The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
Judiciary and Railroad Commit tees to Report a Plan at
 Next Meeting,
RESOLUTION ID THIS
 EFFECT IS UNANIMOUS
Ordinances Are introduced for the Paving of Several Streets With vitrified Briok-Improvement
 Ordinances Adopted.

The city council last night took ac- tion looking to the placing of gates at all grade crossings by the unani- nous adoption of the following recom- mendation of the railway committee read by Alderman Copeland:
 "The railway committee recom- mends that steps be taken at once by this board to remedy the growing danger at the railroad crossings. 1t also recommends that this matter be referred to a joint committee con sistine of the Judiciary and railroad committees to investigate and report at the next meeting of the board"
 The following members of the board were present last night: Mayor Drennen' Aldermen Gre1er, Wheeler, Copeland D' R., Kerr. Moore, Copeland, J. R., Me Nally, Gum, Altman, Thach, Heidt, Gray, Graham, Jones, Harrington, stock- mar
 Before proceeding to business Mayor Drennen called the attention of the board to the fact that the city code provided that meetings after Octooer 1, through the winter months, would begin at ESo o'clock instead of o'clock, as has been the custom for the past several months.
 The report of the finance committee, read by Alderman Gray, was adopted.
 Assessments were levied on ordinance No. 26. This ordinance provides for the grading, macadamizing and curbing Of Twelfth avenue from Huntsville avenue to Twenty-sixth street. Assessments were also levied on ordinance No. 34, pro- viding for the construction of etorm sewers in the vicinity of Fourteenth street and Avenue G.
 Want Steam-Heatlng Plant.
 A petition was read by Alderman Gray from the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company for franchise to con struct a steam heating plant at it's power plant and to lay pipes to houses in the neighborhood of this plant for the pur- pose of supplying them with steam heat. This was referred to the judiciary com mittee.
 Alderman Thach of the judiciary com mittee reported that he had investigated the laying of tracks by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company along Fourth avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, and found that | it's franchise covered this block. The judiciary committee reported favor- l ably on the amendment to the franchise granted Zell & Co pertaining to their proposed water system.
 Improvement ordinances No. 135 136 1s7 and 1Ss, providing curbing sidewalks
 
 nues. were adopted.
 Assessments were made final under orr dinanoe No. 9S. providing for storm sewers in the vicinity of Avenue H and Twelfth street. The estimated cost of these Improvements is s26,OOO.
 The contract for laying sidewalks under ordinace No. 100 along Sixteenth Street, from Avenue to Avenue M Avenue M; | Avenue M from Fifteenth street to Twen- tieth street was awarded to Byron & Sanders, their bid of $SlSO being the low | est.
 Alderman Jones of the fire and water committee reported as follows; "We, the committee, recommend that the proposition made by the Birming- ham Water company July 26, be not | adopted. The committee also wishes to thank the fire department for the good services rendered in the Louis Saks fire" | The report was adopted.
 Considering Water Question. | City Attorney Ed Smith of the special water committee on filtration plants, re- ported that his committee was in receipt of a telegram from President Purdy of the Water Works company promising completion of the North Birmingham filter in twelve months and of the Ca haba plant in eighteen months. He stated the committee was not in position to make a favorable or unfavorable re- port and requested more time to look into the matter to see if the time .pro- posed by MT. Purdy was satisfactory. The committee was given further time to investigate this matter. On recommendation of Alderman Gra- ham of the street committee. the city engineer was instructed to draw an or dinance to be presented at the next meeting of the city council, looking to the paving of the following streets and avenues with yitrified brick. Morris ave-