The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-04
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
SITE CONFIRMED
City Council Accepted the Sage
Dunlap Property
PEOPLES BANK HOLD MONEY
Alderman Forney Wants Water Com
pany EnIolned From Collecting
sprinklns charges-coun-
Gil Has Busy Session.
PEOPLES BANKHOLD MONEY


ciI and from the board of education re-
ported that the sage-Dunlap property To-
Gated on the northwest corner of Twenty
fourth street and Seventh avenue, north.
had been selected as a site for the high
school. and that one of the two grammar
schools would be built in Drennen park,
the exact location being on the corner OF
Twenty-frst street and Tenth avenue.
south The joint committee asked for fur
ther time on the selection of a site for
the grammar school to be located in the
Fourth ward. The extension of time
was granted.
Almost every member of the city council
was present at last nights meeting. The
following members answered the roll call
by the city clerk:
Mayor Drennen, Aldermen Thomas
Wheeler, ]. G. Greener, George B. Ward
John w. O'Neill. D. r. Copeland. Ben f.
Barbour. John R. Copeland, w d Gum,
John C. Forney. c. C. HEIDI Robert H.
Thach, Henry B. Gray A. Stockmar and
| Thomas Sims.
The city clerk reported that the receipts
of the city treasurer for the month or
| July amounted to S3o'Oll.bl
Alderman Henry B. Gray chairman OF
the finance committee, introduced the
following resolution:
BE it resolved, That the school fund
be left in the Peoples Savings Bank
and Trust company, until disbursed' and
thet the said bank shall pay to the city
interest on the same from the time the
per cent per annum."
| This resolution brought forth a discus
sion AS a substitute Alderman George
B. Ward offered the following resolu-
ton:
BE 1t resolved by the mayor and al
dermen of Birmingham, that, whereas,
seven banks of the city of Birmingham
have petitioned the council for the privl-
lege of bidding on the bond funds, there
fore,
"Be 1t resolved, That the finance COM
mittee invites sealed bids to be opened
at IL o'clock Thursday morning, and said
committee reserving the right to report
ON the acceptance of any or all Of the
bids
The Ward resolution was laid upon the
luton offered by Alderman Gray was
adopt d.
Improvement Assessments.
Asse ssments were ascertained on the
following Improvement ordinances:
Ordinance No. Isl, providing for i'm
provements along Beech street from
Highland avenue to Fifteenth avenue.
Ordinance No. 1873, providing for the
paving of sidewalks along Eighth avenue
from Fourteenth to Fifteenth streets.
Ordinance No. 1876, providing for the con-
struction Of sanitary sewers in the vicn-
ity of Seventh street and Eleventh ave-
nue., north.
Public improvement ordinance amount
ing 10 $4,000 were ordered signed to pay
fcr improvements under Roadway.
Assessments were made final on the fol-
lowing ordinances:
Ordinance No. III to provide for the
grading, matchmaking and curbing of
Elm street, from Highland avenue to
Magnolia avenue.
Ordinance No 100 to provide for the con-
struction Of sanitary sewers In the vicn-
ity of Twenty-fourth street and Thir-
teenth avenue, north.
When the report of the special commit
tee on sites for the new public schools
was presented. Alderman Thomas Wheel
er of the First ward sarcastically re-
marked that the committee would have
acted wisely IL IL had selected a lot at
Mt. Pinson as site for the high school,"
He expressed the opinion that the people
Of pfPf 1,aer 1,aKx1 -t..~
to vote as to the selection of the high
school site.
Improvement ordinances Nos. PA and
2l5 were repealed. The cemetery commit
tee reported In favor of referring the
matter of extending the stone wall
around Oak Hill cemetery to the finance
committee. It was adopted
Alderman John r. Copeland, acting
chairman of the street committee, re-
ported that a petition had been received
asking for the pavement of Fifth avenue.
He stated, however, that the petition had
been misplaced and asked that the mat
ter go over until the next meeting, which
request was granted.
New Ordinances.
Saloons were allowed to be located at
the following places: No. 1912 Fourth ave-
nue., No. 2311 Second avenue and on
Twentieth street (west side), between
First and Second avenues. An ordinance
requiring all junk dealers to report daily
to the chief of police their purchases was
referred to the judiciary committee.
Alderman Forney introduced a resolu-
ton regulating the rates to be charged by
street car companies for carrying bag
gage, etc. It was referred to the street
railroad committee. Alderman O'Nelll
presented a petition asking that quarters
be assigned to Company B, Second regi-
ment, Alabama national guard, in the
city hall. 1t was referred to the city
hall committee. Alderman Barbour pre-
sented a resolution providing that the
city park of Fountain Heights be graded
1t was referred to the street committee.
Alderman Forney introduced the follow
In gresolution which was appropriately
referred:
BE 1t resolved by the mayor and alder
men of Birmingham, That whereas GER
| tain citizens represent that the Birming
| ham Water Works company compels them
to pay for sprinklng privileges when they
do not use the water for said purposes.
That the mayor be directed to request
the said water works that it desist in
extracting such charges
That the city attorney be instructed to
file the certain bill he mas prepared in the
court OF chancery jurisdiction. with all
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