The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
MUST PUT WIRES UNDER THE GROUND City Attorney Will Draw Ordi- nance to That Effect MAYOR TO BORROW MONEY Reports of Various Committees Were Heard at Meeting of the City
 Council Last
 Night.
MAYOR TO BORROW MONEY

In exactly fifty minutes last night the c,,+v councu met and transacted more business than is usually accomplished In twice that length of time. Ohe oi .ne features of the meeting was the report or the judiciary committee which recom- mended that the city attorney be instruct ed to draw an ordinance requiring all telegraph and telephone wires to De placed unNer ground in the lire limits. The report was unanimously adopted This report was based on a motion made at the last meeting, when the matter was referred to the committee making the recommendation. The judiciary commit fee reported favorably on the ordinance authorizing the Mayor to borrow money for improvements, and the report of the Joint committee of judiciary and railroads concerning the petition of the Alabama Great Southern railway for the privilege of building a spur track on First alley was also made. The committee announc- ed that the matter would be settled on October 1S The committee on streets through J. R. Copeland, reported the pro posed change in the building laws. Action of the committee was concurred in by council The same committee was ap- pointed by the Mayor to revise the fees of the plumbing inspector.
 Alderman Barbour recommended that the Mayor be authorized to use his judg- ment in the letting of halls for military purposes, The recommendation was car ried.
 The petition for a saloon at 1729 Second Opa WI harrooms were permitted to make changes in their location.
 Alderman Jones made the following re- port of the finance committee, which met at S:30 o'clock in the afternoon in the Mayors parlor:
 Finance Committee.
 We recommend that:
 The petition of A. c. Howze ct. als. be disalowed.
 That the petition of Mrs. Kelley be re- ferred to the Mayor with power to act.
 That the petition of Jesse Howzer De allowed and he be released
 That the salary of MT. stanton In the engineers office be raised $15 per month. That the following resolution be adopt ed
 Be it resolved by the Mayor and all dermen of Birmingham, That the auultor be instructed Tn nSurlnB SditIlCS to hSuA ID same on a thirty-day basis, for all extra days or parts of days.
 That the following resolution be adopted: Be it Resolved by the Mayor and AL dermen of Birmingham that in all cases where transfers and subrogations or lelns of public improvements are made to the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust com pany that the city agrees when any as- sessment upon the same becomes due and in default and the said Peoples Savings Rank and Trust company is not able within ten days to make collection or the same that the said city Will pay such lein or subrogation, to the said Feo- ples Savings Bank and Trust company and enforce collection of the same.
 That the following resolution be adopted:
 Re if resolved, by the Mayor and AL dermen of Birmingham that the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized in proper cases to execute, transfer any subroga- ton agreements with property owners In accordance filth the form now on file In the office of the city treasurer
 That the attached resolution be adopted:
 That the attached list of real and per sonal property and merchants tax be ordered charged off the books.
 Liqht Committee.
 The report of the light committee, which met at o'clock in the afternoon was made by Alderman Jones. It was presented by Alderman Klotz and was as follows:
 We recommend that electric lights be placed at the following points:
 Fourteenth avenue and rwenty-fourth strees no-tb, Thirty-second street and Twelfth avenue, north; Eleventh avenue and St. Charles street, south, to oc placed by aldermen of the Ninth ward.
 The meeting was called to order promptly at 8 o'clock and was presided over by Mayor Ward. The following al- dermen were present: Barbour Moore, Cooper, Forney. Heidt, Jones, Groere-. Kiotz. D. R. Copeland, J. R. Copelan Gum, Fulghum, Parker and Gray.