The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
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The City Council of Montgomery last night awarded the contract for improV- ing the city market to A. J. Shafer & Co.,. discussed at length matter of im- proving the condition of upper Monroe Street. received two messages from May Or Joseph. heard several petitions of mi nor importance, transacted other routine matters and adj burned before 9:3o o'clock. The temperature was high in the new ly papered Council Chamber and the Council adopted resolution by Alderman May authorizing the electric fans to be placed in the Chamber before the next meeting of the city fathers.
 Alderman Rushton was the only absent member at last nights meeting.
 Two messages were received from the Mayor. The first one notified the Council that he had executed 8 contract under date of April 50 with tho Montgomery Light and Power Company for lighting the city for ten years in accordance with action by the Council and that he had approved bond for $l0.000 made by the company with the National Security Com pany for sl9oOO as a guarantee of faith In d resolution by Alderman Hudson the Council approved of the action by
 Coal for the City.
 The second message from the Mayor re- ated to contracting for coal for the city departments and was as follows:
 Office of the Mayor. May D. 1902 TO the City Council of Montgomery:
 "Gentlemen-I recommend that bids be asked for separate contracts Tor furnish ling coal for city schools, city hall and other public buildings of the city The present system Is for the Water Depart ment to furnish all other departments with coal. the same to be charged to the several departments at cost. This system in my opinion, has been anything but sat isfactory. l think that the coal for the Water Department, which Is purely for steam purposes. should be treated by the Council distinct from other departments recurring different classes of coal. un- derstand that prices for coal are cheaper in May and June than any other months in the year. I suggest that this matter be taken up in time to take advantage of the low prices. The amounts required by the different departments, as reported to me are as follows:
 School buildings, 2s3 tons per year.
 "City building. forty tons per year.
 Police. Department buildings, seventy five tons per year.
 Fire Department buildings. forty tons per year.
 "E. B. Joseph; Mayor"
 This message was referred to the Fi- Several petitions of little consequence were read and were referred to appropri- ate committees. Among these was pc tition from patrolmen Of the police de- parInSnI dShlue TUT lWtiltN udNS NdNo- tion for each man instead of ten days. This petition was referred to the police Committee.
 To Improve the Market
 Two reports were submitted by the Se- lect Committee to whom bids for repair ing the city market were referred. The majority report recommended that the contract be awarded to A. J. Shafcr X Co. whose bid was $l.5S5.
 The minority report recommended that all bids be rejected as the flnancia con- ditlon of the city did not warrant the expenditure and that the improvement of the city did not warrant the expenditure and that the improvement of the market was unnecessary, This report was signed by Alderman Mcintyre.
 Alderman May. Chairman of the Select Committee. moved that the majority re- port be adopted.
 Alderman Roeder said that in view of