The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
OFFICERS ELECTED
FOR UNDER WRITER'S
is ADoPTED-AN-
OTHER MEETING TO BE HELD
NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR
ADOPTION OF BYLAWS.

NEAL MONDAf TT @''s
ADOPTION OF BYLAWS.
At a meeting of the Fire Underwriters
association of Birmingham, held yester-
day afternoon at the Commerclai eiuo
rooms, the following of lcers we're erect
ed for the ensuing Jear. s. Bethea, pres
ioent; j. l.. Yaneey, vice president; X. II.
Ridgeway. secretary and treasurer.
A new constitution was adopted and by
laws which were reported by the COM
mittee previously appointed to frame
them were discussed but were not adopt
ed A cal. meeting was announced Tor
next Monday afternoon at O'CLOCK ior
the purpose Of adopting bylaws and the
transaction Of some other business be-
fore the association.
In conjunction with this meetinl there
was a conference between the local
agents and a committee from the South
eastern Tariff association.
ordinance is now being prepared by the
city attorney restraining pedestrians from
passing through Oak Hill cemetery after
the closing hours. Alderman Forney in
troduced a resolution instructing the city
engineer to ascertain the cost OF paving
the cutters and matchmaking the drive
ways in Oak Hill cemetery. Alderman
Barbour made notion which was adopt
ed,\ instructing the engineer to ascertain
the cost of building a stone wall around
the cemetery to take the pace OF the
present wooden picket fence.
A petition introduced by Alderman
Parker from the Southland North Ala
bama Railroad company, granting tho
right to lay a spur track from It's main
line to a point along Fifteenth street
between First and Second avenues, was
referred to the railway committee. The
petition stated that this section of Biz
mingbam is shortly to be built up with
wholesale houses.
Alderman Parker also introduced res
olution which provides that hereafter all
companies obtaining franchises from the
city of Birmingham for street car lines
shall be compelled to pay blockage OF
$1,000 in the fire limits and $500 outside OF
the fire limits. The present price per
block TO- street franchises is $780, Alder
man Parkers' resolution was referred to
the street railway committee for re-
port
Power House Smoke.
Alderman ONeill introduced resolu-
ton declaring that the smoke emitting
frcm the power house of the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company to
be a nuisance The resolution provides
tl.at the city attorney shall Immediately
notify the street railway company that
the smoke is nuisance, and that the
same must be abated within thirty days
time. The resolution suggests that the
company install a smoke consumer. III
adopted the city attorney will be given
the power to proceed either in criminal
or a civil way agains. the company. The
resolution was referred to the police and
sanitation and the judiciary committees.
An amendment to the reckless driving
ordinance of tic city, Introduced by AL
derman Forney, was referred to the judi
ciary committee.
A fire plug will be installed al the COR
ner of Thirteenth street and Cypress ave-
nue.. Alderman Forney presented a reso-
luton providing for lie installation of
electric arc lights at the intersection OF
Thirteenth street and Juniper avenue and
| Twenty street and Avenue h,
which was referred to the committee on
lights.
An ordinance preventing proprietors OF
saloons from having music of any kind
| in their places of business was intro
duced, and after some discussion APP
propriately referred. Alderman Stock
mar thought that the ordinance should
also prevent proprietori of soda water
| their places.