The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-05
Old Friend Of Aldermen
 Finally Shelyed
Storm Water Sewer for Jefferson La- wis Avenue is Postponed-sal- ary of License Inspector
 Raised after Fight.

The Adams and Bsinbridge improve ment proposition is dead. The end came suddenly in the City Council last night Alderman Roemer, its parent and its sponsor, gave 1t a painless death, al though he was undoubtedly induced te put 1t to death by exterior conditions over which he. had no control. It was
 stated authoritativoly that Mayor Carr
 never looked with favor up on the Adam; Street proposition and that even If Il
 should safely avoid the mines in the
 City Council. 1t would come to grief be- fore 1t reached shelter in a harbor ir the Mayors office The Adams Street ordinance had gotten to be landmark in municipal matters It was nearly as old as the present City Council. It had undergone every stage of legislative experience except passage It was perhaps the cause of more oratory than any other matter which ever came before the Council. If a Council Tmeeting was dull and the Aldermen were bored
 the Adams Street proposition, dragged from its resting place, could instantly liven up matters.
 At the previous meeting of the Council Alderman Roemer presented substitute for the original ordinance making certain changes in the proposed way in which the
 work should be done. Last night he sent the substitute back to the Council with d non-committal report of no recommenda-
 
 minutes later he moved that the substl-
 ute be indefinitely postponed, and 1t was all over.
 Ghost of an Ordinance.
 Even though the Adams Street proposi- ton was dead and in its grave. 1t was scarcely inferred before it's ghost rose to
 mock the city fathers. There came before the Council a proposition to build storm
 water sewer from Jefferson Davis Ave nue to. the Genetta ditch. The proposed
 fx,z. ,A,,A L. t,,N h. a.f Adams Street improvement was in Wart
 f. Scarcely was the discussion of the Jef-
 ferson Davis storm water sewer under
 way before the Council was stirred by the intima ton that the Aldermen were
 playing the one proposition against th' other. It was insinutted that the friends of Adams Street. piqued at the death o their project, were willing to stab tho Jefferson Davis Avenue matter. The friends of Adams Street repelled the in
 timation of Inconsistency by making ( similar charge.
 l It will be recalled that the Board O. Revenue of Montgomery County agreed l to pay a 500 towards the construction O 1 the sewer. Alderman Teague reported t | the Council that he, in company witl President Mcintyre, had appeared befor' | the Board of Revenue and as a result O l their conference the Board had agreed t l help in the construction of the sewer. H' asked that the work be undertaken a | once.
 | Finances Not in Sight. r The Finance Committee in a repor
 made to the Council at the previOu'
 mt eting had recommended that the worf | bs not undertaken until the city shoulc Know definitely that it was to get money | from the school bond issue.
 Alderman Kohn arose to ask the Coun' | ell that the report of the Finance Com. | m.ttee stand and that the work should nuC Dc undertaken until the city had gotten it's money from the school bonds Alderman Strauss declared that at this jrncture the Council ought not to star; | ia with the appropriation but should wait
 until the school bond issue money had | eel me in. Alderman Kohn declared that the Coun.
 cH favored the proposition but that nc damage would be done by waiting until | the school money had come in. Alderman Teague declared that If the
 pl o1ect should be killed it ought to be k.lled properly and at once, and not by 6 system of delay. It would cost the city | but about $500. Some of the Aldermen he said. had not been careful about the c:ty's money when the Adams Street or | dInance was up.
 Alderman Teague in his fight. He was | opposed to any delay. If the improve
 ment was needed 1t was needed at once | The improvement was to be made in Al derman Strausss ward and yet If it was | killed. he said, it had been killed by | the Alderman from Ward ?.
 The Council, however, voted to sustain | the action of the Finance committee, and the matter went over until the city | should get its money from the proposed | bond issue.
 The special committee which was ap- pointed to investigate the charges that
 Police Captain w. H. Taylor had invaded
 the sanctity of a home in making ar rests for alleged violation of the gam ing law. was unable to make its report as 1t had not completed its investigation. The request of Chairman John Ryan for further time for the committee was granted.
 The Aldermen who were present at the
 meeting were: President Mcintyre, Sul-
 livan. Griffiths. Roemer. Tories. Koln
 Teague. Jackson, Strauss and Gunter.
 The Finance Committee reported that
 the bid of w NJ Hudson & Co. was the
 lowest for the furnishing of the city with
 provisions for April. The report of the committee was adopted.
 A Petition Refused.
 The Street Committed reported adverse
 ly upon the petition of John Burch and others for the opening of South Street
 between Sayre and Holcombe Streets The
 brief report adversing the petition Wa,
 adopted.
 Upon the report of the Light Commit, tee, the Council ordered two lights :c
 be placed on Cleveland Avenue.
 The Judiciary Committee, through Chairman Gaston Gunter reported that
 serving of consideration by the Council
 Davis, he explained, was an aged negr-
 laborer. who had lost his foot while work
 ing for the city on Lee Street. It migh,
 be considered an open question, he sad as to whether the city was liable for dam
 ages. The settlement of the question i
 the courts, he said, would entail consid. erable expense. In the meanwhile, Davis
 was an object of charity and a charge on
 the community. The committee recom-
 mended that in view of these facts Davis
 be allowed one dollar a week by the city
 the total amount to be limited to $200
 The committees recommendation was adopted.
 The Joint Committee on Schools and
 Judiciary reported favorably the ordi- nance appropriating $2S7 for the payment for school blackhoards The ordinance
 later in the meeting was passed by tho Council