The age-herald., 1898-02-18
CITY COUNCIL
 MET LAST NIGHT It Mas An Adjourned Session Of the
 Board. UNUSED TRACKS TO COME UP Recommended By the Committee on
 Street Railroads.
BEHRENS PARK LINE EXCEPTED
It Will Be Allowed to Remain Little While longer-Report of the Judiciary Com mittee -$250 Appropriatedto to
 the Carnival Society.


 men Lynagh, Wheeler Ashford, Rainbow, Kerr Moore, Drennen, Williams, Altman, Hamilton, Pearce, Gray, Parker and Hent- schel were present.
 The report of the street committee tore things up-that is, it recommended that a lot of unused tracks in the city be torn up and the franchises forfeited.
 The old street car track on Third avenue, which has long since been abandoned and forgotten by every one but the members or
 the street committee, must be removed.
 The track formerly used by the Birmng-
 ham, Powderly and Bessemer dummy line
 will also be torn up. The old Behren's
 Park line track, which has caused so much
 worry, will be allowed to remain little
 while longer in the hope that some one will volunteer to operate it.
 The meeting was called to order by
 Mayor Evans.
 Chairman Gray of the finance commit
 tee, reported for the information of the
 board that a claim for $3100 had been paid Steiner Bros. for their services in the bond deal.
 Alderman Altman, chairman of the ju- dietary committee, reported on several claims against the city which had been referred. All claims were reported ad-
 versely That of J. E. Richardson was one of more than ordinary interest. He asked that he be excused from paying a fine of $5 which R. T. Goodrum was as- sessed, and which, so Richardson claimed,
 was charged to him by mistake. Good rum, who was formerly a minister of the gospel, was arrested for being intoxicated. It afterwards developed that he was ad-
 dicted to the morphine habit, and was
 under the influence of the drug when ar
 rested. When searched three bottles of
 morphine were found on his person. The
 committee recommended that Richard
 sons claim be disallowed. Committees Report
 Alderman Williams raised the question of legality in fning a man for being under the influence of morphine, and made the statement that hundred men could be ar rested a day who were accustomed to use morphine.
 pleasure of the council to act on the claim separate from the rest of the report, he was perfectly willing. The question was dropped and Richard sons claim was considered as a part of the report of the judiciary committee. An adverse report was renedered on the ordinance captioned "The Disposition of Valuables taken From Criminals. An adverse report was rendered on the ordinance to prevent peddling of candy or confections within the fire limits. MT. Altman said that the committee had received letter from former Mayor Van Hoose in reference to a claim for law fee from a MT. Mason of Chicago, commonly known as Billy Mason, senator from Illi- nois. The committee asked for further in- formation on the subject. favorable report was rendered on a petition from Alex Dallas, asking that some money paid for taxes on property which had been assessed twice be refunded The report of the judiciary committee was concurred in.
 A resolution was introduced by Alderman Gray that all costs in civil cases against the city be referred to the judiciary com mittee. The resolution was referred to the judiciary committee.
 Raised Question of Legality The following report of the street com- mittee was rendered by Alderman Moore in the absence of Chairman Mcknight: Your committee on street railroads, after considering the matters submitted to them respectfully recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That the Birmingham Railway and Electro company be required forthwith to remove all the tracks formerly belong ing to the BirTnfng ham, Powderly and Besseaner Street Railway company from Sixth street to Nineteenth street. both ir- elusive, the same having been abandoned for use.
 Resolved further, That the Birmingham Railway and Electric company be required forthwHbh to remove the abandoned track
 on Third avenue from Fourteenth street
  been abandoned for use. Resolved further, That any right or franchise for street railways, dummy lines or other form of railways over the streets
 and avenues above named, and between the points named, heretofore granted to the Birmingham Radlway and Electric company or to any other person, firm or corporation, be and the same are hereby abandoned, forfeited, and are hereby rescinded. Resolved further, That the city engineer | be instructed ito ascertain and report as | soon as practicable to the street railroad committee the location, length and present | condition of all abandoned and unused tracks in the streets and avenues of the city, of all street railway companies. (Signed) J. T. MKNIGHT, Chairman, WALTER MOORE, J. L. PARKER, Committee. Alderman Hentschel moved that the old Behren's Park line be included in the tracks to be torn up. Alderman Moore explained that parties were negotiating for the line for the pur- pose of operating 1t and MT. Hentschel withdrew his motions. The report of the street committee was then adopted.
 Alderman Gray introduced a resolution appropriating s250 to the Carnival society. It was passed unanimously. The council then adjourned to meet again at the next regular session. More Attachments Several additional attachments against J. H. Donaldson, the furniture dealer, were issued yesterday, which runs the total amount up to about $12,0o0 Meeting of Water Committee