The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-05
ADAMS STREET MEASURE N.
 MEETS DEATH IN COUNCIL.

the refusal of person, firm or corpora. tion to replace pavement taken up oy
 them to make Improvement, was passed; | The ordinance provides that the City En.
 gineer shall replace he pavement s, ang
 pay Tor It's cost out of the forfeit Innu atl | which had to be deposited with the Eiiy ! treasurer before the pavement was uis- turbed. Precipitated a Debate. f.' | The ordinance abolishing the license charge on fruit tree dealers sprung
 short debate. The City Code provides | that the business shall pay a license of
 $40 annually. MT. Roemer. who introduc- ga the ordinance, said that the supreme Court had decided that under the Inter state commerce act, such license Dy
 municipality was Invalid The oroinanee,
 law from the statute books. MT. Sullivan objected to the passage of the ordinance. He was familiar with the tya tTuit ore tree business was ed ns right It should pay a license. The yudf- ciary Committee should say whether such a license could be charged and he nance It should be referred to the Judi ciary Committee. This course of action was ador.ed by the Council. 4. The ordinance increasing the salary or the license inspector from sl,200 to N.5Q0 annually was next taken up. MT. Sullt- van moved to strike out the figures M: : tW wherever they occurred and substi- tute the figures Si,200." His motion was tabled by a vote of to f. By the same vote the ordinance which had been viz; orously fought at the previous meeting WAS :c,,Ip passed, by the Council: . pending for the past three or four meet ings proved to be more or less of a live wire. When the clerk took 1t from the the ordinance be postponed until he cHuid get copy of the gasoline ordinance of Atlanta. which he understood was more liberal than the one under consideration. ,,aid Aldermen Sullivan protested against The time has come for US to do sone- thing on this gasoline matter" said Mir. Sullivan. Merchants come to me daily and ask that we adopt some sort of "a modlned gasoline regulation. I don't know what Is behind this movement to postpone and keep postponing this ordi- nance I don't know what they have got up their sleeves. but the time has come for them to step from behind the bush ''
 Alderman Strauss declared that tucre gestion that the matter should go over.
 only wanted the question to go over 1nf could gst ggsa cxSgy of the tIsn.a
 Even if the mercbants here have 'sanss. n nsr. init from the fire chief to keep a little gasoline their insurance policies are vi- | tiated unless they contain clauses ex- PFressly giving giving them the privilege of keep Forbes Was Surprised.
 Alderman Forbes was surprised at the statement Of Alderman Strauss. He had
 never before known that although a mer.
 of the city he was still vitiating his in. surance policy unless the gasoline Ter
 mission clause was in 1t.
 I keep some gasoline" said Alderman toroes. I have to use it in my busi.
 ness. I shall examine my policy tomor.
 row to see If there is any such clause ir
 1t. I think that notike ought to be served
 on the citizens of Montgomery that man, or them are paying out their good money
 to the insurance companies for nothing
 If they are keeping any gasoline in theil
 stores shs their policies are worthless and
 MT. Gunter said that over a month age | with great flourish of trumpets and un-
 der suspension of the rules. the modl. | fication of the gasoline ordinance was un- dertaken at the instance of the Alderman | from Ward 2. As he remembered it, the | Council was to suspend the rules tonight | and they would get the modification from | the Southeastern Tariff Association to- | morrow and so far as he had been able | to learn they were no nearer the modii- | cation than they were when the rules were suspended
 MT. Sullivan insisted on putting the or dinance on its passage and giving tho
 merchants the relief that they sough, | The ordinance he said had been carefully ] drawn by the Fire Committee in confer | ence with a prominent insurance commit tee. It provided that any large quantity of gasoline should be stored in brick or iron house 25 feet from any other building and 1t provided that certain dealers or busineSs men should be allow
 ed to keep 10 gallons in a can which did not leak. The ordinance was then pass. ed by the Council. ''' , Anti-Noise Ordinance. Alderman Roemer brought forward an old ordinance which had been before the old city council to prevent noises around | and about churches while religious wor- ship was In progress The ordinance provides that no street car man shall ring bell within 25 yards of a church during
 religious worship and it forbids the driver
 walk within 25 yards of a church while
 services are going on. The ordinance
 went to the committee on streets.
 Alderman Roemer also introduced a res> olution instructing the City Engineer to gravel the driveways at St. Margaret s
 tion be passed at once, but Alderman
 Maddox obected and the resolution went to the Committee on Streets. He also introduced an ordinance in. structing the Mayor to have the curbing
 put in on Grove Street between Hull and Streets Committee.
 Another resolution introduced by Alder.
 man Maddox, instructed the License In- spector toN proceed against the Home Merchants Trading Stamp Company for the collection of the license imposed by
 the Council. The resolution was passed by the Council. Alderman Kohn introduced an ordi.
 nance granting to the Montgomery Street Railway the right to build a crossing be- tween it's two lines at the corner of
 Lawrence Street and Madison Avenue.