The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
CONTRACTS TO PAVE STREETS City Council Decides on Lucky Bidders. ASPHALT AND BITULITHIc Former on Caroline ani Wilson, Latter on Montgomery. Mayors Veto of Ordinance Striking At Frait veaaors Is sastaIned--
 AIdermen Tn Session FOpr
 Hours.

The Montgomery City Council last night, with argument and oratcry, pro- longed, and at times approaching the personal, awarded three contracts for gomery streets. Overriding the report of the committee on two of it's rec concentrations, the contracts were awarded to the Memphis Asphalt and Paving Company and the Southern Bitulithic Company of Birmingham. the former company receiving the first two plums, and the latter the work fer Montgomery street.
 The bids of the Memphis Asphalt and Paving Company for Caroline and Wilson streets, respectively were SS, 032 and $s,3761 The Montgomery street contract bid fer bltulithic paving was si7.765.
 During the controversy over the committee report, attention was called repeatedly by Alderman Roemer AL derman Gunter and others, to the fact that for asphalt paving, the Barber Asphalt Company had offered to pave both Wilson and Caroline streets at a dover figure than the Memphis com Pany. In opposition to this. 1t was Ruth. Tyson, J C., and Hudson, that the Barber Company had stated in it's bid that its figures stood good only in the event the company secured the company would refuse to dc the work on one street alone
 That the paving on Caroline and Wilson streets was awarded to an as- phalt company, was due to the fact that the property owners along those streets had expressed, in petition, their preference for that style of paw ing The majority of the Aldermen owners are entitled to consideration in the selection of pavement for which they wil be required to pay,
 Veto of Vendors 0rdlnanee.
 nth hV the Councilmen was the veto of Mayor TeaRue of the fruit vendors " ordin- ance, passed at recent meeting. In a message to the Council, the chief the measure had been too drastic, that many vendors had already paid their licenses for the coming year, and that the passage of such an ordinance would be working hardship on these parties The veto was sustained. Later in the evening, however, an or- dlnance was introduced to prohiEit the sale of fruits and vegetables on the streets of the city, within the fire liln- 1t from movable stands or booths.
 Last nights sesion was busy one. From the time the Council met at 7:30 o'clock until its adjournment after liz 30 o'clock, there was not a dry minute. Toward the end of the meeting, how ever, several of the Aldermen beeame wearied. Four or five of them suc- ceeded ir. leaving the chambers with 
 President Strauss called upon Police Captain Miles Smith to arrest the de- parture of any Alderman leaving the hall. and when the next City Father at tempted to sidle from the Chambers. his passage was blocked by the sturdy figure of the night captain of police
 When the aldermen had exhaustete their physical energy in the arguments which accompanied the business of the evening. Alderman Foster chairman or the Cemetery Committee asked TOT . i've minutes executive session. He pleaded with the aldermen to remain. but the aldermen were obdurate They had had enough, and \ motion to ad- journ carried, Alderman Foster insist ing to go on record as having voted In opposition.
 Those present at the Council meet ing were: President Gunter and Alder men Cox. Foster, Griffith, Holloway, Jones, Lobman. Roemer. Hudson. Ryan, Strauss, Sullivan, Tate, A. L. Tyson, J. c. Tyson.
 After the minutes of the previous meeting had been adopted without reading, a message from Mayor Teague. announcing that he vetoed the ordi-