The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
ALDERMAN CRIME 5 ID LEAVE BOARD Gave Out Statement Yesterday
 Morning BESSEMER CUTS SALARIES Mayor Rush Cuts Pay of Officials, Abolishes Offices and Dismisses Polcemen-News of the
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BESSEMER CUTS SALARIES

Bessemer, November S.-(Special )--After | the special meeting of the City Council had been held last evening 1t was re- | ported that Aaron Grimes, alderman from the Fourth ward, was going to resign his seat on the board. In an interview las 1 evening MT. Grimes stated that he did not know just how soon it would be, but | that his resignation would be filed within | the next 90 days He gave as his reason ! for resignins his expectation within the near future to move his residence from | this city to Thomas, where he has been | made foreman of one of the plants. When he was elected from the Fourth ward he was connected with the furnaces in this city and held the position of fore man of the shops.
 MT. Grimes is one of the most popu- lar of all the aldermen. He is a labor ing man from start to finish, and stands by labor all the time. He was elected from his ward by the laboring class and he has fought for that class day in and day out
 MT. Grimes deserves a great deal Of credit for the amount of progress he has made in life. He has risen from the ranks of labor and he is well fitted to lead the people that have confidence in him. He is a good man, an honest one and the council has lost one of the best men that 1t ever had It Is hoped that Mir. Grimes will always be successful in whatever he undertakes.
 Bessemer Cuts Salaries.
 There was lots doing at the executive meeting of the City Council which was held at the city hall last evening. The aldermen stated at the time that there was nothing to give out, but by F o'clock 1t was all over the city. They made good resolutions and they cut sal aries This was done on account of the fact that after the first of the year there will be no saloon licenses to be counted on, and the Mayor and board decided that the salaries that are now being paid out were just a little too large for the amount of revenue that comes into the city.
 In addition to this the salaries of the policemen were cut sl0 per month. off cers Partridge and Chiders, who have been working on the outskirts of the city TOT the past month, WILL DC brought lHlO the city and will work with the regular force. The Mayors salary was cut s25, the city attorneys s25, the city engineers $25, and the office of assistant city en- gineer was abolished. The office of keeper of live stock was abolished, the assistant tax collector was changed from a salary basis to a percentage basis. It is understood that the street tax will be raised from s to s5. The position of milk inspector was cut out. That position paid $20 per month.
 When Mayor Rush went into office he told the people that there was 8 good deal of money being paid out that did not look quite right. He said that he be- lieved that the affairs of the city were being run in pretty good shape, but 1t struck him that some of the expenses could be cut down. When he took hls new council and went Into office the very first thing it did was to raise the salaries about $500, however, be 1t said to the credit of the Mayor that he did not favor this move.
 He had a chance last evening to re- turn the package" and he did it in good style. He even suggested that they cut his salary s25 per month, just to show them that his heart was right. He stated after the meeting that when his term of office was ended he was going to make it his business to see that the city did not owe very much, and judging from the way business was handled last even ing he is going to make his word good
 He stated that as long he was in office he proposed to be mayor in fact as well as in name, and anything he did would be for the benefit of the masses He proposed to conduct the office in a way that he thought was right and just and he was perfectly willing to leave the results open for the judgment of the people.
 City Court.
 The case of James Fulton against the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company came up for trial in the city court of Bessemer today and the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plain tiff for s150 Fulton sued the company for $5Oo0, claiming that 1t had injured him to that extent. It appears from the evidence that Fulton driving a wagon when 1t was struck by a car. He claims that the car ran into him. while the defense claims that his horse became unruly and backed into the car.
 It has taken just two days to settle the case and a good deal of trouble was experienced in getting jury. The jury returned their verdict late this after