The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-21
CONTRACT IS LET FOR STREET PAVING Council Orders Another Block
 BItuminous Macadam. REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT Second Avenue From Twenty-second to Twenty-fourth Streets to Be
 Paved With vitrlfied Brick.
 The Waterworks Case.
REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT

 few minutes less than an hour, much routine business was transacted. The contract for paving Third avenue from Twenty-first to Twenty-second street with bituminous macadam was let to the Nash vile Roofing and Paving company Ordi- nances providing for paving several down town streets and alleys with vitri- fled brick were introduced by the street committee and referred to the proper committees. By resolution the mayor and city attorney were instructed to bring necessary test cases against the Birmingham Water Works company to determine what right if any. the com pany has to make over-charges, if such arc made, for water service.
 The meeting was called to order at s o'clock and the following members were present: The mayor and Aldermen Wheeler, Ward, Barbour, Copeland, D. R.; Moore. Copeland, J. R.. Gum, Alt man, Forney. Heidt, Gray, Jones and Sims. The minutes of the two previous meetings were adopted as read by City Clerk J. C. Murray.
 
 committee. which Alderman Henry B. Gray Is the chairman, the city treasurer was instructed to destroy 5000 worth of public improvement bonds bought in by the city. During the progress of the meeting the bonds were destroyed by fire.
 Commissions Fixed.
 Commissions were fixed by the finance committee for the license inspector and street tax collector as follows:
 For license
 First $75000 collected no commission. Next $40000 collected 2 per cent com mission.
 Next $2o,OOO collected, per cent com mission.
 All above this amount, 10 per cent com mission.
 For street tax
 Eight per cent on all street tax col lections.
 Assessments were made final on the fol- lowing improvement ordnaces:
 Ordinance No. 147, providing for the paving of Third and Fourth avenues from Eighteenth to Twenty-first street with bituminous maeadam. The cost of these improvements was $30 3S9 .sS. of which amount $1o, ,4SO. .94 is assessed against the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company.
 Ordinance No. 1SS providing for the paving of Ninteenth street from Third to Fourth avenue and the intersection at Fourth avenue and Twentieth street with bituminous macadam. The cost of these improvements was s7419 3l
 Ordinance No. 200 providing for the construction of sanitary sewer in Ninth alley from Sixteenth to Ninteenth street was confirmed.
 Fee of One Dollar.
 Alderman J. J. Altman introduced a resolution providing for the payment of $1 for each warrant issued by the judges of the inferior court of Birmingham where the same is made returnable to the police court, provided the defendant is convicted of the charge contained in the warrant for the arrest. The fee of $I is to be assessed as a part of the court costs, and according to the resolution, payments are to be made by the city treasurer monthly. The resolution was referred to the finance and the judiciary committees.
 The cemetery committee, of which AL derman Ben F. Barbour is the chairman, was given authority to purchase 20 yards of poultry wire for the purpose of build ing fences on the northern and western sides of Oak Hill cemetery. The street forces will clean up the cemetery before Decoration Day, April 26
 Street Committees Report.
 The following report of the street com mittee was adopted as read
 'The street committee beg leave to make the following report:
 That the matter of the Improvements on Twenty-first street hill be referred to t..Y- I1,.. f... the city engineer for a report. A spe- cial meeting of this committee to be held at the council chamber at II o'clock a. m. the 18th day of May. 1904.
 That the city engineer be instructed to prepare an ordinance for grading macadamizing curbing and sidewalk paving on Fogarty street from Eleventh avenue to Huntsville avenue. and for paving the sidewalks on Eighth avenue from Twenty-sourth street to Twenty sixth street.
 That the petitions of the Cherokee Realty company, B. M. Jacobs and George A. Bllnn. Jr be allowed.
 That the petition of the B. r. Roden Grocery company be allowed
 That the petition of Charles c. Brown be referred to Aldermen J. R. Copeland, A. Stockmar and the city engineer for a report.
 "That the petition of Brown Bros. Co, be referred to Aldermen J. k. Copeland A. Stockmar the city engineer and city attorney with power to act.
 That the petition of J. l.. Welch and others, be allowed, the work to be done by the street commissioner under the supervision of the city engineer.
 "We recommend that the bid of the Nashville Roofing and Paving company for paving Third avenue between Twen- ty-frst and Twenty-second streets with bituminous macadam be accepted for s4.- TO.
 The following bids were received for sidewalk paving under improvement or dinances numbers 172 and 19S:
 Brown & Co, sG056: Crockett Paving company. sGO71; B. T. Moore & Co.,. s5s9s; Dunn & Lallande Bros. $6o7l; Richard Blackburne, s5913
 We recommend that the bid of B. T. Moore & Co., be accepted. the same be- ing the lowest.
 The following bids were received for grading macadamzed curbing and gut ter paving under improvement ordi- nances numbers 172 and 198:
 Wright, Williams & Whatey, s16.S00; Allison & Co.,. sl5,250; Dunn & Lallande Bros, si4.91S: E. W. Jordan & Co.,. s16.- 6s0 Crockett Paving company. $15, 5,185; B. T. Moore & Co., $14.1s5.
 We recommend that the bid of B. T. Moore & Co., be accepted, the same be- Ing the lowest.
 (Signed) J. R. COPELAND,
 Acting Chairman.
 Improvement Ordinances.