The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-03
LECTURES WERE
 WELL RECEIVED

INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIES
 OF Y. M. c. A., SPEAK TO LARGE
 CROWD.
 The lectures of F. S. Goodman and George B. Hodge international secre- taries was the feature of the meeting held last night in the interest Of the Young Mems Christian association, at the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Their lectures were illustrated by beauti- full stereoptican pictures displayed upon canvas stretched across that part or the church used by the choir The stere- optican machine was operated by Charles F. Frye
 | Almost every seat in the main auditor ium of the church was occupied when the meeting was called to order at o'clock Dr. I. D. Steele, pastor of the church where the meeting was held, opened with fervent prayer. This was followed with music.
 1 The first lecture was that of MT. Hodge. He spoke of the educational work of the international association in the United States and in foreign lands. MT. Good man followed with discourse on the re- ligious work of the organization Both | of the speakers held the close attention of the audience throughout their ad- dresses.
 The meeting lasted for two hours. At the suggestion of MT. Goodman at the close of his lecture the audience stood and sung two verses of My Country Iris of Thee" the words of the song being displayed on the canvas. Dr. Steele closed with a prayer.
 The following was the musical pro- gramme rendered:
 Tc Deum in D (Brackett; choir.
 Lord, in Thy Pity WerdD; MT. Geis and Miss Lee.
 The Heavenly Song (Gray); Miss Cum ningham.
 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah CLansing); Messrs Bennett and Geis Tantum in Ergo (Pars); Mir. Geis and Miss Cunningham. | Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates | (Greene); choir
 Immediately after the meeting MT. Goodman and Mir. Hodge. accompanied l by Secretary Jackson and other officers of the local association, went to the Union passenger station. The two international secretaries left for Memphis. -~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~- complaint about lights being out in varl- ous parts of the city, and that 1t wa1 due to the fact that boys break the globes. and that there is an average of two .i these globes broken every day. The mayor was instructed to have the police department make a special effort to stop the nuisance.
 The salary of the elevator boy in the city hall was reduced so as not to ex- ceed s1.o0 per day.
 Dr. U. G. Mason, assistant city phy- scian, submitted a request that his sail ary be increased from S10 to $50 per month.
 The report of Mayor Drennen shovel that sixty-two fines had been remitted during the month of November
 The collections for the month were s15- 3s0.27.
 There were present at the meeting last night the mayor. Aldermen Wheeler, Greener, Cooper, Altman, Forney Heidt, Simms, Stockmar, Moore, Copeland, J. R., Copeland, D. R., Jones, Barbour, Gum. ONeill.
 R. Blackburn was awarded the contract for sidewalks provided for by improve ment ordinances 142 and ITO. his bid being s790.
 The city engineer was instructed to ad- vertise for bids on the work provided for in ordinance III.
 Ordinance 192 was introduced, which pro- vides for the laying of sidewalks on the north side of Second avenue from Eigh- teenth to Twentieth streets and on the west side of Twentieth street from Fourth alley to Sixth avenue.
 To Use Bituminous Macadam.
 -lA.. pare an ordinance providing for the pave ment of Fifth avenue with bituminous macadam. It was stated by Alderman Moore that the residents of that avenue were now almost unanimous in favoring this kind of pavement instead of asphalt
 Assessments were made final with two exceptions for the improvements provided for by ordinance 95. This is for improve ments on College street from c to Pine street; Peyton street from G to Pine and Barron avenue from College to Peyton.
 Assessments were also made final un- der ordinance 127. This ordinance pro- vided for sidewalks on the east side of Eighteenth street from Railroad avenue to Cottonwood avenue; west side of Eigh- teenth street from avenues F to J. west side of Eighteenth street from Powell avenue to block 782
 Assessments were also made fiua' under oroihdhce isf' HIS proVideu Tor inc gut tering, macadamizing and curbing of Bradley street from Eighth street to Montgomery and of Kearney street from Eighth to Montgomery.
 Ordinance 155 was adopted which pro- vides for storm sewer to run from Sixth avenue and Thirteenth street to Fifth avenue and Seventeenth street.
 The following bond ordinances and the amount provided for In each were adopt ed
 No. 152. $500; 1Ss. $500; 137 5000; 135, s2Ooo 119 5000; 11S. $200O 112, s5OOO: 100, $500, 9S, s12.000: 90. s1000. This will make an aRerepate bond tssla of S19 500