The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-19
NO MORE STANDING ROOM
 AT THEATRES, SAYS COUNCIL
Stringent Ordinance Adopted For Protection Of Pub lie at the Play---Fire Committee Reports
 on Investigations.

around the underpass on Commerce street. The ordinance prescribes that the track shall go down on the east side of the underpass and return on the west side. The ordinance provides that the cars shall be run in the same way. The ordinance went over. .-.-
 The property owners and residents of Holcombe street petitioned that the side walks be paved. The property owners expressed their willingness to pay their share of the paving under the Baby Bond act"
 Alderman Strauss of that ward intro. duced an ordinance covering the propce- ed plan. The petition and the ordinance were referred to the committee
 The resolution forbidding smoking within the railing of the Council Cham Der was then taken up for final passage Alderman Forbes moved that the pro. hinition Of smoking be extended to the whole Council Chamber. His amend. ment was adopted and the resolution was passed. . Altering Court Street. The ordinance rescinding the agree. ment entered into several years ago be. tween the city and the westrn Rail- way Company for the use of certain portion of North Court street was then taken up. The ordinance set forth the proposed altering of North Court street with a new agreement for the use by the company Of the street The ordi. nance was not read. It was proposed by Alderman Kohn that the question se over until the next meeting to give the aldermen an opportunity of faniliariz ing themselves with the ordinance. | Alderman Forbes said that R. L. liar mon was in the Council Chamber repre- senting property owners who were op posed to the ordinance. He moved that he be heard.
 The suggestion of Mir Kohn that tn, ordinance go over to the next specia meeting having been put into motion the Street Committee, to have it unti then, was adopted.
 Mir. Harmon and the representative o the Western Railway were invited to ap pear before the committee.
 Under the head of new business Alder man Teague offered resolution ir. structing the Mayor to ascertain tn, probable cost of closing the subway a the foot Of Commerce street and opening one at Coosa street with the probabl, financial assistance which might be ex pected from outside parties. The reso lution was adopted.
 SAAASAA AtfL1 SdAtcL OLLCIG d IeSOlullOn structing the Street Committee to ascer. plan for preventing the congestion oi Court Square by street cars and wagons The resolution was adopted.
 To Protect Pupils.
 Alderman Maddox sent up a resolution instructing the Fire Committee and tht fire chief to investigate the school houses of the city to ascertain If there wert proper means of escape for the schoo children in case of fire. The Councf adopted the resolution.
 A resolution by Alderman Gunter in, structed the Street Committee to repor to the Council all the streets of the city which should be paved. The resolution was adopted.
 Alderman Roemer sent up to the clerks desk these ordinances.
 The first ordinance provided for thu regarding and lowering of the Junction O, Adams and Bainbridge Streets. It wa. referred to the Committee on Streets witf instructions to report to the Council tho estimated cost of the Improvement.
 Tho second ordinance provided for the paving of South McDonough Street witl gravel from the south side of Washington Street to the south side of the easterr extension of Jefferson Davis Avenue. The ordinance went to the Street Committee
 The third ordinance authorized the Mayor to purchase a road scarifer," a machine for the laying and distributing of gravel. The ordinance appropriated S67T for payment for the machine. This ordi- nance went to the Finance Committee.
 Alderman Kohn presented an ordinance authorizing the City clrk to license auctioneers of real estate for one day. a charge of $2.5o being made for each day. The Finance Committee was given the ordinance.
 The bids for the clty's printing and for furnishing the city with hay were opened