The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-06

" tue Sommittee ota
 Alderman Ryan presented a resolu- eion directing the City Engineer to prepare and submit plans and esti- mates for placing in the new section ot the city prison a system of heat Ing. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Police. s
 A resolution presented by Alderman Hoemer sprang a rather heated debate. reopening as 1t did the vexed question Of the North Court Street and Western Railway matter. The Council. 1t will be recalled. at a previous meeting ap- parentiy settled the vexed question by allowing the railroad company to close North Court Street, under the condf- ton that the company should open up new street a little south of the shops of the Western road. At the time this ordinance was passed Alderman Forbes was It's bitter opponent.
 At last nights meeting of the Coun- ell Alderman Roemer offered a resolu- tion directing the Mayor to, confer with the oficia1s of the Western road with a view of their assuming any possible damages which might arise out of the changes of the street and the change of grade.
 Forbes Gives Information.
 Alderman Forbes asked that the res- o1ution be referred to the Committed on Franchises of which he was a mem- Der. He had. he said, been expecting such a resolution and he had been ex- pecting claims for damages from the change of the street. The City Coun- cil he said. had over his protest given away portion of the streets of the city and under the ordinance they practically assumed for the city liabil- fty for damages caused by the change of the street. He asked if the Council knew that the railroad company. al- though 1t had promised to construct a street sixty feet wide, was building a street only thirty feet wide. He asked that the Roemer resolution be turned over to the Franchise Committee for a careful investigation.
 Alderman Sullivan said that he had been a friend of the original ordinance. Nobody. he said. could deny that the new street being constructed by the railroad company was not a great im- provement upon the old street The resolution, as tt stood. opened way for the adjustment of any possible claim for damages and ne was in favor of It's immediate passage.
 Alderman Roemer said that his skirts were clear in the matter for he had not voted for the original ordinance He thought the resolution he had just offered a very timely one, opening as 1t did a way for the adjustment of any possible claim for damages. He ask ed that the resolution be referred to the joint Committee on Franchises and Streets and the Council acceded to his request ,F The ordinance approprfating s1 a week to Webster Davis for damages he sustained while employed by the city l damages which united him for any | labor, was next taken up. It wat | passed by the Council after having been so amended that the Mayor shal 1 secure an acquittal for all damage. from the city from Davis before h. | signs the ordinance
 The National Cotton oil Company or dinance, to construct a double railroad track in West End on Mill Street. wal l reported favorably with an amendmen that the city should retain the righ | to reclaim the right-of-way at an, time after giving due notice. The or dinance as amended was adopted.
 Resolutions Introduced. | Resolutions were introduced by Al derman Griffith providing for the build ing of curbing and surface sewers O, the east and west sides of North Dc catur Street betwee Columbus Stree and the Central of Georgia Railroad
 
 Street and the east and west sides O North Hull Street between Columbu and Pollard Streets. They were re ferred to the Committee on Streets.
 A resolution was introduced by Al | derman Gunter to regulate condemna ton of telephone. telegraph and stree railway poles. It was referred to tn, Committee on Franchises and Privi | leges.
 ~N mending the condemnation of sidewalk on the north and south sides of Grov, Street between Lawrence and Hui | Streets was laid over until the next | regular or special meeting.
 | A resolution by Alderman Strauss | calling the attention of the City En' gineer to the condition of Cleveland Avenue since the laying of street rail way tracks. was adopted.
 | Alderman Gunter introduced a reso. lution that all streets be curbed. The | resolution prevailed. A resolution bS | the same Alderman, authorizing tho Committee on Streets to look into the location of hack stands. was adopted An ordinance, by Alderman Griffith to reimburse Patrolman J. c. Letchel | $54 lost by him through sickness. wa: | laid over until the next regular meet | ing.
 l A resolution by Alderman Gunter, in' 1 structing the Fire and Finance Com mittee to report on the purchase of the fire apparatus, was adopted A reso lution by the same Alderman. providing mounts for the mounted policemen, wa: referred to the Committee on Police. Bids were opened for building sewers on Goode Street and Jefferson Davis | Avenue. There were four bidders Hadgson & Hannon. A. J. Schaeffer. J M Garrett and T. A. Davis. The bids | were referred to a committee. The Council adjourned to meet Tues day night to canvass the bond election vote.