The age-herald., 1899-08-03
CITIZENS KICK ON
 PAYING BIDS And the City Council Will Again
 Advertise TWENTIETH STREET WORK It Was Said That Same Work Had Been Done in Other Cities Much Lower-Property Holders
 Made Speeches


 prosaic compared with the many hot meet ings of the past few months. Probably the most interesting feature of the evening was the kick which a number of citizens residing in South Twentieth street made to the bids submitted for paw ing that thoroughfare, which, they claimed, were exorbitant. It ended by the whole matter being referred back to the street committee to again advertise for bids.
 All of the members were present except Aldermen Rainbow, Mcknight, Gray and Harrington. The reading of the minutes were dispensed with, and citizens present were invited to present their petitions and requests.
 Mr. Loveman, of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, appeared and asked the board to 1n- vestigate certain taxes which had been as- sessed on some of their property. This was referred to the judiciary committee.
 MT Williams. of the Mineralized Rubber company, of New York, offered a complaint that his bid for the new fire hose had not been considered, and he wanted the board to hear it.
 Alderman Heidt said that he was con- yinced that the action of the fire commit tee Tuesday did not meet with general favor. and he moved that the whole matter be taken up and bids advertised for again. It was decided, however that it would be best to wait until the fire committee made it's report before taking up the discussion
 Turaed Down Volunteers
 The regular order of business was then resumed with the reports of city ofnclais. Chairman Kerr, of the finance committee, reported the regular bills against the city, and in addition reported adversely on pe- tition of the Jefferson Volunteers to be al- lowed $250 to assist in reftting their armory The petition stated that the rail- roads and iron companies had assisted in this work but the company needed more from the city, Alderman Kerr stated in making his adverse report that the city was already giving $25 a month to each of the military companies.
 Judciiary Committee Chairman Altman of the judiciary con- mittee reported adversely on a petition of Isaac Tannebaum to be relieved from street tax because he has already paid a street tax for the current year, in Geor- gia. Another petitioner who paid one-half of his road tax in another part of Alabama was allowed to pay one-half of the Bir- mingham street tax.
 A petition of Caheen Bros., with ordi- nance attached, asking that the keepers | of fruit stands and other stands along the | sidewalk be compelled to go out of busi- ness, was adversely reported because these keepers had all paid their licenses to do l busnss for the entire year. The request of s. M. Hanby that dead | animals be covered up when being through the city will be reported on in the shape | of an ordinance at the next meeting of l the board.
 The chairman reported adversely on the suggestion that women prisoners in the | city jail be required to work in the ceme- | tery pulling grass, etc. He said that in l the opinion of the committee the cemetery | was no place for women criminals to work. l MT Stephens request to have a fine re- l mitted, imposed for riding bicycle on side walks, was reported fayorably. l Robert D. Frazier presented claim for l S2,5OO for injuries received on Fourth ave- l nue. This petition was reported adversely R. T. Boatright's petition to remit fine l Menaffey &, Co.'S request to be released 1 from certain street paving bond was re- | ported favorably.
 1 Alderman Altman reported that the tax l collector be instructed not to force J. A. l Halstead to pay bill posting license for l street car advertising.
 1 All of the above recommendations were
 then approved by the board. l License, Market. Lights, Etc. Alderman Ward, of the miscellaneous committee, reported several half-year leen- | seses and one free license.
 Alderman Rainbow, of the market com | mittee, was to have made an important re- port on the meat inspection ordinance, but was absent from the meeting on account of | a death in his family.
 l Alderman Heidt of the light committee asked for electric lights on Fourteenth ave. nue, south, SO7 feet west of Nineteenth
 street, and one on Twenty-first street ant 1 Humbolt avenue.
 Alderman Jones, of the police and sani
 tary committee, reported favorably on 8 | petition to lower the sanitary sewer iE | Fifth alley between Fifth avenue and Six 1 teenth street at the eity's expense. l J. T. Phillips was allowed pay for time while he was sick. The cooks salary at the city prison was fixed at S20 per month.
 Alderman Meighan, of the committee or
 public buildings, presented resolution
 asking that the city pay for the improve.
 ment work now being done on the public
 school buildings as the work progresses
 and not wait until October to pay for the
 whole work at once, as was originally in. | tended.
 1 The New Fire Hose
 Alderman Lynaugh, of the fire committee
 reported that the committee had given the
 contract for supplying 2,0OO feet of hose tc
 the Fabric company, and 2000 feet to the
 Guttapercha company, both of New York
 at 80 cents a foot with 10 per cent off He
 said that several other bids had been re-
 ceived from another company bidding 7
 cents per foot, with a discount. He re | ported that on consultation with Chief Mu | len the 80 cent hose was much the better