The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-24
RELIEF FOR OIL DEALERS
ALDERMEN PASS REVISION OF
 KEROSENE GRIEVANCE.

Amendment PrOvOkes Discussion of Nearly an Hour and Then Receives
 But Two VOtes-OnIy One Dissenting l Vote on Final Roll CalI-AIderman
 LOOs Starts to Leave Chamber Hut is Turned Back-Amendment to NIilk 1 Ordinance Asked by Board of Health. | After using up nearly an hour in de- bate upon an amendment of few words in the revision of the kerosene oil licensing ordinance, at the end of which only two votes were secured for 1 the amendment, the board of aldermen passed the amended ordinance exactly as it came from the ordinance commit tee by vote of 13 to 1. The revision, leaving it in the option of the fire mar shal as to what places are suitable to receive licenses, reads as follows:
 No person shall receive a license to sell or keep on sale or storage any of the substances mentioned in this head 1 ing upon any street or wharf nor in any building or place not approved by the I fire marshal, nor upon any floor of building above the first floor, nor in any receptacle except in the original un- broken receptacle in which they are shipper, or in metallic vessels approved in writing by the fire marshal" | As soon as the matter came up for the second reading Alderman Woodford arose with an amendment to strike out the words any of the substances mem toned in this heading and inserting the limiting terms kerosene oil or pe- troleum." Then arose a great discus sion as to the necessity of the amend ment and a spirited and at times sharp debate followed.
 | Alderman Loos, as chairman of the ordinance committee, explained the care taken by the committee in draw ing up the revision, and insisted that the change proposed by Alderman Woodford was entirely unnecessary. The debate hinged largely on whether or not the ordinance as it stood would include other inflammable substances besides kerosene, and the question of gasoline was introduced. Alderman Loos, in his remarks, referred to fu- ture ordinance that would cover gaso- line. Thereupon Alderman Woodford wanted to know what that ordinance would be, and asked Alderman Loos what provisions it would contain. AL derman Loos emphatically declined to answer the question, and the point was perforce passed.
 As the debate went on Alderman Loos became more and more disgusted with the treatment accorded the work of his committee and finally started to leave the chamber. He was intercepted at the door by Alderman Langley and City Sheriff Kollerstrom and finally induced to resume his seat.
 On the vote on Alderman Woodford s amendment only two votes were cast for it. so that it was lost. The vote on the passage of the revised ordinance was next taken. As this required a majority of all members present and absent 1t only required few nays to defeat it, and when on the viva voce vote it was declared carried Alderman Woodford called for the yea and nay vote.
 Then there was more trouble. When Alderman Johnson's name was called he wanted an explanation of what they were voting on. He finally voted yea on provision that only the section un- der consideration was affected. When the roll call came to Alderman Wood ford he failed to respond and Clerk Beecher started to pass him, hut Alder man Smith called attention to the rule compelling a member to vote, and AL derman Woodruff recorded a nay. The ordinance was passed, B to 1.
 A communication from Mayor Stud ley calling attention to statement of City Treasurer Strong that there was a small sum on hand in the treasury be- | longing to the town deposit fund was read. The mayor stated that there was a desirable opportunity for investment, and suggested committee, consisting of the controller and city treasurer, to invest the funds. The board voted to adopt the suggestion.
 The board of health submitted an amendment for chapter F, sections 264- 271, of the ordinances relating t" the sale of milk, making it unlawful to de- liver milk in uncovered pails, also to fill milk bottles on public streets when in transit, or to place ice in milk; and fur ther making it the duty of all appli- cants for licenses to sell milk to notify the board of health from whom they obtain their milk before a license is granted This was referred to the com mittee on ordinances.
 A request from the board of health asking the board of aldermen to rec ommend the construction of a sewer in Goffe street, between Orchard and Foote, was referred to the committee 1 loY,