The age-herald., 1899-05-04
LAST MEETING OF
 THE OLD BOARD The Saloon License Case Was Again Up. WAS ARGUED BY ATTORNEYS And Referred to Judiciary Committee
 
And Referred to Judiciary Committee for Further stigation-Alder- man Wanted to Know About
 the Tax Book Bids

The last meeting of the old board of al-
 dermen was called to order shortly after o'clock with the following members pres
 ent Lynaugh, Wheeler, T. L. Parker
 Rainbow, Kerr, Mcknight, Moore. Dren- nen, Williams, Altman, Graham, Hamilton
 Pearson, Harrington and Hentschel
 Mayor Evans called attention to the status of affairs in connection with the negro saloon in Nineteenth street, the license of which was revoked at the last meeting of the board. The mayor stated that in deferenee to petition signed by eleven members of the board which was presented to him the day after the license was revoked, he suspended the operation of the order until the board could meet again. B. M. Allen and H. B. Abernathy,
 attorneys for Slaton & Walden. proprie- tors of the saloon, asked for a hearing, and which without objection was granted
 MT. Allen addressed the board and asked
 that his clients be given an opportunity to be heard.
 MT. Kerr, who introduced the original resolution, moved that the order be re- | newed. MT. Allen was heard and again asked that the matter be delayed. He arr gued that the saloon was conducted in proper manner, and that not single arrest had been made in it.
 Alderman Altman said that MT. Allen was evidently laboring under a misappre- hensiOn, as a petition had been presented before the license was issued asking that it not be done, and that the negroes threat ened to mandamus the city if it was re- fused. The location of the saloon was bad, he said, for ladies and children who were compelled to pass it daily.
 Alderman Pearce thought that the mat ter should be investigated before any nasty f0IF matter to a special committee of three to report back at the next meeting of the council Mr. Drennen moved as a substi- ute that 1t be referred to the judiciary committee.
 Referred to Judiciary Committee
 MT. Kerr moved to table the substitu- ton, which was lost. The motion to re- Ter to the Judiciary committee was taken Up and adopted
 The regular monthly renorts of tba oi+v oincers were read and ordered filed.- -@>4, - More Street ImproEe.Sents "A 4hlerman sGe ham, oft the street com mittee, introduced an ordinance providing for the grading, macadamizing and curo- ing of Avenue F from Twenty-eighth to | Thirty-second street. Twenty-ninth from Avenue F to G and Vine street from Jun l iper to Cypress avenue.
 The ordinance was put upon its first read | Ing and referred to the street committed
 Alderman Mcknight asked for report | of the committee to the awarding of the | contract for the making of the tax rec ord. In the absence of Chairman Grey, MT 1 Pearce reported that the award had been made to Tom Baine at $500. Mir. Mcknight l said that he understood that Frank Hewitt
 had submitted bid at s400. Aldermen Kerr | and Peace, of the committee, both stated
 that they had seen on such bid, but under | stood that there were two bids in at the l same price.
 1 Messrs. Pearce, Lynaugh and Henschel 1 were appointed a committee to caucus the | vote for mayor, aldermen and police com
 missioners. They verified the figures which | have already been published