The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

| track on Fifth avenue, recommended that
this matter go over, and that on the
first Tuesday in February the two COM
mlttees hold another meeting TO further
consider the proposition.
As Is known. both the Tldewater COM
pany and the Birmingham Railway, Light
and Power company desire to obtain
franchise on Fifth avenue, one of TIE
few remaining thoroughfares of the city
| on which no rails are laid.
Some of the aldermen favor granting
the franchise to one company, and some
the other Still others are opposed to
granting a franchise to either. Mayor
Ward being of this number
As further concerns the Tidewater com
pany, a resolution was passed extending
the time limit given the company to be-
| gin work under other franchises already
granted for six months. The original
limit would have expired on the 18th inst.
Alderman Gum offered a resolution
which was passed to the effect that the
committee on this subject find out over
what tracks of the Birmingham Railway.
Light and Power company the Tidewater
company would enter Birmingham, and
what the consideration for said privilege
was
Some Live Excerpts.
The finance committee reported favor
ably on the arrangements recently made
by the city and John Bradley, clerk of the
criminal court. whereby the said Brad
ley is to pay In cash at once all sums
due to the city from cases appealed from
the police court, and to pay all sums
| II,
term of court. 1t is remembered that at
a recent council meeting the city attoi
ney was instructed to proceed at once in
a legal manner towards the collection of
funds said to have been held by the clerk
of the criminal court and which were duo
the city on cases appealed from the police
court to the criminal court.
The market committee recommended
that the license of dairymen remain at
SIS per annum per wagon, and instructed
the milk inspector to report at once any
delinquents. 1t is remembered that the
| Mayor recently requested this committee
to consider increasing the license charged
dairymen on account of the reports of
| pending suit in which certain dairymen
were to appear as prosecutors and the
city as defendant
The excise committee granted several
licenses to saloon proprietors to sell to
negroes on Eighteenth street. The Mayor
went on record as opposing the sale of
liquor to negroes on Eighteenth street
from any saloon.
The most interesting portion of the
excise committees report was the re-
commedation to the council to grant n
license to J. e. McNeal to reopen the
Magnolia saloon when he has paid the
fine of 500 imposed by Judge Feagin Cor
an alleged violation of the Sunday law.
1t Is remembered that Mayor Ward re-
voked tine license of this saloon this week
because the manager. j. e. McNeal, had
been convicted of violating the Sunday
law last Sunday.
Timing the Milking.
Alderman Fulghum introduced a resolu-
ton which went to the market committee
requiring all dalrymen who sell and de-
| liver milk In bottles in Birmingham to
label each bottle showing the time when,
to the hour, the said milk was extracted
| from the COW. Alderman Jones declared
that it would be in accordance with the
pure food law to require the darymen to
| furnish a label, too. showing just what
the milk contained the proportion of wa
! ter, fat, etc.
| Alderman Moore offered amendments to
| sections 1896, inclusive, of the city code.
| These amendments have the effect Of
changing the now existing closing hours
of saloons from 1915 a. m, to 1900, mid
night.
The proposed amendments were re-
ferred to the judacry committee
| The following ordinances for street i'm
provement were introduced and referred
| to the judiciary committee:
| No. 3s4. providing for the construction
of a sanitary sewer; No. $50. providing
for the construction of a sanitary sewer
on Eighteenth street and sixteenth ave-
nue.; No. 1856. providing for the grading
and matchmaking of Seventeenth street
from Seventh to Ninth avenues.
The following committee Feports were
made and adopted:
judiciary and Railroad.
Present: Mayor; Parker. Fulghum,
| O'Neill, Forney, Klotz, Jones. Copeland.
| D. r.
| The committee recommends that the
| petition of the Tidewater Development
| Co., for certain franchises be postponed
and that the said committee meet on
| the first Tuesday in February nj 12 noon,
| for the purpose of taking up said petition.
Judiciary Committee.
| Present: Mayor; Fulghum O'Neill. For
| rey Klotz. Jones.
| Absent: Moore.
| The committee recommends that the
| petition of VIII Allen for damages be
| disallowed
| That the petition OF Mamie Allen for
| damages be disalowed
That the city attorney be instructed
| TO draw an ordinance with reference to
| the inspection of plumbing in new houses
That the matter of telegraph companies
| charging extra fees for delivering mes
| sages In the city to go over until the
] next meeting and that the city attorney
be instructed to prepare an ordinance
prohibiting the charging for delivering
| such messages.
That further time be granted on all
other matters before the committee.
| Present: Mayor; Sims, Cooper. Moore,
| Gum, Forney.
Park Committee.
| The committee recommends the adop-
| ton of the following report:
| The athletic and playground commit