The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-03
TURNS DOWN
 MAYOR TEAGUE City Council 0yerrideS an
 Executive Veto
 ON SIDEWALK PAVING Aldermen Unanimous in 0p- posing City's Chief
 Officer. Madison Avenue is to be Improved Re. gardtess of Cost to the Munici-
 pality--othcr Routine 4n Business.

The veto of an ordinance adopted bv the Council at the last meeting pro viding for pavement of the sidewalks on both sides of Madison Avenue be- tween specified points was read in communication from Mayor Teague at the meeting of the City Council las night.
 The veto was based mainly on the fact that the city owns property al jacent to which the improvements would be made and that there is no income to the city from ths property
 The Mayor also predicted that tn :, proposed work might have to be taken up and replaced again. making an ad ditionai expense to the city
 The Mayors Veto.
 The full text of the Mlyor's ve.o
 Office of the Mayer.
 Montgomery, Ala,
 December 2Tth. 1905. ITO the Honorable City Council Of
 Montgomery,
 "Gentlemen:-
 T return herewith, without my ap- proval, an ordinance adopted at your last regular meeting, endaed, An Ordinance to pave the sidewalks on both sides of Madison Avenue, from the east side of Jackson street to the west side of Garrison street; and to pave thA north side of Madison Avenue, from tn } east si -e of Garrison street to the west side of Hopper street, with Schillinger Pavement
 This ordinance provides for pave ment to De laid adjacent to about $50 A-- ~E +A~kwr al r4tSer to the city. known as the old reser- voir property. situated on Madison Av- enue. between Hilliard street and what would be a continuation cf Garrison street. The paving Of this sidewalk would entail an expenditure If approx imatelY s7oo.
 Under ordinary circumstances. I am not opposed to Improvements of this character being made iiaaent to the city's property, but. in my Judgment the paving of this one block would be useless expense, particularly when consideration is given to the condition of our treasury, and the fact that the city is receiving no income from the property in question, nor Is the same being used for any purpose whatever.
 Moreover, should this property ev CT be improved or utilized in any man ner, 1t is possible that the work now proposed would have to be taken u1 and replaced again.-nece ssitating an additional expense on She part of the city
 T withhold my approval for the fur. ther fact that our city engineer, nor any other one connected with the city administration, so far as 1 am inform- ed, has any definite Knowledge as to the efficiency or durability of the pro- posed combination curbing ard surface sewer made of concrete. with which it is proposed to do the work
 T am inclined to the opiricn that the ordinance would not be objectionable should the Council desire to amend same so that the two blocks on the south side of Madison Avenue would be excluded. thus making one continuous line of pavement on the n1!th side of the avenue from Jackson street to Hopper street, and prov i6ine that the work be done in the usual manner, un less satisfactory tests shall nave been hlade Tn the meantime. showing the concrete combination curbin4 md sur race sewer to be as substantial as the orlcK and stone curbing and sewer.
 Respectfully, ~ "W. M. Tesgue,
 Mayor"
 Opposed by Gunter.
 me veto was opposed by President Gunter' Who took the fioor against it. d NOtO SAlFdOfQlnHrX and that the proper way for the city to do m the premises was to seek a protest rom individual property owners which With the front footage of the citv's property, might be able to defeat inc orolnance. The President of the Coun- ell did not believe the city, through it's MayoT' should tend to discourage street and sidewalk Improvements by taking back water" when the city has to stand its share of the assessment.
 By unanimous vote, the Council retused to sustain the veto and the ordinance has gone into effcct. The cltys share of the expense Is S70O. The pavement to be made under the ordi- nance IS of the sidewalks on both sides of Madison Avenue from the east side of Jackson street to the west side Of Garrison St. @et, and of the north side of Madison Avenue from the east side of Garrison Street to the west side of Hopper Street with Schillinger blocks
 communication from the Mayor was received and filed which told of an error made by J. G. Cowan, license inspector, in collecting license of $6 for retail ing fireworks from several merchants In the city. The letter asked for an ordnance providing for repayment of this license.
 Arrests for VaErancy. The Mayor also forwarded a commu- hltSt tloIl rom O0leI or POl1CS NFerdlu, giving d statement of the number of arrests for vagrancy made in Decem- Der under the three sections of the City Code. The report, which was received and filed. told of ten arrests under Sec ton 1137 of the Code and nine convlc- tions; seven arrests under Section 10OS and six convictions, and under Section 1162 there were five arrests and four convictions.
 A report of the Finance Committee for this months supply of provisions to Jones & Ray of Montgomery.
 The report of the Street Committee recommending arc lights to be put ar several street intersections in the city was adopted.
 report of the Committee on Judic- iary, which cancelled an assessment for S7, 900 against property or Dr. stone in the city. was adopted.
 By the recommendation of tte joint Committee on Judiciary and Franchises and Privileges, the Council directed the Mayor to investigate the performance of the Montgomery Street Railway Company in regard to carrying out the terms of a franchise to allow single track of railway on Jefferson Davis Avenue from South Court Street to Holt Street. The report of the joint com mittee represented that the conditions of the franchise had not been compiled with.
 Cars Until Midnight. 4 petition against the consolidation of the street railway companies of i Mont gomery unless they are made tc ] = 1,.es,ta a1 oarg ,,ptiJ i 9 o'rIOck at nigh.