The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
WILL BUY
 FIRE HORSES. Council Authorizes Pur-
 chase of For. MUCH ROUTINE WORK Citizens of Annexed District May Vote on Bond issue. Aldermen Grant Petition of Ladies For Free Water Supply at the West End Neighbor- hood House.


 The Montgomery Fire Department wili
 be improved by the purchase of four ad ditlonal horses. Mayor Thomas H.. Carr was authorized by the City Council at
 its meeting last night to purchase the ! fcur horses.
 The purchase of four additional horses was strongly recommended by both | Mayor Carr and Fire Chief Browder. In
 communication to the Council Chief l BrOwder stated that because of the dis | ability of two of his horses one of the en-
 gires of the fire department was never. sen. to a fire. One of the horses, he l said. had been disabled some weeks ago.
 A second horse, he said. in run to a ire last week slipped on Commerce Street | and severely injured himself. Both l hcrses, he snid. were now In the city
 pasture and were unable to render ser- vice. It would be perhaps several
 montbs, he stated. before they would be
 able to do any duty, if then. In the
 meantime one of the fire engines was kept in enforced idleness.
 Mayor Carr in sending the communica-
 ton of the Fire Chief to the Council l stated that he had personally investi- gated the matter and he did not hesitate | to heartily concur in the recommenda- l ton of the Chief that four additional horses be purchased. Later in the meet | ing a resolution authorizing the Mayor
 to buy the four horses was adopted by | the Council without opposition. Those Present at Meeting. The aldermen present at the meeting
 were President Mcintyre, Messrs Sulii- van Forbes. Ryan, Lobman, Teague.
 Kohn. Ruth, Maddox. GrtfSith, Jackson, Roemer and Coins.
 City Attorney Ray Rushton in com munication to the Council drew its at- tention to the suit brought by Lou Price. a negro woman for injuries sustained in fall on North Decatur Street, against
 the city. The suit had resulted In a vic- tory for the plaintiff, securing as she did verdict amounting to sS665 The City Attorney recommended that the Judg ment be paid. The communication was
 referred to the judiciary committee.
 The finance committee reported favor
 ably upon a petition to allow the Peo-
 ple's Line of Steamers to do business
 without license. The petition was
 signed by the merchants doing business
 on Commerce Street. 1t being pointed out
 that Montgomery was receiving the bene- fits of reduced railroad freight rates be- cause of the steamhoats. Tbe report of the committee went over for action until later in the meeting.
 The streets committee reported favor ably. with conditions, upon the resoiu- ton, that the city should gravel the drive- ways in the yard of St. Margarets Hos- pital. The conditions of the committee were that the gravelling should be done by the city. and that the hospital should be charged actual cost for the work. The l report of the committee was adopted.
 A communication to the Council from | !. c. Haas informed the aldermen that | he had purchased a large tract of land l fromthe Highland Park Land and Im- provement Company. located within the | city limits Mir. Haas stated that he 1 was making extensive improvements, l one ming and grading streets at his own | expense without cost to the city, In view | of these Improvements he asked the city | to provide certain iron and terra cotta piping which he would have laid without | charge The communication was referred to the committee on streets.
 Petition from Grouby.
 A petition from ,. c. Gruby. doing busi- ness on South Bainbridge Street. provoked some discussion. Mir. Grouby stated that ! he had operated q meat market at his l place of business for four months. Be- fore opening the market. he said he had been informed by the City Clerk that meat market license would cost him $50 year. He was afterwards informed he said. by the City Clerk that such H. cepse would cost 33O0 year. If he had known that he would have to pay that much, he said, he would not have entered into the market business. Nevertheless, he said, he had already paid all the H. cense except about 2S. Inasmueh as he had quit the business he asked that he be relieved of paying the $25
 Mir Sullivan declared the petition should be granted. The petitioner, he said, was clearly entitled to relief. He had suffered through a misunderstand- ing and misapprehension. He was now going out of business after paying nearly all the license. He had been arrested for doing business without a license and he had suffered. other hardships.
 Mr. Roemer was opposed to granting the petition. Similar cases had been brought to the attention of the Coun- ell. Tn no case he said. had the appli- cant been relieved of the amount of li- cense due the city. He moved that the petition be referred to the Finance Committed
 Mr Sullivan gain aal al that fhA nA- |