The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
ALDERMEN HAVE
 A BUSY SESSION Measure Against Pool Room
 Drinking Defeated NEGRO POOL ROOM LICENSE Much Street lmprovement-Preparing Site for Fourth Ward Fire Sta
 tion-standins Committees
 Make Their Reports.
POOL ROOM LICENSE

busy routine session.
 Two interesting features were the dis cpssions relative to the ordinance against the serving of drinks in pool rooms and the granting of permission for conducting several colored pool and billiard rooms.
 The resignation of Alderman Cooper as chairman of the parks and cemetery com mittee, and the appointment of Alderman Sims as his successor, were authorized by the board. Several ordinances provid ing for street Improvements were intro- duced and adopted, and assessments un- der others were confirmed. The regula ton of the sale of fireworks was left with the Mayor and the chairman of the miscellaneous committee, with power 10 act.
 The city engineer was instructed to pre- pare an ordinance for the necessary street improvement in the Fourth ward, preparatory to the installation of the new fire station there It was stated by Chief Bennett, when the question was raised by Alderman John Copeland, that the equipment had been purchased and every thing was ready for the installation of tht hNW SAbtioi do SOoh e's AiSSN'SHiJ street improvement was done
 Pool Room Drinking.
 The ordinance introduced at the pre- vious meeting of the board. making it an offense against the city for anyone to sell or serve or drink intoxicating liquors in pool looms, was defeated last night by vote of 10 to s.
 The matter was referred to the judiciary committee at the last meeting, and AL derman Fulghum, chairman of that com- mittee, reported the matter back to the beard without recommendation. He said that his committee had voted upon the proposed ordinance, and that the aye and nay votes were tied A lively discussion followed, in which several members of the board took part. Aldermen Moore and Gray were the strongest advocates of the measure, while Aldermen Barbour, Parker and others strenuously opposed it. w hen voting, the majority of the alder men explained their votes. Those oppos- ing the adoption of the ordinance de- clared that the saloon people were being ''nagged continually" and suggested that the board declare for prohibition or dis pensary, and be done with it." Alderman John Copeland, in explaining his vote, did not consider the ordinance as dealing fairly with the saloon men, Aldermen Gray and Moore declared that if it was not passed, then the city's former action in separating the pool room and the sa- Icon would be handicapped. Finally the vote was taken and the measure lost. It is not now unlawful for drinks to be served in pool rooms in the city.
 Negro Pool Rooms.
 The board last night granted permission for the operation of several negro pool rooms. It is understood that these pool rooms are to be run in accordance with the regulations, that is that they will be separated from all saloons. The char acter of the proprietors was judged good. It is further understood that the location of these pool rooms are such as to grant their operation permissible.
 Alderman Fulghum's ordinances to the effect that no houses in alleys less than twenty-five feet in width should be con structed, except servant houses, and that no more than three houses in fifty-foot alleys should be constructed, were re- ferred to the judiciary committee. Pend ing the action of this committee, Alder man Fulghum passed measure that no permit shall be issued for the construc- ton of such houses in his, the Sixth, ward.
 Under the proper ordinances, the coun- cil authorized the sale of city bonds to the amount of $l5O0 to cover improve ments stipulated.
 Improvement Ordinances.
 Assessments were confirmed under the following improvement ordinances No. 243, providing for the grading of Four teenth street from Thirteenth to Four teenth avenues, and the paving of the gutters and curbing in same, estimated cost, s234S. .92: 314, providing for certain paving on Avenue - estimated cost, s96S6 56; 326, providing for the grading of Kirkland avenue, estimated cost, S145 %; BPS. 39O. 3S2 and 334, providing for the con- struction of small sanitary sewers; S4S, providing for certain minor improvement OF the east side of Twelfth street and Twelfth avenue, estimated cost s49. 9.O5.
 The following improvement ordinances were introduced and referred to the street committee: No. 3Sl, providing for the con- struction of a sanitary sewer; SS2, pro viding for the paving of Avenue K from Twenty-first street to Highland avenue.
 The following reports of standing com mittees were adopted
 Miscellaneous Committee.
 Present: Mayor, ONel, Gray, Forney,