The age-herald., 1900-03-01
PROTESTS MADE BY
 PROPERTY OWNERS Against Assessments Levied For
 Sanitary improvements. CRITICISED THE CHARGES
Adjourned Meeting of the City Council . Extension of Fountain Heights Electric Line-Meat and Milk
 Inspectors Elected

The city council met in adjourned session
 last night to hear protests from property
 owners who have been charged for street | improvements and sanitary sewers. Sever-
 al other matters of minor importance were
 acted upon, among them being a permit | granted the Birmingham Railway and Elec-
 tric company to extend it's Fountain
 Heights line 150O feet: a change in the
 license ordinace in so far as it applies ito
 Building and Loan associations, and the
 election of meat and milk inspectors.
 When the board was called ito order at l 7:45 o'clock there were present Mayor Dren. men and Aldermen Rainbow, Camp, Me- | Knight, Kerr, Moore, Williams, McAnally,
 Thach, Heidt. Gray and Daly.
 Several petitions were referred to proper
 committees without being read.
 Chairman Moore of the miscellaneous
 committee reported on numerous petitions, l among which were the following:
 Fire insurance companies petition for res
 duction of license; disallowed. To require tags drays, hacks. etc. 1 Modifying license ordinance, paragraph s2, | | peanut roasters when fruit Is principal
 stock in trade.
 Fixing annual license on building and loan associations not issuing new stock at $25. Remitting $25 of fine recently assessed against c. c. Cookery.
 1 The report was adopted. l Chairman Mcknight of the street railroad committee reported favorably the petition I of the Birmingham Railway and Electric l company for permission to lay temporary l track as follows:
 l One thousand five hundred feet extension | of Fountain Heights line; line along Twen- l ty-second street from Avenue E to Avenue 1 F. and along Fifteenth street from Avenue l p to Avenue c.
 Aldermen Rainbow and Gray raisad the l point that the matter should go over under
 the rules until next meeting, and MT. Ram l bow moved to refer it to the street railway | committee.
 l Alderman Kerr offered a substitute au- l thorizng the extension of the Fountain l Heights line
 | Alderman Camp called attention to the | fact that by recent ordinance a fee of | $1,000 was required for each franchise | granted and raised the point that the mat | ter must go over under the rules, the rules | requiring that petitions for franchises must l go over.
 The chair held that the point was well | taken.
 Would Cause Delay Alderman Mcknight stated that the Bir- | mingham Railway and Electric company
 were anxious to do this work, and he urged l hot ha piUpn He
 said the company was willing to pay a fee | of $1OO per block. An ordinance requires the
 payment of $50 for extensions of old lines. l He said the people in the section where the
 extension is to be made are willing to pay | the $50 fee. 'yThe people out there need the l road, and they ought to have it," he said. l He urged that this should not come under | the head of a new franchise, but of an ex- ! tension. This view was concurred in by all | the members of the board who spoke on the subject.
 Alderman Gray moved that that DOT tdon of the report referring to the Foun- tain Heights line to the mayor with power | to act and the balance of the report to the street railway committee. The motion was | adopted.
 Alderman Moore called attention to the l question of transfers on the Elyton and l Twenty -fourth street line He said the | company claimed that the city would not allow them to lay heavy tracks in Twenty l first street and that they could not run 1 their heavy cars east of Twentieth street. Inc matter was referred to the mayor. l Alderman Williams moved that Street l Commissioner McCartin be directed ito put
 the Twenty fourth street crossing at Sev-
 enth avenue and Twenty-second street at
 Sixth avenue in good condition. This was adopted. An amendment by Alderman Gray | to include all crossings was rejected. l Chairman Kerr of the finance committee | recommended the adoption of an ordinance | levying assessments against property abut- l ting or drained by sanitary sewers in the l vicinity of Beeler station, South High l lands. The construction of the sewers 1 cost S5 5,I41.55. The ordinance was adopted. | The board will meet March q ito hear | complaints of property owners affected. l Marry E. Kelly's petition asking that | an erroneous charge for work that was never done be charged off, was so or | dered. The property was sold some time ago to satisfy said charge. Petitioner | csalms that she never had notice of the execution. She asked that the sale be set aside. The sale was ordered vacated. The question of assessments levied l against property for street improvement I and sewers was called, and Alderman Gray moved the adoption of the assessment ordi- nance heretofore reported. City Attorney Lowe stated that those who desired to raise objection to the assess ment should be heard.
 Alderman Camp moved the adoption of
 the ordinances as read.
 l The clerk read the assessments under