The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-02
METER INSPECTOR
AND QUALITY OF Gas
UP BEFORE COUNCIL
Liquor CsnfScated In Blind
Tigers VIII Be Poured Into
the Cutters
SCHOOLS GET $4,000
FOR URGENT NEEDS
Wards Veto of Transfer Ordinance
Sustained-Heict Introduces Reso-
Iutions Looking to Enforce
nent of Prohibition Laws.

nnent of Prohibition Laws.
The reintroduction of the street tax
matter, the introduction of an ordinance
to fix the quality of and the price on
gas and electricity and the establishment
of the office of inspector of meters, the
ordinance with reference to the issuance
of transfers and the matter of the addi-
ton of 10 men to the police force to deal
with 'blind tigers" We're among the ques-
tons up before the City Council for con-
sideration at its regular meeting last
night.
When communications were called for
by President Parker the Mayors veto of
the ordinance making it a penalty for
conductors to refuse a passenger trans
fer under the rules and regulations
adopted by the street car company and
the City Council was read. Mayor Ward
stated in his letter to the council that
the company has no right to make rules
governing the issuance of transfers, and
that passengers are entitled to transfers
where a full fare has been paid. Alder
man Estes introduced a resolution for the
passage of the ordinance, the Mayors
veto notwithstanding, but no second was
received. A vote on the original question
of the regular passage of the ordinance
was called for and the council sustained
the Mayors veto.
At later instance Alderman Estes in
troduced a resolution dealing with the
same subject to the effect that it should
be unlawful for a conductor to refuse to
issue a transfer where the passenger had
under the laws and ordinances of the
city.
Inspection of Meters.
In the report of the joint judiciary and
light and telephone committee the matter
of the creation of the office of inspector
of meters and the fixing of the quality Of
and price of electricity and gas furnished
the people of Birmingham came up. In
this connection Alderman Klotz, chairman
of the joint committee, introduced a res
olution of considerable length the con-
tents of which set forth that the minimum
Illuminating and heating power and quail
ity of gas should be fixed at standard of
10 candle power, or gross capacity of SIS
British thermal units per cubic foot, and
not to contain more than % grains of sui
phur; that the office of inspector of met
ers be created, this officer to have as
many assistants as necessary, and whose
duty it shall be to examine and test
meters, and to see that the gas and cleo
trcty are up to the fixed standard
The charter of the Birmingham Rail
way Light and Power company fixes the
but no figure is fixed on the price to be
charged for electricity. It is stated Of
ficially that ordinances will be introduced
later fixing the standard price on both
gas and electricity
This ordinance was referred to proper
committee and will be acted upon at the
next meeting of the council.
Resolutions on Prohibition.
Alderman Heidi, in a report for the
excise committee, offered two resolutions
with reference to the enforcement of the
prohibition laws that are stringent in their
every clause. One resolution reads:
Be it resolved by the City Council of
Birmingham as follows:
l. That it shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, corporation or association
in the city of Birmingham or within the
police jurisdiction thereof, to solicit or
ders for the sale of spurious, vinous or
maltous liquors, intoxicating drinks or
beverages, or to advertise such liquors on
any fence, wall, window, house, billboard
or other structure, or in any public place.
or by use of handbills, circulars dodgers
or by publication in any newspaper pub
lished or circulated in the city of Biz
mingham or within the police jurisdiction
thereof
2. That any violation of any provision
of this law shall be punished as pre-
scribed in section SOC of the city of Bir-
mingham.
The second resolution, evidently drawn
up for the purpose of dealing with the
problem of social reading clubs or other
clubs, follows
l. That it shall be unlawful in the city
of Birmingham or within its police juris-
diction for any person, firm or corpora
ton or association to keep in store on
deposit or otherwise in any house or place
where people resort, or in any pool or
billiard room or in any room approachable
therefrom any spurious, vnous or malt
Gus liquors, intoxicating drinks or bevcr-
ages to be drunk on the premises where
such liquors are kept.
g. That 1t shall be no excuse for
violation of the first section of this or
dinance that said liquors are kept in
a club room or in room of an asso-
citation of persons where only members
or their guests are allowed to resort.
8. That any violation of this ordi-
nance shall be punishable by fine of
not less than $25 nor more than $1e0,
and by Imprisonment at hard labor for
the city for not less than go days nor
more than six months, one or botr.
at the discretion of the officer trying
the case
Alderman Heidi first asked for tie
unanimous consent of the council for
the adoption of the two resolutions
and then made a motion that they be
referred to the judiciary committee, to
lie reported on at the next meeting Of
The council two weeks hence.
Pour Liquor in Cutters.
Alderman Jones introduced a resolu-
ton which, If adopted will clear a mat
ter that has been worrying the polic,
department ever since the prohibition