The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-23
NEW BIDS FOR STORES
ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE IN coUN-
GIL OVER MARKET RENTALS.
alderman May Secures Adoption OF
Minority Report for Public
Works Committee Requiring
Renters to Give Security.

The Montgomery City Council. last night
rejected all bids for rental of stores In
the city market and directed the City
Treasurer to advertise for new bids.
The Public Works Committee of the
Council divided on the question OF rental
of the stores and two reports were sub
mitted to the special meeting of the
Council at $50 o'clock.
After a short but rather acrimonious
debate the minority report filed by Chair
man May was adopted over the majority
report submitterd b. Aldermen Roeder
and Anderson.
Chairman May, In :.:bmitting his report
said it was very So. It. 1t recommended
that all bids which had been submitted
for rental of stores il the market building
be rejected and that the City Treasurer
be instructed to advertise for new bids,
each of which should be accompanied by
% per cent. of the total years rental.
rs that a unanimous report?" queried
Alderman Kohn, who presided in the abb
sence OF President Fleming.
mo, sir. No, SIR said Alderman May.
1T Is not unanimous report. l under
stand that another report will be handed
in and we are going to settle this thing
in the Council. am opposed to renting
those stores to bidders who don't put UP
security. No security whatever has been
given by any of the bidders.
Il have been told by one of the men
whose bid has been accepted by the ma
jority." Alderman May went on, that
he did not want the store and he was not
going to take 1t. We have got no Sc
curity and what are you going to do
about it?''
Alderman Roeder presented the report
of the majority committee which was
signed by himself and Alderman Apder-
son. The majority report recommended
that the following bids be accepted:
For sto2e at % Monroe Street. Morris &
Stuckey's bid of $40 for twelve months.
For store at 81 Monroe Street, r. S.
Clouds bid Of $500 for twelve months.
For market entrance. Paul Moses, bid
of $3.50 for twelve months.
For store at u Monroe Street, Charles
Suffers bid of $3.50 for twelve months.
The majority report further recommend
ed that in the contract the lessees be for
hidden from sub-letting the stores or
any part of them without permission of
the Council.
In submitting the report Alderman Roe
der said that in each instance the high
est bid had been accepted. The committee
had passed upon the bids. he said and its
action was before the Council for ap-
could do as it saw fit with the report
Alderman May again attacked the ma
jority report He said no security went
with any of the bids. He intimated that
a higher rent could be obtained for the
stores.
Il don't see why in the world you want
to rent stores for $50 a month when you
can get more than that for them to store
wood and coal in he declared with some
irritation.
Alderman Gunter said he agreed with
the alderman at large. In the rental Of
the stores, he said, the city should OBJ
serve the ordinary and proper business
precautions. He was of the opin-
ion that each bidder should be made to
give security.
Alderman May called for a vote on the
adoption of his report and a viva voce
vote showed the Council was with him
on his proposition.
Alderman May then moved that the
City Treasurer be instructed - advertise
for bids for renting the stores each bid
to be accompanied by a deposit of % per
cent. of the total amount in cash or in
certified check, the bids to close at
noon September /.
The motion was unanimously adopted
and new set of bids will be passed upon