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April 25, 1882 in Alexandria Gazette

Domestic News April 25, 1882

Alexandria Gazette

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City Council, Finance Committee, Street Improvements, Royal Street, Gibbon Street, Columbia Steam Fire Company, Engine House, Appropriation

Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia

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City Council semi-monthly meeting tonight to consider Finance Committee's recommendation for $500 appropriation for Royal Street repairs and Gibbon Street sewer protection, plus $1,200 additional for Columbia Steam Fire Company's new engine house.

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CITY COUNCIL.—The regular semi-monthly meeting of the City Council will be held to-night. The Finance Committee agreed last night to recommend to Council to-night the appropriation of $500 for street improvements during the remainder of the fiscal year ending the 31st of May. This additional appropriation of $500 is intended to cover the expense incurred in the repairing of Royal street from Cameron to King, and the protection of the Gibbon street sewer, which work was not provided for in the last appropriation bill. The bill appropriating $1,200 in addition to the $1,500 previously appropriated for the building of a new engine house for the Columbia Steam Fire Company will also come up for consideration in the Board of Aldermen.

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Politics Infrastructure

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City Council Finance Committee Street Improvements Royal Street Gibbon Street Columbia Steam Fire Company Engine House Appropriation

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The regular semi-monthly meeting of the City Council will be held to-night. The Finance Committee agreed last night to recommend to Council to-night the appropriation of $500 for street improvements during the remainder of the fiscal year ending the 31st of May. This additional appropriation of $500 is intended to cover the expense incurred in the repairing of Royal street from Cameron to King, and the protection of the Gibbon street sewer, which work was not provided for in the last appropriation bill. The bill appropriating $1,200 in addition to the $1,500 previously appropriated for the building of a new engine house for the Columbia Steam Fire Company will also come up for consideration in the Board of Aldermen.