The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
BESSEMER CITY
 COUNCIL MEETS
Lively Time Occurs During the
 Night Session
NEW POLICE CHIEF CHOSEN
City Attorney Is Instructed to Have Railroads Place Lights at Street Crossings-Two More Men
 to Be Made Policemen.

Bessemer, August 6.-(special)-The
 Bessemer City Council met this evening,
 and it may be said en passant that there
 was much doing.
 When the gong on the city hall tolled 1 the hour of every man that cared any thing about being council member was : at the post. When the flag dropped, his
 honor. the Mayor, was in the lead, and | he proceeded to maintain it throughout i the meet"
 For the start, the regular order of busi- ness was suspended with, and complaints
 and petitions were heard.
 | In order to give the meeting a good
 start, Dr. Thomas C.. Donald. who owns
 some property on Dartmouth avenue, be- tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets,
 lodged a complaint in which he stated
 that the sidewalks as laid on his proper ty were not all satisfactory, from the | fact that they were not laid on the level,
 and he did not feel that he should be
 required to pay for the work when it was ! absolutely unsatisfactory. He stated that
 while he made no claim to being familiar
 with engineering work, he was quite sure 1 that there should not have been differ
 ence of six inches between the sidewalk and the curb as laid in front of his prop
 erty. This led to argument between Alderman Jimmie OGara and Hugh Me
 Inary, city engineer. MT. O'Gara claimed'
 that there was a mistake made, and 1 while he could not lay the blame on any
 person specially, he did not believe that | Dr. Donald should be made to pay for
 the work.
 After much discussion between these 1 two gentlemen, his honor stated that the
 argument was closed for the evening. and | requested that they both sit down. MT. 1 O'Gara sat down, but MT. McInary re- | quested that he be allowed to say a word,
 whereupon the Mayor told him to take a
 seat. Instead of taking a seat he took
 d walk, and it is understood that he IS | walking yet.
 | MT. McInary, in his talk to the Mayor
 and council. stated that he had ordered
 the sidewalks laid near as could have
 possibly been done. considering that tho grade was out of line
 He offered to bring an expert down here and have him look over the work. He
 was willing to pay the expenses of such u
 person, and if after investigation he was | found to be in error, he would resign his | position. He stated that he had held tho position of city engineer for about a year,
 and if the council did not think that his
 work was alright, he was more than
 willing to get out
 resolution was introduced and adopt
 ed ordering that the work done on Dr. l Donald's property should be taken up and be laid over.
 Numbering of Houses. The next gentleman on the programme was Dr. G. K. Lewis. postmaster. He stated to the council that he had
 had the houses In the city numbered at a cost of $116 63, and while he believed he had paid too much for the work, he was perfectly willing to do the right thing, and would request that the city allow him $l00 for the trouble. motion was
 made and carried that he be given
 note, payable August 1, 1908, and the
 mayor stated that he hoped he would get his money. The city physicians report for the
 month of July was read and against the objection of MT. Lewis was received as information. The report stated there had | been fourteen deaths in the city during the month The birth report had not been | completed, and his honor stated that it sounded like Roosevelt to him. The committee appointed at the last
 meeting to look Into the matter of a horse purchased from the city by Frank Moores. | which he claimed was not worth the
 price paid. made their report, and said l the horse was worth every cent paid | for 1t. Regarding the petition of Mrs G. B.
 Mingea. in which she claimed that her
 property on Berkly avenue had been | damaged by the laying of curbing. the l mayor appointed Alderman Lewis to meet
 with some gentleman to be selected by
 Mrs. Mingea those two to appoint a third and investigate the complaint. Managers were appointed to have charge of the election to be held on September g. and were as follows: Lee Moody, John T.