The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
ALDERMAN GUNTER SAYS IT
 WOULD BE NUISANCE.
Yelvertons Propose to Build Big Big Packing House-Three More sons Desire to Sell
 Gravel Pit.

A proposition in the City Council last night to build a slaughter house In con- nectIon with a cold storage and packing house on the banks If thetAlabama River near Bell Street brought forth vigor- ous protest from Alderman Gaston Gun- fer of Ward 1. MT. Gunter, in the name of the residents of the western portion Of the city. urged his associates In the Coun- cil not to permit the establishment of an institution which, he declared. would be- come a nuisance to the residents Of that section of Mo ntgomery.
 The auesticn first came before the Coun- cil in petition from H. IL. and R. II. Yelverton. asking permission to erect slaughter house on their property near Bell Street. beyond the railroad cut. The petition stated that the slaughter house was to be run in connection with q cold storage and packing house.
 Later in the meeting Alderman Hartley introduced resolution giving tho peti- toners the desired permission and asked the Council to pass the resolution under d suspension of the rules.
 At this juncture MT. Gunter filed his vigorous protest
 A Nuisance Says Gunter.
 Such an institution, he contended. would necessarily become nuisance to the res
  He was informed, he said, that it was actually proposed to build the slaughter house within the city limits of Montgom- cry as they nov stand. He was opposed to the building of a slaughter house with in 3.O00 feet of the city limits. The old slaughter house, although 1t was far be- yond the limits of the city. had, he de- clared. become nuisance
 Why. MT. President exclaimed All derman Gunter. 1t has become such a nuisance that the Montgomery Traction Company. whose line runs by the slaugh- ter house. has been forced to reduce its fare to Pickett Springs. They now charge cents for ride to Pickett Springs, but give one scent back.'
 Alderman Kohn was also opposed to the proposed slaughter house as located
 Alderman Rocder supported the resolu' tion. The property owners In the neigh borhood of the proposed location, he said had signed a petition to the Coucil asking that 1t permit the slaughter house to b' built The establishment of the new en terprise. he said. would mean much to thu business community of Montgomery. | would employ and pay q consdera bl' force of hands. and this money. the Al deTman said. would be spent in Mont gomery. The slaughter house could no 
 1t would be located on the bank Of thu river and all refuse would be thrown into the river.
 At the request of Alderman May, a pc tition from a number of the property own CTS adjacent to the proposed site of th' slaughter house was read.
 Alderman Roeder asked that the resolu ton be passed under a suspension of thu rules but Alderman Gunter objected, an' the rules were not suspended.
 The ordinance. therefore. went over un til the next meeting of the Council. More Gravel Pits Offered. Three additional bids to furnish 'theScit! with q gravel pit were submitted to tn Council last night. These bids were sen | in too late to be. opened and refer | red with the other bids received las | Monday. but the bidders asked that tn rules of the Council not operate agains | them. The bids were read and referFe' to the special committee. of which Alder man Roeder is chairman.
 One of the bids was from J. c. Gibson who offered to sell the city gravel pi near Pickett Springs. close by the lin of the Montgomery Traction Company