The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-04

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 The ordinance was adopted. sgIhes ordinance authorizing the issu- ance of $&s.5oe of bonds, for the paving or south Hull Street from South to
 Felder Avenue. was unanimously auopteo. s-. e The.-ordinance to authorize the paw ing of Goldthwa Street from Mildred 70 Clayton Street. with asphalt, brick or bttnlihic. was adopted. ~ The Ordinances for the.i paving of Highland Avenue with gravel : from
 South Jackson Street to the city Tim. It's. andsto pave, the sidewalks on both sides of Hull Street from Jeff Davis Avenue to Cramers Avenue, were adopt The resolution for the placing of "a
 sanitary sewer on Hood Streeet from Plum Street to Highland Avenue. was ! adopted. A communication from Mayor Teague | in regard to. the construction of con- crete bridge over Genetta Ditch was re- ferred to the Street Committed.
 Poiyphsnsus Persons Deprecated. The resolution purposed to prevent free exhibitions by sellers of patent
 medicines and other shows was op- posed bysMr Parrish, who said the | Council could better deal with such
 matters as they came up. Mir. John
 son. author of the measure, spoke ard ently for 1t. He denounced squeakefs and. squawkers and men with balloon hogs. and imaginary rats as nuisances.
 But he bowed to the will of the 'Coun- cil, and with others voted for, indefinite postponenent of the resolution. | S Revival of Cemetery. Matter. Mir. Johnson's resolution to cancel
 the contract or alleged contract" be-
 tween the city and the, American Se- curities Company. proprietor of the enwood- Cemetery, was adversely re- ported by the Cemetery Committee. Mr. Johnson. speaking for the reso- lution, declared the contract created a monopoly. and was opposed to the pro visions and intentions of the charter, and to the principles and the spirit of the Democratic Party. He declared the company would in time have the, mat ter In full grasp and the public would be helpless He branded it as a fiim- fam advertising scheme. He attacked the legality of the contract. He said 1t was a delicately framed proposition that had been used to remove all pos sihie opposition. He said the com- etery, a spot sacred to the community, a spot haiiowed by the tears of the people.
 its absurd, Apreposterous," he said. "If you're Democrats. vote like Dem- ocrats" a ra
 The report of the committee adyers- ing the resolution was adopted, MT. Johnson voting nay; MT. Ruth being excused, and Mfr. Gunter . explaining that he had opposed the ordinance. but voted with the committee to have the matter done with.
 Hacks and autos were put on the run with an ordinance by MT. Kennedy, based upon petitions from the Ex- change Drug Company and the Capitol Clothipg Store. The latter consented to take autos, ins front of Its place of business if sths hacks>were moved. The drug company swanted no stands for public vehicles before 1t. The stands were moved to the north and east sides of Court Square, rs' .t
 Mr. Tyson Asks For Code.
 -s 4 brief but Interesting colloquy was
 instituted by Alderman Tyson in re- gard. to. the publication of the tCity Code. about which he asked pertinent questions. He wished to know when it would be- published and why, after the city had paid for Misrepresentation, the citizens might not have the benefit of it. . -, -p~ MT. Gunter. answering, stated that inasmuch as the new municipal code,
 enacted by the Legislature, might be- come the law of, the city, 1t might be better for the, Council to await the issue before publishing a code that
 might be in service only few months
 or weeks.
 After some little debate the incident
 closed.
 Both the Woman's Christian Temper
 ance Union and the Ministers Union
 of Montgomery, in letters to the Coun- ell, protested against the proposed per- N11Aa AR ytVaNR rnfn abr
 Sunday. The petitions were received and properly disposed, and there was
 no other advertence to the matter in the meeting.
 The road and tax fund disputation between county and city. was the pith of a resolution by Mir. Gunter, con- tempIating the formal payment of $20,- 900 by the county to the city. as the latter's share of the fund for the year.
 The resolution proposes the release of the county from its indebtedness to the. city on that account upon the delivery of three warrants for an ag-
 gregate of $2o.o00, the payment of the warrants being distributed over three
 months. The resolution was commit ted.
 1IF. LOve's First Offering. Alderman Lowe. recently elected by the Council as. Representative of Ward Five, last night offered his first
 resolution and 1t was on behalf of his constituents. MT, Lowe's resolution
 called for the paving of Jefferson street with gravel. He made no speech
 upon 1t. and it was appropriately re- ferred.
 The proposition to purchase a lot for fire station in Cloverdale was not offered. -s ,. A resolution that the city purchase
 lot on the northwest corner of Her
 ron and Hanrick streets to be utilized
 as a playground for the pupils of the
 Heron street public school was in-
 reduced by MT. Parrish and commit ted.
 A resolution, by Mfr. Tyson. to pro-
 vide space in a part of the city l buildings basement for the storage of
 the equipment of the Montgomery field Artillery, was adopted.
 A resolution, by Mir. Moritz, contem-
 plating the construction of city
 wharf on the Alabama river, was com n1itted.
 Several resolutions and ordinances in