The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-17
Regular Meeting of City Coun-
 ell Dull.
HEADQUARTERS REPORTED
City Attorney Reports That City Wins License Case Against the 5ir- mineham Waterwor<s.
 Company.

council last night was dull one. The
 only business transacted was the re-
 ceiving of the reports of the standing committees. The meeting commenced at
 7;so o'clock and at s:45 o'clock motion to
 adjourn prevailed.
 Present at the meeting were;
 Mayor Drennen, Aldermen Greener,
 O'Neill, Barbour. Copeland, J. R., Cope
 land, D. R.. Sims. Forney, Altman, Heidt,
 Thach Jones. Stockmar and Sims. The
 minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read by City Clerk J. C.
 Murray.
 The following report of the street com
 mittee was received and adopted' Birmingham. Ala, March l6, 1904
 To the Board of Mayor and Aldermen' Birmingham, Ala; cent1emen-'rhe street committee beg leave to make the following report ne ne following bids were received for sidewalk
 paving under improvement ordinances Nos. 1S5 and l92: .- -o Crockett Paving Co..............'.'..sl'e eo. oo @ B r. Moore & Co................ l'SsS do Richard Blackburne ........ ........ lvoooo
 Nashville Roofing and Paving O. 204o io
 Dunn & Lallande Bros.......,.... 2oSl.oo
 We recommend that the bid of the
 Crockett Paving company be accepted
 the same being the lowest
 The following bids were received Tor sanitary sewer under improvement ordi- nance No a195 Hall x Son. '~"i".VV
 Ben r. Barbour Plumbing and Elec- tric Co......... ..... .............. oS0.zo John M. McPoand & Co........... 6Oo. D Dunn & Lallande Bros..........,..,... f5o.5 5z We recommend that the bid of Hall x
 Son be accepted, the same being the low est.
 Sanitary Sewers. We recommend that the city engineer be instructed to advertise for bids for sanitary sewers under improvement ordi- nance No. 1S2, the bonds for the same having been guaranteed by the Birming-
 ham Realty Company as hereto attached. | We recommend that the petition of the
 Messer- Moore Real Estate and Insurance company be disallowed | That the petition of W. B. Foster be | disallowed. That the street commissioner be in structed to make certain repairs to the street in front of E. J. McCrossin's prop | erty and that the remainder of said pe- tition be referred to the city engineer for l q report
 bNoe black stand be granted provided the To- cation Is satisfactory to the city engi- neer.
 That the petition of Mrs. F. D. McNeal | be referred to the street commissioner 1 for a report.
 l That the petition of James T. Gaudin be | disallowed.
 That the petition of citizens for a side
 walk on the north side of Avenue be- l i. ..t.. .Aa.
 be allowed and the city engineer be in- | structed to draw an ordinance for the
 same
 | That the resolution with reference to the time for sprinkling streets be refer red to the street commissioner for re- port.
 That the petition of certain citizens for improvement on Avenue K just east of | Twenty-first street, be referred to the
 city engineer to draw an ordinance. l That the petition of James McPherson | be allowed
 That the petition of J. W. Bruce be re- | ferred to the street commissioner. That the city engineer be instructed to notify the property owner encroaching on l Gregory avenue to remove the obstruc- | tions from the street. | That the petition of Cotton, Odom X
 Bowers and Mrs. Florence c. Haskell be | alolwed.
 That the matter of the sale of stone in the Twenty-irst street bridge abutt- | ment be referred to the mayor, city en-
 gineer and street commissioner with power
 to act. Q
 That the petition of J. D. scruggs be
 passed until the next meeting.
 That further time be granted on the | petitions of Gilbert Trunk Factory Dr. w H. Murphy, Mrs. l.. S. Dwyer. | That the city engineer be instructed to l advertise for bids for the sanitary sewer | authorized by improvement ordinance | Number 197 when satisfactory contracts | have been entered into between the prop | erty owners outside of the city limits and l the city. with reference to the payment
 of their portion of the cost of the same.
 That MT. catchng's petition be refer
 red to the mayor, city attorney, chairman | and city engineer for a report | We also desire to report that the ordi- nance for improving North Twenty-thlrd street will be complete by your next meet ing. STREET COMMITTEE, By J. R. Copeland, Acting Chmn. | Acting Chairman J. R. Copeland of the
 street committee introduced resolution
 providing for the construction of san l itary sewers in the vicinity of Second
 avenue and Twenty-seventh street. It was referred to the judiciary committee. 1 Water Plugs. l The fire and water service committee through it's chairman made report recommending the installing of water
 plugs at Tenth avenue and Sixteenth
 street and Avenue II and Twenty sixth
 street. The committee also reported the purchase of 5000 feet of fire hose and that the contract for the same has been signed l by the mayor. The committees report was concurred in.
 Alderman Jones presented the report of | the finance committee in the absence of I Alderman Gray, the chairman. The
 monthly bills and accounts were order ed paid.
 Assessments were made final on ordi- nance No. 59, which provided for paving | sidewalks along First avenue from Seventh to Twelfth streets, and Third avenue from Seventh to Thirteenth street. Assessments were ascertained on the following ordinances: ] paving of Second avenue from Seven teenth to Eighteenth streets with vitri- fled brick.
 Ordinance No. 147 to provide for the paving of Third avenue from Eighteenth
 to Twenty-flrst street, and Fourth ave-
 nue from Eighteenth to Twenty-frst street with bituminous macadam. Ordinance No. 18S to provide for the na wing of Nlneteenfh street from Third