The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
Council in Session Until
 a Late Hour. ADJOURNED AT. ll:15
City Electrician Not Ready with Underground Plan.
Provision Made for Paving severa' Streets Under Bany Bond Act
 and Steps Taken to Further :, Improve School Houses.

Fourteen of the fifteen Montgomery Aldermen gathered at their chamber last night to attend the semi-montniy meeting of the City Council. They were primed for work and mass o1 1t was swept from the desk before they adjourned some time after II o'clock.
 Nearly every department of the city government claimed a share Of the Councils time and nearly every com ceivable municipal question was dis cussed.
 Provision was made for more street payinr and steps were taken to fm- prove school houses. These, however. were merely incidents in the great number of routine matters passed up on by the Aldermen.
 It was expected that there would be some protracted discussion of un- der ground wiring but the City Electri- clan dispelled this expectation by ask ing for further time to make his re- commendation
 The Council was called to order at o'clock, President Mcintyre presiding. and the following present: Aldermen Coins, Ruth, Gunter, Strauss, Jackson, Forbes, Lobman, Kohn, Roemer, Grif- fifth, Maddox, Ryan. Sullivan.
 On motion of Alderman Kohn, the minutes as printed in the official pro- ceedings were corrected as to typo- graphical errors in the names of cer- tain streets in the redistricting ordi- nance.
 Advised of Bond Delivery.
 The following message was then read from the Mayor:
 Montgomery, July 5. 'sTo the City Council of Montgomery: "Gentlemen-For the information of your honorable body. and in order that 1t may appear upon the official records of your proceedings, desire to advise you that we have today delivered to the First National Bank of Montgomery the recent $350000 issue of water school and sewer bonds. and that s355,35S has been placed on deposit in said bank, to the credit of the city. same being the amount of issue and premium paid therefore. Respectfully.
 Thomas H. Carr.
 Mayor" Tn the same connection, a message was received from the Mayor. which was also received and filed. The mes sage was as follows:
 Montgomery, July 5. "To the City Council of Montgomery: "Gentlemen--I desire to call your at tention to the fact that the City Treas urer has in his possession fifty of our school building bonds, which were lith- orrapf5ed. signed and sealed under au- thority of an ordinance approved Au- gust 18th, 1903. These bonds had pre- yfously been sold to the Fourth Ma tfonal Bank of this city. but were sub seouently refused by them. I would recommend that you adopt an ordinance renealing the aforesaid ordinance, and that YOU designate a committee with the authority to destroy the bonds.
 Respectfully,
 ''cThomas H. Carr.
 Mayor"
 Underground Wire System.
 A communication was read rom City Electrician B. A. Blakey asking TOT further time as to his recommendations for an underground system Of electric wires. under the resolution of Alder man Teague MT. B1akey. in his conn munication. said that he had written 10 various manufacturers of conduits and cables, but had not received suh- cient data as to prices to furnish the Council an estimate of the cost of tho Installation of the underground sys- tenn The danger to life and the un- siehtliness of the overhead system made 1t imperative for an underground system to be installed and all ideas or loss of power and additional cost or maintenance had been exploded. He would report in the near future.
 A communication from the Chief Of Police, advising the Council of the sus- pension for five days of Patrolman T.. ]. swearingen for being asleep on his beat and for Patrolman F. M. Duke Indefinitely for being drunk, were re- ceived and filed.