The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-03
STANDS FOR WHARF
COUNCIL GOES ON RECORD AS FA-
 yORING IT.
Lively Debate Accompa nied the Con- sideration of the Matter-lob- man Lead Fight for the
 Wharf. s-

The city council of Montgomery. at us regular semi-monthly meeting last night d went sa .1,s,n doWn on record as In fs foot of Commerce Street. although a stern fight was waged by a small mi- nority Of the council members. l., ,.a council for many months. The last council had an ordinance providing for the construction of wharf and ordinance was introduced in the pres ent council It was referred to the room but last night, the ordinance providing that the city engineer draw plans and that the city treasurer .ad- of a wharf on the foot of Commerce. Street was favorably reported. Alderman Lobman reporting for the Montgomery demanded that wharf be built and every instant the council wasted was doing harm to the city: He said that the Peoples Line of steamers guaranteed a re~ular sched- ule of boats to the wharf and that the merchants are eager to patronize the reduction for Montgomery. He spoke of the disgraceful condition of the present structure and the futureof the Alderman Gardner Foster submitted a minority report. He said that he was in favor of wharf but he didn't
  improvements for which money will soon have been paid out. He said that cemetery had to be purchased, streets had to be improved and there should be expenditures in the fire and police departments. He didn't think that the building of wharf would road rates. He knew that the rates were excessive and oppressive. but he did not believe that wharf would scare the railroads, which he termed the greatest and most independent trust we have"
 Alderman J: .. Tyson asked f any man Lobman replied that such was not
 Then you are just building that wharf as a place for vandiver to dumn
 eve are building that wharf for the people of Montgomery. who are de- Aidermsn % Lobman H He then " in sii a well rounded and logical speech told of the | absolute necessity of the building of 8 and ths the of sas tas Montgomery was just getting move on in spirit and that now Is the time to strike out to improve the city. He profitable investment to the city fnan- cially and 1t will prove profitable also if 1t only afford u us ,as nisee to o,y bury for holding back on any proposition that will cost them a little money, he said.
 ed the necessity of building a. wharf. speaking principally on the discrim- ence to freight rates. Alderman sulli- van said that he was against the build ing of a wharf for the simple reason that he thought that the money could be expended in other directions more profitably. Alderman Roemer took the same view of the case. Alderman Hud- son speaking as a practical merchant said that the Council could do nothing more productive of benefit to Mont gomery than to construct the wharf. Alderman Cox took the same view. saving that Atlanta would give mill lions of dollars to have the river near their city.
 Alderman Sullivan moved that the matter be referred to the Committee,
 Alderman Hudson moved to table this motion and his motion prevailed by the following vohe: ~ way. Hudson. Jones, Lobman. Ryan. 'Straus, Tait. Tyson. A. l..
 Nocs-Foster. Roemer, Ruth, Sulli- van, Tyson, J. c.