The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-12-24
LAST BUSINESS
SESSION HELD BY
j COUNCIL OF 1903
INCENSE ORDINANCE WAS NOT
AssED. BUT LEFT TO THE
NEW COUNCIL.
Fion Of the Carnival Occupied
. NFferable Time-one of the Aid
Awanted 1t moved-The Act.
Illness Handled.

oeSdm rOllnS city council occurred
last night, and. while the roller did
Boue very smooth work on some of
the business before council, a cog
seems to have slipped on other mat
ters on which it was expected to act
as machine. 1t worked good and
strong on the motion to approve the
present paving on Newcastle street
and pay the contractors for it in the
race Of the fact that the material has
been shown to be below contract spe-
c1ncations, while it went to pieces on
the motion of Mayor Hopkins to defer
action on the pending license ordi-
nance, thus giving the incoming ad-
ministration the job of passing on that
document.
With the exception of Alderman Ba-
ker, who is out of the city, the full
board was present. The following pc
titions and communications were re-
ceived during the evening.
William Williams, through his at
torney, F. H. Harris, asking council
for reimbursement in the sum of $42
fer attorneys fees and for reason
able sum as rental, for house he
was about to build last year and
which the city prevented by injunc-
fion, the city afterwards losing the
case. Referred to city attorney.
The election managers announced the
election of Messrs. Cook, Bowen, Lud
wig and Boyle to the council from
the four wards in the city.
Clara Edwards asked council to re-
duce her tax assessment in the sum
of 1927 because of errors in same.
Referred to the committee on taxes
aid revenue with power to act
Capt. e. G. Tupper rendered his
resignation as member of the pilot
commission, which was accepted,
The Gulf Refining company asked
for a permit to build an oil station
Lott-Lewis company on Bay street.
Referred to the committee on fire and
building permits.
During the course of the evening
the following reports were received:
From the finance committee having in
charge the offer of s240 for certain
property in Tampa owned by the city
hospital, suggesting that the matter
be submitted to the hospital mana
gers for final action Adopted. From
the committee on fire and building
permits to erect a turpentine tank
on Bay street. Adopted. From the
finance committee, referring bills of
~ srrhf lot
to the incoming council for settle4
ment. Adopted From the committee
On sanitation, light and water, hav-
ing in charge a petition from Messrs.
Bernstein and Strickland complaining
of bills due them by G. G. Holmes,
an emplcye of the sanitary depart
ment. suggesting that Mr. Holmes be
heard from. After his remarks the
matter was resubmitted to the same
committee. From the committee on
taxes ard revenue, on the petition Of
Moses Daniel for the lease of the
Dupree property The report favored
the lease in the sum of SIS per year,
but not fer more than one year at a
time Adopted.
Here the paving matter came up
in a report from the committee on
public works, in which the whole mat
ter was gone into, from the commit
tees roint of view, asserting that the
work was satisfactory and approving
san7a and recommending the prompt
payment of the bills of the contrac-
tors. The mayor made a very full
statement stating that he thought the
city ought not to be made to pay for
material not up to the specifications
~ the contract and had his commun-
SA.ien from the Spackman Engineer
compans> of Philadelphia, who
sgdade the test, read to council Here
ia where the steam roller worked all
right and on an aye &nd nay vote
sustained the report Of the commit
tee. The voting aye were Aldermen
Taylor, Cox. McGarvev. Leo and Cal
nan Alderman Ludwig and Goldsmith
voted nay.
The license ordinance was next
placed on its second reading, but be-
fore being placed on the final read
ing. Mayor Hopkins, placing Alder
man Ludwig in the chair, took the
aoor and asked that the passage OF
the ordinance be postponed until the
new council came in. He said 1t was
!. revenue measure ard that council
for next year ought to Re sl'c-red TO
mass their own license bill The mo-