The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-07
TO CUT DOWN A HILL
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT IN
 SOUTH MONTGOMERY.
Board of Revenue Requests City Coun- ell to Join In WOrk-PetitiOn From Country for New
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cry County proposes to cut down the hill on Jefferson Davis Avenue between Cleveland Avenue and Holcombe Street if the City Council will help.
 At the regular weekly meeting of the Board held yesterday the following resolution by W. D. Brown was adopt ed:
 'The Mayor and Council of Mont- gomery are requested to cut down grade and gravel the hill on Jefferson Davis Avenue, between Cleveland Ave- nue and Holcombe Street. according to an understanding with the county au- thorities, giving an unobstructed en- trance into the city from the Mobile, Hayneville and other roads.
 The president of the Board Is hereby requested to present this request to the Mayor and Council. and urge prompt action in view of the county having about fulfilled its part of the agree ment."
 A petition that a new road be built from the Norman Bridge road through Cloverdale to the Carter Hill road and one that a street through plat of M. B. CampbelIs at Highland Park be graveled and graded were presented.
 A large amount of routine business was transacted.
 The petition for the new road des- cribed was signed by large number of Cloverdale citizens and the road would measure about half a mile long. The petition was presented by c. c. Zirkle. Dr. Thomas M. Owen and Forbes Liddell.
 The February disbursements were submitted by Clerk S. T. Westcott as follows:
 Interest on county bonds ....$ 150. % Salaries county officers ...... 1,251 59 Petit jurors, criminal division City Court 193 10 Special jurors. criminal division City Court 40. 50 Regular jurors. criminal divis- ion. City Court .. .. .... 400 Baliffs. criminal division City Court. .. .. .. .. 216.o0 Regular jurors. civil division City Court 322 15 Special jurors civil division City Court .. ...... 40. % Grand jurors. February term City Court ............ 431 20 Services Superintendent Coun- ty Roads .......... 179 .05 Services overseers County Roads coco. 150 % Wagons, blows and teams county roads .... so. % Lumber for bridges. county roads Is 72 Health Department, salaries overseers examining and at- tending smallpox .......... 217. 30 Keeping county poor, month t'epruary 3S9 22 Examining and taking insane patients to asylum. ...... 29.96 Donation City and Hale In- hrmary, Jan. and Feb. no. % Donation military organiza- tlon.. 150 % Hack hire, taking grand jurors to poor house .... .. ...... 800 Wages guards. county jail month February .. .. .. 130. % Wages. janitor county court house and Board of Revenue once 32 .50 Stationary county. offices court house ...... 130. 45 Repairs to county court house and Board of Revenue office 25.5O Records, books binding. paper files, etc. Probate office. 364. .67 Records books, etc., Clerk City Courts office.. .... .. . 5495 Telephones and attending court house and jail .... .. ... 1900 Plumbing, sundries, etc county Jall .... .... ...... 34. 50 Collie cure, county teams . 500 Wages and pay roll, Rives'
 road outfit. January ... 3S1.sO Cost of three mules, Rives'
 outfit. January -. .. .... s70. % reeo teams hlVes outfit, Jan 175.4 Shop work, etc., Rives' outfit
 January .. .... 17.75 Wages and pay roll Stacey's
 outnt' January ...... 446.S reed teams Stacey's outfit Jan. 1sS.9 Shop work, Stacey's outfit Jan 26 65
 Iotai '... -. ...$6,346. 97
 The Board adjourned to meet again Monday