The age-herald., 1900-06-07
REGULAR MEETING
 OF CITY COUNCIL Appropriation of S4,O0O to
 Build a St0ckade. SQUABBLE OVER LOCATION Bremen Granted an Increase in Pay Steiner Brothers Ofer to Take
 Bonds to Build Lighting
 Plant-Other Business
SQUABBLE OVER LOCATION

The city council last mSnt appropriated $4,OOO for the purpose of building a stock ade increased the salaries of the members of the fire department, fixed the license on dogs at $1, received an offer from Steiner Brothers to take bonds at per cent to the extent of $30,000 for the construction of a municipal water plant, referred the prop osition of the Birmingham water works company back to the fire and water com mittee, and transacted other business of minor importance that came up for con sideration.
 Mayor Drennen was not in the council chamber at o'clock last night the time set for the board to convene, and Alder man Moore called the meeting to order. Present were Aldermen Moore, Lynagh, Mcknight, Meighan, Heidt, Gray, Graham, Daly, Harrington, McAnally Williams and Rainbow. MT. Camp came in a few minutes later.
 Chairman Graham of the street committee reported favorably a resolution instructing McPoand & Co.,, contractors, to go to work or the construction of the sanitary sewer on the Southside, in the vicinity of Browns hi-i, and the report was concurred in, but 1t was later reconsidered and laid on the table. When MT. Graham reported the res olution he was under the impression that the bonds to be issued in payment for the construction had been guaranteed, but he was advised later that such was not the case, and hence the reconsideration.
 MT. Graham stated that the street com- mittee and the mayor had agreed to pur- chase grading machine which they had seen work, and which Street Commissioner McCartn claimed would do the work of fifty men and that the mayor had ordered the machine subject to the approval of the board. The cost of the machine was S220. The action of the mayor was approved
 Fire Dep .riment
 Alderman Lynagh stated that he had mo- ticed that some of the firemen were receiy- ing $50 per month when the ordinance gov erning the salaries fixed them uniformly at $60. He wanted to know why such was the case.
 Chief of the Fire Department Mullin who was present, in answer to the qllas- tion stated that the men receiving $5o were new men, and that their salaries had been fixed at that sum in order to keep within the appropriation for the new station. This question was raised when the pay roll of the fire department was read.
 Mir. Lynagh stated that he haS Eoticed that the salary of colored boy had been raised from SIS to $25 per month. Tho chief stated that this was done because of the fact that watchman had been discharged, and that the negro did more work. The question was referred to the fire depart ment committee.
 Market Committee
 Chairman Rainbow of the market com mttee reported as follows:
 Total number of cattle offered at the slaughter house, 2025; rejected, 10. Number of pounds of meat condemned, 1861.
 Receipts from meat shipped in. .$145. .53 Receipts from home meats.... ...... 1OS % Total.... .......$ $253. 53 Mayor Drennen came in at this point and took the chair.
 The market committee recommended that a new roof be put on the market building and that the office in the city hall down stairs be papered and painted. The rec ommendation was concurred in.
 Chairman Heidt, of the committee on lights, recommended that the question of twelve Welchback lights for the Capitol park be left to the park committee; that no new lights be put up until the city could own its own lighting plant and that the light committee and the mayor be authorized to make another trip to such city as they deemed advisable in studying the question of municipal ownership The last recommendation was amended to in- clude Alderman Harrington on the com- mittee and then all the recommendations were concurred in.
 Steiner Bros offer
 The mayor read a communication from Steiner Bros, in which they offered to take the thirty-year 5 per cent. gold bonds at par to the amount of $3c,o0O. or such sum
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