The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
STEAM HEAT WILL
 COST $165O 4 YEAR
City Hall and Jail Will Try
 New System
TEN EZRA POLICEMEN
Extra Officers Will Be Detailed During the State Fair-Fifth Avenue Will Be Paved With
 Asphalt.

At the regular meeting of the Mayor the Board of Aldermen last night the Mayor was authorized to sign a contract with the Birmingham Rail way, Light and Power company by which steam heat is to be furnished for the city hall building and city jail for period of five yeals for S1650 a year. The city hall committee in it's report on the matter stated that this would mean a saving to the ity of 5000 or 5000 each year.
 Several minor matters were tax n up by the board and disposed of before tine meet ing adjourned There were present Mayer r Drennen, Aldermen o'Neil, Cooper, Moore. Jones, Stockmar. Thatch. Copeland. D. R.. Barbour. Forney. Heidt. Altman, Copeland, J. R., Greener and Gum.
 The pay rolls for the month were allow ed and ordered paid.
 An amendment to the city code was passed, stopping drivers from drumming trade at the union passenger station un- less special permit Is given by the board of control of the station.
 Fifth Avenue.
 The city engineer was instructed to draw up an ordinance for the paving with asphalt of Fifth avenue between Nine teenth and Twenty streets, msk- ing a forty-six foot driveway. petition from the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company to erect tower at First avenue and Twentieth streets was allowed. The tower is to be made of copper and is to be hnlt around one of the poles of the company on that corner It will be used by the dlspatchers of the street railway to dire ;t the move. ment of cars. The tower will be far enough above the street that It will in n , way interfere with the pas s,ng of pedes- trians under It.
 The street committee was allowed the privilege of directing a request to Judge A. A. Coleman of the circuit court asking for further time in the work on the Twen- ty-first street pavement. It was stated that gang of men Is now at work taking steps to alleviate the noise nuisance, but that the work cannot be completed by Thursday as originally ordered by the court.
 Extra Policemen. It was voted to allow the appointment of ten additional policemen for the ten days during which the state fair will be in progress in this city. A request was sub mitted for the appointment of twenty ex- tras, but Chief Wier told the council that he thought fifteen would be enough Inas- much as five new policemen were put on permanently on October 1 the motion for ten carried.
 There was considerable discussion of the question of allowing a saloon to re- main on the east side of South Twentieth street after January 1.-Alderman Heidt finally succeeded in getting the matter delayed for two weeks on the ground that none of those who were opposed to 1t were present, and their side of the case could not be heard.
 It was voted to furnish a room in the city hall free of rent for one year to the purposes of the boys reading room.
 Elevator Service.
 An interesting discussion took place on the proposition of what hours the ee- vator in the city hall should be kept in service. In addition to being interesting it was test of the parliamentary knowl- edge of the members present and the muddle was finally cleared by laying the whole matter on the table, A later mo- ton by Alderman Altman referred the mittee with power to act.
 The mayor was instructed to receive bids on the boiler and steam heating ma chinery in the city hall and to report back to the board.
 The alley betwen Avenue c and Avenue H from Nineteenth to Twentieth street was ordered opened.
 The mayor was instructed to grant Camp Hardee and the Conf1 lcrate Vet erans of the state the use of what room they would need in the city hall during the annual reunion which is to be held in Birmingham during November.
 Labor temple Saloon.
 The petition of Frank E. Poole 70 open a saloontn the new labor temple building on Twenty-first street was referred
 Mayor Drennen was empowered co slen a contract for the city printing for the ensuing year.
 A petition from the Birmingham Medical College was allowed which provides for the granting of lot in the potter's field where refuse from the dissecting rooms of the college can be buried.
 The city engineer was instructed to draw an ordinance providing for the grading macademizing and gutter paving of Twenty-third street from First avenue to Seventh avenue
 The resignation of Mack Rittenberry as warden of the city prison was accepted. The board adjourned to meet in ad- journed session at 7:15 o'clock on Oce ,b 1T 21, at which time assessment vii. be made final on improvement ordna ;es 1S4, 1EQ and 1cn