The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
BUSY SESSION OF
 ENSLEY COUNCIL Many Improvements Contem- plated By City Fathers NEW SCHOOLS NAMED Ordination Services at Baptist Church. Epworth League to Give Box Supper-Teachers Are Noti-
 fled to Return.
NEW SCHOOLS NAMED

Ensley, September 2.-(Special. 1.-The city council of Ensley held a busy session tonight and many important measures were acted upon. President P. J. Rogers was in the chair. All aldermen were pres ent except G. R. Byrum and Henry Zuber. The minutes were read and approved, and the reports of the city officials referred to the proper committees. James Liddile was give nthe privilege of the floor and made an earnest appeal to the council that the amount of $450 assessed against the Presbyterian church for pavement on Nineteenth street be remitted. The mat ter was referred to the finance commit tee. Mayor Sugg presented a petition from the Kindergarten association asking the council to donate $50 a month to the support of the school. This was also re- ferred to the finance committed The street committee recommended the pur- chase of a gasoline street roller. a grader, a sprinkler and four dump wagons, the outfit to cost nearly $4000 Considerable discussion was had by Aldermen Martin, Stack, Mcdowell and others. MT. Stack caused much amusement by referring to an ordinance introduced several months ago by Max Stacey and referred to the Judiciary committee, as being laid away on ice.' MT. Mcdowell replied that the ordinance in question was held in abey- ance with the consent of MT. Stacey pending the decisions of the supreme court. B. A. Pepperman, representing the American Gasoline Roller company, whose outfit the street committee recommended spoke at length on it's merit. The mat ter was finally referred to the finance committee An ordinance to lay side walks and .curbing in Fairview and other parts of the city, the cost amounting to $lo6Oo, was referred to the public improve ment committee. An ordinance to amend the city code to conform with the recent ly enacted law was referred to the judi ciary committee. Alderman Mcleod of the fire committee recommended the pur- chase of an auto fire engine Action was deferred pending the report of ths Southeastern Tariff association on insur- ance rates, He also made charges agains, d member of the fire department The matter was referred to the mayor and fire committed The question of the width of sidewalk along Warrior avenue, Wylam was discussed at length. The matter was finally referred to the aldermen from Wylam, Messrs. Stacey, Pow and Stack who recommended six-foot sidewalk, which was adopted.
 Contrary to expectations, no reference was made to the question of opposing the Greater Birmingham bill.
 At the adjournment of the council AL derman Mcdowell, chairman of the judi ciary committee, to whom was referred the matter of recommending action iI regard to the Greater Birmingham bill, was asked point blank by the represen- tative of The Age-Herald to give the pub lie some light on what was contemplated by the committee. He laughingly coun- tered with the query: was it not old Ezekiel who said: They built a great wall. and To, they daubed the wall with untempered mortar.'"