The age-herald., 1901-05-16
City Council Held a Regular
 Meeting Last Night
IT WAS A BUSY SESSION
New Street Improvement Authorized and Steps Taken to Abate Null sance-AIderman Camp of the
 Second Ward Resigns.

vass of the returns of the recent cleo tion was made, and the new members of the board given the oath of office by City Clerk Wood. Mayor Drennen was ab- sent from the meeting on account of Ill., ness
 The roll call showed those present to be Aldermen Lynagh, Wheeler, Mcknight, Kerr, Moore, McNally, Altman, Graham. Heidt, Thach, Gray and Harrington, with the newly elected members waiting for the canvass election returns and their be- ing sworn. On account of the absence of Mayor Drennen the board was called to order by Alderman Altmore, who moved that Alderman Kerr be made temporary chairman.
 A report of the finance committee was read to. the board. This report gave the details of the assessments of property owners for payment of recent street im- provements, and carried with it resolu- tions calling for a meeting of the Board of Aldermen on June 19, at which com plaints on account of assessments will be heard from such property owners as wish to make them The assessments un- der the ordinances, instructing the work to be done were as follows:
 Ordinance No. Il. $SO60. 72; No. 13 STOPS. .o4; i; No. 31 $S57s.S4; No. 46 s7215.96; No. GA s424.16. The committee reported current accounts amounting to s5s76.96, and res- .olution was passed instructing that bonds for the amount be issued.
 A resolution was introduced by Alder man Moore appropriating the sum of sloo for the use of Chief c. w. Austin as ex- pense money in attending the meeting of the national organization of chiefs of police which will meet in New York an the 18th of May. This resolution was unanimously passed.
 Street Improvement.
 In the report of the finance committee a resolution was read letting contracts for work under a number of ordinances. according to the report of the street com mittee. This street committee recently opened bids for the work, and their re- concentrations regarding the award of contracts were carried out in the ordi- nance introduced and passed last night. These awards were published in the Age Herald at the time of the committees s action, the contracts being let to Dunn & Lallande Brothers, 27,4s5.00; Donelson & Colvin, sS155.00; Dunn & Lallande Broth CTS, $7750O; and Souders & Jameson, B., 142.50.
 An ordinance was introduced by the finance committee instructing bonds to be issued for the payment of work against the following ordinances: Number AS, $500; 12 $5Oo0; F, $500; Is, $5O0 52, $500; 16, s1OO0
 Ordinances calling for the building of a sanitary sewer in Alley F, East, to Twelfth street. at an estimated cost of $26Oo, and for the paving of Twentieth street. South, from Eighth avenue to Ninth avenue at estimated cost of $3000 The resolutions were referred to the street committee. A resolution referring to the tacking up of signs, giving street numbers and names, was introduced and turned over also to the street committee. Petitions from property owners asking for Improvements of sidewalks on Beach and Blackberry streets and also on Ash and Fourteenth streets to Peachtree were read. resolution was introduced in structing the city engineer to prepare ordinances for the desired Improvements.
 New Aldermen Seated.
 committee was appointed by the chairman to make a canvass of the re- | turns of the recent city election. This committee opened the ballot boxes and reported the following elected: Mayor,W M. Drennen. Alderman: First ward, J. G. Greener; Second, G. B. Ward Third, D. R. Copeland; Fourth, J. R. Copeland; Fifth W. R. Gum; Sixth, J. J. Altman; Seventh, R. H. Thach; Eighth, H. B. Gray; Ninth, A. Stockmar. Police commissioners, J. H. McCary, z. T. Ru- dulph, James p. Scott.
 The Aldermen were then given the oath of office by City Clerk Wood, and the members who retired from the board well | comed their successors to the places they | had occupied until that time. The retir- l ing Aldermen were: J. T. Lynagh of the First, c. T. Rainbow of the Second, J. T. Mcknight of the Fourth, M M. Williams of tho Fifth.
 A called meeting of the board will be held on Thursday, May 23, when the ques- tion of the Metropolitan street railway grant will be the special order of busi- ness.
 Will Use Home Product. The Board of Aldermen put itself on record last night as favoring the support of home industries and did so by unan- imous vote. The question of using pro- ducts of home companies in the new street contracts recently made by the | Aldermen was the cause of the action. Communications from the Mayor and | the Birmingham Cement Company were | read to the board, in which it was stated | that the contractors, who have the work requiring the use of cement in charge | wish to use the local cement. believing it | better than foreign. The Mayor asked | that the engineer be instructed to allow | the use of the home product if it was l found equal to that required by the spec | ifications. When these communications were read City Engineer Kendrick stated | that he had examined the cement of the | local companies and had found it as good | as required. He stated further that there were two companies in the city making a high grade of cement and the product | of either was standard.
 Alderman Heidt then introduced a reso- lution instructing the city engineer to allow the use of the home products where | found equal to the specifications, if the grant could be allowed without affecting | the contract. The city attorney will de- eide whether the contracts will be affected | by the use of the local products Birmingham has two of the largest and | best cement companies in the country | and the products of their works are said | to be equal, if not superior, to those of any company in existence. and this re- | cognition on the part of the Board of AL | dermen will be quite effective in making an increased demand for the home goods Following the passage of this resolu- 1 tfon an ordinance was introduced appro- | priatng an amount not to exceed s200 for | the purpose of purchasing a testing out | fit in order, that all cement used in city l contracts may be properly tested This resolution was referred to the finance l co'' mittee for action.
 Alderman Camp Resigns.
 resignation of Alderman A. l.
 }, representative of the second
 was rendered the Board of Alder
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