The age-herald., 1900-10-18

Eighth aNenuesi Fifteenth street from Fifth to Eighth avenue; Six avenue from Fifteenth to Sixteenth street; Seventh ave nue from Fourteenth to Nineteenth street
 November 2l was fixed as the date for hearing any objections to the improve ments thus ordered.
 A resolution requiring a written gauran- tee that the bonds for the work will be placed before bids shall be advertised for was adopted.
 A resolution was adopted authorizing Street and Poll Tax Collector Gambi1l to employ an attorney to defend him In suits brought against him by persons he had arrested for failure to pay taxes, the fee in case to be more than $50 He was also allowed S125, the amount of a retainer fee he had paid.
 A petition was presented and referred to the judiciary committee requesting that property belonging to E. B. Norton be con demned so that Fourteenth avenue could be opened up from Twenty-first street to Ash street. MT. Norton was present and protested, but the matter went to the judiciary committee. This committee will hold a meeting in the city hall at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon to take the mat ter up.
 Chairman Graham of the street commit tee stated that the bids for grading streets in he vicinity of St. Vincents Hospital had been opened by the committee. The bids were as follows: Burkhalter x Co, S210; Donelson & Covin. $7I95; Meridian Construction Company. $774O; Dunn Bros. & Lallande $7S22. The contract was awarded to Burkhalter X Co
 The city engineer was authorized to ad- vertise for bids for constructing the Ave nue k storm sewer. The bids will be opened on November :.
 The Mayor was authorized to have nec- essary repairs and changes made to the new quarters for the fire department. e No Pole Adver Using
 On motion of Alderman Moore an ordi- nance adopted making 1t unlawful for any telephone, telegraph or electric light company to use it's poles for advertising purposes, or for anybody else to use them for that purpose The penalty for viola ton of this ordinance is q fine of not less than $l nor more than $1O0. The ordinance becomes effective Move mber 1.
 Chairman Rainbow of the market com mittee recommended the reinstatement of William Kirkland assistant meat n- spector, and that he should have charge of the city market, and of shipping meats also; that the Mayor and the market com mittee be authorized to dispose of the blocks and other things in the market stalls belonging to the city. The recom- mendationS were adopted.
 MT. Black of the Birmingham Fish Com pany presented a petition asking the city to pay him for damages 10 a horse caused by the horse jumping over the fence. The petition stated that the horse was in Fifth SN 6lut anu liidl IL DeCdiIS ITiBHteuGu dL the steam street roller, which whistled when nearby When the roller whstled the horse jumped over the fence and was there by crippled. The petition was referred to the proper committee.
 Chairman Heidt of the lights committee recommended that lights be placed near St. Vincent's Hospital and the Fountain Heights Baptist Church. The report was adopted.
 Kick No.
 Kick No. l was made by Alderman Ram bow. He wanted to know why the con tractors had not begun the work of improv- ing Sixteenth street, in the Second ward He said his constituents were becoming restive and were threatening to hold an indignation meeting unless the work be- gins soon.
 Alderman Moore of the street committee stated that the contractors had commenced work on the other end of the line and that they would soon be in the Second ward
 Kick No. 9
 Kick No. came from Alderman Gray It occurred over the report of the committee on street railroads. The committee had rec commended that permission be given the Birmingham Belt Railroad Company to lay a sidetrack in Tenth avenue between Sev- enteenth and Eighteenth streets, and In Tenth avenue, between Twenty-third and streets: and the Halle-Ran- dolph Company to lay a track into their plant. Alderman Gray objected to the ad- dtional track being laid in Tenth avenue between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets, stating that the avenue at that place now has two tracks, and that on ac- coun of several railroads tracks Twenty third street Is entirely closed at that place. He said he owned property there, and that 1t had already been damage by the closing of the street.
 This part of the report was referred back to the committee, and the balance of the report adopted.
 The police commission was given per mission to employ twenty additional patrol men for twelve days from November 1, on account of the State Fair.
 The petition of R. H. Hagood that the city pay half the expenses of widening the Second avenue sewer through his land near Elyton referred to the finance commit tee as the rules require. Alderman Gray of the special city hall submitted the report of the committee. This recommended the accept ance of the plans of D. A. Helmich, and of | the employment of MT. Helmich to super intend the construction of the building. The | committee also recommended that the city treasurer be instructed to notify Steiner Bros that the $50 OOO for the schools and city hall would be required on November l. The city engineer was directed to deposit the money, when he gets it, with the six banks of the city, Steiner Bros being ex- cepted, $25, 900 with each bank.
 Kick No. s Here was kick No 3. and the biggest | one of the evening. Alderman Camp ob- l iected to voting for plans he had not seen. 1 He said that he understood that four mem- bers of the board had settled the question of plans, when there were nineteen mem- bers in all. He moved as a substitute for | the report of the committee that a special meeting of the council be held to consider the plans. The vote on his substitute stood four for adoption and seven against it. The affirmative votes were cast by Alder man Camp, Rainbow, Mcknight and Will jams. The negative votes by Mayor Dren- nen and Aldermen Kerr. Moore, Graham, Heidt Thach and Gray.
 Alder rman Camp changed his vote from to negative so that he could move a reconsideration.
 The vote on the report of the committee resulted In its adoption as follows: For its Drennen, Aldermen Ram bow. Kerr, Moore, Williams, Graham,