The age-herald., 1897-09-16
CHURCHES WERE TACKLED
Council Says They Must Pay
 For Sidewalks.
NO MORE MARKET PERMITS
This Matter Caused Lively Cross-Fire Be- tween Aldermen Rainbow and Hent-
 chell-TheatrcaI License AnnuIed.

Fhs people had an inning at the meet ing of the city council last evening,
 Just as soon as rol1 was called and the
 minutes were disposed of, a motion pre- I.yailed to hear from petitioners present.
 Mayor Evans presided and the follow 1 ing aldermen were present: Lynaugh, Wheeler, Ashford. Rainbow, Kerr Me Knight. Meigihan, Altman, Graham,
 Hamilton, Pearce, Gray. McCartin and 1 Hentschel.
 Mr. Brown was the first petitioner He appeared before the board on behalf
 of a large number of merchants who
 ordered powder by the keg for their
 retail customers. He claimed that these
 merchants made no profit did not open
 the powder and only handled 1t as an
 accommodation to a few customers. In
 view of this he thought it an injustice l that the merchants should be made to pay a tax. The matter was referred to
 the mayor with the power to act. Mr Harris, one of the lessees of | O'Brienis opera house, was present to ask that the special license of $2. 50 levied
 on each theatrical performance be an
 nuled. He explained that all contracts had been made this season with the pro- vision that the kgsees were to pay all
 license. This license would amount to
 nearly $500 ard was more than they
 could afford to pay. He was armed
 with books and figures to show that the
 opera house was losing money. He ask
 ed that the license be made $150 for the entire year. A motion to this effect pre-
 vailed.
 The sidewalk question again came to the front when Chairman Altman, of the
 judiciary committee, made report re- commenting that the protests in regard to side walk assessments of Mrs. F. B.
 Jordan, R. E. Middleton, Mrs. J. A. O'Byrne, Mrs M. H. Snedecor, N. J. Watson, Mrs. Kate B. Beard, J. T.
 Lynch, J A Gary, Mrs. L. L. Motion and
 Mrs Emma F Messer, be overruled. The
 report was concurred in and these, with other citations, were made final. In connection with the sidewalk ques- l tion the churches came in for consider | able discussion. The ball was started to
 rolling by Mayor Evans, who said some | alclion should be taken in regard to the | sidewalks in front of church property
 that had not been paid for Several thousand dollars was due the city and l some of the churches had been in debt 1 to the city for five or six years. He said these amounts should either be l taken off the books or some arrange msnts made to collect it.
 Aldrerman Altman moved to pursue
 the first named course and donate the
 sidewalks to the churches.
 This was objected to by Alderman | Rainbow, who said some of the churches had already paid and this course would 1 not be fair to the others.
 1 Mayor Evans was also opposed to this, | as was Alderman Pearce, who thought i the city was in worse condition than 1 the churches.
 Alderman McCartin referred to con ference had with ministers some time ago when they promised to pay cer- I tain amount monthly until the claims | were paid City Tax Collector Eustis | was present ard said nothing was ever l received on this agreement except from | the Jewish synagogue. The matter was | finally referred to Mayor Evans, who will confer with the proper parties and report at the next meeting.
 | The council has discovered its mis- l taka in granting permits for meat mar 1 kets all over the city and took steps l to correct it. Chairman Rainbow, of l the market committee, recommended | resolution declaring that the board | woIud issue no more permits for mar | kets within the prescribed limits. He l said the practice was having bad ef- feet on the market house, and that the | city was losing SIG each mctrh on va | cant stalls. "It will only bs a question | of time" said he If this is kept up un- til the market house will b= closed" Alderman Hentschel sprang to his feet at once and declared that if the rule was broken once the board should not now go back on it's action.
 In reply to this Alderman Rainbow stated that because the board had made a mistake once, was no reason why 1t should continue to do so He thought all the aldermen had seen their mis- take and were willing to correct it. "When the favorites are all granted permits you apologize this way" rstort- ed Alderman Hentschel. "I don't think the board ought to apologize for it's ac- tions.''
 The resolution prevailed and provides that in the future no mor+ permits shall be granted for the establishment of markets within the limits and win the beginning of next year all permits will
 be cancelled and no renewals issusd..
 MT. Behrens, a merchant of this city,
 was, upon motion of Alderman Hentsh-
 el allowed to speak. MT. Behrens ad-
 voeated the appointment of a city in
 spector of weights and measures He
 said the citizens were constantly com
 plainng on account of bad weights and
 that every city had such an officer.
 In concluding he made bow and in
 formed the board that If such man
 was employed h= could fill the bill.
 Mayor Evans was authorized to attend
 the national convention of mayors and