The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-08
big BIRMINGHAM"
GOT A BLACK EYE
Resolution Against the Annexation oil the
Suburbs
PASSED THE CITY COUNCIL
The Vote Stood Ten to Seven With Two
AbCenteeS.
ALL CITY OFFICERS REELECTED
John McCartin Elected Street Commits
sioner -Behrens Park Car Line to Be
Connected With Eleventh Avenue
Electric Line at Once.


wise important nropramme were snruna
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80 'e 'eee' gnu o"o "a .'e'ii' " 'e'o
0o.i " Nieei man amman ei'Ais oiaoN
| eye to Greater Birmingham, received ia
vorable action.
A sensational renort m the condition of
| tho civ nrison fra,,, tha hoard oe heaIth
which ia nrinted in another column was
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was raforrod haor 20 A. hoard - hos,th
60 49, ne-,,esn.ns., 80, - 49,
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ooa.u ol poiice commissioners WHICH ID LII
conurol Oh tne prison.
Al o'S oh.elS meie iU,eieo.eu ~ eei ",
Tor the ensuing year. The Age-Heralds
| suggestion that the once OF street COM
missioner De revived received favorable
| consideration and John McCartin, at pres
| ent a member of the police commission,
| was elected to the office.
| resolution authorizing the Birmingham
| Railway and Electric company to extend
| its Behren,s park line to connect with its
EIevantb avanua line and to eoutp same
with o,aotr,oitv tbe work to bepin at once
90 80 he oo,on,otod IN ninetv DAVIS was
ano ~ 70 as.oS "
"i'o''
Few Absences
When Mayor Evans raped Tor oroer at
1880 o'clock the following aldermen were IN
their seats and answered to roll call: AL
dermen Lynaugh, Wheeler, Ashford, RAM
bow, Kerr, Altman, Williams, Graham,
Hamilton. Pearce. Gray, Parker, Hentschel.
During the reading of the minutes Alder
men Mejeban. Mcknight and Drennen
| 90 mo in
- az ~ nafarrad
reao ana reie nl1, rrox oo,,actor rambil re.
oIreee anu d,ino.ion of 60 7aa "a for license
po III 'e ego, co. street tax
The ranort of Chief Mullen of the fire de-
nartment showed that fourteen building
Il
pertmsnt had RESPONDED to twelve alarms
civ Engineer Kendrick reported that he
| had issued thirty-six street and twenty-six
sewer nermits
| The report of the tax collector showed
| that az lis 40 had been collected during the
month.
| Treasurer Eustis reported that he had re-
ceiyed during the month $12, Ito. disburs-
| ing over $4,000, and leaving balance of
| IS, 448 on hand.
Alderman Gray of the financial committee
read his report, embodying several recon-
mendations which was concurred in.
When the report of the light committee
was called, Alderman Williams asked Tor
immediate action on light at the corner
of Third avenue and Twenty-Third, which
he said was badly needed and had been "a
vorably reported by the committee: Alter
some discussion motion that the hsht De
granted was ADOPTED, Alderman Hamiiton
voting no.
CiioH moi SoiS u eiiS Po'NSS $3.50
tation COMMITTEES il,rouuceo an oioiuailIe
10 proVloe LOT the construc.ion Vi Sam
.arg seMSi III Sill nr aney p,I een Oh.
~ oetenti so @u weiey . a.
, Isl "a ssoo ~ oe 1srse saa1an..a x,ra 10
auu..ns p.ope ~. VI t.isa s ~
and was adonted
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Aoa 10. ur'"o, ,h"o
mayor Evans oi-tne speciaa committee on
anneAation anu OH new CITY chdrter re-
poi leu .Ia. .ne eoiil 1850 We nv ISauy
;.tI,,. ,ssaa.,ass 80 ~ '.ae "ieA
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.. *, Pc ,. 20 .s -. 80
tIr .v Gu iy,,,,n GraHar, introa,,oa% an
.io1e - Si 10 a e. 80. . ~. e
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to blocks 7es-sS 7e-7a which was MI cd ~,
its second and third reading and adopted'
Both ordinances were then referred to the
Judiciary committee for publication under
the rule
The usual number of petitions including
one for $50 doctors bill from Joe Goldstein.
whose little son was kicked by one of the
fire deptrement horses were read and re-
ferred
A candy vendor presented a verbal petit
ton to be allowed to conduct a candy stand
on the sidewalk during the holidays. The
petition brought out some discussion "a to
the privileges of peddler's license and
resulted in its disallowal and instruction to
the license collector to issue no more Ii
censes to meandering vendors.
BY request of a committee composed of
A. ]. Seeley, J. II. Leath and Neal Bray. of
the Typographical union, Alderman Altman
introduced the following resolution which
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That on and after the pas
sage of this resolution all city printing shall
be done in this city and the union label
be printed thereon"
Alderman Altman endorsed the resolution
which was secnoded by Alderman Lynaugh,
and In putting the question the mayor ex-
planned that 1t met with his hearty ap-
proval and that during the present admin