The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-11-25
'.BOOTLESS DISCUSSION"
BI,oEMFoNTAINE LAKE AGAIN
BEFORE BOARD OF REVENUE.
r. e. Ayres and A. J. Brooks Ap-
pealed to County Board, But
Found No Remedy-Dr. Pol
lard Elected County
Physician.

Francis e. Ayres and A. J. Brooks and
their respective adherents. had fight to
a finish yesterday before the Board of
Revenue of Montgomery County, about
the Bloemfontein lake. The members of
the Board listened and smiled. They then
told the contesta ats that the Board had
nothing to do with the lake.
Sometime ago Mr.. Ayres was given a
Fl anchise by the Board of Revenue to use
the Red Bridge road as a dan for the
lake. He did so. The Board Afterwards
received complaints from Mr.. Brooks and
others that the lake was in an unsanitary
condition. The County Board of Health
went to work to set things right at the
lake.
Mr.. Ayres, who is interested in the
Bloemfontein property, wanted to raise
the load. County Engineer ]. M. Garrett
said that the road would be totally ruin
ed. He further said that Mr.. Ayres had
about ruined the road with his lake. The
Board of Revenue then revoked the priv
ileges granted Mr.. Ayres.
Mr.. Ayres asked for another hearing. II
was granted.
Yesterday Mr.. AyreS and his friends
were at the meeting of the Board of Rev
enue Mr.. Brooks and his neighbors sat
on the other side of the room.
Mr.. Brooks opened the discussion, pre-
senting a petition from citizens of the
Bloemfontaine neighborhood as follows:
ITO the Board of Revenue of Montgom-
cry County:
1.-The parties directly interested as citi-
zens and taxpayers in the matter of fran
chise to Bloemfontaine Park as repre-
scented by Francis E. Ayres, are not OPP
posed to a fresh water lake at said place,
but on the contrary heartily favor same,
and will not oppose franchise as fol-
lows to said Ayres: That he be required
to thoroughly cleanse the bed now covered
by water of all vegetable matter and
also proposed to be covered by any fran
chise he may ask and have a certificate
of thorough sanitation OF said lake by
the Board of Health of the county, before
he be permitted to exercise in any man
ner the franchise granted by the Board"
Mr.. Ayres replied to this petition by as
sorting that the lake was going to be made
a first-class lake as soon as possible.
That he was going to have dam of his
own and no longer use the Red Bridge
read for that purpose. Bloefnfontaine
Park, he said when completed, will be the
finest in this section of the county. He
further told the Board that he had done
what the Board Of Health had asked him
to do and offered to put a member of the
Board of Health on the witness stand to
prove 1t.
DR.. L. L. McCrummin. President of the
Board, here tried to get in word, but to
no avail.
Gentlemen" interposed Mr.. Brooks. a
firmness in his voice, Mr.. Ayres talks
good but he don't do good. His state
ments and what he does are just this
way" declares Mr.. Brooks, crossing his
forehngers at right angles.
Gentlemen interrupted DR.. McCrum-
min this is a bootless discussion. Mr..
Ayres has said he was building a lam Of
his own and would no longer use the road,
as the Board has taken away from him
the privilege. The Board has nothing to
do with the pond, so long as the road is
rot injured. Formerly the pond was a
road pond. When Mr.. Ayres puts in his
dam it will be a dam pond and I'm glad
to say that the county has nothing to do
with the p( nd"
Messrs Ayres, Brooks and other citi-
zens of Bloemfontaine thanked the Board
and retired.
Or Charles T. Pollard was elected coun-
ty physician to fill the vacancy caused by
the expiration of DR.. Sam Billings term
of Office. II is the custom of the Board
to elect the county physician for two
terms of one year each. DIR. Billings has
served two terms and DR.. Pollard was
selected as his successor.
Complaints were received by the Board
that county, gravel near Showdown was
being hauled off by individuals. The
Board gave notice that anyone caught
taking the gravel would be prosecuted.