The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-16
CITY COUNCIL To
MEET THIS EVENING
viii Discuss Ordinance on the
Bond Issue
CITY OFFICIALS ARE BUSY
Many Public Improvements Are Being
Made to Keep Up With the citys
Growth-The Rev. Alexander
Crawford Accepts Call.
CITY OFFICIALS ARE BUSY

Ensley, August 15.-(Special.) THE City
Council of Ensley will meet in regular
session at the city. hall tomorrow night
and 1t Is expected that the session will
be one of the busiest for some time.
An ordinance will be introduced pro-
viding for an election on the issuance
of $4,000 bonds for schools and the sew
erage system. The ordinance which has
| been prepared by City Attorney Romano
Boyd at the instruction of the council
at the last meeting, is constructed
as to carry $4,000 for storm sewers. $1,000
for sanitary sewers and $4,000 for. the
new High school building.
1t is believed that the ordinance will
readily pass the council and that the peo-
Pile in election will authorize the required
bond issue. Especially interested are peo-
Pile in the matter of providing more room
in the schools. So rapid has been the
growth In attendance on the schools that
it has been almost impossible to take
care of the children applying for ad-
mittance.
For temporary needs the present build
ings are being enlarged by the addition
of some rooms but even this will hardly
provide room for the increase in at
tendance expected at the next term of
the school and more room will certainly
| be needed before another term.
The people of Ensley feel the need of
increased facilities and will certainly act
when the opportunity is given. The rapid
growth of the city is making many strong
demands on the city officials and it Is
hard to keep pace with the rapid develop
ments with the necessary public improve
ments.
Public improvements.
Questions of street and sidewalk Inn
provements will also come before the City
Council at the meeting tomorrow night
For the past two years the city has done
a large amount of this work but the broad
expansion of the citys growth is maxi
ing continual demands on the officials for
public improvement and hardly meet
ing passes but that order Is given for
Improvement extensions. 1t Is understood
that the council has in mind considerable
additional street and sidewalk improve
ment to consider
The franchise recently granted the Biz
mingham Railway, Light and Power COM
pany for the laying of gas mains in the
city will come up for revision and VIII
probably be finally disposed of. The fran.
chise as granted by the council some time
ago is Objectionable to the company IN
a slight degree and it was to have beer
| o-oandod Of the last meeting but inI the
rush of business the matter was passed
over nnintentionally but will be taken Ut
at the meeting tomorrow night
The company has already built the line
| from birmingham into the city as far
&C Avervstown and within a few more
weeks will be ready to put the system into
service.
Accepts Passionate.
The Rev. Alexander Crawford of Tulla-
| bor,a Tenn. has accepted call TO the
nastorate of St Johns Episcopal church
| Of this city and will take charge as soon
as the call is approved by the bishop
| 81 Johns has been without a regular
| nastor since the resignation OF the Kew
! Raimundo de OWES something more than
a year ago. The vestry has mace several
! oils but for one reason and another have
| failed to secure an acceptance until TINS
week.
The Rev. Mr. Crawford is said to be
one of the strongest minister's OF the
| faith in the south and the members oil
the church are well pleased with his ac-
! ceptance of the call
During the interim the ehurch mas
been supplied by the Rev. j. ). H. han
state chaplain at Pratt Mines CONVEX
| camp.