The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-16
Mayor Drennen Present.

about which there is and has been some controversy.
 Mayor Drennen Present.
 There were present at the meeting of the council last night Mayor Drennen. Aldermen Wheeler, Linnehan, Greener, Kerr, Moore, Thach, J. R. Copeland, Me- Naily, Gum. Altman, Graham, Heidt, Jones, D. R. Copeland. Stockmar Gray and Harrington, A. M. Lynn was pres ent representing the water company.
 Chairman Kerr of the finance commit tee read the city bills and they were or dered paid.
 Final assessment under ordinance No. 92 was confirmed. This assessment pro- vides for the paving of the following sidewalks: Sixth avenue, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth street; on Twenty-second street, Sixth to Eighth avenue; on Twen- ty-third street, Seventh to Eighth ave- nue; on avenue A, Twentieth to Twenty second street. on avenue c, Twentieth to Twenty-first street; on avenue D, Twen tieth to Twenty-frst street; on avenue E, south side, Twentieth to Twenty-second street; avenue F, Twentieth to Twenty second street; avenue c, Twenty-1rst to Twenty second street; avenue H, Twen- tieth to Twenty-second street; Humbolt avenue, Twenty-f1rst to Twenty-second street. f1uInDOlla dNeuuts SDulH Sldcs Twentieth to Twenty-hrst street; Quinlan avenue, south side, Twentieth to Twenty first street; avenue J, Twentieth to Twenty-first street; Twenty-first street. avenue A to avenue G; Twenty-first street, east side, avenue H to Quinlin avenue; Twenty first street, west side, Humbolt to Quinlin avenue.
 The final assessments on pavements under ordinance No 110, for grading, fto,.a afa Twelfth street. avenue B to avenue K. were confirmed.
 Final assessments under ordinance No. 11s, providing for the construction of Powell avenue storm sewer, were con- firmed.
 Alderman Kerr, chairman of the fin- ance committee, recommended that the sum of s5O0O be appropriated to the board of education to pay salaries and other current expenses, and such an ap- propriation was made by the board.
 Grade Crossings.
 Alderman Thach reported on the grade crossing matter, and the report of the joint judiciary and railroad committee that the mayor be instructed to have watchmen placed at crossings where none were now kept was accepted and the committee was granted further time to investigate suitable means for prov ing permanent protection at all of the crossings.
 The ordinance granting a franchise to the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company to erect and maintain a heating plant in the city was adopted, after it was amended to read that heat be furnished the city hall and city jail free of charge.
 A petition of the Peoples Home Tele- phone company to be allowed to change the rates in their telephone service was referred to the proper committee.
 A contract for the grading of Twenty fourth and Twenty-f1fth streets, under ordinance No 134, was awarded C. M. Burkhalter & Co.,, the price being $19,- 292.50, the lowest bid.
 Alderman Graham introduced an im- provement ordinance providing for im- provements at Fountain Heights, and it was referred to the judiciary commit tee.
 Meat Inspector.
 An election for a meat and milk inspec- tor was gone into at this point of the proceedings c. A. Collins, L. L. Cheney and E. Peterman were nominated MT. Collins was elected, receiving sixteen votes out of eighteen cast.
 Alderman Heidt chairman of the lights committee, recommended that lights be placed at Eleventh and Bellevue avenues and Magnolia avenue and Twenty-secord d streets, and the board ordered the lights placed at these points.
 The board granted the Alabama Great Southern railroad permission to extend their tracks across Twenty-fourth street.
 Alderman D. R. Copeland reported that the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company had agreed to issue transfers to the rolling mill district from the Avondale-F Fountain Heights line but not from the Avondale-Fountain Heights line to the East Lake line, The report was adopted.
 Alderman Kerr introduced a resolution exempting from taxation the state fair, or any of its features, and it was adopted.
 Upon motion of Alderman Graham the