The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-19
CHY EMPLUYtS u . JET NJ INCREASES Salaries for Next Year Will Be
 the Same as This !
 IITY COUNCIL IN SESSION Election for Various Offices Will Take Place at Next Meetlns-commer
 cial Club Asks St. Louis Ap-
 propriation of $25oo.
3ITY COUNCIL IN SESSION

The salaries of all those in the employ of the city of Birmingham for the com ing year will be the same for 1904 as cense and street tax collector, which will be determined later.
 This was decided upon at the regular meeting of the city council held last night and was done upon the recommen- dation of the finance committee. The elections for the various positions in the city government will take place at the next regular meeting of the council.
 Last nights session of the council was very short but large amount of rou- tine business was transacted. There were present Mayor Drennen, Aldermen Green CT, Ward, Copeland, D. R., Copeland, J. R., Cooper, Altman, Thatch, Forney. Heidt, Barbour. Gray Jones, Simms, O'Neill and Gum.
 Exhibit Appropriation Asked.
 A petition was made by the Commercial club committee on an exhibit at the St. Louis exposition for an appropriation by the city of s25oO toward such exhibit, and 1t was referred to the finance com mltte of the council.
 An ordinance was introduced provid- ing for the repair of all pavements in the city where excavations had been made for any purpose whatsoever. An ordi- nance was passed to stir up the railroads and corporations about placing lights at certain crossings where they had been or dered by the the board. The ordinance provides that unless lights are placed at the crossings within thirty days after they are ordered that 1t shall be a pun ishable offense for any engineer or mo- torman to run over the crossing between the hours of o'clock at night ane 6 o'clock in the morning. The offense is made punishable either by fine or ims prlsonment.
 The ladies of Hillman hospital present. ed a petition, asking the use of the City Hall for holding their bazaar, which was referred to the City Hall committee. To Build Sanitary Sewer.
 The city engineer was instructed to draw an ordinance providing for the con struction of a sanitary sewer from Eigh- teenth street through Anderson place. The engineer was further instructed to de- lay drawing the ordinance which pro- vides for the pavement of Fifth avenue A number of the residents of Fifth ave- nue appeared before the stfeet commit tee yesterday to confer about the pave ment and they were unable to agree among themselves whether they wanted asphalt or maeadam pavement. They were told by the committee to get up two petitions enc of which will favor asphalt and the other macadam and to circulate them among Fifth avenue resi- dents The one which gets the largest number of signatures will have the pave ment constructed according to the wish es of It's signers.
 Improvement ordinance number 191 was introduced which provides for the laying of sidewalks on the southside of Third avenue between Twenty-frst and Twer- ty-second street. The city engineer. was ordered to advertise for bids for the inn provements on Ash street provided by improvement ordinance 132
 T. H. Aldrich and T. H. Aldricb Jr as trustees of the Birmingham District Coal, Light and Power company were given an extension until July l, 1904 to be- gin building the system which was pro- Vided for in a contract entered into with the city several months ago.