The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-07
FOUR HOURS OF HARD WORK City Council Had a Busy
 Session. ROLL CALLED 49 TIMES Aldermen Plan to Pave Several
 More Streets. Measures Directed to Improving Car Service are Passed and Speed
 of Automobiles is Regulated By Ordinance.

The Aldermen of Montgomery, at the
 regular meeting of the City Council last
 night. were in session from 8 o'clock l until midnight, and much business was | crowded into the four hours.
 Steps were taken toward the paving of several additional streets, reports
 were received showing the financial con-
 dition of the city government. measures | seeking to improve the street car ser
 vice of the city were passed; an or
 dinanoe regulating the speed or auto | mobiles was adopted and many other
 matters of public interest received at-
 tention of the city's legislative body.
 During the session forty-nine yea | and nay votes were taken.
 1 Treasurer and Clerk Report.
 The report of City Treasurer R. s.
 Williams, giving the receipts and dis | bursements for July, was read and re-
 ferred to the Committee on Finance. | In the report 1t was shown that the ex- penditures of the city for the month | exceeded the receipts by almost 5000,
 the receipts being $43.3S4,5O, while the | disbursements amounted to $103.24O 50. The uneven appearance of the books was due in large part to the unusual | amounts expended on public works and | to the annual payment of interest on the city's debts. which fell due in July
 on m the list came to Sf4.57s.O3, while the interest on the citys debt was $S3,- | 539 20.
 The monthly report of City Clerk John J. Farley, which was next read l and referred to the Finance Committees. | For various licenses sold during the month the clerk reported total receipts amounting to $426,55.
 A communication from Mayor Teague which was read recommended that the Council authorize the widening ana straightenirg of High Street between
 Union and Jackson Streets. The mat | ter was referred to the Committees on l and In6iriarV
 Reports from the Street Committee were adopted to open street between | Goode and Elizabeth Streets to connect with Court Street, and to place brick retaining wall in front of the properties at 713. 715 and 121 South | Lawrence Street.
 A number of resolutions were next adopted to place arc lights at various | street intersections in the city. Licenses were granted to petitions 1 for saloon licenses from J. c. Johns, l HAS North Court Street; F Morgan,
 112 North Court street; A Wiil na Minhs' IS Sizemore, BOP Houston Street.
 A petition from NJ. Sabel X sons. re- ouesting the balance of $802, the 1O per cent retained on their conIrscI iop or, yns sne | favorably by the committee on s edae grounds that the work had not been completed. The report Of the commit | tee was approved.
 
 The Montgomery Traction Company was brought into the limeilght TOT moment, when the Committee on Fran chises and Privileges. on petition | Street, asking that the Wasningtoh Park car line be removed from Aman, da Street, Chairman Lobman reporLea | that General Manager " Il. EagIa1niu, 1it l for the car company, had promised ths nuisance which the petitioners aIegeo | should be abated. On this promise ne | recommended the petition be denled,
 and the Council approved the recom-
 A citizen had petitioned the city for
 s1O,0O0 damages, on account or s1nart- ert, | With a smile, Alderman HoIloWay re. i ported unfavorably on the petition. and | with other smoles. the petition was de-
 Petitions to the number of score or
 more were read and hurriedly referred | to various committees. Througn all the preliminaries of the meeting, there was evidenced by the members of the Council a desire to hurry on to the more Important business of the even
 ing. Paper after paper was a9de9 9 S1ero sD | Farley prophecy of long and pro | tracted session. when the Council | should finally get down to new. and un-
 Unfinished business was reached on the program at o'clock. First came an ordinance for the paving of the side walk on the west sue Ol T IieebSethl RNO- nue from Mildred Street to. Jefferson Davis Avenue It was up for second | reading and was passed unanimously. | Another ordinance up for second reading. provided for the improvement | of Wilkinson Street from Clayton to Montgomery Street. It, too, was ap- | proved by the Council. -
 To pay John Hannon, contractor, $525 | from the school building fund, on ac-
 count for paving sidewalks around the
 Highland Park school house, an ordi- | nance was passed. Similar ordinances
 were passed, to pay J. g. Conniff & Co. | S525 for sidewalk paving around tho | conniff &, CO s3O0 for sidewalk paving around the West End school house, and Crockett Paving Company $260 for