The age-herald., 1900-09-20
THE CITY HALL
 BONDS ARE VOTED New Contract With Railway and
 Electric Company. CITYS TENANTS ON NOTICE
New School Houses to be Built-A For tune Burned-Twelfth Avenue Ma cadamiz ed Park Fences Or
 dered Torn Down.

Last night the City Council held four hour session, made final arrangements for the building of the new city hall and three school buildings, made Q new contract with the Birmingham Railway and Electric Company which covers all previous fran chises, and finally adjourned after sending $2id1S5 up in smoke. This smoke was made from the burning of a large amount of in- terest coupons attached to Birmingham city bonds, which have been paid and or dered destroyed.
 The reports of the city hall committee were heard and every recommendation made was adopted
 contract was made with Steiner Broth CTS by which they are to take up the $25O,0O0 of bonds to be issued for the pur- pose of building the new city hall, and the money Is to be ready on or before Novem- Der l, the bonds bearing interest from that date.
 resolution was passed which notifies all tenants of the present city buildings including market stalls, that the premises must be vacated on November l. as the work of tearing down the old buildings will begin shortly thereafter. The time of the architects for submitting their plans was extended to October 12
 A resolution was then passed accepting the first floor of the Commercial Club building as the location for the temporary offices of the city authorities during the time work is progressing on the new city building.
 Nothing now stands in the way, and be- fore many months have passed Birming- ham will be graced with as handsome city hall as any city in the South.
 Other subjects discussed and acted on by the board were as follows:
 Report of the street committee on minor improvements, adopted. s
 Twelfth avenue will be macadamized and the contract was awarded to Donaldson and Colvin.
 A petition was granted not to allow the Sells Brothers and Forpaugh circus to give their exhibition at Eighth avenue and Twenty-siXth street.
 It was recommended and adopted that the fences be taken down around the Seven teenth street and Twenty-fourth street parks. MT. McGowan made proposition to buy the fences and remove them at fifteen cents a panel. This was referred to the park committee, with power to act.
 On motion of Alderman Rainbow, a public weigher for convenience of wholesale mer- chants was authorized, and it was ordered that the certificate be given to w. H. Jones and he be empowered to erect scales under Twentyfir,st street bridge, In Morris av enue. The object of having public weigh CT is to prevent short weights being given by shippers from other cities, and it said it will otherwise greatly benefit the mer- chants of Birmingham.
 H. A Markey, representing the Brick layers Union, addressed the board and asked that in the contract for the new city buildings that the words "organiZed labor' be included. He was told that such instruc- tons had already been given. He extended the thanks of the bricklayers.
 James H. Leath then addressed the board on behalf of organized labor throughout the city. and expressed his sincere thanks for the kindness that had been shown the labor ing men by the Mayor and Board of AL dermen.
 After discussing many subjects of minor importance, two boxes containing coupons on refunded Birmingham bonds represent ing SPIT, 1855 were brought into the room, and according to law were burned in the pres ence of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and the city attorney. When this ceremony had been performed with the assistance of many matches and oil, the board at 1O:l5 O clock adjourned.