The age-herald., 1897-10-07
STREET PAVING QUESTION A Lively Discussion in Council
 Meeting. THE LONG TERM MEMBERS Proposition to the Mercy HOme-Tweny- Second Street Bridge Unsafe B'ham R. R. &
 E. Co. Must Fulfill Contract.
HE LONG TERM MEMBERS

1 AL me meeting Gne DOdIO Ol uhdSS4s
 and afdsInnen last uldgiho the drawing con- test for long and short members was he9d
 Fifty blank slips Of paper. numbered l from one to fifty were place din a ha:,
 and the aldermen asked to draw, the one | one gelting the largest number serving four years, while his colleague only | serves two years.
 Alderman Uyrpgh was fhe lucky man l from the First; Altman, from the Sixth; | Pearee, from the Seventh and Gray from l the Eighth. The election in the ciher i ards was postponed on account of the | absence of some members. The members present. were: Aldermen l Lynogh, Wheeler, Ashford, Kerr, Will l liams Altman, Graham, Hamilton, Pearce, Gray. McCarlfn and Harrington. | Mayor Evans gave a brief review of l his visit to Columbus, and said at the
 convention of representatives of munic 1 ipa1fties was determined to form a I league composed of American and Cana dian cities.
 Under head of reports from commit l tees the question of contracts for street l improvements came ito the front and l caused some discussion Chairman Me- 1 Gartin of .he street committee offered l a resolution to pave certain streets and l avenues under the present contract l of the city with Dunn & Lallande Bros. l Alderman Altman objected to more 1 work being added to the contract. 'I l have some doulbt as to the legality of this l procedure" said he. Personally, have l no objection 70 enter, but it seems to me I that we should give everybody chance. l I doubt whather we cam go on. this way l under the law"
 Alderman Pearce explained that the l resolution was just to fill in few places and not to pave all tine way along. He said that if a new contract was made, l bidders would have to be advertised for and it would take TWO months to do | this. The people were anxious for the walks, and he was in favor of continuing 1 the old contract.
 Tt is not our own money we are spend ing" said Alderman Hamilton. we might get it done cheaper. Why not ad- vertise for bidders and make a contract l for the rest of the work to be done this year. It is not fair to keep adding | to the old contract and not give every body a chance"
 The objectionable resolutions were that the east side of Twentieth street, between Avenues F and c, both sides of Twen- ty-first street, between Avenues G and H. east side of Nineteenth street be- tween Avenues Eleventh and Twelfth; both sides of Twenty-fi:st street, be- tween Avenues TwelOth and Fourteenth; east side of Twenty-first street, between Morris and F.ust avenue; south side of First avenue, between Twenty-first and Twentysecond streets; both sides of Eighteenth street from Tenth to Elev enth avenue, be paved with artificial stone.
 Another was to have the following streets curbed: Twenty-first street, be- tween Avenues Thirteenth and Four | telanth Twenty-first street, between | Avenues Twentieth and Twenty -frtst; | both sides of Avenue F, between Twen- l tfeth and Twenty eighth streets; Avenue l G between Twenty-seventh and Twenty ! ninth streets; Twenty ninth street to I Avenue G; Avenue G from Twenty-first | to Twenty-Second streets. l Both resolutions were adopted. AL l dermen Lynogh, Altman and Hamilton l voted no.
 1 While on the street improvement quet- l tion a resolution to pave the alley enter ing Avenue G, between Twenty first and | Twsnty-second streets was adopted. l Mayor Evans; of the special committee | to acb on the Mercy Home petition for
 a deed to a lot or a long lease thereien ] reported in favor of granting a lease to the ladies in charge for a small sum, | as the laws of the city prevented a trans saction without some monetery consider | ation.
 l Alderman Gray moved that the lot on Eighth avenue, between Twenty
 third and Twenty-folMth stneets, be- longing to the city be leased to them for l twenty years at a rate of s1 per month. l The matter was finally left to sEcial | committee composed of the mayor, AL l dermen Kerr and Gray to confer with | the ladies and submit the proposition l A petition from V. T. Brown, lessee of | the North Birmingham dummy line ask | ing that they be allowed to burn coal to l Ninth avenue instead of Seyeiteenth ave- nue was granted.
 l Aldermn1an McCartin referred to the l unsafe condition of tine Twenty1second | street. bridge across the railroad tracks. | He said Hhat City Engineer Kendrick l had sworn before United States con- | missioner that it was unsafe and dam gancus uo thuman life. He suggested | that it be closed entirely to foot pas seugers.
 1 City Attorney Lowe said that the re- \ celVer or the Qunfnly nne running across
 the bridge contemplated improving it | and already had two-thirds of the mater- | ia1 on tine ground
 The matter was referred to Chairman
 Altman of the judiciary committee and l City Attorney Lowe.
 l A resolution compelling the Birming- | ham Railway and Electric company to | fulfill it's contract to macadamize Twen- | ty-fourth street from Eighth to E eventh | avenues and same street from Avenue | Fourteen to FiftelSn was adOpted
 A resolution by Alderman Graham for
 | the grading and macadamizing of the
 | following Hhoroughfarss was referred to
 1 tie street committee: Avenue F Grom
 Twentieth to Twenty eighth streets;
 | Avenue G from Tweny-seyenth to Twen-
 ty-ninth streets; Twenty-ninth street
 from Avenue G to Pine.
 A petition in regard to women visit
 ing wine rooms was referred to Judiciary
 | committee.
 The sum of $6O was appropriated for