The age-herald., 1898-11-03
ROUTINE MEETING
 OF CITY FATHERS Attorney Lowe Hard at Work on New Charter. AUDITORIUM WANTS $1,000 A Lot ofSewer Business Settled-Street Car Tracks Came in for Their Us
 ual Discussion Macadamiz-
 ed Streets Asked For. ... vs.
AUDITORIUM WANTS $1,000

Birmingham consisted only of lot of | routine business. J. A. Van Hoose, T. H. Motion and other directors of the Auditorium company. wanted the board to give their company $1, ,OOO to complete their building, in return for which the company would give the use of the building for all time to come to the public schools for all entertainments they wished to give.
 They wanted the board of education to pass on the matter and report it to the board. They urged that prompt action be taken in order that the brick work could be finished before cold weather sets in.
 After some discussion, the proposition was referred to the finance committete E Judge A. c. Houze presented a petition asking that the ordinance prohibiting the curing of hides in the city be amended or abolished.
 F c. P. Beddow asked that the ordinance about the placing of trash in the alleys be construed and that the fine of Louis Gel ders for this offense be remitted.
 Monthly Report
 The reports of the city officials for the month of October were then read and re- ferred to finance committee.
 Chairman Gray, of the finance commit tee, reported the monthly pay roll of the city His report was concurred in.
 Chairman Altman, of the judiciary com mittete. reported unfavorably on the peti- ton of J. S. Gillespie.
 An ordinance to amend code with refer ence to sale of meals, was reported unfa- yorably.
 An ordinance to provide for construction of certain sewers was reported to be in proper form.
 He also recommended that a committee of three take up and act on a petition of M. M. Williams. Aldermen Altman, chair man; Graham and Mcknight were ap- pointed.
 Mayor Evans said that county commits sioners would hear from him with refer ence to building home for sexton at cem- etery on November 4.
 Chairman Rainbow of the market com mittee recommended that $100 be spent in improving offices of market, instead of re- moving them, which is impracticable at the present time.
 Street Cars tess
 Mayor Evans said he had written to the Birmingham Railway and Electric company with reference to better service on Behrens car line, and had received an answer from President Jemison saying that "the matter will have our attention and hope the service will be satisfactory to the patrons of this line in the future"
 Alderman Ashford aske why street car people were permitted to cover up tracks along Third Avenue, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. The city engineed was instructed to take action. under the advice of the city attorney, on this and all other dead car lines in the city,
 sewers
 Chairman Pearce of the police and sani- tation committee recommended that Major Anderson's kick against the Twenty-first street sewer be disallowed He offered a resolution that the city en- gineer be instructed to advertisce for bids for constructing Huntsville avenue sewer He also offered resolution that bonds or certificates of assessment be issued to Burkhalter & Co. for the Eighth alley sewer.
 He moved that the city engineer make an estimate of the cost of the sanitary sewer from Five Points, on the South Highlands, down Magnolia avenue to Avenue F. The city engineer was instructed to pre- pare an ordinance for assessing property adjoining the sanitary sewer to be built in Sixth alley from Twenty-sixth to Twen- ty-eighth streets. This matter consumed a great deal of discussion. Chairman Williams, of the committee on parks, will report at the next meeting on the cost of repairing and painting park fences.
 Alderman Moore moved that the cost of macadamizing two blocks in Twenty-fourth street, be assessed. New City Charter Attorney Lowe reported that the work on the new city charter is progressing rapidly. He hopes to submit various parts of it which effect the different committees for their inspection in the near future He said it would be ready to be submitted to the legislature before Christmas though he could not promise that it would be ready when the legislature opened. Alderman Graham presented a petition from all the citizens living on the South Highlands near Beelers Station, asking that macadamized streets, sanitary and storm sewers be put in. Alderman Moore presented petition from citizens in Fourth avenue between Twenty-fourth street and | Twenty-sixth streets, asking that that
 
 was instructed to make estimates on all of | this work.
 Alderman Graham asked that the board | take some action at once toward closing | the Twenty street bridge, which is | impossible to everything except the dunn my.
 1 Alderman Mcknight offered resolution | that the city attorney be directed to take l legal steps to move fences and Instructions | on Nineteenth street near Huntsville ave- nue.
 The mayor was instructed to use his dis I cretion in the matter of allowing merchants | to display goods sidewalk during the | holidays.
 An excess of tax amounting to S25 was l refunded on Thos Byrne's beer tax | Jesse Toney's fine for fighting was re- mitted.
 l VIII Exume the Body | London, November 2.-Mrs. Annie Maria | Druce daughter-in-iaw of the late Thomas l C. Druce, who, she asserts, was in fact | and in law the fifth Duke of Portland ob- l tained final order in the high court of