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make their appearance in Birmingham, and he offered an amendment to the or dinance embodying his suggestion of giv- ing each company single track
 Mir Jemison said his company could get along with one track on Twenty-first street. but that they needed two on Third avenue. as they would have cars going in both direction.
 The board then reverted to Alderman Linnehan's amendment providing for cent fares to Ensley as a condition for granting the franchise and on Alder man Moores motion it was tabled by vote of Il to g.
 Alderman Ward moved to amend the ordinance by fixing s4OOO as the price per block instead of s40O. This was tabled also.
 Alderman Linnehan moved to adjourn. This was lost.
 Alderman Thach moved to table AL derman J. R. Copeland's amendment.
 Markey Gets Violent. Mir H. H. Markey here began vio- lent speech saying that if any of the AL dermen had MT. Jemison's credentials in their pockets they ought to give them back He was rapped down by the chair man and informed he was out of order
 Alderman Heidt said he was tired of being insulted-it seemed that many present thought the members of the board were a set of fools and asses and he did not think they ought to be allow ed to speak in this way.
 MT. Ward then stated that certain property owners on Twenty-first street were opposed to tracks being laid on this street. He said he was stockhold- CT of the Birmingham Railway, Light er nv fhaf ct holder he desired to protest against the company pursuing course that would make it unpopular and affect it's inter- est. His firm owned and voted at the re- cent election ssl. 800 of stock.
 Alderman Copeland then amended his amendment so to provide for only one track on Twenty-first street and striking out the rest of his amendment
 MT. VanHoose Protests.
 Ex-Mayor J. H. VanHoose here asked permission to make protest against any track being laid on Twenty-first street This permission was granted and MT. VanHoose proceeded to speak of the necessity of keeping open traffic on the Twenty-first street bridge. and making 1t safe, and protesting earnestly against any tracks being placed on that street.
 Alderman Height moved to amend so that no tracks would be laid on Twenty first street. This was tabled.
 Mir. Caldwell Bradshaw then spoke en- tering a protest against any tracks on Twenty-first street Having spoken he said he felt relieved and hoped the board did. Qaughter).
 | Alderman J. R. Copeland's amendment to allow but one track on Twenty-first street was adopted by vote of 13 to 4 ! The four noes were Aldermen Wheeler, Linnehan, Ward and Heidt Mayor Pro-Tem Altman here explained that this proposed ordinance did not give an exclusive use to the streets-that any other company could use them by pay ing just compensation. and that no com psny would be shut out of the city.
 The ordinance as amended was then put upon its second reading.
 A motion to adjourn was then put and lost.
 The Ordinance Adopted.
 MT. Thach moved to suspend the rules so to put the ordinance on its third reading and final passage. This was car ried and the ordinance adopted Besides franchise matters the board adopted an amendment to the stock ordi- nance so as to extend its operations to the Third ward. so far as hogs were con cerned. Hogs in the Third ward will not after February l5. be allowed to run at | large.
 The sections or the city code relating to nuisances and their abatement were amended so as to make it the duty of the chief sanitary inspector to report any person having a nuisance on his premises and providing for mode of trial and pun | ishment.
 Ordinance No. S5. providing for the grading, curbing and macadamizing of Twentieth street. between Eighth and Ninth avenues. was taken up and the city engineer authorized to let the contract for curbing and sidewalk. The other work has been let to Dunne & Lallande. The Birmingham Audit Company was given the contract for supplying the tax books for ls12. Sidewalk Ordinance. An ordinance was introduced by Alder man Ward to make it unlawful to allow any goods or wares on sidewalks or any opening therein.
 The new switchboard and storage bst-