made an adverse report
on the payment by the city of a bill
of Ralph F. Potts for $4O9,50 for
transcribing testimony in the recent
divorce probe in the corporation
court of this city and they recon-
mended that me corporation court
take up the matter with the state
auditor for payment. The report
was adopted.
Accompanying the report Of the
committee was the opinion OF Cor
poration Attorney II. Noel Garner
in which he recommended that the
matter was one to be taken up with
the auditor of public accounts.
On the application of George Boy1
for the permission to erect gasoline
tank on the west side of Alfred
street fifty feet south of Prince
street. permission was granted.
President Burke on this matter de-
clined TO vote. The petition was
signed by large majority OF the
members of both branches OF the
city council A number OF residents
of the neighborhOod also signed the
petition and there was counter pc
tition from a number of the resi-
dents protesting against granting
permission.
On ;the recommendation of the
finance committee the city treasurer
was authorized to discount the
notes given by property owners for
street improvements, to run Tor
one and two years, in order that the
city may at once realize the funds
and they be used for continuing the
street improvements now IN prog
ress on Washington, Prince, Duke
and Pitt streets.
Council refused to pay a bill of
the Alexandria County Lighting
Company for $l55.96 for light fur
niShed at tie armory from October
27. 1921, to May 3. 1922, holding
that the bill should be paid by Com
pany Nj, 10th Infantry, National
Guard, anG its report was unanl-
mouSly adopted. ...
Bill of Corporation Attorney II.
Noel Garner for legal services rend-
cred the city from September 10,
1921, to the present time was or
dered paid and the report was
adopted. ..e
A resolution appropriating 1900
for the Improvement of the square
on Prince street between Henry and
Fayette streets, the funds to become
available when the abutting prop
erty owners, who petitioned for the
improvements, shall have paid their
proportion into the city treasury,
was unanimously adopted.
A petition of the shoemakers to
amend the city license law pertain
ing to their license tax which is
500 a year for shoe repairing by
machines which and SIS year for
shoe repairing by hand was report
ed on adversely by the finance COM
mittee and the prevailing license,
therefore, will stand unchanged.
Bill of the Alexandria Gazette
Corporation for advertising for
year amounting to S6S5.5O, was or
dered paid.
Announcement was made by COur-
Gilman Ticer that the board Of po-
nee commissioners mao Withdrawn
their application for three motor
cycles for the police department
and the board was congratulated on
having being assured that they will
secure six motorcycles for the de-
partment tirough the state author
tiles
Hamilton Letrwich petitioned
council for permission to install two
underground 500 gallon gasoline
tanks on premiSeS 1903 King street
and also two pumps. Permission
also was asked to take enough of
curb to make driveway TO the place
where tanks are 70 be located. This
was referred to the street commit
tee
The following petitions for ga
RACES were presented and referred
20 the street committee: Louis
preifuS 20 erect four in rear of SIS
and $50 North Washington street;
Mrs. James A. long 10 erect one
Tor the accommodation of four cars
on lots on east side of St. Asaph
between Cameron and Queen
streets, 6. Levy 70 erect four in
rear OF houses 1905 and 1910 Prince
street