The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-13
CITY FATHERS PASS
ORDINANCE LIMITING
SPEEDOF AUTOMOBILES
ONLY TWELVE MILES AN HOUR
WHILE ON COLUMBIA
STREETS.
WANT TO REDUCE MA, OR'S SALARY

Property Owners Petition For Priv
ilege Of Laying Concrete Walks
Along Certain street-other Rou-
tine Business Transacted.
The regular meeting of the city
council was held Thursday night. In
addition to the usual routine OF bust
ness the most important steps taken
were the passage on final reading OF
the ordinance limiting the speed oil
automobiles within the city to twelve
miles per hour; the introduction and
passage on first reading of a bill re-
ducing the mayors salary to $500; and
the consideration of petition from
property owners to build concrete
sidewalks along their premises.
When the roll was called it was
found that all the board was present
except Aldermen Dedmsn and Mckin-
ney.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. The street
department was allowed $500 for
street work for the ensuing month.
Aldermen Dale reported that a lungs
ten light had been erected at the in
tersection of Garden and Railroad
streets and was giving good service.
instructed
that similar lights be placed at the
intersection OF 14th and School streets
and also at the intersection of South
Main and Carpenter streets.
Attorney fowler then appeared in
behalf of Mr.. ]. M. Hodge and re-
ouested a refund of license enormously
collected on his bowling alley The
law is that there shall be a certain
tax on bowling alleys. In Mr. Hodges
place of business there are two alleys
and the city authorities held that they
were two separate businesses and col
lected two taxes, but the Comptroller
has since decreed that in such case
it shall be considered all one bust
mess and taxed accordingly. The
state and county taxes have already
been refunded to Mr.. Hodge. The
matter was referred to the legislative
committee, to be allowed with their
approval.
Mr.. j. c. Wooten appeared before
the board for the property owners on
High street between Sixth and Sew
enth streets, asking that the board
amend the law requiring the said
property owners to take down their
fences, making it optional with the
property owners. The matter was de-
ferred until a meeting at which there
was a full attendance of the board.
T. E. Morgan's report was next
heard and showed that the fines col
lected for the month were $500.
The Recorders report showed that
the amount collected was $3,067.S3.
A petition was read from the mer-
chants along the North side of West
Seventh street between Garden and
the Square, asking that they be al
lowed to make the sidewalk there
three feet wider, the property owners
to pay two-thirds of the cost and the
CITY one-third. The matter was re-
ferred to the sidewalk committee.
A petition from A. S. Page and oth'
ers was considered, in which they
asked that the property owners on
the south side of West Sixth street
between Garden and High be allowed
to construct a concrete sidewalk six
feet wide, the petitioners to pay all
the costs incidental to the construc
ton The petition was referred to
the sidewalk committee.
The recorder submitted resolution
fixing the tax for the year 1909 at
S1.50: adopted He submitted a
transcript of the assessment roll for
1909 showing the total valuation OF
property in the city to be $2,2O2,645.
Received and ordered to be entered
on the record
The automobile ordinance was con-
sidered on it's third reading and
passed. This ordinance fixes the max