The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
COUNCIL PREPARES FOR IMPROVEMENTS Board of Aldermen Have a
 Long Session zoo MATTER IS TAKEN UP Question of Appropriation Is Referred to Park Committee Awaiting the
 Selection of site-Water-
 works Matter Discussed.
zoo MATTER IS TAKEN UP

The regular semi-monthly meeting oi the city council last night was a long drawn out affair. For the first time il many months the officials were in ses. sion for over two hours. Ordinances were adopted calling for improvements to ar amount estimated at s4S,0s0. A number of other improvement ordinances were introduced and referred to the proper committee.
 Present at the meeting were: Mayor Drennen, Aldermen Wheeler Greener, o'Neill, Barbour, Copeland, D. R. Moore, Cooper, Gum, Forney, Heidt, Altman, Thach, Gray, Jones, Stockmar and Sims. In the absence of J. C. Murray. B. S. Pepperman, private secretary to the mayor, acted as city clerk
 The special committee composed of Mayor Drennen and Aldermen Thach and Gray. reported unfavorably on the peti- tion of Mrs. c. Anthe, asking for dam ages for property being damaged by the grading on St. Charles street between Tenth and Eleventh streets.
 Zoo Matter Comes Up.
 Alderman Jones reported for the finance committee. The matter of making q. monthly appropriation for the Children,s s Geological Park association went over pending the selection of a site in one of the public parks of the city by the mark committee. The zoo will probably be To- cateo at Five Points as that is the de- sire Of the boys. Mayor Drennen was au- thorize to borrow the sum of s35,OOO to meet the current expenses of the city. This amount Is to be paid back with the first taxes received this year. The matter Of the city having a representative be- fore the tax board of the county was referred to the mayor and the chairman of the finance committee with power to act. The regular monthly bills and &C., counts were ordered paid.
 Assessments were ascertained on ordin- ances as follows:
 No. 142, providing for grading, mao- adamizing, curbing, sidewalk and gutter paving on Ash street from Highland ave- nue to Fifteenth avenue
 NO. lS5, providing for sidewalk paving along portions of Twenty-third street between First and Sixth avenues. No. l92, providing for sidewalk paving along portions of Second avenue and on hio NtSl sue OL IWentletn street from Fourth alley to Sixth avenue.
 The following resolution introduced by Chairman Thach of the judiciary commit tee was adopted:
 Would Forfeit Charter.
 Be 1t resolved by the mayor and al. dermen of Birmingham, that the city at. torney be instructed to prepare a bill ir chancery, looking to the forfeiture of tho rfo 1f flz
 its violation of It's contract with the cit, as indicated in the notice which the mayor and the city attorney were in- structed at the last meeting to serve on said company.
 Section 2. Be 1t further resolved. That the city attorney be instructed to report such bill to the judiciary committee at It's next meeting"
 Hereafter upon the recommendation of the judiciary committee the two judges of the inferior court of Birmingham will be paid $1 for all warrants issued and made returnabe to the police court of Birmingham, where the defendants are convicted. The fee of $1 is to be assessed to the costs in each case where the de- fendant is convicted and the money is to be paid over to the two judges monthly.
 Improvement Ordinances.
 Improvement ordinances were adopted as follows
 Ordinance No. POP, providing for paving Second alley from Twenty-second to Twenty-fourth streets and First alley from Twenty-second to Twenty third streets with v,triied brick, at an esti- Ia ,sed cost of s13.0O0.
 Ordinance No. POS, providing for paving Third alley from Eighteenth to Nine faapth yff y1trffed hriplx n n estimated cost of s1700.
 Ordinance No. 204 providing for side walk paving on the north side of Avenue J and Fifteenth street to a point 100 feet cast of Sixteenth street, at an estimated cost of $350.
 Ordinance No. 205 providing for grad ing, macadafnizing, curbing. sidewalk and gutter paving on Twenty street from Eleventh to Twelfth avenues and Twenty-third street from Twelfth to Thir- teenth avenues at an estimated cost of s95O0
 Ordinance No. 2O6, providing for the re- pair of sidewalks along Twenty first street from Fifth to Park avenues, at an estimated cost of $550.
 Ordinance No. POT, providing for grad ing, macadamizing, curbing, sidewalk and gutter paving along Avenue c from Eff teenth to Seventeenth streets, at an esti- mated cost of $z6O0
 Ordinance No. 2OS providing for side walk paving along Avenue c from Sev- enteenth to Twentieth streets and for curbing along portions of Avenue G. at an estimated cost of $2300
 Ordinance No. 209, providing for sani- tary sewers in the vicinity of Twenty fifth alley and Twelfth avenue, north, at an estimated cost of $230.
 Ordinance No. 210 providing for grad