The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-03
BESSEMER SOLONS
 HEAR PETITIONS
Considerable Business Trans
 acted at Meeting
BOARD OF TRADE MEETS
Will Work for a New Union Station, Which Is Now Felt to Be a Neces- sity-other News of
 Bessemer.

Bessemer, July 2.-(Speeial )-The city council met this evening in regular ses- sion with Acting Mayor Lewis in the chair Aldermen present were O'Gara, Thomas Ross, Harless and Long. Motion was made to suspend the regular order of business and hear petitions and com paints.
 petition was read from Miss Julia Houston, stating that she had stepped into a hole on Second avenue and Six teenth street and had her ankle badly sprained, which caused her to be absent from her work for two weeks, and she asked that the council take the matter up and reimburse her for the time she was compelled to lose while suffering from the accident She claimed that the street was in very bad condition and she thought that the city was responsible for it.
 petition was heard from w. J. Ad- ans, an old Confederate soldier, asking that the council be good enough to allow him to conduct little store without hav- ing to pay license. The privilege of con- ducting the store without paying a license was granted.
 John Bgler, the contractor in charge of laying the sidewalks asked that the city reduce his bond from 5000 to $1OOo, as he stated that ten per cent was always held back, and, another thing, he had agreed when he was awarded the con tract that he would not draw on the city for any money for ninety days. The bond was ordered reduced from $90OO to 5000.
 MT. w S. Gilbert, on behalf of Capt. II obai of bo committee of the Fourth of July celebra- ton, extended an invitation to the mayor and board of aldermen and their wives to be present at the dinner and barbecue to be given on that day.
 T. T. Huey and MT. Berry. represent ing the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad appeared before the council for the purpose of arriving a a satisfactory understanding with regard to the arches that are to be erected on the different avenues and streets. committee will be appointed to take the matter up with the engineer of the road.
 The special committee appointed to pur- chase a patrol wagon. reported that 1t s on the way. It was ordered that ,he Carnegie library be insured In five com paaies for $12t0 each. the insurance to run for three years. Premiums to be paid out of the amount given by the city for defsayng the current expenses.
 ne report of the city physician was received. It showed ten births and four teen deaths for the month. Received as information
 Report of the finance committee, show ing city bills to amount of s3000.7 was read. and all bills ordered paid.
 Report from the school committee was heard. Bids for a three-room frame building to be erected near the Claren- don Avenue school were submitted. The contract was awarded to G. B Edwards. whose bid was for $9S5, the work to comence at once and he was required to put up a s300 bond to have the work completed b. Septembfr.
 petition was read from Lee Smith a prisoner, stating tat he had fallen from horse In the jail yard, and would be unable to report tol the city for some time. He asked that the city allow him something. He managed to break his leg when the horse fe.l on him. but 1t wa shown that .he lserse did not belong to the city. and for that reason he was not entitled to anythngl
 petition was read fipm the residents | living on Fourth avenue and Fourteenth ! street and Twenty first ltreet and Dart | mouth avenue, asking tht arc lamps be 1 provided. Referred to theftreet and light committed.
 Ordinances were introduled for the pro- ] posed bond issue for schols, storm sew ! CTS and fire department aid given to the | different committees. Tha issue will be | s500 0O0 for schools, s25, ,0000 br storm sew | CTS and $7500 for fire department
 F.. B. Stubbs was elected ilty clerk, and | will enter upon the dutled of the office | on July 10