The age-herald., 1897-12-16
IT WAS NOT THE
 LAST MEETING The Board Of Aldermen Will Meet Again
 On Monday Night. ALL OFFICERS REELECTED
License Schedule Vas Not ReaChed-TO
 Be Revised at Next Meeting.
THE FIRE PLUGS TO BE REDUCED
The Market Limits Were Again Changed and a Recommendation Was Made For the Appointment of Inspector of
 Weights and Measures.

The board Of aldermen Will hold another meeting before the old year is gone. There was too much business for the board to get through with last night, and adjournment was taken until Monday at 7:SO D. m.
 The board will then hear the report of the gas. investigation committee. It will fix the salaries of the city officials and also re- wise the license schdeule
 The most important work last night was to re-elect all the old officers as fallows: City Clerk-A. J. Camp.
 City Treasurer-George Eustis.
 City Attorney-Robert J. Lowe.
 City Engineer-Julian Kendrick.
 Street Commissioner-Julian Kendrick.
 City Physician-Dr w. H. Wilder. 4, Market Clerk-w. B. Grant.
 City Sexton-J. P. Lambert
 Chief of Fire Department and Electrician u T. Mullin.
 Plumbing Inspector-Julian Kendr:ck.
 Samuel Ullman and B. Steiner, whose terms on the board of education will ex- pire Jan. l. 1898, were reelected, their terms being for three years
 The market limits were again changed and a recommendation made which will create a new office-that of inspector or weights and measures.
  tion which will reduce the number of fire plugs.
 The Actual Business
 When Mayor Evans rapped for order there were present: Messrs. Lynagh, Wheeler, Ashford, Rainbow, Kerr, Me Knight, Moore, Meighan, Drennen, Will Hams, Altman Hamilton, Gray, Harring- ton, Hentschel, McCartin.
 Alderman Altman offered a resolution, which was passed, that the board adjourn at 10 o'clock Monday night, Dec. 20.
 Mayor Evans said that he would have an important communication to submit in executive session.
 The reading of officers reports and re- ports of committees followed.
 Chairman Moore said that the gas com mittee was progressing and asked for fur ther time.
 Chairman Williams, of the park commit tee, said that the city put out 100 trees in the parks last year. He was told several times that the trees were all dead. He said he felt a little indignant at this, be- cause the work was done under his super vision. He made a visit to the park and found a majority of them as had been stated. He would not vote for putting out trees unless the city would take care of them during dry spells. He then read a number of bids for putting out trees.
 Alderman Altman prefaced a speech crit icising the management of the parks with few humorous remarks. He said the Elyton Land company donated land to the city for park purposes with view to building it up. The city had never done anything to improve them.
 Criticised Park Management
 "I want to crticise every man who has ever had anything to do with the parks" he said "If there ever was a set of men who did not discharge their duty it is those who have managed the parks I want to call the attention of the board to the con- dition of the parks We have elegant grounds and they should be improved" He said he would like to see new park commission, headed by Alderman Hent- schel.
 The question of bids was referred back to the park committee, with Aldermen Hentschel and Altman added, with power to act.
 When number of petitions were read for relief from license, the matter was re- ferred to the miscellaneous committee, with power to act.
 Alderman McCartin offered a resolution that the city engineer be instructed to ad- vertise for bids for grading and macadem- izing Nineteenth street from Thirteenth to Fifteenth avenue, South; Fourteenth avenue, South, between Nineteenth and Twentyieth street, Thirteenth avenue, South, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets; Twentyfourth street between Eleventh and Thirteenth avenues, and also to advertise for bids on Timmons avenue. Another resolution to curb Ave- nues c and D, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets was passed.
 To Reduce Number of Hydrants
 Alderman Drennen offered the following resolution, which was passed without dis cussion:
 Resolved. That all hydrants in excess of 200, the minimum number required by the contract, be cut out and discontinued after the 10th day of January, 1898, and that the chief of the fire department be instructed to notify the waterworks com pany and designate the hydrants that can best be spared.'
 The market limits were changed again last night The market committees re- commendation, which is as follows, was adopted:
 we recommend that the market limits be as follows for 1898:
 North Side-East side of Twenty-sixth street south side of Eighth avenue to east side of Twenty-fourth street, thence along Ninth avenue to Fourteenth street; west side up Fourteenth street to the Alabama Great Southern railroad.
 ''South Side-West side up Fourteenth, south side of Avenue G, east side of Twen- ty-fourth street to Alabama Great Southern railroad.
 ''we recommend that no licenses be granted to markets outside the above lim- its by petition in 1897.
 'We recommend that section 303 of the code referring to the exhibition by all butchers to the market club of all hides