The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-19
RuShtOn Ordinance Fixes
 Tax at $1,OO0.
Montgomery City Council Considers Reduction of Water Rates for Suburbanites-Provides for ~ E1 ..-ta .,'.-- 70
 New Street Lights.


 nance presented to the City Council last night. opened warfare on the Merchants 8 Treding Stamp companies MT. Rush. tons ordinance provides that the com panies shall be charged a license of H,000 annually for doing business.
 One or more of the companies which furnish trading stamps. have been doing business in Montgomery and there is said to be much complaint from the merchants of the city against the trading stamp scheme. The ordinance under the rules went over until the next regular meet ing of the Council.
 Alderman Anderson introduced an or dinance giving the suburbantes the same water rates as charged to residents with in the city limits. the new rate to go into effect July 1st. The resolution also went over until the next regular meeting of the Council.
 The following Aldermen were present ing, Aldermen Toole, Koffn. Roeder, Mo- Intyre. Rushton, Cheney, May, Farley. Gunter and Anderson.
 The Committee on Lights on the petition of J. M. Kennedy for new light at the head of Donaldson Avenue, recommend ed that the light on Amanda Street be moved sixty feet to the head of Donald son Avenue.
 Provided for New Lights.
 A favorable report was made, by the same committee on the petition for light at the railroad crossing of the Central sf Georgia and the 'Seaboard Air Line tracks. Both reports were adopted.
 The Committee on Water Works. through Chairman Charles P. Anderson, reported unfavorably upon resolution making metered rate where from a,Ooo gallons to 10000 gallons are used per quar- ter, 15 cents per gallon:
 T would like to respectfully ask" said Alderman Kohn, why the resolution was turned down?'
 "The Committee reported unfavorably upon the resolution" said Alderman An derson, because it established an unfair rate. It gave the large consumers of wa- ter an advantage over others. Some of them would get their water at less than cost''
 Alderman Kohn said that he had no in tention of making any unequal rates, in introducing the resolution. He could not see where the large consumer had any advantage over the smaller consumer. It was designed to remove the cause of com plaint from excess water rates. If Alder man Anderson. had prepared resolution making an equaliged rate, Alderman Kohn said that he would have supported it. He would not agree, he said. that his resolu- ton should be killed until he had seen the other resolution.
 The resolution was, on motion of AL derman Toole, referred back to the Water Committee with instructions to bring in an ordinance on the subject.
 Water Rate for SuburDs.-
 Alderman Anderson, from, the same Committee. reported an ordinance making the city water rate applicable to the an- nexed district. The residents of the su- burbs have been paying a higher rate for city water than those who live within the old city limits.
 The ordinance provided that tine new rate should go into effect July 1. 1908.
 The ordinance, MT. Anderson said, was signed by only one member. the Chair man. c.,
 Alderman Rushton said that he had not signed the ordinance. At first blush, he said, he was not inclined to favor the or dinance. .r
 Alderman Gunter said that the ordi- nance could not be considered report of the Committee, inasmuch as only one member had signed 1t.
 Upon the suggestion of President Flem- inr Alderman Anderson formally intro duced the ordinance but not as Commit tee report.
 The Judiciary Committee submitted an unfavorable report upon the petition Of Mrs, Wilson for $1 900 damages, alleged to have been sustained oy the neglect of the city to build a sewer in the southern part of the city. The report of the committee was adopted.
 petition from the Fete Champetre As- sociation asking for permission to erect a ticket booth on Court Square was read. The petition also requested that permis- sion be granted the Association to ring a bell to attract attention. The petition was granted in full by the Council.
 Brick on Bainbridge Street.
 Alderman Kohn introduced, by request, an ordinance allowing the Montgomery Stree Railway Company to pave a strip of Bainbridge Street 19 feet wide with vitrifed brick The original ordi- nance, granting a franchise for an addi- tional track on Bainbridge Street from Dexter Avenue to Washington Street. provided that the company should replace the original with gravel. The company, however. he said, desired to put down the more costly vitrified brick paving.
 There was no objection to the ordinan, and 1t was passed under a suspension or the rules
 Alderman Kohn reintroduced his ordi- nance to stop the sidewalk paving of Adams Street at the east side of Jack son Street instead of allowing it to con- tinue to the city limits. The ordinance had been introduced at a previous meet ing of the Council but had been with drawn because of the lack of unanimous consent.