The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-19
CITY COUNCIL
BROKE RECORD
Adjourned Much Earlier
Than Usual.
MANY MATTERS GO OVER
Aldermen Respected Absence
of Four Colleagues.
Mayor Carr Notifies City Fathers That
Caldwell Property Has Been Pur-
chased for Hospital and
Asks for Mules.

All previous records for regular semi
monthly meetings of the City Council
of Montgomery were broken last night
when the Council completed Its DELHI
erations at $3.50 o'clock.
But the Council was not overburden-
ed with things to do. There were
things to do, rather, but the Council
didn't want to do them. Whenever q
question that had agitated the public
mind was proposed, some Alderman In
voked blessing on four absent coun-
cilmen with the statement: Mr.. Pres
ident, we should not take up this mat
ter in the absence of our colleagues"
In every instance the absence of the
said colleagues brought about the de-
sired postponement. The, Aldermen
whose absence was invoked were
Messrs. Kohn, league, Forbes and
Strauss.
But twice in the hour and a half
session. the Council got busy. The
Mayor had asked for 800 appropria-
ton to repair a reservoir at the city
pumping station and the Council sus-
pended the rules to repair the reservoir.
Again the Mayor wanted $4,000 to buy
ten mules and the rules were sus-
pended, and, ten mules will shortly be
seen bearing the city of Montgomery
brand.
The Council was called to order at &
o'clock by President Mcintyre, with the
following members present, Aldermen
Coins, Gunter. Ruth. Lobman, Roemer,
Griffith, Maddox, Ryan, Sullivan and
Jackson.
Messages F ON the Mayor.
Immediately after the call of the
roll, three managers from Mayor Carr
nj
lows:
Montgomery, July IA, 1904.
The City Council of Montgomery.
Gentlemen:
AT your last regular meeting q
communication was received from me
directing your attention to what ! con-
slider the advisability of repeating an
ordinance approved August 18th, 1903,
authorizing the issuance of $4,000 of
school building bonds, and asking that
You designate a committee with the
authority to destroy the bonds which
are now in the city treasurer's possess
sion, they having been placed in his
vault for safe keeping after the refusal
of the bank to whom they had been
sold to accept them.
The record of your proceedings
show that this communication was re-
ceived and filed. The disposition of the
communication in said manner was
evidently unintentional on your part.
as the contents thereof are of sufficient
Importance to require further atten-
ton. 1 therefore again respectfully
request you to refer same to the APP
propriate committee so that some ac-
tlon may be taken in the matter. Re-
spectfully. Thomas II. Carr,
Mayor"
The message was received and filed.
Caldwell Place Purchased.
The second message was as follows
and was referred to the Committee on
Sanitation and Public Works.
The City Council of Montgomer.
Gentlemen:
IN accordance with instructions con-
tanned in resolution recently adopted
by your honorable body, I beg to in
FORM you that / have purchased the
Caldwell property situated on the up-
per Wetumpka road. to be used as a
location for our emergency hospital.
recommend that the proper COM
mittee take up the matter of providing
suitable accommodation at this place,
so that we may begin the improve
ments Immediately in order to COM
pIete and have same ready for occu-
pancy before the first of October. Re-
specttully' Thomas H. Carr,
Mayor"
4ne tnlrd message was referred to
the Committee on Public Works. and
was as follows:
1.-THE City Council of MONTGOMERY.
Gentlemen:
Il would direct your attention to the
necessity of making some ARRANGEMENT
Tor leasing the stores under the city
building for the next fiscal year. as
the leases of the present occupants will
expire on the first OF October. 1 would
suggest that you adopt resolution
authorizing your committee on Public
works to take the usual steps to Sc
cure bids for the renting of the stores
so that the necessary arrangements
may be made at an early date, in order
that the interested parties may be
caused as little Inconvenience as posi-
BILE by reason of changes which NAV
be made. Respectfully.
Thomas II. Carr.
Mayor"
Petitions Reported.
The Commhtee on Streets reported
favorably the petition of Glenn Fitz-
patrick to install iron grating in front
OF his proposed new place of business
on Dexter Avenue.
The resolution to sprinkle Adams |
street between Perry and Court Streets !
was reported adversely.
The Committee on Police reported |
fayorablE on the petition to allow Pa
trolman ID. T. Loe pay for eight days |
lost on account of the sickness of his !
child. Later in the meeting an ordi- |
nance was introduced to this effect and |
was laid on the table until the next
regular meeting
The Committee on Fire reported ia
Vorably on the petition of Mrs. Kirk.
land to make improvements on the back
gallery of her residence on NortlAIaw-
renee Street.
Alderman Gunter thought an ordl-
nance was required. but the report OF
the committee was adopted.
The Committee on Water Works re-
ported an ordinance framed by the com
mittee. resulting from the message
from Mayor Carr asking for immediate
repairs on a reservoir at the pumping
station. The ordinance provides for
an. appropriation of $70O for the re-
pairs
In this case also the Aldermen Doom
ed 1t necessary to pass the ordinance
The rules were sus
pended and the ordinance was adonted
by unanimous vote.
school Improvements.
Alderman Gunter from the Committee
on Schools, reported that owing To the
absence of a majority of the COMMITTEE
from the city, he was unable to renort
for the committee on the message nf
the School Board. He presented a
report. advocating the build
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