The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-23
HEBRON STREET 1 SCHOOL WAS UP Question of Ventilation
 Was Discussed. DID NOTHING BUT TALK Motion to Expunge Proceed
 ings from Record. City Council Held Session Yesterday and Talked on Many Subjects
 Resolution Unanimously
 Adopted.

At a called meeting of the Montgomery City Council beginning at o'clock yes terday evening the Aldermen talked for more than an hour about the ventilation of the Heron Street school building which is to be remodeled this summer ana adjourned without accomplishing any thing more than referring the matter to a Committee with power to select a suit able system of ventilation for the build inG
 Indeed. the Council did little more than talk during its session and this fact was so apparent that just before the body ad- journed Alderman kohn suggested that the entire proceedings be expunged from the record and that the newspapers be requested to make no reference to the meeting. Alderman Roeder retorted that the talk would not have been necessary if the Council had given its Select Com- mittee which has charge of the Heron Street School matter, explicit instructions when the Committee was named.
 The meeting of the Council was called at the request of the Select Committee and Messrs. Fleming. Kohn. Toole, Mo- Intyre. Rushton, Cheney, Haygood Roe- der, Gunter and Farley were present.
 Immediately after President Fleming had called the Council to order the Clerk read two petitions which were referred to the Finance Committee One of these petitions from A. P. Tyson asked that the city assessment on a lot at 129 Ca- .toma Street be reduced from 5000 to So,vW SO dS tO COTIOrfn tO the StAte ana County assessment on the same property. The other petition was from the two ab- stract companies doing business in Mont gomery and asked the repeal of an ordi- nance recently passed by the Council fix ing license for persons buying and sell ing real estate
 Then Alderman Roeder, a member of the Select Committee on the Heron Street school submitted the following res- olution which precipitated debate:
 paC Ixy% %ho af AEz, gomery, that the matter of the ventila- ton of the Heron Street school be re- ferred to Committee appointed by the President of the Council with power to select a suitable system and have the same Incorporated in the specifications for the remodelling of the said school building"
 Alderman Roeder, in introducing the resolution said the details for heating the and other matters connected with it's ventilation had not been embraced in the plan of the building adopted by the Council.
 Alderman Kohn expr sssed surprise that the Select Committee should ask for a special committee to do part of the work assigned to 1t and said he did not un- derstand the necessity for the special committee
 The Chairman of the Select Committee. Alderman Gunter, said that the ventila- tion of the building was much more se- rious matter than 1t appeared to be re- garded by the Aldermen. The resolution introduced by Alderman Roeder, he said was for the purpose of raising a special committee which would carefully inyesti- gate the necessities for ventilation It had been thought wise to give tho spe- cial committee power to act so that when 1t agreed on a system of ventilation 1t could be embraced In the plans to be drawn by the architect. These ideas. he said. had been suggested by Prof. c. L. Floyd, Superintendent of the City Schools and the Alderman said he thought the resolution should be adopted by the Coun- cil.
 Alderman Kohn asked if he understood that 1t was contemplated that a new school building
 Alderman Gunter replying, said he un- derstood 1t was probable a new boiler would be needed. He said he thought 1t was well enough for the Committee to have the power to change the details without bringing the matter back to the Council.
 Then Alderman Rushton did some can- did talking. He said he thought the Coun- Gil had gone on the piecemeal plan with the school building matter long enough If special committee was to be ap- pointed to look after each detail there was no telling, he said. where 1t would end. He thought it was economy to fix up the building in proper way and he said he had understood that the Select Committee was to go ahead and fix 1t up. After several weeks of consdera tion and after calling several special meetings of the Council Alderman Rushton said the Select Committee had now come in and asked for special committee to do some thing. He said before he voted on the pending resolution he wanted to know what the Select Committee had done. If the Select Committee was not going to do anything toward improving the build- ing Alderman Rushton said he suggested tU Nf hax ~. that would do something After all of the special meetings of the Council and meetings of the Select Committee, Alder man Rushton declared that it seemed the members of that Committee did not know what was being done
 Alderman koan, member of the Se- feet Committee, replying to Alderman Rushton. said Ausfeld & Chapman had remodeling of the school building but that the specifications were still open.
 And how long at the present rate your committe Is proceeding do you think 1t Will take the committee to reach som ething defnite?" asked Alderman
 Rushton.
 Alderman Kohn replied that he imag- ired Professor Floyd. the Superintendent of the city schools. could better answer that question. For himself he declared he saw no reason for the appointment ot
 a special committed.
 Alderman Mcintyre asked Alderman kohn If he was not a member of the Select Committee and if the pending res olution did not come from the Select Committee.
 The Sixth Ward Alderman replied that he was q member of the Select Commit tee and that he supposed the resolution came from the Select Committee.
 ''Is the gentleman merely an honorary member of the committee?." inquired Al derman Mclntyde. fine sarcasm in his voice and smiles on his face.
 Alderman kohn was about to reply when Alderman Gunter interposed and said that the resolution was not reported | by the Select Committe although he said he approved of it. Continuing Alderman Guntcr explained that his committed had carefully gone over the plans for
 the remodeling of the school building
 but had not yet reached the specifica- tions. He thought it extremely desirable
 that special committee should be rais. ed to investigate the matter of ventila- ton of the building.
 As a substitute to the pending resolu-
 ton by Alderman Roeder, Alderman
 Tooe moved that the whole matter be referred to the Select Committee.
 Alderman ROeder opposed the substi-
 tute. He said the Select Committee had numerous members and it was a hard matter to get q quorum. Several meet | ings had been called when but two or t'lree members were present. The Select Committee he contended. had done ev- erything it had been instructed to dc and he heartily favored a special com
 mi.Iee with power 10 select a system oi ventilation
 Apparently ncttled at the remarks oi AlGcrman Ru<hton, Alderman Guntel