The age-herald., 1900-02-22
FIRE ENGINE FOR
 SOUTH HIGHLANDS Provided for by City Council at
 Last Nights Meeting'
OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS
Five Additional Policemen Added to the Force-Stop Put to Ticket Specu- lation -Feibleman's License Re-
 voked-Executive Session.

dinaIlce striking at the Specu.atorS in opera house tickets, revoked the theatre and liquor Gcense of Marcus Feibleman for the Alabama theatre, declined to grant an ex- tension of thirty days for the milk and meat Inspection ordinance to be effective, provided for a fire engine company the South Highlands, and added five to the poljoe force.
 The meeting of the board was called to order by Mayor Drennen in the council chamber at the city hall at 7:45 o'clock, with the following members present.: Aldermen Lynagh, Hamlbow, Camp, Mcknight, Kerr, Williams, McNally, Altman, Graham. Tnaitch, Heidt, Gray, Jones, and Harring ton.
 MT McNally offered resolution, revoking the liquor and theatre license respectively granted ito Marcus Feibleman for hfs place of amusement in Second avenue, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets, In support of his resolution, MT. McNally called attenition to petitions that had been sent to the board protesting against the house. The neighborhood objected to it. He said a sosrroom was bad enough, but a. theatre and saloon combined would mean serious trouble He predicted that if the pldce was run dl iuil SWiih7t tAe'e iii'sAS ~ man would be killed there.
 Lee J. Mark, as counsel for Mir. Feible- man. made an eloquent speech in defense of his client, and MT. Policeman himself addressed the board, promising an orderly house. Many people of the neighborhood had signed paper testify1ng to the good character of the Alabama theatre.
 S. w. Vance, a large property owner made a ringing speech in favor of MT Mc- Nallys resolution. He maintained that the continuance of the theatre and saloon would certainly pull down the neighborhood. MT. McNally's resolution was passed by, but was subsequently taken up and adopted.
 The annual report of the city engineer and a full report of which appears in an other column was submitted ana OH mo- ton was received and filed.
 Many Kecomm, n dations
 MT Kerr chairman of the finance com mittee submitted a report recommendlnS that the two Watchmen now on duty tenn porarily at the railroad crossings be added to the regular police force and that three additional men be allowed, making a total addition of five men to the force' uhat fire engine be placed on the South High lands in accordance with the recommends tio of the chief Cf the fire department to be named by the engineer, one fireman and two firemen and that as soon as stand pipe shall be erected on the South HlGn- lands Cfor which the contract Is now leD, giving sufficient pressure for fire protec- ton. the engine shall be removed and hose reel be placed there in lieu thereof
 After a brief discussion touching the additional fire department service the recommendations of the committee were adopted.
 MT. Mcknight chairman of the street railway committee, offered resolution to the effect that before any street railway franchise be hereafter granted to any party or parties authorizing the construc- ton within the city limits of any street railway, the sum of $l,0O0 as guarantee of good faith be deposited with the mayor and that any street car company obtain ing franchises hereafter to construct and operate line in the city shall pay $lOO for every block or fraction of a block so operated. Former Mayor IA. O. Lane was heard in opposition to the recommenda- tion touching the $1OO per oloclI proposi- ton. After much discussion the recom- mendation to require the payment of $100 per block was referred to the finance, street railway and judiciary committees. The recommendation to require deposit of $1 900 was adopted.
 MT. Williams, in behalf of the dairymen, asked that the milk and meat inspection
  days, in order that the dairymen might have time to look into the matter His motion to that effect was agreed to, but was rescinded later in the evening.
 Got Only Ten
 MT. Williams introduced a resolution au- thorizing the appointment of twenty addi- tional policemen for three days during the Mardi Gras festivities next week. NIT. Kerr said the carnival must be a tough | xtr npadad He moved as an amendment that ten extra policemen be appointed, and his amend ment was adopted.
 MT Rainbow introduced two ordinances which passed in quick order-first, second and third readings One was requiring $50 license for selling tickets to any place of amusement in the city, and providing for a fine of not less than $1 nor more than $100 for any one who should violate the or- dinance. The other ordinance prohibits the peddling of vegetables in the city between the hours of and 10 o'clock a. nf
 MT. Heidt, chairman of the committee on lights and telephones, reported that com plaints had been made about the telephone service, especially about the tardiness of responses from the central office. He found that boys frequently placed obstruc- tions against the wires which caused much of the trouble. And this being the case, MT. Heidt introduced a resolution imposing a fine on anyone who dnterfered with the wires, which was adopted.
 MT. Heidt reported resolutions of respect to the memory of the late w. J. Pearce, which were unanimously adopted
 On motion the board adjourned to meet on Wednesday, the 18th inst.
 In executive session the board considered the case of Mack Rittenberry, the suspend ed warden of the city prison On motion of MT. McAnally the matter was referred to . the police and sanitary committee with au- thority to subpoena witnesses. This com- mittee is to make report to the next meeting of the council: and in the mean time If 1t is found that MT. Rittenberry was innocent of negligence of duty the commit tee is to reinstate him.