The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
SCHOOL PLANS
 CAUSE RIPPLE Architect Smith Addresses :. q City Council. OTHER DESIGN ADOPTED Two Additional Rooms to the
 Heron Street Building. Mayor Requested to Improve Drive ways Leading to Oak Park-coun-
 cil Will Reimburse Patrol
 man Warrington.

The only ripple that disturbed the smoothnese of the proceedings of the City Council at it's regular semi monthly
 meeting last night was q controversy over the awarding of the contract for the plan for remodeling the Heron Street school building partially destroyed by fire about three months ago. The. result of the vote showed that B. B. Smith. ar chitect, was on one side of the contro- versy and all of the members of the Coun- ell were on the other for the contract was awarded unanimously to Ausfeld X Chapman. architects.
 This result was not reached until after Mr. Smith had been given the privilege of the floor and addressed the Council. setting out that he had 5cen improperly treated by the Select Committee of the Council which had charge of the matter. . Notwithstanding the Council some time ago adopted resolution fixing the hour for its meetings at o'clock. 1t was near ly o'clock when the Al iermen gathered in the Council Chamber and the meeting was called to order by Alderman Kohn, President pro tenn. who presided in the absence of President Fleming, The other s Haygood.
 A communit ation from Mayor Joseph was read transmitting plans of the City q sidewalk on North Perry Street north of Pollard Street The pc>S,osed sidewalk will cost M43. The ao.. me nication was referred to the Street Committee
 New City Code. | City Attorney Steiner. In a communica- tion, submitted the mapus cript of the | new city code and acknowledged assist l ance rendered him in its pr aparation by Judge A. H. Arlington Later in the ! meeting an ordinance was introduced by Alderman Rushtor adopting the new city code. The comml,nica,iUa and the ordi- | nance were referred to the Judiciary Com | mittee.
 The Committee on Police. through its Chairman Alderman Roeler. reported fa- vorably upon the petition of Patrolman J. D. Worthington for salary lost while | confined at his home b, reason of the Illness of his child. The amount involved Is s6O. The report of the Committee was adopted and Alderman Roeder introduced | an ordinance appropriating s6S for this | purpose which. under the rules of the | Council. will lie on the table until the next meeting.
 Patroiman worthinston was confined to his home by direction of pr. T. Chiffon | Thorington, City Physician. A child of the Patrolman was Ill of diphtheria and II vas deemed best for him not to go to police headquarters.
 The Fire Committee. through Alderman Tooie. reported favorably upon a petition of DreyfMs Bros to put two boilers in esd,1s sna RiSn GiSn'srlctins t the the Committee was adopted.
 Among the numerous minor petitions ssbmitssd ,.srn & to the Council was a request late Patrolmsn Griiin,. that she be e paid aid his salary from February IT, the date of his death. until March 1. The petition was referred to the Finance Committee.
 OIdlhances were read and ordered to lie on the table until tts next meeting as fol- I lows: et.
 Appropriating SIPS for the purpose of refunding t. Mrs. J. D Lasseter the paid ''N
 Fixing the city license for ceiling and buying County scrip at $50 instead of $15O as he:etofore: This ordinance was in- ! troduced by the Finance Committee to meet the request of the recent grand jury.
 The Council then took up the ordhianee feia.ing to cotton ginneries which has been pending several weeks. This ordi- nance amends city ordinance so as to provide that cotton gins nust secure the permission of the City Council before do- Ing business inside the fire limits of the city The ordinance vas adopted unani-
 Controversy Over Building Plan.
 Under the head of unfinished bushes, the report of the Select Committee on plans for the remodeling of the Heron Street schoo! was read. The Committee awarded ava the contract to Ausfeld < Chap | E. 5. Smith. Montgomery architect. was efanted the privilege of the floor to ad- | dress the Council.
 MT Smith said he desired tv empha size 1 the statement that he had no Personal feeling In the matter whatever, ana that he had no intention of adversely criticis. ing the members of the Committee. He svgretsed srernhe tnat the matter had been
 He said the Council .advertisedG ieGi'e; for competitive plans for remodelins the Heron Street School building. Before he entered the contest he had understood that his competitors already had the con- tract. He said he talked with the chair man or the committee who assured him cha;r chai no ,aEoritism @ would be shown. The Wanted two extra rooms in the new build | ing. He went to the old building and worked worked out a plan for providing the ad- auently adopted by the committee (the plan of Ausfeid X Chapman) MT. smitS said was practically his plan. He said tnat ne naa been informed that his com petitors had made plan, embracing the two extra rooms, but had advised the committee that the plan was not feasible The gtst of the whole matter, he declar- ed. was that the plan of his competitors had been changed to meet the views of the committee when his plans had not been changed and that the plan finally adopted was the same as originally made by him. This being the case MT smith said he felt that his Idea had been used and that he was entitled to the contract
 Alderman May. member of the Se- lsct Committee. asked MT. Smith rather sharply to whom he referred when he spoke of the chairman" and MT Smith | replied that he referred to Alderman n Gunter who was absent from the Council l meeting.
 ! Alderman May declared that the re- i port was the unanimous view of the Se- | feet Committee and he moved that it be | adopted.
 Alderman Mcintyre enqured if the re- | port was signed by Alderman Gunter ana was informed that 1t was
 l Alderman Rushton said he would like to know if Ausfeld & Chapman were al lowed to change the original plans sub mitted to the committee and Alderman ] May replied that they were not Alderman Roeder a member of the , committee. said that both architects had | been instructed by the Select Committee | to bring in new plans embracing the | two additional rooms desired by the com mittee.
 The committee report was then unani- mously adopted. the contract for the plans thereby being awarded to Ausfeld & Chapman.
 To Receive Alabama Mayors. Alderman Anderson introduced a reso- luton raising a committee of three mem | bers of the Council to cooperate with Mayor Joseph in the reception and en- tertainment of the Alabama League of Municipalities which will meet in Mont gomery in May.
 The resolution was adopted and the ' temporary President named Aldermen { Anderson. Cheney and Hudson oa the 1 committee
 1 The following resoiution by Alderman | kohn was referred to I joint committee l on Streets and Parks;
 Resolved, that the Mayor be and he