The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17

City Treasurer to advertise for nids for
 the sewer on Water Street. Passed.
 it pu1s %as sas oSt sy Gn oss ns Io h
 Alderman Roemer, that by the refu- sal Of the council to award all the
 bids 10 the Crockett Paving Company. the city will have to pay in the neigh borhood of sz.600 more than 1t would have lone if the entire lot had been, given to the one company.
 Fire Escapes Again. At this point. an attempt was made to bring up the fire escape question. which was disposed of at the last meet- a vote was tnksn on an ordinance to require fire escapes on every public building in the city having three or more stories. The ordinance was vot- Cd on fayorably, seven to i've. or two votes lacking the required number for. the passage of an ordinance. When the matter was brought up last
 spirited disagreement introducing dis- cussion on parliamentary ruling. Alderman Roemer declared that the ordinance had been finally disposed of Alderman sullivan. with emphasis and dignity, denied this. On his motion. he declared. 1t had been laid on the
 table until the next meeting of the Those who had opposed tho measure
 at the previous meeting. picked up their ears and began to take notice. Thsre were various expressions upon the par-
 liamentary standing Of the question Alderman I,obman. who had opposed the measure at the other meeting, said from the chair that he was of the opinion tho matter had been disposed The record was called for, and as
 # failed to sl ow Alderman Sullfyan's
 fore the end os the meeting. how ever, new ordinance. covering prac- ticaily the same ground. was intro
 duced by Alderman Holloway and re-
 the matter will again De under dis- | cussi1n within a few weeks. Resolutions and Ordinances. resolution was introduced to au-
 thorize ths mayor to confer with the
 of an extension of aoicembe street rect
 from Jefferson Davis Avenue to Han-
 they would accept from the city for Q purchase of their property.
 An ordinance to gran. q saloon li-
 esnsss ssa to .h Wiii ,,,n rags negro: was laid 1 A resolution. introduced by Alder
 man Gunter. that the city engineer ba \ instructed to prepare plans and spec- closets 1t Highland Park. and South
 Montgomery and West End Schools was referred.
 | Another resolution providing that applications for liquor licenses for the | fiscal year commencing October G. | 1906 be placed before the committee be- | fore the first regular meeting of Sep
 tember was referred to the police coria- | mission
 Alderman Sullivan presented e reso. | lution that the Mayor be directed to
 purchase a storm cover for the city A resolution was introduced to au- | thorize the Mayor to have the roofing
 Of the West End Fire Station repaired An ordinance which was referred to the Committee on Finance was intro-
 dueed by Alderman Sullivan, the ob-
 Mayor to negotiate temporary loan l of $l5,000 for five months from Au- | gust 1. Following the same course, | for a street railway company to allow persons to advertise In cars. without | paying licenses
 Alderman Holloway introduced an- | other fire escape ordinance substan- | tialiy the same as that which failed 10
 pass the Council at the last meeting. i Referred.
 By the adoption of resolution. the Montgomery Light and Water Power l Company was instructed to remove its
 poles from the street on south Decatur | rtreet from South street to Genetta
 A resolution. authorizing the City
 Treasurer to advertise for bids for works and other departments for the year beginning Aug. 1. was referred to Committees on Water and Finance. The committee appointed for the pur- rose of rediEtrictllF the city wards. was announced: fl Includes Alderman Holloway, chairman. and Aldermen Roemer, Foster. Lobnan and sullivan. Bids were opened for the contracts of city feed and for a number of pave-
 ments. All bids were referred to com mittees., There were a number of these bids and the fact, as pointed out by Alderman Grif1ths, that a quorum was not present, was allowed to pass un-
 rotieed.
 London, July 16-Srhe international congress of architects opened here to-