The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-19

l the Finance Commlttee that IL pe ie- i ceived and filed. Approved. 1 Alderman Foster, reporting for the /. Street Committee, introduced resolu- l ton made in accordance with peti- | tion from citizens, that the Montgom- | cry Traction Company be required to | remove it's street car tracks from MO l bile street. The resolution expressed the prayer of the petition. Approved. A report which received favorapie l consideration by the Council was one from the Committee on Lights. asking authority to have lights placed on the | Court Square fountain. The obJect' Al derman Grifith said, was to beautiry tne square, and further the 1910 movement. | The report was approved Petitions from the following members | of the police force asking that pay pc allowed for time lost through sickness oy accident received favorable action' | W W. Bailey, W. J. watson, T: J. Swearingen, P. J. Sweeney, w. ., Si1s more, c. S. Cantey and W Fl Mitcneli' Two ordinances introduced oy Aiue man Ryan were referred to the MayoI' | the City Attorney and the Police com mittee. One placed fine of $lOO upon anyone convicted of keeping disor- derlv house within the city iinlits. The other was to amend the City Code so as to place fine of $1OO upon any one convicted of the same onense.
  ton Company was read, announclns that the company had decided to sur render the, franchise recently granted to build street car line on union Street The letter asked that the cer- tifled check of $l,000 deposited when the franchise was granted. be returned The matter was referred to a commit tee.
 Roemer.s Use Adornment. Alderman Roemer, neat and dapper, and wearing a yellow rose in the lappel of his coat, announced that he nad re- oeiyed A message over the phone from a female constituent of his, which ne was ordered to read under pain or pe- ing hauled over the carpet in the morning. He had to do It, ne saIo. In1 n', lady complainant wanted the Councll to take notice that a sewer near her property had not been flushed recently: Notwithstanding the approximations or the rose-bedecked Alderman, Alderman Sullivan moved that the petition be re- ferred to a committee. The motion was adopted
 An ordinance was read appropriating | $500 for terracing and opening road ways for the extension of the city cem- i etery. The ordinance was passed by unanimous vote.
 The next ordinance was one dppro- priating $14.250 to cover the purchase
  acquired at the corner of South Mo Donough and Scott Streets. Alderman Hudson interposed that J. C. Haas, the owner, had signifeed his willingness to wait until the city had received the money from the sale of bonds authorized by the Council last year He said until the money had been paid in for these bonds, the city could not afford the expense NJ. Roemer declared that there was or should be suIficient money in the school fund to cover the amount Of purchase. He said there was more than $22,000 in the fund, unless some one had appropriated 1t for other purposes. without proper authority. Alderman Lobman urged that the matter be held up until later in the session.
 The remarks of Alderman Lobman l brought forth a flight of eloquence on the subject from Alderman Sullivan. There was a tendency, he said, among certain members of the Council, to side step the contract made by the city. The .ople approved of the site selected. he said.
 communication from City Treas urer R. s. Williams was read. stating that the school building fund had to it's credit $22,3T7.5s, and Alderman Sul- lIvan used the report as an added ar
 
 There were more ways of killing a dog than by choking him with butter. If the matter were held over until late, there would be a disposition to hurry the mater through, and postpone 1t until the next meeting.
 Alderman J. C. Tyson said he was in favor of the city keeping the con | tract. but he was opposed to rushing forward with a present of $14,250 until the Council could see where the money | was coming from to erect a building on the property when bought Alderman Roemer said he might be | dull, but he didn't see why it was shortsighted policy to buy the prope. ty | when the city had more than $22,000 in the School Fund He said that prop erty is increasing in Montgomery. The | option of the city is good only until | July | After that the property. he declared would cost more. The site is ideal for the erection of a building.
 Why not? he asked.
 Alderman Lobman said he has always been opposed to the South McDonough
 and Scott street property, especially
 since the city now holds property at the corner of Sayre and Mildred, where | the school could be built for nothing. He read a letter from MT. Haas, stating
 that since the city has not sold the | bonds referred to, the Council was at
 
 tion. He repeated again that there was no haste.
 Alderman Tyson objected to some re- mark which had been made by one of the Aldermen speaking in favor of i'm mediate purchase.
 "Mr President he said. 'T ask the protection of the chair while I am on the floor. When I am off the floor, I can protect myself
 One or two of the Aldermen smiled, but there was no rejoinder Alderman Strauss doubted that the city had the right to take money from the School Fund for the purpose of carAying out a specific contract. He would not vote for an ordinance forcing such a proceeding, he said. The ques- tion was called for. with the follow ing result:
 Yeas-Cox. Griffith. Holloway, Jones, Roemer, Ryan, Sullivan, Tait, Tyson, A. L-9.
 Nays-Foster. Hudson. Lobman, Ruth. Strauss, Tyson, J. C.--6.
 No New City Hall. The joint Committee on Finance and Public Works, reported adversely on an ordinance introduced at a recent meeting to change or improve the present city building They recon mended however, that the Mayor and Finance Committee ascertain the best nrice that could be obtained for the