The age-herald., 1900-06-21
New Gas Contract Ordinance
 Was Introduced.
KICK FROM NINTH WARDERS
Objected to Loca ion of to ekade in That Section of ofCity-Pstition From the Board of Health
 The Proceedings

l piOpoSit4oiA lOi d B franchise to the City Council last night | which was referred to the Committee on Lights and the Judiciary Committee. l These two committees will meet in the 1 Council Chamber tomorrow afternoon at | o'clock to consider the proposed ordinance. The contract submitted by President Ro- l den of the Birmingham Gas Company last night makes rate of 10 cents less per | 1000 cubic feet than the one offered some | time ago. It is also accompanied by an agreement which provides that the city | shall have the privilege of buying the gas plant at any time prior to April l, 1901, for the sum of $65O,0OO, the city having the | option of paying cash executing per | cent thirty-year gold bearing bonds for 1 same Isadore Newman of New Orleans, | principal owner of the gas plant, agrees | to take the bonds. The board will meet next Monday night to hear the report of | the committees.
 | The location of the city stockade in the | Ninth Ward raised a mighty protest from | the citizens of that section of the city and l they had strong petition read at the 1 meeting of the board last night It was | stated that every resident and property owner in the Ninth Ward had signed the petition. An effort was made to bring the | question of the location before the board l last night but motion to reconsider the | vote by which the resolution providing for its location in that ward was defeated. | The Police and Sanitation Committee wac instructed to hear the complaints of the | citizens who signed the protest and this | 1t will do in the next few days. Call to Order
 The following members were present | when Mayor Drennen called the board to | order Mayor Drennen and Aldermen | Lynagh, Wheeler, Camp, Mcknight, Kerr, Williams McAnaly, Graham, Heidt, Thach, Gray, Harrington and Daily
 Acting Chairman Thach of the judiciary committee recommended the purchase of | two lots from the Birmingham Realty | Company at $S,000, the lots to be occupied | by the two new school buildings to be erected, one near Lakeview and the other in the Rolling Mill district, the Birming- ham Realty Company to satisfy an old judgment for S4,9o0 obtained against the city by the Elyton Company. The recom- mendation was adopted, with the proviso that it first be passed upon by the finance committee.
 MT. Thach also recommended that Ave nue H be opened up from Twenty fifth to Twenty seventh street, and the necessary property for that purpose be condemned. The recommendation was referred to the Mayor, the attorney and the chairmen of the finance and judiciary committees.
 Improvement ordinance No. 52, providing for the construction of sanitary sewer in certain sections on the Southside, was passed under a suspension of the rules, and the city engineer was authorized to advertise for bids for same. The cost of the sewer, it was estimated, would be about $500
 l Assessments for the sanitary sewer con- structed in the vicinity of Avenue F and Twenty-sixth street. under improvement ordinance No. AS, were read, and notice given to those who desired to protest to appear before the board on July 1S
 The same action was taken with inn provement ordinance No. F, providing for paving sidewalks in various parts of the city.
 Alderman Lynagh, of the fire and water committee stated that a communication had been received from the Birmingham Water | Company in the afternoon, but that it came too late to be acted on, and further time was asked and granted.
 l The Gas Contract
 The following contract ordinance was 1 read by the clerk:
 | Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor | and Aldermen of the City of Birmingham, | That the Mayor be, and he is hereby au- thorized, empowered and directed for and on behalf of the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham to make and enter into a con- tract with the Birmingham Gas Company, body corporate, its successor and as- signs, for supplying the City of Birmng- ham and the citizens thereof, with gas for Illuminating purposes for the term of forty (4O) years from and after the 1st day of August, 1900, upon the following terms, prices and stipulations, that Is to say, the said contract shall provide as follows
 1. That the said Birmingham Gas Com pany shall furnish to the said Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham for and during said period, all the gas the latter may need for lighting the public buildings of the city and for other purposes, at and for a price not exceeding one dollar per thousand cubic feet; and the Mayor and Aldermen shall pay to the said Gas Company for the gas so furnished at the rate aforesaid, on or before the 20th day of each month for the gas furnished during the previous month.
 2 That the said Birmingham Gas Com- pany for and during said period, will fur nish gas to private consumers within the corporate limits of said city, and contigu- ous to the main pipes or other supply pipes of the said Gas Company, as from time to time extended by 1t, under such reasonable rules and regulations as 1t may adopt; and shall charge therefore at rate not exceed ing the following prices, towit:
 For period of ten years, that is to say, from the first day of August 1900. to the first day of August, 1910, one dollar and forty cents ($1.4O per thousand cubic feet.
 For period of ten years, that is to say, from the first day of August 1910, to the first day of August, 1920, one dollar and thirty cents ($1.3O) per thousand cubic feet.
 For period of ten years thereafter, that is to say, from the first day of August, 1920, to the first day of August. 193O, one dollar and twenty cents G120) per thous- and cubic feet.
 For period of ten years thereafter that is to say from the first day of Au- | gust 1880, to the first day of August, 194O- one and 10-10O dollars ($110) per thousand cubic feet.
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