The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-02
MORE WRANGLE THAN RESULTS Council in Session Un-
 til 12:30. MEETS AGAIN TONIGHT All Work was Compressed
 Into an Hour.
 After Midnight Aldermen Ehectualiy Stopped Building of Negro Houses
 on Goldthwaite street-Many Resolutions and Ordinances

The City Council of Montgomery. at its regular mi-monthly meeting last night, convened at o'clock and ad- tourned at 12:30 o'clock this morning.
 The thought will come to citizens on reading this paragraph that the Coun- cil worked overtime. Be. not deceived, citizens, the Council wrang,ed over time. The work of the evening was disposed of between 11:30 o'clock and 12:30 o'clock. During that time one hour the Council refused to allow the request of Police Chief Gerald for ten additional patrolmen, refused to appro- priate $25 per month for the military companies, fixed the rental values of the market stores, adopted an ordinance practically prohibiting labor agents from doing business in Montgomery, and adopted a resolution instructing the city engineer not to issue building per- mits for the erection of negro houses on Goldthwaite Street across the way from the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter.
 By the way. the Council will meet again tonight.
 Met at g o'clock.
 The meeting was called to order at o'clock, Vice-President Forbes, pre- siding.
 The following Aldermen were pre- sent: Aldermen Gunter, Coins. Ruth, Strauss. Lobman, Roemer, Mcintyre, Maddox, Griffith. Ryan, Sullivan, Thompson, Teague. Kohn, Jackson and Holloway.
 A communication was read from City Attorney Ray Rushton, reporting that there had been a proposition to sell the city enough ground on High Street to make the street of sufficient width. The property should be paid for by the old owners of the Montgomery Traction Company. The matter was referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
 The Committee on Finance reported adversely on the petition of P. J. An derson and others to open Hilliard Street, as said street had since that time been opened by order of the mayor through the city property.
 The Committee on Finance reported adversely on the petition of James chappell for reduction of taxes. The report was concurred in.
 The petition of J. B. Gaston, asking for rebate of paving assessment paid by both he and the Montgomery Street Railway on adverse report, was adopt Sd.
 The same action was taken in refer ence to the petition of R. T. Ellsworth pn an adverse report
 Must Practice Economy.
 1ne tlndnCe LuS following report:
 At the last regular meeting of the Council the semi-annual statement of the City Treasurer was referred to the Finance Committee, and the committee has given the same careful considera- ton.
 The committee feels that it is charged wiN the duty of again point Ing out to tie Council the necessity for rigid economy In administration of the city's affairs.
 At the end of the last fiscal year, Che committee forecasted the approxi- mate deficit for this year. and sounded A note of warning. The figures cited then have been largely exceeded by un- dertakings not anticipated at that time. It is, However gratifying to the com mittee to state that, in the opinion of It's members, the money has been wisely expended, as 1t has gone into perma nent Improvements, and there has been no unnecessary addition to the ordi- nary running expenses of the city gov ernment.
 ''The deficit at the end of this year will be $75,000, and 1t will be increased next year by indispensable develop ment and improvement and the larger expenses which will inevitably follow, even in spite of the utmost vigilance.
 ''The Council must bear in mind that the receipts of the city cannot be ma terially enlarged at the present from