Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-06
HOT MEMBER HARRINGTON:
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ImpaSSioned Appeal for Better
 Sidewalks in His Ward. !
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
Alderman Mcknight Not Averse to Mayor Van Hoose's "Relics of, Barbarsm in the
 -e Shape of Grayeled Sidewalks.
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 SThe city council met last night in regul.
 lar monthly session. = .,z sa
 Present were the mayor and Aldermen
 Ward Ensen, UHmah, Pearce, Jackson,
 McCartn, Meade, Parker Harrington,
 Gillespie, Mcknight and Jones. A num-
 Der of visitors were also present, among
 whom were Attorneys Tillman, Wetmore,
 Latady and William A Walker s=
 The mayor read a communication from
 the mardi graS committee requesting
 that a small appropriation be granted to
 provide carriages for the couneilmen
 who take part in the mardi gras process
 sion. Referred to the mayor
 The mayor 'wasNins structed to make
 contract with the Ivy Leaf Coal com
 papy in regard to coal.
 The mayors communication in regard
 to establishing a pest house for the city
 was referred to the judiciary committee
 with instructions to report back to the.
 board. ls
 }eThe regular business of the council was
 suspended temporarily by the mayor in
 order that the privileges of the floor STiight be given to those visitors present
 having business with the board.
 MT. William A. Walker asked that seo-
 tion 461 of the city code be repealed. This
 ordinance requires all trains to stop at
 the Eighteenth street crossing. MT. Wal
 Ker Sdlu that the OIQlndHce Hdu never
 been enforced and that it was merely
 dead letter An ordinance was intro
 duced and passed repeating the ordi-
 nance. ''-"
 Mr. Tillman addressed the board in re7
 gard to changing the grade on Twen-
 tieth street and Twelfth avenue, south MT. Wetmore said that the present grade was too low, but if it was changed that his lot on the alley would have to be filled, and he would not consent to the change unless the city or others would fill the lot to the new grade. The city engineer estimated the change or grade to cost $200. <es Chairman Ehslen of the street cbpn. mittee did mot fla WOE the change on xac-i count of~ the, cost,rr Engineer Kendr4ck, said that the street might be drained sat less cost. The matter was referredl to. the street committee with instruettpnS to report back. It was suggested .byethe mayor that a special meeting Of 'fthe. board would be held when the committee is ready to report on the subject. n 4. The mayor introduced his annual. fe- port. It was not read. but on motlons the board received it and ordered the clerk to- spread it on the minutes. s f~ Alderman Enslen, acting chairman. OF the finance committee, recommended,
 that the official bay, roll and auditors
 budget be paid+l Sotordered.
 The city bills were laid aside until they
 receive the .approYal of the proper com com
 mittees. u - szft tance were introduced and acted on.- The street committee was authorized to purchase lumber for the repair of the Twenty-first street bridge, s .s4 .9I 1'52a The city attorney was instructed to draft an ordinafce regarding the gravel ing of certain parts of sidewalks in the city The street committee in this con nection recommended that the work in the following parts of the city be done and charged to the property owners namely: Seventh avenue. between Sixteenth and Eighteenth streets; Fourth avenue. between 'Twenty-fourth and Twenty-sixth streets; Twenty-frst street. between Seventh and Ninth avenues. Alderman Harrington gained the floor and said he felt like he ought to jump out of the window in order to get away from the board of aldermen. He said that the city had promised to do some work in his ward, and that it had not been done. 'Ill tell you,' he said we people down there are just as much enti. tied to the boards help as the Highland people are. You just let matters blow over You will promise. but you don't. do anything. I tell you l believe man ought to keep his promise, and a man who don't ought to be impeached. man came to me recently and said that his wife and baby had fallen into hole on Twelfth street. Now, l want you to fix that place."
 Alderman Harrington was "hot in the collar" and a motion prevailed that an appropriation be allowed to make the street improvements on the southeast corner of Avenue r and Twelfth street as requested by Alderman Harrington Alderpian Mcknight said that his ward, the Eighth, would be glad to ac- cept few graveled sidewalks, termed "relics of barbarism" by the mayor. Alderman Harrington at this juncture said that he wanted small white pebbles used on the sidewalks in the first ward. Alderman McCartin introduced an or dnance to levy final assessments against certain property on the South High lands which, under the ordinance, is ben efited by the recent sewer improvements | made by the city. Mr. Latady spoke. at
 length against the adoption of the ordi-
 nance and insisted that the physical con ditionS of his lot were such that he did
 not have equal sewer advantages with others benefited by the work. The or dinance was carried. similar ordi- nance was enacted in regard to assess
 ments on the Eleventh avenue sewer south.
 Contractor John McPoland received the | contract for furnishing sidewalk curping. | His bid was 43 cents foot, and the ma | terial to be used is Litonian granite. | The Oak Hill Marble company was | awarded the contract for artificial stone | at 30 cents per yard. The curbingHnd, 1 artificial stone are cto be used in kadal
 walk. improvement in various psrtst,4 the city. s< sl.'s g4AJ Alderman Meade made a motion that | the board go into executive session. b4tf | before it went to a vote the mayor. requested Clerk, Camp to read. the 3letir. | tions on file. The petitions were of minogs | importance, and after their references t0s | the proper committees the board went | into executive session.
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