The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-04
FIFTH AVENUE NOT
TO Be PAVED NOW
City Council Has Postponed the
Matter Indefinitely,
TO HAVE NO CURFEW LAW
Insurance Rates Dscussed-counell to
Make No Further Reduction in
Fire Department-No Fire
Station viii BE Closed.

council 1t was then that the property
owners along Fifth avenue, who were at
the meeting, and the representatives of
the firm laying bituminous macadam in
Birmingham left the council chamber.
Chairman Harry Jones of the fire and
water co.lmittee stated at the meeting
that the committee had no intention of
reducing the fire department further.
Mayor Drennel called the meeting to or
der at 7:45 o'clock, the following members
responding to the roll call by the clerk:
Thte Mayor, Alderman Greener, ONeill,
Barbour, Copeland. D. r., Moore, Cooper.
Gum, Forney, Heidi, Jones, Thach Gray
and Stockmar. The minutes were APP
proved as read by City Clerk ]. c.
Murray.
Treasurer's Report.
The report of Treasurer Engstefeld
showed the collections last month to
amount to 1914, 70s .s2. OF this amount, $780,
so was collected for license, $1O,667 20
for real and personal tax and s446 for
street tax The collections in the other
departments for the month were about the
same as usual
| A resolution, introduced by Alderman
Gray chairman of the finance committee,
providing that hereafter all persons on
the pay rolls of the city are to be paid
only for time served, was adopted without
discussion.
The pas rolls of the several departments
of the city for the month of January were
approved. The largest department pay
rolls are: Police, 1887; fire. s364s a. engin-
eering, s10O7; city officials. 1892 49,
Assessments were ascertained on ordi-
nance No. 49, which provided for the paw
ing Of certain sidewalks on the North
Highlands. Assessments were also ascer-
tained on ordinance No. 1o2. which pro-
vided for the construction of storm sewers
in the vicinity of Alley F and Nineteenth
street. Assessments were made final on
ordinance No. 10, which provided for paw
ing the sidewalk on the north side of
Fourth avenue, between Twenty-fifth and
Twenty-sixth streets. Ordinance No. 1874
providing for the construction of sanitary
sewers in the vicinity of Fifteenth
street and Avenue was confirmed. The
estimated cost of this work is s27OO.
The following Improvement ordinances
were adopted
| Ordnance No 1876, to provide for the
construction of sanitary sewers in the
vicinity of Seventeenth street and Elev-
enth avenue, south.
! Ordnance No. 1856, to provide for paw
ing Third avenue from Twenty-first to
Twenty streets with btuminous
macadam.
Ordinance No. 1877, to provide for the
construction of sanitary sewers in the
vicinity of Avenue K and st. Charles
avenue.
| Ordinance No. 1885, to provide for the
grading, macadamiznig and curbng of
certain portions of Montgomery street,
Louise avenue, Twelfth and Thirteenth
avenues, south
A fire plug was ordered placed on the
corner of Alabama and Montgomery
street upon the recommendation of the
| fire and water committee. Five thousand
feet of new fire hose will be purchased
for the use of the department
Fire Insurance.
Alderman Jones, chairman of the fire
and water committee. asked Alderman
O'Neill if he was prepared to furnish his
committee with the correspondence which
passed between the Southeastern Tariff
association and the Board of Trade, rel
alive to fire insurance rates in Brming-
ham. Alderman O'Neill said that he did
not have the correspondence in hand. He
explained to Alderman Jones, however,
that the association had agreed to reduce
the rates, provided the fire department
was increased Alderman O'Neill said the
increase in the fire department had been
made, but that fire insurance rates were
higher in Birmingham now than ever
before. He stated further that the Sec
rotary of the Board of Trade yesterday
called upon ten merchants Of Birming
ham to find out what insurance they
were paying All but one of the mer-
chants seen. said Mr.. O'Neill, reported
that they are now paying nearly twenty
five per cent higher rates than before
Mr.. O'Neill read a clipping from the
Age-Herald of January 80, which was
special from Montgomery. saying that
not over one-half of the premiums paid
in Alabama last year were paid out for
fire losses, according to the state insur-
ance commissioner
Alderman Jones said that he thought
the plan of the Board of Trade to disre-
gard the Southeastern Tariff association
and to place the insurance of its mem
bers with eastern companies was FEAST
BILE plan.
Not Close Fire Station.
I'm this connection l would like to
say" said Alderman Jones. "that the
fire committee has never considered the
matter of closing up a single station
We have the best chief the best firemen
and the best apparatus in the south and
we are proud of our department"
Alderman O'Neill presented resolution
adopted by the Board of Trade asking
the city council not to make any reduc-
tons in the fire department. j. E. Shelby
was present from the Board Of Trade
and made a few remarks on the resolu-
ton. 1t was referred to the fire and
water committee.
The miscellaneous committee reported
unfavorably on the petition of the Amer
lean Bell Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany for a reduction Of license on its