The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
BESSEMER COUNCIL HAS BUSY SESSION Franchise for JoneSboro Line
 is Deferred REPORT ON STORM SEWER B. lapidus Is Arrested on a Charge of Forgery In Colorado Springs.
 Other News of Bes-
 semer.
REPORT ON STORM SEWER

Bessemer, October 3.--(Special) 1.-The
 newly installed mayor and board of alder men held a busy session tonight, trans acting more business, perhaps, than was | ever disposed of by a council meeting | in Bessemer.
 | The ordinance providing for the granting | franchise to the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company from Bessemer
 to Jonesboro was postponed until the next | meeting. The object of the deferment was to give the members of the council
 an opportunity to carefully inspect the proposed route of the line. A petition signed by 12o citizens of West Jonesboro was read asking the board to consider
 their interest in granting the franchise. The report of the street and light com mittee that the Second avenue storm sew CT be extended, at a cost of $l4,O00, was
 referred back to the street and light com-
 mittee with instructions to confer with the finance committee.
 The report of the street and light com
 mittee that a flagman be placed at the Alabama Great Southern crossing at Nineteenth street and the Alabama Great Southern crossing at Eighth avenue, which was amended so as to provide fiagmen for the Third avenue and the Twentieth street crossings was deferred until the next meeting.
 The street and light committee recom-
 mended that 5-feet crossing be placed at the following crossings; Nineteenth street, between First. Second Third and Fourth avenues; Twentieth street, between First, Second and Third avenues; both sides of Third avenue, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets; both sides of Second avenue, between Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. The estimated cost of the work Is sl50OO. The report was adopted.
 City Engineer Parkes reported that he would begin work on the storm sewer as
 soon as the weather would permit. The special committee appointed to in- vestigate the feasibility of a new bond issue, reported that instead of issuing bonds to build sanitary sewers, that a special tax be imposed on the property owners along the route of the proposed sewers, and that they be allowed one, two and three years to pay thg special as sessment
 | The judiciary committee reported that l as the books of the city officers had been audited a few weeks ago, 1t was unnec- essary at this time to go to the expense | of auditing. Mayor Sullivan announced | that if the council would not pay the ex- pense of auditing he would. The office of sanitary inspector and l pounding officer was created and the may
 or instructed to fill same by appoint I ment
 | The following petitions were disposed of: ,J cOllnpI | the unusual noise caused by the switch | ing In the Alabama Great Southern yards I Referred to street and light committee l Free kindergarten. that the council ap- | propriate $500 for It's maintenance; refer I red to finance committee. Krebs Manu- I featuring company. that their tax assess
 ment be reduced from s7500 to $500; all | lowed
 | The resignation of Policeman Boykr | was accepted and H. r. Ozman was elect | ed to fill vacancy. J. H. Parsons was
 elected special officer
 The codifyng of the new city code was
 referred to the judiciary committee. An ordinance providing for curfew | law in Bessemer was placed on its read | Ing and referred to the judiciary commit tee. This law provides that all children
 under 16 gears of age must keep off the streets after o'clock in the summer and I s o'clock in the winter.
 The members present were Mayor Sulli-
 van, Aldermen Lewis. Bissette. Eldge I U Tiara, Van Trump and Wegeln. 1 Arrested on Serious Charge. I Deputy Sheriff Fountain arrested B.
 Lapidus' young white man. tonight, who Is said to be wanted in Colorado
 Springs on charge of forgery. Lapidus
 has been living in this city for some time
 and was employed by F. Erlick. He was carried to the county jail at Brming- ham,
 Notes and Personals. 1 number of ladies and gentlemen of
 this city are rehearsing the opera Mi
 kado, which is to be presented at the
 Elks hall within few weeks for the benefit of the Elks' Christmas dinner to
 the poor. The play will be presented un-
 der the direction of B. L. Michaelson 1 and Mrs. Annie Grove.
 The third quarterly report of the Besse- | mer postoffce shows a very large in- | crease over the same quarter of 1904 and speaks well for the prosperous condition | of the community
 Mrs. James Trotter and Mrs Isaac A,
 Lewis left today for New York and other
 points In the east. where they will spend
 a few weeks visiting.
 Mrs. T. F. Robinson is at Mobie for A
 week visiting friends.
 l roster Dowdle. the negro who was charged with burning the house in which
 hehVed at Twentieth street and Fjfth avenue, few nights ago. was acquitted
 or the charge before Judge William Jack-
 son Of the Bessemer city court this morn 1 ing.