The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-04
EXCISE COMMITTEE REMAINS IN FORCE Council Turns Down Stockmar
 Resolution MORE POOL ROOMS BARRED Report Regulating Pool and Billiards Adopted-New Dumping Ground.
 "clansman" Is Not to Be
 Presented Here.
MORE POOL ROOMS BARRED

ell, created at regular meeting In sep tember has been continued in spite of an effort made to abolish it.
 At the session of the council last night the report of the judiciary committee was adopted by q vote of to 1. This report was in favor of the excise committee. By the same report of the Judiciary com mlttee the miscellaneous committee was shorn of one of its rights namely, the regula tion of the liquor traffic in Blr- mingham. The excise committee will now have surveillance of the saloons.
 Every member of the council voted In favor of the excise committee except Alderman Stockmar. At the last meeting of the council Alderman Stockmar had introduced a resolution seeking to put an end to the new committee. At that time there was considerable opposition to the creation of the excise committee. but 1t crumbled away In the time intervening between the sessions of the council
 The adoption of the judiciary commit tees report was the most important bus mess of the council last night The next business of importance was the adoption of the report of the miscellaneous com mittee m refernce to the regulation of pool and billiard tables in Birmingham.
 Petitions Disallowed.
 Four of the petitions for the operation of pool rooms which were allowed night before last by the miscellaneous commit tee, were dlsallowed by the subsequent action of that committee yesterday.
 These were petitions from E. Borck, William Bowers, H. w. Eggler, and Emil Franke and asked for licenses for the operation of pool tables in that portion of the city known as the ''red light" dis triet. The committee recommended that these four petitions be disallowed, and the council acted favorably on the recom- mendation. It Is the intention of the city to allow no pool nor billiard games in that part of Birmingham. The report of the committee in all other respects was similar to that published yesterday morn- ing in The Age-Herald,
 Last nights session was expeditions but considerable business was transacted. The following were present at roll call; Mayor Ward, and Aldermen Gray, Forney. O 'Neill. Barbour Cooper, Heidt, Cope land. D. R.. Copeland, J. R.. Stockmar, Sims, Jones. Klotz. Moore, Greener and F'ulghum. Aldermen Gum, Parker and Wheeler were absent
 Improvement Ordinances.
 The following improvement ordinance was confremd by the board; No. 359, au- thorizng the paving with bituminous maeadam of Avenue H from Twenty fourth to Twenty-ffth streets.
 Assessments in the following ordinances were made final No. 29I providing for the paving of First avenue between Twenty-second and Twenty-sxth streets with bituminous macadam; No 3S5, pro viding for the pavement of Twenty-sec- ond street between Fourth and Seventh avenues at an expenditure of s976,59.
 The following ordinances were intro duoed and referred to the proper com mittees No 149, providing for the paving and otherwise improving Avenue from Eighth to Twentieth streets and Four teenth street between Avenues A and J. No. 366, providing for the construction of a sanitary sewer on Twentieth street from Avenue A to Avenue B; No. 367, providing for the paving of Seventh alley between Twenty y-second and Twenty-fourth streets; No. 36S, providing for the paving of 3S7 feet of sidewalking on Highland avenue; No. 369 providing for the paving of Ave nue F from Twentieth street to Twenty second street; No. 37o, providing for the paving of certain sidewalks in the city, proper; No. y1. providing for the con struction of a sanitary sewer from Twen- ty-eighth alley to Twelfth avenue, south, No. 372, providing for curbing the side walks of Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth avenues to the city limits.
 New Dumping" Ground.
 A resolution introduced by Alderman Cooper and unanimously adopted, in- structed the police and sanitation com mittee to endeayor to select q new dumping" ground for the trash and re- fuse of the city.
 In this connection, J. l.. Yancey ad- dressed the board. declaring that the present location, within the bounds of Eleventh street and Eleventh avenue, was altogether improper. He declared that within that boundary the real estate company represented by him had expend- ed some. s150O00 in the construction of seventy-eight houses, and that there was a general complaint from the citizens and property holders in that locality. He stated that he himself had visited the scene, after hearing these complaints, and that he was sure that the complaints Is were well founded He declared that If the board did not choose new dump ing" grounds that suit would be brought compelling a new selection.
 The report of the light committee was adopted. It authorized the installation of a new light on Twenty-first street be- tween Ninth and Tenth avenues, to be maintained by the Frisco railroad. A resolution from Alderman Jones, which was referred to the light committee, called for a news arc light at the june ton of Fifteenth and Huntsville ave- nue.
 "cIansman" Barred.
 Alderman Fulgham, chairman of the Judiciary committee. offered resolution which was unanimously adopted, barring the "Clansman," the dramatzation of Thomas Dixon's novel, from being pre- sented in Birmingham.
 Alderman Cooper introduced resolu- tion to the effect that the price of all cemetery lots yet unpaid for such be collected, or suit brought against the owners The resolution also instructed the mayor to ascertain the name Of the clerk who sold the lots and to bring suit gainst him. Alderman Barbour offered a resolution, serving as an amendment to the above. that inasmuch as some of the