The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05
Council Passed the Ordinance
Last Night Without
Amendment.
ATKINSON'S SCIENTIFIC SPEECH
krauss Wants to Shut Out Bucket Shops.
Drug Stores Must Paw Soda Ii
cense-Reduction Wanted.

The city council had very inter-
esting and somewhat prolonged ses-
sion last night. Many matters of i'm
portance came up tor consideration.
Every member, except Downing, was
in his seat and Mayor Mason pre-
sided.
The first matter of Importance in
jected into the meeting was petition
from the Western Union Telegraph
company, asking that its city license
be reduced from 500 to $25. Manager
Kemp gave number of reasons for
the request. The petition was referred
to the committee on taxes and reve-
nues.
Mrs. Gallagher asked that she be
exempted from the payment of the
5000 license for a sailor boarding
house. This was also referred.
The cow question came up again IN
the form of a petition from about 200
citizens, asking that the northern linn
its of the prescribed section be
changed from L to H street. The pc
titIon was tabled, and will be acted on
at the next meeting.
The county commissioners having
expressed a Willingness to lend the
county convicts to the city for the
purpose of shelling l. street out to the
boulevard, the city to furnish tie
shells, resolution was adopted orr
derlng the shells furnished and the
work done.
A resolution was adopted authorlz-
ing the mayor to make note to the
board of education for $1,000.
The report of the city assessors was
laid before council and accepted.
The ordinance increasing the cow
impounder's salary was placed on
third reading and adopted.
The ordinance reimposing the soda
water license on drug stores, which liz
cense was taken off at a previous
meeting, was placed on third reading.
Alderman Butts argued that the drug
stores should not be compelled to pay
the license. Alderman Fendig TOOK
the opposite view. The vote was for
making the drug stores pay, Alder
man Butts voting nay.
Alderman Krauss presented an
amendment to the license ordinance,
taxing dealers IN futures, or "bucket-
shops, ,"$3 900. Mayor Mason ruled the
amendment out of order, as the ordi-
nance had gone to it's third reading.
Alderman Krauss didn't press the
amendment.
Harry F. Dunwody was elected city
arbitrator, by unanimous vote of
council.
Adjournment was in order, but AL
derman Atkinson wouldn't have it.
He demanded that the water tank COW
erlng ordinance be brought up again.
This ordinance was brought up two
weeks ago, and voted down, but re-
considered. r
Everybody realized that Alderman
Atkinson was '1oaded." He had on
his desk five or six big volumes of
scientific treastises, encyclopedias,
reports of the various state boards of
health, etc., together with two mystic
rious looking bottles. II want this
thing eettled." said the alderman. "We
are here as the trustees of the people,
and we must guard their health and
their interests. have some author
lty that [ wish to read.'
He read it, citing from each volume
! ee- e-show that water in tanks is rep
dered impure by exposure, and vice
versa. He also produced the two hot
ties, one containing water from Mr..
A, V. Woods we'll and the other from
the Light and Water Co.'s pipes. The
aldermen compared the water, the
question was put, and the ordinance
was adopted without amendment,
Council adjourned.