The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-19


 | balloon naavigators in Birmingham be as
 common as automobiists are now?
 
 mer can now cross the main street without having to get a boat. A letter was read from Congress-
 map Underwood in which he stated that
 eveh if the city should decide to pave that portion of the avenue in front of
 the postoffice that he did not believe at the present time that the government
 would be willing to stand for it. A petition to have an arc light in- stalled at the corner of Clarandon ave- nue and Twenty second street was granted.
 The contract to build new floor for
 the city jail, which was asked for by
 the police committee, was ordered let and the price to be paid is $l17.5O
 ". H. H. Judson was the next one to be
 heard from, and it might be stated that
 he took up a good deal of valuable time.
 He had a kick about the alley crossing on
 Nineteenth street, between First and Sec
 ond avenue. He stated that the crossing
 as it stood at the present time was
 disgrace to the city, and he thought some
 measure should be taken to get it right.
 He stated that in order to cross it, one
 had to make a jump of five feet. The
 matter was referred to the city engineer.
 The matter of having the Peoples phone
 taken out of the schools was discussed
 and referred to the school committee. A
 letter was read from Superintendent Dill in this connection, and he stated that the , service was simply bum."
 The petition of H. E. Bumby to have
 side track run to his foundry at Ala
 bama avenue between Twelfth and Thir-
 teenth streets, was granted.
 The matter of the proposed school bulld-
 ing came up for discussion, and Mayor
 Rush stated in this connection that he
 believed it would be a good idea to take
 the matter up and see if some arrange
 ments could not be made whereby the
 erection of the building could be started
 as early as possible.
 Mir Spink, an architect from Birming-
 ham, was on hand and he stated Tor the
 benefit of the members of the council that
 he believed that it would be good ldea
 to get the building going as soon as pos
 sibe, because he said that he was of the
 opinion that new school could be erecf-
 ed at the present time or within the next
 60 or 90 days at much cheaper price
 than it could be if the matter was allowed
 to go over for any length of time. lie
 stated that he would be more than giad
 to meet any committee that the Mayor
 might appoint at any time, or he Wouio
 be glad to meet the members of the Board of Education and give that body the bene
 fit of his information with regard to the erection of school houses. The Mayor
 appointed the following committee rom inc council to take the matter up with
 the Board of Education: Aldermen Bat son, Thomas and Edmundson.
 Alderman Lewis proposed that the or fee of sanitary inspector and market inspector should be separated lie stated that it had been brought to ms atteh, tion that since the limits of the city nad recently been increased, ne peheNeu :. might be a good idea to look into It, as he thought 1t was quite hard mat fer for one man to give both positions the amount of attention they required. This was referred to the sanitary com mittee.
 The matter of the city printing came m for discussion and it appeared that there had been some misunderstanding with regard to the bids for 1t when they were first put in. MT. Judson took up some time with regard to this matter, and the Bessemer Workman was hnaliy awarded the job. Mr. Judson stated III this connection that since the Jop seemed to be a matter of glory he begged to congratulate the Workman on haVihs secured such a remunerative contract. A late, sensation was sprung when Al derman Edmundson introduced, as he stated by request an ordinance to adopt the municipal code 4, It is believed by the friends or Ai- derman Edmundson that he was perma- ture as it was known that the Councll had no idea of adopting the new code at the present time, but on the other hand. since the matter had been aloWeu
 to run along so long, 1t was thouent
 that 1t would be allowed to go over uhtii October when as a matter Of course IL 1oru .
 referred to the Judiciary committee. Dill to Quit.
 Superintendent of Public Schools Dili announced today that he would not De d candidate for the position of superintend- ent next year and thls, or coui9e' VIII leave the position open - Mr Dill has occupied the position Tor 1 some time and while, of course, ne mas | not pleased all the people, still ne mas done his best and every one IS com, | pelled to admit that he at all times dlu r.,t,ot he thought and believed to be for | inc hest interests of the school. Wltnin | inc mast few weeks there have been sew ral unfortunate happenings in the scnool | bnt If is not thought that this was caused , from any lack of diligence on the part l of MT. Dill.
 !! However, 1t has been pointeo out py ses, l eral prominent citizens that the metnoo l ~ nutting young and inexperienced teach- CTS in charge of the lower grades oi | tha schools Is a bad idea since they have absolutely no knowledge of how chil- dren should be handled, especially the l younger ones that +h,
 If is believed by a good many that the l younger classes should be taught py | teachers that have had long experlenct l in this line. and if the younger teachers 1 want a position they should pc starteo l of as assistants in some or the nishe' l grades. as by this means they would be | come more fitted after a couple or years experience to handle the smaller on'i