The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-19

| the Finance Committee that q v Ro- gacki, the contractor for the Heron street school, be given $2T45S in ad- | dition to the contract price for work done on the building in addition to the requirements of the contract Contract or Bogacki, it was announced, had handed in bill for S350 for the work F. Ausfeld. the architect of the build ing and City Engineer Gilchrist, had made estimates of the extra work, and recommended the amount of the appro- priation urged by the committee. This was7the result of investigation carried on over period covering the two years since the building was completed.
 Alderman Sullivan said if the extra work had been authorized the contract or was entitled to De paid for the amount of his work
 Alderman J. c. Tyson wanted to know who authorized the extra work any how
 Alderman Sullivan moved to refer the matter back to the School Committea
 Alderman Lobman said such action would establish bad precedent. The committee had investigated the mat ter, and Mir. Bogacki had appeared be- fore 1t.
 Did he agree to accept the amount of $274.5S?' asked the Alderman from the sixth ward.
 He was before the committee" re- tOTIeQ Aluerman LODmAn. Ine C0un- oil has nothing to do with that"
 Alderman Sullivan again rose.
 Mir. Bogacki Is a taxpayer he said Mir Bogacki is voter, Mir. BogackI has rights. He is a reputable contract or and has grown up in this city from boy. He should be paid what, he asked
 Aldermai Foster wanted to know where the outrage was.
 A vote was taken on the motion to refer the matter to the School Commit tee and was lost by the following vote:
 Yeas-cox. Holloway, Jones, Ryan. Sullivan-5.
 Nays-Foster, Grifhth. Hudson. Lob man, Ruth, Strauss. Tait, Tyson, A. L., and Tyson, J. C.-9.
 motion was then passed to approve tho recommendation of the committee.
 An ordinance fixing the tax rate for Montgomery for 1906 was next brought up. The rate included in the motion was the same as those being paid at the present ttime namely, one-half of 1 per cent. for the purpose of paying current expenses of the, city and e2 i-2 of per cent. to be devoted to the pay ment of the public debt. A communication was read to the Council from the Mayor in reference to bids for sewer construction which 
 fused to accept after being awarded the bids The letter stated that upon re- ceiving the refusal of the contractor. he had advised the City Treasurer to have the certified checks submitted by the contractor at the time of the post ing of the bids, cashed. These checks aggregated in value $1,S0O He de- clared that $500 worth of these checks be declared forfeited to the city, and the contractor be released from fulfill ing the contracts he had undertaken to perform. The matter was referred to the Committees on Sanitation and Ju- diica y.
 Jefferson Davis Avenue.
 Following. the disposition of the Crockett incident. another corlmunica- tion was read from the Mayor. In full it follows:
 Montgomery, Ala, June IS. 1906. To the Honorable City Council of Mont gomery:
 "Gentlemen-The street railway com rany has blocka1ed and kept out of repair Jefferson Davis Avenue between Cleveland Avenue and Holt Street for an unreasonable length of time Nu- merous conferences have been held and repeated efforts made to induce these people to complete thls work and place the thoroughfare In proper condition, under the terms and stipuiations of an ordinance adopted on the 2sth of Sep tember, 1905 Tie present condition of the avenue has. however been allowed to continue, with seemingly no effort on the part of the railway officials to remedy the matter. In the meantime the roadbed has frequently been almost impossible while the sidewalks have been such as to cause the residents q great deal or inconvenience and annoy ance. Difficulty Is frequently experi- ofF t,. t,af, premises. and, in several instances, 1t is simply 8 matter of impossibility for wagons or vehicles of any character to enter the driveways at all
 City officials have realized the trou- ble with which the railway company has had to contend by reason of the recent change in the ownership of the old company, and for this reason we have endeavored to lend all possible as sistance by giving them what would under the most extraordinary circum- stances heNe been a sufficient length of time to comply with thelr contract
 Since they do not seem to be mak- ing any effort whatever to relieve the situation I respectfully recommend and urge you to ldopt stringen legislation compelling them to inmediatelv com plcte the work of widening. grading and gravelinR Jefferson Davis Avenue from Cleveland Avenue to Holt Street. and to comply with their contract in every particular. Respectfully.
 w. Nj. Teague, Mayor"
 Alderman j. c. Tyson spoke strongly in condemnation of the action of the street car company in regard to the Jeff erson Davis tracks. He said the Traction Company should be taught that the street belongs to the city and not to the corporation.
 The Traction Company people are the finest people in the world to prom ise," he asserted. and the worst to per form.
 On motion of Alderman Foster the matter was referred to the Mayor and ;he City Attorney. power being given to these officials to take action to com pei the street car company to improve the conditions now existing on Jeffer- son Davis Avenue at once
 An ordinance was passed on the re- commendatinn of the Committee on Fi- narce and Streets, authorizing the ex- tension of the storm water sewer on South Decatur Street from South Street to the Genetta Ditch,
 The appropriation of $1,250 to pur- chase the lot belonging to Mrs. Mary R. Wilson on Sayre Street, where the north margin of South Street will in tersect it when extended. was taken up. In case 1t cannot be purchased for the amount the Mayor was instructed