The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-25
GREEKS CAUSE TALK
SULLIVAN OPPOSES FRUIT STANDS
 ON THOROUGHFARES
Representative of ward c Objects to Streets Being Blocked by Hei- Ienie Individuals Plying
 Their Chosen Trade.

IT. Cafe were the innocent causes last evening of the sprolongation ef what otherwise and under other circum- stances would have been short and uninteresting session of the City Coun- ell. As 1t was, however. the meeting was full of spice and ginger. and the hour of session was delightfully."- and instructively spent
 Alderman Poster. Of the Street Con- mittee, reported the petitions that caused the discussion, the first of which was upon the favorable report of the committee concerning the com- munfeation of the Riverside Cafe re- questing that the aldermen issue them permit to erect fruit stand on Water street, three feet from the cor ner of Commerce., with proper shelving for display purposes. The recommen- dalton of the committee was that the stand should be erected under the su- pervision of City Engineer A. R. Gill christ.
 Alderman Sullivan started the dis cussion of the evening by opposing the erection of the stand, taking his ar gument from the fact that the streets of the city should not be narrowed by such instructions. Here you are." said the alderman. lighting for l00.- 900 in 1910, and the inducement that you are offering the people-the peo- pie whom you want to bring-here-is only a banana peeiing, upon which they will slip and break their necks. "The city should compel all such vendors to rent stores, and thus rid themselves of their wares. As 1t is, the city already has too many of the stands. and they are all detriments to the citys good, inconvenient and ill., placed. The people are entitled to the privileges of the street, but they haven't the privileges when they aye compelled to walk in the streets be- cause of the fact that the sidewalks are blocked by such establishments" and the alderman moved that the mo- tion to adopt the report of the com mittee be laid on the table until the next meeting.
 Alderman HGdson objected to such a disposition of the report on the ground that the same concessions that have been so often made other par ties should be made the Riverside Cafe. He moved that the motion of Alder man Sullivan be laid upon the table, and upon vote his motion was carried and the report adopted
 The second discussion of the evening was brought about by petition of James T. Catechis, which was reported upon favorably by the Street Com mittee, to erect on the corner of Mon- roe street and Court, on the corner of the Suter building, a fruit stand with shelves and other appliances necessary In the business.
 Alderman Sullivan again spoke in opposition to the report, urging that 1t be not adopted, especially In view of the fact that the fruit stand, as completed, would face on both streets, completely encircling the building. The alderman explained that he was against the bahama peel wherever 1t was placed, aud conjured up what a gala time the people in the vicinity would have with a bon-ton across the street and a pons-pong on the other side"
 Aldermen Jones and Holloway both spoke against the measure as reported by the committee. Upon vote on the motion which had been put, to the ef- feet that the report of the committee be laid on the table, the motion was lost. Alderman Foster amended his re- port so that the stand could be erected three feet from Court street On Mon roe, and vote on the amendment was ,, carried. -,t-.-l 9frtssa -,sT The following reports of the Street Committee were also adopted: To open a street from Pleasant avenue to Virginia avenue. favorable; and to open South street from Holcombe to Pleas- ant avenue, adverse. because of the high price of the property.
 A communication from Mayor Teague, calling the attention of the city fathers to a letter from an official of the Jamestown Exposition, in which the city was urged to prepare for Mont gomery Day" at the exposition, was referred to the Committee on Public Works for the report at the next Coun- cil meeting. --5s bonds of the city to Francis J. Pelzer was disposed by the passage of the following resolution introduced by AL derman Foster:
 Be 1t resolved by the City Council | of Montgomery as follows: That the agreement, dated June 15. 1907, and en- 1 tered into by the City Council of Mont gomery by the Mayor and Francis J Pelzer, providing for the purchase of | eighty one thousand dollars ($Sl,OOOl. refunding bonds of the City of Mont | gomery, he and the same Is hereby | approved" Alderman J. c. Tyson's negative vote was the only dissenting | one. G.
 The City Treasurer was instructed,