Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-16
Mrs. w. J. Morton Of d.
A. R., Addresses
City Council
TO PROHIBIT COWS
Resolution Appropriating
$4,000 For Purchase
of Street Equipment
Presented.

An earnest plea for the res
toration of the public drinking
fountain for man and beast, erect
ed several years ago at the cor
ner of Cameron and Royal streets
bv Mount Vernon Chapter, Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution,
was made before city council yes
terday afternoon by Mrs. Will
liam J. Morton on behalf of that
organization. She was accompa-
MED by delegation of members
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Mrs. Morton said that the spot
where the fountain was erected
was most appropriate for it was
near here that Washington read
his farewell address and in the
old city hotel that he attended
many balls and further that 1t
was near the historic Carlyle
House and scores of other histori-
cal events she pointed out were
clustered in this neighborhood.
The speaker told of the research
of history made by Mrs. Mary
g. Powell of the history of the
two blocks in the vicinity of the
fountain. Mrs. Morton declared
that the history surrounding the
two blocks where the fountain
was located is the most wonder
! ful in the United States. The
fountain, she said, was of bronze
and erected at a cost Of $1,000
The cannon through which the
water flowed, she stated, was one
that Gen. Braddock had here.
Mrs. Morton said that the Ia
dies first obtained permission
from the state legislature to erect
the fountain in the center Of the
street and subsequently had the
consent of the city council anc
letter from Judge Howard W
Smith, then president of the com
mon council congratulating the
society on its work, was read.
The speaker recalled that The
fountain soon after its erection
began to overflow and was neg
.lected and the dolphin taken of
after which it was knocked dowr
by an army truck during the war
All of the women present stated
that they did not want the toun
tain erected in the market alley.
Vice President R. S. Jones, who
presided in the absence of Mayo,
Smoot, assured the delegation thai
the matter would be taken up b!
council and afterward the cit!
manager was authorized to de
wise some plan and report back t.
the city council on the matter.
Those in the party in addition
10 Mrs. Morton were Mrs. Mauch
lin Niven, Mrs. J. Stewart Jamie
, son. Mrs. William j. Boothe, Mrs
George Uhler.
Afterward DR.. f. Foulks, cit,
health officer, appeared before tn
council and urged the passage o
an ordinance he presented pro
: hibiting the operation of dair,
! farms within the city limits ef
fective June l, 1928.
DR.. Foulks said the milk o
cows Kept in the city is fire
ouentiy contaminated and the bo
vines frequently drink from poi
, luted streams and bitches.
ONLY recently he said twenty
three out of a herd of twenty
eight cows were destroyed be
= cause they failed to come up t
1.-THE tuberculin test. At the pres
t ent time he declared. there ar
$ only three persons having COW
from which the milk is sold with
t in the city limits. .esyr
c Action on this was deferred O
motion of Councilman Ticer in OF
h der to give the COW owners
j chance to appear before the cit
= council if they desire, and Ih
health officer was instructed I
: write letter to the cow owner
o telling them that it is more tha
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