The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
LICENSE INCREASE FAILS AGAIN AND FIGHT SEEMS ENDED September 16 is Fixed as Date for Vote on $4OO,OOO
 Bond Issue
ALL TELEGRAPH WIRES
 MUST GO UNDER GROUND
Special Committee of Council Will Be Named to Alleviate Grade Crossing EviI-Fire Station at Foun-
 tain Heights.

liq1or question, so enthusiastic the Greater Birmingham ardor that when Bir- minghams aldermen went down on the streets after the council meeting last night, an innocent dray horse took fright a. dashed away with all his speed down Nineteenth street.
 .Iayor Ward yelled "Whoa" and AL dermen Eggleston, Copeland, Moore. Cooper, Fulghum, Jones and Estes rushed in front of the charging steed. Even Lieutenant Governor Gray attempted to stop the animal. but it went through tn, all like lightning, and only stopped at the watering trough of its own &C., cord. It was afterward discovered that the horses name was Prohibition"
 The board had, within the short time of 37 minutes, tranacted quite good deal of important business Once more the excise committee reported the s250O sa- loon license increase favorably, and once more it was voted down. This time the vote was a tie, g to g, with Alderman Heidt absent. whose vote would have been against the raise
 Saloon Regulation.
 T,.e only saloon regulation legislation that was passed Is embraced in this ordinance, which carried unanimously:
 "Pe it ordained by the Mayor and Beard of Aldermen of the city of Bir- mtlgham, That no license for the sale of spurious vinous malt liquors in the city Of Birmingham, from and after the first day of January, 1908, shall be grant ed unless the applicant for the said license shall submit to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the city of Bir- mingham satisfactory proof that he is the truo owner of the premises on which the said liquors are to be sold, or holds in his own name and right lease upon the building wherein and whereon 1t Is proposed to conduct the said business"
 indorse Greater Birmingham.
 Among the other actions was the pas- sage of resolution endorsing Jere c. Kings Greater Birmingham bill, setting the date for an election on the sewer bond issue at September Is, for an amount of $4O0,000; appointing a committee of three to look after grade crossing legis- lation revoking the license of the negro skating rink on Seventeenth street and Second avenue and the license of F. Gold stein, a milkman, who has given the city considerable trouble,
 A resolution was offered calling for a fire station at Fountain Heights, which will probably be passed at the next meet ing. Humane officer L. A. Bennie, who has long been faithful officer of the city, was placed on a salary of $75, and instructed to give his whole time to this
 
 ton to place uniformed policemen as fagmen at the railroad crossings went over as there seems to be great diffi- culties in the way. The aldermen fear such action might entail damage suits on the city, as a result of grade crossing wrecss.
 The board after being called to order went immediately into the report of com- mittees, beginning first with the finance committee by Alderman Harry Jones. 0 hls motion the following assessments were confirmed: No. 323, curbing and paw in; Twenty-fourth street from Avenues B to D; Twsnty-third street from Ave nues B to at a cost of s3670.S6; No. 349 cu ping street around Nineteenth street ans Rush avenue cost N1. .64 No. S65, sanitary sewers, cost S2164.09; No. 33I. paving streets in Phelans addition, cost s4586. 43.
 Election for Bond Issue.
 Alderman Fulghum then read the re- port of the judiciary committee and in this connection several ordinances were passed One was to provide for an cleo ton to be held in the city of Birming- ham to allow the qualified voters to de- eide the question as to whether or not the bonds of said city shall be issued for the purpose Of constructing sewers and that the date of the election be set on September 16 It provides for the issu- Al nf S400- 900 in all at per cent interest for twenty years The amount was changed from $500 OO0 by common consent, and 1t Is not specified what kind of sewers the money Is to be expended upon. This deaves It possible to use it for either sanitary or storm sewers, although the immediate purpose is to put in complete system of storm sewers.
 This report also instructed Mayor ward to appoint committee of three to take up and further the grade crossing legls- lation. The committee will have author ity to draw up and introduce bills that will make it possible to force railroads Tn Birmingham to build viaducts or sub ways, or alleviate the situation in Blr- mingham in some manner. It will be ap- pointed in a few days.
 The only interesting item In the street committees report, which was then read by Alderman Stockmar was resolution requiring the city attorney 10 enforce recently passed ordinance which requires telegraph companies to put wires under ground. The Postal Telegraph company has complied with these orders but the Western Union has not.
 Vote on License Increase.
 After the boards were cleared the all important report of the excise committee was read by Alderman Stockmar. He ex- plained that the committee recognizes the right of every person to sell liquor but they believe that the situation demands a raise in license to s25O0. The vote was then taken, thus:
 In favor of increase-Mayor Ward, AL dermen Eggleston. Copeland, D. R., Moore, Copeland, J. R., Cooper, Fulghum, Jones and Estes.
 Against the high license-Aldermen Bur nett, Greener, O'Neill, Klotz, Gum, For ney, Parker, Hogan and Stockmar.
 Alderman Moore sought to call atten-