The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

man w I Jordan for seven days pay for | time lost occasioned by injury receiHeo while in the performance or & ms Susg, sSoHnd rnS that during the past eleven months Fa- trolman Jordan had ben absent 1roN duty 4S days.
 motion of Alderman Kohn was referred to the Chief of Police. ..a The Committe on Police was granted tion of Marc Vincentelli relating to clos ing saloons on Sunday.
 Several Petitions Read.
 Petitions were read as follows and re- ferred as indicated.
 J. c BoothmTo greet erect an %mifie e1sctrifas ssn sn
 Mrs. H. T. GiIined-To erect a wall around lot in Oakwood Cemetery. Com
 S. Strauss and H. Strauss-To reduce rents of stalls in markets. Committee on n D. w W. Ford-ReIating to contract for paving of streets. Committee on Streets.
 The Council then took up the petition of Wood Bros. to enclose the north end
 The petition was granted by the fol-
 Ayes-Finley, Hartley Hudson. May, Rushton. westcott, Wiley-'7;
 An ordinarce providing for the regu- lation of Cypress Pond was adopted. It abolishes the office of keeper Of the prop erty and puts it in charge of the Super
 At this point Alderman Kohn moved the reconsideration of the vote by Whlch the Alabama Midland Railroad was or dcred to vacate Whitman Street: lie salo he desired to give Alderman Wiley an oppCI runity to be heard. Alderman Wi ley was not present when the resolution
 Alderman May objected to reconsider ation. but the motion was adopted.
 Alderman Wiley then addressed the Council. He said the hospital was only closed temporarily and showed that the pro perty was of no service to the city. He emphasized the point that the hos pital Is not owned by the railroad com pany. but only by a relief association or the company employees. He said nothing was to be accomplished by saying that the hospital should be removed from the city
 It was brought out that It was con- templatcd to turn the hospital Into a boarding house and on motion Of Al, derman May action was postponed until An ordinance providing that hereafter all applications for franchises in the city of Montgomery shall be printed five newspaper. giving the details of such franchise. was unanimously adopted.
 Street Railway Ordinance.
 The City Council then took up the Rushton Street Railway ordinance, which has heretofore been printed in The Ad-
 The ordinance was read by the clerk, and Alderman Wiley said that 1t was the first time he had heard 1t read. He said he found some objections.
 Alderman Rushton said he had pre- rared amendments which he though' would meet objections. He then offered amendments providing that the cars shall he inspected every two weeks instead of once every week; also providing for sneed of four miles an hour on curves and ten miles an hour on straight tracks.
 MT. Rushton said he would also be willing to strike out the schedule section if it was agreed that a man be employed by the Street Railroad Company to see that conductors and motormen keep
 Mir Crum was invited to address the Council as a representative of the Street Railroad Company; He assured the Council that the Company would com ply with the suggestions.
 Mir Rushton offered an amendment in lieu of the schedule section and the amendments were adopted.
 By a further vote the amended ordi- nance was unanimously adopted.
 The ordinance regulating the running of cars, during fires was unanimously adopted. It provides that the current shall be shut off one minute.
 An ordinance providing for cutting of water where misused was then read and Alderman May presented a. substitute specifying rates and charges Among the important changes is a provision in- creasing the rate for water outside the
 Concerning Water Rates.
 The substitute of Alderman May pre- man May said the increased charge up-