The age-herald., 1902-05-08
President Tells Council That Company is Conducting
 an Investigation
UNABLE ID COMPLETE
 II BEFORE JUNE Z
Board Instructs Committee to Take No Action Before That Date. Council Transacts Much
 Routine Business.

At the meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen last night a letter was read from President J. NJ Purdy of the Birm- ingham Water Works in which he stated that they had two experts now at work examining the water and if 1t was found to be seriously polluted that the company would install a purifcation or filtration plant.
 In the absence of Mayor Drennen the letter was read to the board by City Att torney E. D. Smith, who stated that the mayor, City Engineer Kendrick and him. self to whom the matter of enforcing the Gray resolution had been referred, and President Purdy, MT. Lynn and Experts Benzenburg and Fuller of the Water Works Company had had several confer ences and that President Purdy had arate tests of the water and that his company could not make definite an- swer to the Gray resolution by May 15, the time when an answer was ex- pected. He asked that they be given until June 2 and said that his company would promise an answer by that time.
 Will Not Take Steps Till June.
 After some little discussion 1t was de- cided not to grant any further time but the committee having the enforce ment of the ordinance in charge were in- structed not to take any steps towards enforcing 1t until June 2.
 Most of the other business of the meet ing was of a routine nature. The first matter to come before the board was an invitation from the city council of Mont gomery for them to attend the meeting today of the Alabama League of Muni- cipalities. The invitation was accepted with thanks and a resolution introduced by Alderman Ward inviting the league to meet in Birmingham next time was unanimously adopted.
 Reports of city officers were read. That of City Treasurer Engstfield showed re- ceipts for the month of S33,24O.57 The bills for the month were ordered paid.
 Alderman Kerr of the Judiciary Com mittee made a report recommending that the report of the special comm mittee on street sprinkling made to the last meet ing be adopted. Also that the mayor and city attorney be authorized to settle with the clerk of the Criminal Court, the question of costs said to be due the city In appeal cases from the Inferior Crfm- inal Court to the Criminal Court. These recommendations of the report were adopted as were further recommends tions that a cook be employed at the city n month; that the two extra sanitary in- spectors recommended by tle board of health be not allowed in view of the fact that the city was hauling It's own garbage; that the petition of the board of lady managers of the IIillman Hos pital to be relieved from certain street assessm ents on the ground that it was a charitable institution, be allowed ex- cept as to that part of the land sold the Birmingham Medical College.
 Objects to Street SprInkling.
 Alderman Ward opposed that part of the streets saying that he thought it a bad business proposition for the city to pay for 1t when the merchants had here tofore paid for it themselves without any objection.
 A resolution was adopted authorizing the Mayor to pay s65O into the Probate Court, being the amount assessed in the condemnation proceedings in the case of Mayor and Board of Aldermen vs. James Oden ct al, and that he make the nec- essary bond to proceed to open the streets therein referred to.
 Assessments were made final on the fol- lowing improvement ordinances:
 Ordinance S6, providing for the grading, macademizing and curbing of Twenty second street between avenues E and H.
 Ordinance 97. provinding for sanitary sewers on Avenue between Fifteenth street and Seventeenth alley.
 Ordinance 72, providing for the grad ing, n.ecademizing and curbing of Ave nue N from Twenty-first street to Beech street.
 MT. w. c. Garrett and MT. J. W. Bush filed petitions objecting to certain as- easements. The matter was referred to the judiciary committee and the city at- torney. All other petitions were appro- priately referred.
 Assessments were ascertained under the following ordinances:
 Ordinance 29. to provide for the paving
 (Contlnued on Eighth Paae)