The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
WILL REBUILD ! SCHOOL HOUSE Education Board Protested Against Delay. THE CITY COUNCIL ACTS -i '',s ; -s-i Work on, Heron Street s <, structure is to Begin. E ' S..s ,. ... = s;i -
 Committee Was Desirous of Purchas-
 ing Another site-Plumbers
 Want to Keep Some Gaso-
 <. .; oline on Premises.

The city will rebuild the Herron Street | school as soon as possible. The building will stand as 1t stood be- Tore the last fire. The same plans and specifications by which the last school
 house was constructed were chosen to
 build the new school house. | The City Council at its regular meeting | last night decided upon early action | towards replacing the destroyed school
 building. This action was not taken be- | fore a protest against further delay was | received from the City Board of Educa-
 tion. This communication showed the urgent necessity of completing the school | building before the first of May if pos sfble.
 Under Old plans. The joint committee on Schools and Finance later in the meeting submitted | It's report on the Heron Street school building. recommending that the school house be reconstructed on the same site
 ana by the same plans and specifications | of the building which was burned. The recommendations of the committee direct ed the City Treasurer to advertise for bids under the old plans and specified tons. The report and recommendations of the committee were adopted by tho Council.
 was explained, after the meeting of the council by member of the commit tee that the committee had in mind the purpose Of purchasing another lot or piece ol property TOT the school site. The
 investigations growing out of this pur- pose, 1t was said, was responsible for the oeiay in making report. It was found lmpracticable to make any change in the school house site.
 The last Heron Street, or Cottage Hill
 school house was erected at a cost of about $16,O00
 The following aldermen answered to
 their names at roll call of the Council: President Mcintyre, Aldermen Sullivan. Ryan. Maddox, Grif1iths, Roemer, Forbes.
 Ieague, Lobman, Strauss, Ruth Coins, Jackson, Kohn and Gunter communication was read form Mayor Carr relative to the resolution of the council to have the property on North McDonough between Dexter Avenue and | Monroe Street condemned. The commu-
 nication conveyed to the Council a renort
 from City Engineer Ford stating that he mad surveyed and condemned the property
 for sidewalk paving.
 Education Board Protests. courteous, but insistent note from the
 Board Of Education called the attention or the Council to the great need of re-
 building the Heron Street school. The
 communication was as follows: | TO the Hon. Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Montgomery: Gentlemen-I have been requested by the Board of Education to direct the at- l tention of your honorable body to the urgent necessity of rebuilding Cottage
 Hill school. All grades of this school are-wfth one eXception-on short time, and consequently are unable to do satis- factory work.
 Upon the approach of warmer weather the present inconveniences will be greatly augmented, and the completion of the building previous to May the first would be a great advantage to tho pupils.
 Yours truly,
 Benjamin J. Baldwin"
 The communication was referred to the School Committee.
 The Finance Committee made favorable report upon an ordinance amending the license code The ordinance fixed a license of $10 on Mutual Aid Societies and license of $40 on the manufacturers of cotton seed products.
 The proposed building of a steam laundry on the corner of Jefferson and Lawrence Streets brought out a protect rom the residents of that section of the city. The petition urged the Council not to permit the building of the laundry in that section of the city. The petition was received and filed
 A petition from the plumbers of the city asking that the old regulations in re- gard to keeping of gasoline should be again put in force was read The plumbers wanted privilege of keeping five gallons of gasoline in fire proof recepta- cles. The petition was temporarily laid upon the table.
 A communication from the Citizens Light and Power Company filed with the Council the list of the associates of Alex Rice in the company to whom was grant Cd the right to conduct an electric light business within the police jurisdiction of the city of Montgomery. The names in the list were c. L. Ruth. J. L. Cobbs, N. Lobman. E: Meertief, A. c. Forbes and r. R. Whiting. The communication was received and filed
 summons to the entire Council from Register w. H. Parks. was read by tbe cieuk directing the Council to appear in the Chancery Court to answer the hill filed by Robert O. Blakey. The bin u,as filed to test the validity of the issue of