The age-herald., 1901-02-26
SHORT SESSION OF
 THE CITY COUNCIL
Much Important Business Was
 Transacted With Dispatch
I WAS SMOOTH SAILING
Not a Single Hitch Occurred In the Entire Proceedings-ActInp May or Harry Jones Preslded-Re-
 port of the Meeting.

The City Council met last night and established a new record. It Is Il record that reflects credit upon that august body of legislators and does not weary the public. Contrary to It's custom the board met and disposed of a number of important questions without discussion. Not speech was made and not ar ob jecticn offered to a single motion or reso- lution. Everything was harmonious and within a period of thirty minutes more real work was done than is ordinarily ac- complished by the board in three or four hours. For instance, the contract for building the new City Hall was awarded, the report of the special fire insurance committee adopted, four improvement or dinances confirmed and lot of routine business transacted and adjournment or dered in less than thirty minutes from the time Acting Mayor Harry Jones rapped for order
 When the roll was called by Clerk H D. Wood there were present in the tempo rary City Hall, in Twenty-f1rst street, Acting Mayor Harry Jones, Aldermen Lynagh, Rainbow. Camp, Kerr, Moore, Brahan, Heidt Gray and Harrington, a bare quorum. Ten minutes later Alder man Meighan entered the hall.
 The reading of the minutes was dis pensed with and the report of the special committee to which had been referred the duty of receiving and opening bids for the construction of the new City Hall called for. This committee submitted report recommending that A. Stockmar of Birmingham be given the contract, his bid being about s900o less than any other. This report was adopted.
 Fire Insurance.
 Next came the report of the special committee on fire insurance rates, which recommend certain improvements and enlargements of the present fire depart ment This report was also adopted without discussion.
 The consideration of these two import ant questions took up about five minutes time.
 Alderman Graham of the street com mittee recommended that the contract for the labor in repainting the Twenty-first street bridge be given to E. O. Maxwell and that he receive as compensation for the same 1898. The report was adopt cd.
 No discussion yet.
 Alderman Graham further recommend ed that the contract for extending the sanitary sewer in the vicinity of Foun- tain Heights be awarded to Donelson & Colvin on their bid of $545. This recom- mendation was concurred In. Dunn & Lallande Bros offered to do the work for s5S1. sH#
 Still no discussion.
 Alderman Gray offered a resolution to the effect that the expenditures of the city were running in excess of the re- oeipts and instructing the finance com mittee to prepare budget of expendi- lures for the remaining nine months of the present year, together with an esti- mate of the receipts for the year. This resolution was adopted.
 No discussion.
 Other Business.
 An appropriation of 1000 was made for the payment of salaries of teachers in the public schools for the month of Feb ruary.
 The chief of the fire department was directed to advertise for 2,0OO feet of fire hose.
 There was no discussion on either of these questions.
 ha uro@ certain work around St. vincent's Hos pital was referred to the finance com mttee.
 Alderman Harrington called for the petition asking that the saloon In Thr- teenth street between avenues and q be abolished, saying that he wanted some action taken on the matter at once. The committee on police and sanitation was instructed to make a report on the peti- ton at the next meeting of the board, which will be held on the night of March 6. MT. Harrington insisted on the in,- mediate consideration of the petition. bat the board did not seem inclined to take up any question that offered an oppor- tunity for discussion.
 Alderman Kerr called up improvement ordinances numbered 67, 6S, 72 and 73 which were confirmed
 A motion was made to adjourn, but the chair called attention to the fact that certain citizens were present for the pur- pose of being heard on pending legislu- ton and the motion to adjourn was there upon withdrawn B. M. Allen then stated that he appeared in behalf of Joe Mar,i cano, who conducts a saloon at Second avenue and Eighteenth street, about which complaint has been made by J. R and c. J. Smith, owners of the Jefferson Theatre. As MT. Allen began to discuss the matter one of the Aldermen suggested that 1t go over until the next regular meeting of the board. Mir. Allen ob- jected but without effect, as the board felt averse to listening to any oratory as that particular time, and this question they evidently believed would lead up to unlimited dissertations on tho good or evil effects of a saloon located at that particular place.
 Discussion was narrowly averted at this juncture.
 On motion the board adjourned.