Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-16
Enormous Reductions in Salaries and a Number
 of Offices Abolished,
With More of the Same Sort of Work Still in Contem-
 plation by the City zf Fathers.

The city council met in regular session last night with the following members present: Mayor David J. Fox and Alder men Wilson, Thomas, Jefferis, Smith, Jones, Meade, Moore, Mcknight and Lowery.
 Reading of the minutes was dispensed with.
 The finance committee reported num- Der of bills which were ordered paid. They also reported that the Birmingham Water Works company's property had been assessed ata little over $62 ,000.
 Light Inspector o 'Rourke was allowed months salary by reason of an accident some time ago.
 Alderman Smith introduced the follow ing resolution, which he said the finance committee had agreed upon:
 SALARIES REDUCED AND OFFICES ARoL-
 IsHED.
 Resolved, That the offices of clerk of the recorder's court, street commissioner, street tax collector, city detective and two sanitary inspectors be hereby abolished.
 Be it further resolved, That the following monthly salaries be paid the officials mem tioned:
 Mayor, S15O; treasurer, S1OO: auditor. s1dO; attorney, $50, recorder, $50; physi. cian, $50; market clerk SIS; warden, day, S65; warden, night, $65; fire chief, Sl1o; ffssen gineer, $7O; fremen, $6D; street fore p1e1 S200; street teams, $150; city engineer, SioO; cemetery sexton, s60; cemetery labor, $35; sanitation, $1350; hospital abolished after October 1; Mercy Home, abolished after October 1; military, $50; humano so- ciety, abolished; water works, S135O; cut out all gas.
 Mayor Fox and MT. Jefferis opposed the resolution, all the others voting for it..
 This is to take effect from and after Au- gust 15, 1891.
 The following ordinance was adopted:
 AN ORDNANCE.
 Be 1t ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen Of the city of Birmi ngham, Ala, that section IT of the city code of Birming- ham, Ala, be amended so as to read as follows:
 Section l. No person shall |" dr1m'' so- lfcit patronage for any particular hotel, boarding house or restaurant within the limits of the platform of the passenger depots of the ry ot of sad dsnats npvidad or Medln tne ssng not be unlawful for any proprietor, clerk or porter particularly engaged for regular em- his particular hotel, boarding house or res taurant in front of the Union depot of sa id city, or in rontof the particular hotel, poaru- ing house or restaurant of which he may be proprietor or manager, or by which he may be regularly employed.
 sei or AaS o any or the upon conviction be fined not less than $1 nor more than $lO0, and may be imprisoned or placed to hard labor for not longer than DAVID J. FOX, Mayor.
 There has been some trouble on account of lights recently. It was suggested that thirty lights be cut of. The matter was all referred to special committee, com posed of Mayor Fox and Aldermen Jones, McCartin and Jefferis. The committee will meet at noon today to consider the matter. aEk
 Dr. Parke, county health officer, was granted permission to address the council. He said the county board of health had condemned the cellar under the Hewitt building, corner First avenue and Twen- tieth street,. and asked that the city take some steps toward abating the nuisance. Referred to the judiciary committee, city engineer and street commissioner, they to investigate the matter and report back to the council.
 A. c. Lowery, w. B. Copeland and others petitioned the council to improve Fifteenth avenue between Allen and Walker streets.
 Several petitions were read and referred to proper committees, among the number being one from Dr. J. R. Smith, asking the city to pay half the expenses of his re- csnt litigation with the Water Works com pany.
 A communication from the insurance companies stating that unless the auto- matic cut off and gate valve at Twenty second street and Avenue H be removed they would raise the rates of insurance. Alderman Lowery asked that fire alarm box be esta ablished somewhere on the North Highlands, the nearest one to that locality now being on Eighth avenue. The license collector was instructed to discharge the duties heretofore imposed uponsthe clerk of the recorder's court and the street tax collector. Alderman Mcknight moved to give the North Highlands hose reel. Referred to the fire committee with power to act. On motion of Alderman Meade com mittee of five, consisting of Messrs. West, Thomas, McCartin, Smith and Jefferis, was appointed to investigate the Caldwell hotel