The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-16
CITY COUNCIL HAS
 4 SHORT SESSION Improvement Ordinances Adopt ed and Other Routine Business ADDITIONAL FIRE PLUGS Street Committee Submits Its Report It Makes Various Recommendations
 and Sets Forth Petitions.
 Highland Ave. Paving.
 

 the city council last night, was rather dull. but it lasted only a half hour. AL der-man Walter Moore and Alderman J.. R. Copeland, both representing the Fourth ward, ndulged in a brief discussion be- tween themselves relative to the con- firmation of an ordinance providing for certain public improvements in their ward. The ordinance was finally con- firmed, however as were number of other public improvement ordinances.
 Present at the meeting last night were Mayor Drennen. Aldermen Wheeler O'Neill, Barbour. Copeland, D. R., Moore, Copeland. J. R., Gum, Cooper, Forney. Heldt, Gray, Jones and Stockmar. The minutes of the previous meeting. read by City Clerk J. c. Murray were approved. Upon the recommendation of the finance committee, the regular monthly bills and accounts were ordered paid.
 Assessments Ascertalned.
 Assessments were ascertained on orlin- ance No 115 which provided for the grad ing, macadamizing. curbing and laying of gutter pavements and sidewalks along Twenty street, Avenue H to Mag nolia avenue; Sycamore street from Mag nolia to Highland avenue and Palmetto avenue from Twenty first to Twenty-sec- ond streets. July 20 was set as the time for making the assessments final. The total cost of the improvements was S12.- 93s.4 43. The finance committee was given further time on all other matters be- fore it.
 The following improvements ordinances were reported by the judiciary as being in proper form and the same were adopted:
 Ordinance No. PIT providing for grading. curbing, macadamizing and curbing, and sidewalk paving along Twenty-first street from Humbolt avenue to Magnolia ave- rue; Quinlan avenue from Twentieth to Twenty-frst streets; Avenue I from 1wenty-1rst to Twenty-second streets, the estimated cost of the Improvements being $S9OO.
 Ordinance No. 216. providing for bi- luminous macadam pavement along Twenty-second street from Morris avenue to Third avenue, the estimated cost of the improvements being $1S,0OO.
 Street Cars at Crossings.
 The city charter was amended to allow street cars to stop at the far side of crossings. A permit was granted F. B. Thomas, who is erecting a seven-story building on Twenty-frst street, between Third and Fourth avenues, to erect a stairway in the building, leading from the sidewalk to the basement, provided not over three feet of the sidewalk Is used
 Upon the recommendation of Chairman Harry Jones of the fire and water ser vice committee. a fire plug was ordered placed in the vicinity of Twelfth avenue and Twentyeighth street north. The chief of the fire department and the chairman of the fire and water service committee were instructed to have fire plugs placed in the business section of the city as they saw fit.
 An ordinance introduced by Chairman Gum of the police and sanitation commit tee was adopted which provided that the owner and tenants of property in the city of Birmingham shall keep their side walks free from dirt and weeds. The penalty for the violation of the new ordi- nance is a fine of not less than $1 nor more than $100, and a sentence of six months at hard labor, one or both, upon conviction.
 Chairman Gum also introduced a reso- lution instructing the city engineer to draft an ordinance providing for the con- struction of sanitary sewers to drain the block bounded by Seventh and Eighth avenues, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-sev- enth streets
 The following report of the street conn mittee was adopted:
 "The street committee beg leave to make the following report:
 "The following bids were received for the construction of sanitary sewer un- der ordinance No. POI: Allison & Co.,, e. Co ston & Co.,, $43400
 'we recommend that the bid of Aston & Co., be accepted. the same being the lowest.
 "The following bids was received for paving sidewalks under improvement or dinance No. 1Si: Dunn and Lallande Bros, $11200O.
 We recommend that the same be re- jected and the city engineer be instruct ed to advertise for further bids as only one bid was received.
 'We recommend that the city treasurer be instructed to settle the assessment for grading, macadamizing, curbing and gut ters against c. A. Street upon the pay ment of the amount due less $75Oo, pro- vided the same Is settled before July 1, 1904
 "We recommend that the petition of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company to place public telephone sta- ton at the corner of First avenue and Twentieth street be disallowed. 'We recommend that the following pe- ttions be referred to a special committee composed of the mayor, city engineer and city attorney for investigation with power to act.
 "Petition of Messrs. Collins and Jones relative to property on Avenue M, be- tween Twelfth street and St. Charles avenue.
 Petition of J. w. Fain, after same is placed in writing, city clerk to notify MT. .i.. .Is. 4 l.... L. -.Ai--