The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-21
CITY WHARF IS
NOW CERTAINTY
Routine Business at
Council Meeting.

The Council has fairly caught the
wharf fever. Now that the proposition
has been preached, there Is every evil
dence Of a desire to rush wharf mat
ters to q contamination. At the meet
Ing Of the Council last night, o resolu-
ton by Alderman Parrish was passed.
accepting the plans of City Engineer
Gnchrist, asking for immediate adyer-
tisement for bids, and providing for an
opening of the bids In less than q
month, on October Is.
new city office was created by the
Council, that OF City Auditor, to be APP
pointed by the Mayor. and to draw a
salary of $500 yearly. The City Au-
ditor IL to keep the books of the City
Clerk and City Treasurer and to ac-
Quire and keep statistical data of the
city's taxes. resources, and the like.
Numerous street paving matters
were taken up. Mayor league had
placed his veto on several paving or
dinances which had been passed by the
Council. and none was passed over his
veto.
The ordinances thus killed were: to
pave Julia. Street. from Perry to Nc
Donough; High Street, from Court to
Lawrence; Alabama Street. from Court
to Hull.
The Mayor. in his message, declared
that he stamped the ordinances with
his veto because similar ordinances, in
each of the three cases had been
passed. but ELECTED protests from the
majority of the property owners.
Protests were heard from property
owners on Washington Avenue. against
paving from cambridge to Jackson: on
Maury Street. against sidewalk paving;
on Houston Street, against street paw
ing from jackson to Garrison; McDon-
ough Street, between Washington
Tat faP n
Davis Avenue sidewalk paving from
Cleveland to Holt; Soath Union, from
Adams to south. and sidewalks on
North Union Street.
Bids were opened for the construct
ion of sanitary sewers on Houston and
Chandler Streets. and referred to the
Street Committee. There were four
contestants.
The bid OF F. NJ. Kohn and Sons. of
Montgomery, on approximately $l2.5o0
In baby bonds to cover the cost of paw
ing Clayton street, was accepted. The
firm offered premium of one and one
half per cent The bid Of Meyer and
Goldman was rejected.
The paving contract controversy be-
tween the city and the Western Rail.
way, was referred to the Mayor and
City Attorney for settlement.
The bid of Byron-Souders and Com
pany was accepted for the construction
OF a bridge over Genetta Ditch. on
South Jackson Street.
A resolution was passed, auth orizing
the Mayor to take up with the Board OF
Revenue the matter Of division OF the
road and bridge fund of the county. a
portion of which. by State law. comes
to the cities in each county.
The figure head of the cruiser Mont
eomery, which had Deen secured by
Congressman Dent was accepted as q
gift from him.
Provision was made, by an ordinance
reported favorably by the sanitation
Committee, FOR better sanitary inspect
ion. The city Is to be divided into four
districts District One Is to stretch
west of Court Street, and north OF
| Montgomery Street and Clayton street
| Second District. east of Court street
| and south of Red Bridge Road and
| washington Avenue; Third District
west of Court Street and south OF
| MONTGOMERY and Clayton; Fourth Dis
| trjct east of Court Street and south
| of washington Avenue and the Red
A sanitary inspector is to have
! charge of each district and Is to be
| nersonany responsible for conditions
| in his district. Any complaints unat-
| tended to by him Is suficient for MS
removal from office. . ~,
Major II. u. WihbCAS'
the Alabama Agricultural Association,
presented two petitions. One: asking
for a detail of policemen. consisting or
one sergeant and fifteen men. was re-
ferred to the Police Commission, ana
the other. asking for hose wagon.
with hose and babcocks. and full
crew. was granted.
The women OF the Forrest Avenue
Methodist church were granted per-
| n{ueIon tn establish a booth on Court
street and Dexter avenue, at which
| TO sell lunch during the period of the
| fair. Alderman Johnson opposed the
petition declaring there was little
enough room at the busy corner now.
| Alderman sullivan answered him in
| defense.
The Council accepted an invitation
! from the committee in charge of the
| Semmes Centennial celebration, to the
exercises on Monday. September ~.
| Major Hume Dead.