The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
MEETING OF COUNCIL.
ALDERMEN HEAR COMPLAINTS
 AGAINST ASSESSMENTS.
Protests of Standard oil Company and Captain Joseph Referred to CoIn- ,mittees--Contract for Coal
 Awarded.

The City Council of Montgomery held busy but rather tame special sesslon yesterday at noon. hearing ob1ectionss to the city tax assessments for 1905 and routine reports from various commit tees.
 pit, was passed until the next regular meeting. The city coal contract for the ensuing year was awarded to the How
 The Council was called to order at noon, Vice-President Forbes presiding.
 The following Adermsn snntss wsre RreS RreSS- Holloway and Grifith. bare quorum.
 The Council resolved itself into a committee of the whole to consider pe- titions or objections to the tax list Tor
 O. E. Ament, local agent of the Standard oil Company, filed objection e felier'sf ir f Montsomery % er tax property @ I from $6,0O0 to sS,000, claiming that no per sonal notice was served on him. The Board ooo Of Revenue returned the ssnee yaIne to reduce unless authorized by the State
 Major R. B. snodgrass. City License Inspector, made this statement on the floor of the Council.
 Alderman Gunter thought that as the city depended on the State and county for it's tax lists, 1t would be we'll to grant the petition and let the Standard oil Company and the State fight 1t out.
 Capt E. B. Joseph. Jr., of the High land Park Land and Improvement Con take on his part, he turned into the city tne same value on his Highland Park property as he did to the county. acres of this property Is outside of the city limits. He asked for a reduction from s15.0oo to 5000,
 MT. Tynes, a representative of the furnishing the CitV with an air compressor at the new pumping sta- tion, asked the Council that his com pany be paid one half the money due it after the installation of the pump, in that the company has been delayed four months in installing the compress sSr on on c3 account mt or the ta1iure or the
 The matter was referred to a com mittee.
 The committee arose and the Council went into session. The petition of the Standard oil Company for q reduction of the Standard oil Company for a re- duction of It's assessment was referred petition of Captain Joseph was referred to the Committee on Finance:
 A petition was received from Mrs: GoFSn T nstsTs fsknF be pu baek to s was discovered that the license has not been raised and the petition was re-
 A communication was received from gCmery Street Railway, promising to grade Union Street from Alabama Street to Grove Street, addition to other requirements promised in his pe- tition for franchise on that street.
 The Committee on Water Works, through Acting Chairman Holloway re- ported that the bid of the Howells Min ing Company was the best for the sup ply of the city's coal and recommended that the contract be awarded to that company The Howells Company charges $2.30 per ton for lump coal, SPA per ton for Cahaba steam coal and $1. 35 for run Of the mine coal. The recommendation was concurred in.
 In the call for the special meeting 1t was stated that an ordinance providing for an appropriation to take up notes given for the Carter gravel pit would be considered. An ordinance was to have been prepared to this effect but on failure by Aldermen to do this. the matter was postponed until the next regular meeting.
 At o'clock the Council adjourned.