The age-herald., 1900-07-19
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 WILL BE PAVED City Council Transacted Much
 Business Last Night. S5,000 IN BONDS BURNED  The Proposition of Electric Light Com pany to Supply the City With Arc Lights Was Referred
 to a Committee
S5,00O IN BONDS BURNED

The City Council at its meeting last night paving of Seventeenth street from Fourth to Seventh avenues, the city to pay for same; and let the contract for building a sewer on South Highlands. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds with which to take up the un-
 paid coupons which fall due August IS, was called up, but passtd over until next Wednesday night, when the board meets again to take final action on it. An ordinance was introduced by Alder
 man Altman making it unlawful to use money or other article of value for the pur- pose of influencing votes in any primary election held in the city of Birmingham. Cancelled bonds to the amount of $5,00O were burned by the clerk in the presence of the Aldermen.
 Owing to the absence of Mayor Drennen
 and Alderman Kerr, who are in New York negotiating for the sale of S269 900 of bonds,- and of other members who were at diff ferent places, special effort was made to bring out all of the members in the city to the meeting of the City Council last night, and when the clerk called the roll the following answered to their names: Acting Mayor Graham, Aldermen Wheeler, Rainbow, Camp, Mcknight, Meighan, Me Nally, Altman, Heidt Gray and Jones' twelve in number.
 The Light Company Proposition The propoistion of the Consolidated Elec- tric Light Company to supply the city with arc lights for the streets at $50 per year for aol, l;.rlt the judiciary committee with instructions to report back to the next meeting. Chairman Altman of the judiciary com mittee stated that great pressure was be- ing brought to bear on the committee to recommend the grading of Seventeenth
 street along West End park and to the Henley school, three blocks. The ctiy would
 have to pay for this improvement should the work be done. He also stated that the committee had been urged to grade Twenty-eighth street from Second to Fifth avenues. Colonel Altman stated that while he was inclined to oppose the improvement
 under existing conditions to get the mat ter before the board he moved the judi ciary committee be authorized to make a
 favorable report the matter. He said
 without the adoption of such a motion the committee could not report until financial arrangements had been made. Kicking in Second Ward Alderman Rainbow stated that the peo- pie of the Second ward were jumping on the aldermen from that ward, saying they
 had had no improvements made in their ward and wanted to know why such was the case. MT. Rainbow said he wanted publicity given to the fact that the city had not been able to sell bonds for the Improvements
 Colonel Altman's motion was adopted,
 whereupon he reported without recommen- dation improvement ordinances 51 and 31, providing for the improvements in ques- tion. Ordinance No. 51 provides for the Seventeenth street work and No. 31 for the Twenty-eighth street work. Ordinance No. 51 was adopted The ordinance providing for grading Twenty-eighth street was called up by Alderman McNally who moved its adop- ton.
 Opposed By Alderman Altman The motion to adopt was opposed by Alderman Altman, who said it stood on different footing to that of the Seventeenth street ordinance. The work to be done in Seventeenth street, he said, is directly of interest to the city, as the Henley School and West Park were located there. In Twentieth street it is different. He said the city had been unable to sell improve ment bonds in some and in some others the 20 per cent. arbitrary charge is
 giving trouble.
 Alderman McNally urged the passage of the ordinance saying he had been unable to get any work done in the Fifth ward
 while improvements were continually be- ing made on the South Highlands.
 Records Didn't Show It
 The records failed to show that ordinance
 No. 31 had ever been introduced and fur
 ther action on it was deferred until a
 future meeting.
 Alderman Jones of the street committee
 reported that bids for constructing the
 Fourteenth avenue, south, sewer had been
 opened by the committee and that Don
 alson & Calvins bid of $1 ,990 was the low
 est. The committee recommended that the
 contract be awarded to Donelson and Cal
 win and the board adopted the recommen-
 dation.
 Alderman Jones of the same committee
 recommended the paving of Thirteenth
 avenue, south, between Tenth and Elev-
 enth streets. The report was adopted.
 The petition of the Kansas City, Mem-
 phis and Birmingham road asking per-
 mission to erect a shed for its watch
 man at Ninth avenue and Nineteenth
 street was disallowed
 Chairman Rainbow of the miscellaneous
 committee recommended that license
 be required of persons who "dry clean"
 clothes. The recommendation was con- cured in.
 Light Proposition Reported Chairman Heidt of the light committee reported the proposition of the Consoli- dated Electric Light Company, proposing to furnish the city arc lights of 2,000-candle power for street lighting purposes for ten years at $50 per year per light. The pro- position carries with it an agreement to