The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
ALDERMEN ARE
PREPARING FOR
GREATER CITY
Council to Look Into Accounts
of the Suburban
Cities
ALDERMAN ESTES HAS
FINALLY RESIGNED BOARD
GALVANIZED Cloth for Exposed Edlbles
Beaten and Only Netting Now
Necessary-Adjourned Meet
ing Was Short.

The City Council in adjourned meet
ing last night turned down the ordi-
nance forcing fruit stands and grocers
to keep all exposed edible under cases
made of galvanized wire cloth. and
adopted instead a substitute of Alder
man Rivers Copeland requiring the use
of mosquito netting during the five
summer months.
The resignation of Alderman George
II. Estes was finally received in duh
form and accepted, the action at the
last meeting being first rescinded. Res
olutions submitted by Acting Mayor
Harry Jones instructing committees to
draw up recommendations for the ex-
Greater Birmingham becomes effective,
and inviting committees from all outly-
ing cities to attend the conference
Monday for the purpose of getting to-
gether' were adopted unanimously.
Alderman Burnett introduced a reso-
luton instructing the finance commit
tee to Immediately take steps to audit
CHI eek and examine the accounts and
standing of the municipalities which
are to come into Greater Birmingham in
order that the consolidation may be
carried out with dispatch and intelli-
gence. This means that the city fathers
intend to keep a close eye on the sub
urban towns between this and the first
of the year, and to be ready at any
time to checkmate an attempt to throw
the towns into further debt which
might embarrass the big city.
Jones Has Resolution.
The council was called to order at
8:3c o'clock with President Pro Tenn
M. ]. Gregg in the chair. The veto of
Mayor O'Brien which protested against
the sale of city lot at Third avenue
and Twenty fifth street for $4,000 was
unanimously sustained. The Mayor
claimed that the price was entirely too
small and the aldermen agreed with
him.
Harry Jones, the acting mayor. then
introduced this resolution which was
passed unanimously:
Whereas, the Legislature having
passed the Greater Birming CHAM bill
providing for the taking into the cor
porate limits of Birmingham certain
territory; and
whereas, these additions to the city
of Birmingham will become effective
January 1, 1910; therefore be it
Resolved by the City Council of Br-
mingham as follows: That the City
Council of Birmingham, realizing the
necessity for a thorough, fair and i'm
partial administration of government
for the entire Greater Birmingham, re-
fers the matter of the various depart
mental work to the legislative commit
tee of the city of Birmingham, and re-
quest that said committee Immediately
take up the question and report to the
City Council of Birmingham as soon
as possible, recommendations as to fire,
police, streets, etc. Said recommended
lions to be in shape of separate re-
ports on each subject; said separate re-
ports to be referred to the standing
committee of the council for investiga-
tion and report, be 1t further
Resolved, That the question Of ward
lines and representation be referred to
the Greater Birmingham committee and
judiciary committees for report"
Alderman HEIDI, chairman of the
finance committee, reported, and Alder
man williams read the report of the
judiciary committee. The fly ordinance,
amending the code so as to require wire
cloth cases to protect the fruit on the
stands Throughout the city came up I'M
der favorable report. Alderman Rivers
Copeland offered a substitute allowing
the use of mosquito netting during the
FIVE hot months. Alderman Hogan
wanted to do away with the whole
regulation, but his motion to repeal the
law was ruled out of order and the
Copeland substitute was adopted by a
vote of 10 to 8, Aldermen Perdue, Will
liams and Heidi voting mo-"
Checkmating the Suburbs.
Alderman j. r. Copeland submitted
the report of the street committee, and
Alderman Burnett read the report of
the miscellaneous committee. He then
submitted this resolution to be re-
Aro
''Whereas, In anticipation of the alb
sorption of the several municipalities
surrounding the city of Birmingham.
1t is necessary that tn cir accounts and
records should be In such shape and
order as to be readily assimilated anu
in accord and line with the system of
accounts existing in this, the parent
municipality; now therefore be 1t
Resolved by the City Council of
That the finance commit
tee be and is hereby empowered and
a nth orized to take such steps and en-
ploy such means to the end that an
check, audit, examination
standing of said several municipalities
may be obtained, that the work of con-
solidation to be hereafter effected may
be carried out with dispatch and in
telligence."
Estes Has Resigned.
Alderman Coffee Jackson of the Ninth
ward introduced a, resolution resembling
the former action of the board In declar-
ing vacancy in the Ninth ward on ac-