The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-11
WILL EXTEND
 THE AVENUE City Council Passed an
 Ordinance. HAD A SPECIAL MEETING Debate Led by Sullivan Wax ed Warm. Tardy Committee Was Criticised for Its Dilatory Action-Indulged in
 Much Talk, But Little @ Accomplished.

It took the City Council of Montgomery, at special meeting called for clock ordinance to which there was not a dis- senting vote and on the merits of which there was not word ot deDate.
 The Couneil met to receive the report of the Joint Committee on Finance and Streets on the ordinance to extend Madi- son Avenue in an easterly direction from its present terminus. Although the meeting was called for o'clock, there were but three or four members in the Council ChamBer at that time. When 7:30 o'clock arrived there was a quorum but the members of the CCm- mittee on whose report the Council was 7:50 O cock Vice-PreSidenk Forbes of the Council called the meeting to order and had the call read.
 ter to recess fifteen minutes in order 10 give the Committee members time l. ar. rive.
 Sullivan's Pertinent s+s+ement. Objection was made by Alderman Sul- livan. He said he didn't see why the prompt members had 10 waste the.r wall uable time on account of the tardy ones On the Committee were the men inter- ested in the call and if they were not enough interested he didn t see why the punctual memDers should be inconven- fenced by their tardiness. He moved to adjourn until Tuesday night. A lively wrangle ensued, Alderman Sul- ment and Aldermen Maddox, Forbes and Gunter arguing for a recess. A recess was finally taken but hardly had the Aldermen gathered around the fire in the Mayors oitice when the tardy Committee entered.
 Alderman Gunter, who was acting There were present President Mcintyre. Aldermen Tedgae, Kohn, Jackson, GOins, Strauss. Forbes, Roemer, Maddox, Ryan
 Committee Had Been Busy. Aldermen Sullivan and Jackson again wanted to adjourn but were voted down. The Committee, through Alderman Roe mer, explained that since 5 clock yes- terday afternoon they had been work ng agreement. The copy of the report was at that time being drafted at the office of the City Attorney. He moved a recess un- l til the City Attorney arrived.
 Again Aldermen Sullivan and Jackson demurred. They were joined this time by Aldermen Coins and Strauss but were loverpowered by numbers although both I sides spent several minutes discussIng the | motion and the tardiness of the Commit | tee.
 When the Council reassembled the Clerk read the report of the Commit in the | form of a substitute to the ordinance in- troduced at the special meeting on De-
 cember 8. It provided that the city pur-
 chase the Power property for $2,0O0 build
 a culvert at a cost of $75O, grade the pro- posed extension between Hiliard and Jackson Streets at Q figure not stipulated in the ordinance. Massey Wilson and as- | sociates, who are interested in the Upen- ing of the extension, are to construct or cause the construction of a bridge Over the Central of Georgia cut, which bridge
 shall be at least as good as the Red | Bridge, i'll and grade certain named places on the proposed extension make
 bond with the city in the sum of $3 900 to
 do the work, dedicate the Power property
 to the city until the highway Is open
 and otherw.se secure the municipality | from pecunlary loss.
 The ordinance further contained a pro- viso that the consent of the Board of
 Revenue shall be secured to open the l thoroughfare from the city limits to the
 proposed conjunction with the Mt. Meigs road.
 Alderman Roemer stated that the suh- stitute was the report of the entire com- mittee with the exception that Aldermen iTeague, Ruth and Lobman d.d not th.nk that more than 500 should be appropriate ed to the building of the culvert, while
 Aldermen Mcintyre, Roemer and Kohr stood for S75J.
 A Lengthy Discussion,