The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-24
Committee Appointed to NegO-
tiate for Purchase Of Burk-
halter & Co.'S Outfit
BOARDS ACTION APPLIES
TO STREET SPR|NKuNG
Alderman Jones introduces Resolu-
tion to Have Popular Elections
Held on all Questions of
Granting Franchises.

The City Council at an adjourned meet
ing last night took steps toward taking
the removal of garbage from the hands
of a contractor. The action OF the board
also applies to street sprinkling. and is
explained In the following resolution Of
fered by Alderman Gray and passed
without discussion:
Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed to confer with the garbage
contractor and with the firm doing the
city sprinkling with a view of the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen purchasing the
outfit of both parties, or such part OF
an outfit as may be necessary. and In the
future having this work done by the city
instead Of by contract.
Resolved further, That this committee
be instructed to report at the next meet
ing Of the board.
Mayor Drennen appointed as the COM
mittee called for by this resolution All
dermen Gray, Kerr and ]. r. Copeland.
It was decided yesterday to only hold
joint meeting Of the finance and police
and sanitation committees on the gar
bage and street sprinkiing question but
when the members began to gather last
night it was soon discovered that a
quorum of the board was present. Mayor
Drennen called the meeting to order with
the following members present: Alder
men Jones. Kerr, Gray, Ward, Graham.
Copeland. J. R., Greener, Gum, Lime
han. City Attorney Smith was also pres
ent.
The meeting was short, and there was
very little discussion on any matter, save
the various ways of initiating persons
into secret societies, which took place
while waiting for a quorum.
Franchises by Election.
A resolution was introduced by Alder
maj Jones and referred to the judiciary
committee providing that the question
of all future grants OF franchise to use
the streets or alleys OF the city for any
purpose be determined by popular cleo
ton called for that purpose. The appli-
cant for the franchise to pay the cost Of
the election but the city to determine
the necessity of such election and wheth-
er 1t should be held. The judiciary COM
mittee Is instructed to prepare a bill for
this purpose to be introduced at the next
session of the legislature.
The petition of the Birmingham Belt
Railroad Company to be allowed to con-
meet two ends of its track at Avenue
B and Ninth street came up and Attorney
Hugh Morrow appeared before the board
and stated the claim of the company to
lay such tracks, explaining that 1t had
been granted a right of way by the Ely
ton Land Company In 1887 before this part
of the city was taken in the corporate
limits.
Goes to Next Meeting.
A property holder had objected to this
track being laid and on m otion of Alder
man Ward 1t went over to the next meet
Ing Of the board, he stating that Attorney
B. NJ. Allen, who represented the proper
ty holder, had been informed the council
meeting called for that night had been
put off, and therefore he was not present
A resolution to refund a license of $50
to a butcher named Brown, who had
moved into the city and taken out a new
$75 license, was passed on motion of AL
derman Ward, after which the council
adjourned.