The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
TO PUMP WATER BY ELECTRICITY Work of The City Council
MASS OF BUSINESS
COUNCIL GETS AWAY WITH MANY
 MATTERS.
Awnings, Signal Corps, Fire station, street sprfnkIing and All the Rest Drew Forth Dis
 eussfons.
o RID SIDEWALKS OF FOUL TRY

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 From start to finish the council was busy in it's meeting last night. with a Heterogeneous mass of ordinances and resolutions, most of comparatively minor importance.
 The council meeting was called by Alderman Thompson, who occupied the while President Gunter took an un- accustomed seat in the council row.
 Mayor Teague recommended, in his message, that arrangements be made at once looking toward the leasing of the store space in the city building; offered letter from County Attorney Watts, which told that the county will supply the gravel with which to im- prove Cleveland avenue from NH to Jeff Davis, the city to perform the work of grading and gravelling; rec commended that bids for the city's supply of hay be obtained; that the coal contract with the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company will expire on July 21, and that steps be taken toward a coal supply for the coming year; that the mortgage on the Boys High School be taken up or renewed, 1t fall ing due on July 1.
 Among the committees reports was that of the Judiciary committee. bear ing the recommendation that the de- mand of W. S. Wyche for $20,000 dam- ages, be refused. MT. Wyche sued for that amount. claiming injuries sustain ! ed when his horse backed into an ex-, cavation. negligently left yawning. on North McDonough street, near the tracks of the Central of Georgia rail- road.
 A good part of the evening was talk en up with a discussion of the moot ed question of awnings in the down town district. The stand of many of the aldermen on the awning propos- ton, opposing awnings between posts on the edge of the sidewalks. was brought out. It all came of the re- quest of a dry-goods company to sus- pend an awning in front of It's store "a request which, coming from a committee without action, was re-re- ferred after a long discussion. The final upshot of the affair was de- termination, reached through a reso lution. to inspect rigtdly, through the city engineer, the size of all awnings down town; and to enforce the ordi- nance which guages a standard of size and height
 Another discussion was brought to bear on the request of the local sig nal corps for an appropriation of $150 to aid in defraying the rent, and in lieu of an establishment in the city building.
 The finance committee, to which the request was at first referred, reported as rather undecided on the proposition, and the council took 1t up.
 Alderman Berto Johnson had much to say on the subject. He arose with an expression which Alderman Parrish afterward termed a Satanic Smile"
 He told that 1t looked bit of1icious to him to be suppIementing the all lowance to the signal corps-1a Feeder al institution-with a city appropria- tion. He said he didn't see where 1t would be that much benefit to the city. anyhow.
 But there was also much talk on the other Side-from Aldermen Moritz, and Saul and Ruth and Jones', and finally, the signal corps obtained its s15o appropriation.
 The Cioverdale fire station elicited a good bit of talk. The Joint commit tee on fire and finance reported ad- verseIy on the resolution to purchase. as site, the property on the corner of s. Decatur and Burton avenue.
 Alderman, Saul, the champion of Cloverdale. took it up. He proved his loyalty, but the adverse report was accepted, despite his veto.
 It was developed that the Southeast ern Tarifr Association has pointed out tndt tnc CoFucE oA OVurt anu SOAA DoNA0 Avenue as the most desirable position for the station.
 It looked as if everything drew out discussion. There was a resolution, introduced by Alderman Parrish, to the effect that Bell Street be sprinkled regularly. Some of the Aldermen, thinking he had singled out Bell Street to the discrimination against all others, were offended, for their constituency, as they said So. as an amendment. af- ter Alderman Parrish had championed the cause of Ward 1 as earnestly as Mir. Saul ever did Cloverdale's, it was