The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-11-04
Declines TO Appropriate Money
For Schools.
Aldermen Say $500 is Not suficient
for the Work-other Routine
Work of City Fathers
at Semi Monthly
Meeting.

The Montgomery City Counc! at its
regular semi-monthly meeting last night
found a mass Of routine business before
1t and refused to make an appropriation
for manual training in the public schools.
AT the meeting the following Aldermen
were present: President Fleming and
Messrs. Toole. Kohn. Hartley. Anderson.
Mcintyre, Rushton, Cheney, Roeder. May,
As soon as the roll had been called AL
derman May directed the attention Of the
Council to the fact that Mayor Tyler
Goodwin of Highland Park was present.
On his motion the courtesies Of the floor
were extended % Mayor Goodwin.
Chief Of Police Adolph Gerald reported
to the Council the resignation of PATROL
man Paul Rapport and the appointment
of r. P. Loe to succeed him.
Chairman Hartley of the Committee on
petitions from j. B. Nicrosi and other
holders of property on North Dexter Av-
enue. In the petition the property own
ers asked that the Council withdraw the
heretofore granted the Montgomery Trac-
ton Company and forbid the laying OF
another track on the Avenue.
In presenting the Committee report AL
derman Hartley said that the petition
came too late. The franchise. he said
had been granted over a year ago and
nothing had been said about the Dexter
Avenue franchise at that time.
The report OF the Committee was ADOPT
ed.
As to Manual Training.
On the resolution presented to the Coun.
Gil by the Board of Education asking thai
the Council make an appropriation OF $9U
for manual training the Committee or
Schools divided, majority and minor
ity report being submitted. The major
ity report was favorable to the resolu'
ton making the appropriation. 1t was
signed by Aldermen John Kohn, Ray
Rushton and j. T. May.
The minority report, opposing the ap.
preparation bore the signatures of Alder
men CASTOR Gunter and j. C.. Cheney
Both Aldermen Gunter and Cheney spoke
against the resolution. They were unit
ed in saying that they did not favor the
resolution as a halfway measure. The
proposed appropriation, they said, was
not adequate for establishing manua
training in the public schools and they
were not in favor Of expanding $500 or
an experiment.
Alderman Roeder, announced that he
too. was opposed to the resolution. HI
did not think that manual training should
be made a part OF the work of the City
Schools. II boy wanted to learn
trade, he could do that at training
school-Auburn or some other institution
of it's kind He was especially opposed
to any half way measures In putting II
manual training appliances IL they were
put in at all.
Alderman hohn spoke lot tne IndJOrltS
report He said that he recognized ths
force of the arguments that had beer
made against the resolution. Still. the
Superintendent of the City Schools and
the Board of Education had asked for 1t
They knew the conditions and he thought
| that their request should be granted.
The minority report was adopted and
| the resolution was killed by viva voct
vote. There was no appropriation.
The Committee on Streets reported thai
ha I .nd0a n Ellie had wit h
drawn its request for the use of certain
streets for a Street Fair. 1t was an
nounced that the Elks had reconsideret
| it's intention of holding Street Fair IL
| November.
To Condemn Chiffon Building.
The Joint committee on Public Works
and Schools to whom was referred thu
communication of the Board of Educa
ton and the message of the Mayor rela
| tive to the contemplated Improvement o