The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

The Southern Sewer Pipe company of North Birmingham. of which l.. s. Rus sell was president has recently changed hands w s. Diekey of the Dickey Sewer Pipe company of Kansas City, Mo, bought the entire capital stock of s100000 and succeeds MT. Russell in the presi- dency.
 The plant will be doubled in capacity under the new management. MT. Rus sells services have been retained by MT. Dickey. c. s. Bissell secretary of the
  such as described in section 1 of this or dinance, knowing that the Mayor an alderman, member of police commission, Board of Education police or fire depart ment, head of department, deputy or clerk in any department, sor other officer of the city of Birmingham, is interested in the same in any manner described in said sec ton 1 of this ordinance; or any person who shall in any other manner violate any provisions or provisions of or contained in any section of this ordinance, shall be punished for each offense by fine Of not less than $l0 nor more than Slo0, and be imprisoned at hard labor for the city not exceeding six months, one or both.
 
 As soon as City Clerk Murray had fin ished reading the judiciary committees "anti graft ordinance. Alderman Cooper offered an ordinance as a substitute This was practically the same as the one offer- ed by the judiciary committee, with sec tion added which read:
 Provided, that this ordinance shall not apply to any contracts now in effect or which may hereafter be made with any ha, tr ho oft V Of and including the first day of June, 1907.
 In support of his amendment, or sub stitute, Alderman Cooper declared that there was no reflection intended upon any member of the City Council or any city official. He said, however, that an "anti- graft" ordinance, like the one he pro- posed, was necessary for good govern ment He declared that other cities had odopted similar ordinances. "The press of our city is in favor of the proposed laws said Alderman Cooper" and have so ex- pressed themselves editorially. This mat ter was made an issue in our last mu- nicipal campaign, and our Mayor, who took up the fight, was elected by large majority to the office he now holds believe that the people of Birmingham want it.''
 Alderman Jones: "I will ask Alderman Fulghum if his ordinance is not the report of the judiciary committee?''
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 Alderman Stockmar: MT. Chairman, l for one think that the report of the committee should be adopted"
 Alderman Copeland, J. R.: while 1t Is true that our papers have said that they are in favor of anti-graft' ordinance, still they have never come out and said just what they think should be incorpor- ated in the proposed laws. I think the ordinance is reflection on the past ad- ministration. Now, if you want to date this ordinance back to the beginning of the Ward administration, I will vote for it.''
 New City Hall.
 Alderman Jones: MT. Chairman, right in this connection l want to correct statement that has been made to the effect that our splendid city hall was erected by an alderman. MT. Stockmar, the contractor, was not at the time he received the contract to erect the build ing an alderman. Am I right, MT. Stock mar?"
 Alderman Stockmar; Yes, sir"
 Alderman O'Neill: When this anti graft ordinance was first introduced I expressed myself to an Age-Herald re- porter as being In favor of it with cer- tain amendments, which l thought were necessary. am still of that opinion"
 Alderman Forney then moved that the ordinance be referred back to the ju- dietary committee for further cOnsldera- ton. which motion was lost, the Mayor, Aldermen Klotz, O'Neill, Barbour, Cope land, D. R. Cooper Moore, Gum, Full ghum, Heidt Parker. Jones and Stock mar, voting no. Alderman Stockmar then offered a motion to table the substitute ordinance offered by Alderman Cooper. The Stockmar motion was adopted by vote of r to 3.
 Cooper Makes Motion.
 Alderman Cooper then moved that his committee, but the chair ruled that his motion was out of order. The report of the judiciary committee was then adopt< ed by a vote of 12 to 5. Tn voting for the adoption of the report Alderman Heidt stated on the floor of the council that he would like to instruct the Mayor and the city auditor to never send an- other city order to his firm to be filled.
 Before the "anti-graft' ordinance was placed on it's final reading M =or Ward from the floor of the council. moved that it be referred to the judiciary com mittee This motion was lost, however, by vote of 12 to and the laws were adopted.
 Alderman Heidt reported that the police and sanitation committee had taken up the matter of allowing policemen to live outside of the city limits, but within the police jurisdiction limits. He said, however. that the police commission has recently decided not to let the policemen