The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-25
MANY MAT TERS
WERE HANDLED
BY CITY COUNCIL
INTERESTING SESSION OF THE
SOLONS WAS HELD LAST
NIGHT.
Mayor Sustained in Suspending City
Electrician Stack-Faving Contract
as Recently Awarded Was Ratified.
Other Matters Disposed Of.

The city council met last night in
regular session and with the excep-
were out CT the city, the full board was
present. There was some little gin
ger injected into the meeting by the
old adherentS of the steam roller re-
gime who seemed to be in an object
ing frame of mind The absence of
two members of council gave them a
chance for operations. However, work
went along in the usual way, though
it took two or three aye and nay votes
to accomplish things, one of which
was the awarding of the contract for
the new paving on Newcastle street.
During the meeting the following
matters were handled under the head
of petitions and communications:
From w. M. Johnson, asking for
an incandescent light at the corner OF
Cochran avenue and Mansfield street.
Referred to committee on sanitation,
light and water.
The entertainment committee OF the
Knights of Pythias asked council for
the use of the upper 1oCr Of the coun-
Gil room for the meeting of the K. of
P. grand lodge in May. Granted.
The board of trade asked for an
appropriation of $50 to defray the
expenses of a representative to attend
the meeting of the state railroad
commission next week, when the pro-
posed increase in freight rates on
crossties to Brunswick is to be ar
gued before that body. The request
was complied with.
DIR. r. E. L. Burford, administrator
of the estate of ]. c. Burford, asked
for a refund of So paid twice by the
deceased Referred to committee on
taxes and revenue.
W. J. Way, Of the board of tax as
SCISSORS, who acted as clerk, asked
council for additional compensation
for work done. Referred to finance
committee with power to act.
The committee on taxes and rev
,enue reported favoraEly on petition of
=. A. Crum for refund of $3.50 er-
roneously paid on taxes. Adopted
The public works committee re-
ported that the opening of Fourth
avenue was now a matter ready for
actual work, as permits had Seen re-
ceived from all property owners inter-
~ested. Adopted.
It was here that some of the gin
ger referred to was put into the
meeting. The public works commit
tee reported on the awarding OF the
contract for the Newcastle street paw
ing to the Southern CONSTRUCTION and
Paving company. of Charleston, at the
rate of $1.55 per yard. Objection was
raised by Alderman Cox, first because
he did not want tar filing but sand,
and later because none Of the samples
of material had been submitted by
the bidders. On an aye and nay vote
the report was finally adopted, Alder
men Cox, Leo and Boyle voting against
it and Mayor Hopkins and Aldermen
Bowen, Ludwig and Goldsmith for 1t.
The public works committee submit
ted a report to the effect that the
successful bidders in the paving mat
ter had been advised not to tender
sanples, but instead that all material
after being assembled should be test
ed. Adopted.
Mayor Hopkins reported the sus-
pensicn of City Electrician Stack, for
using obscene language in a commit
tee meeting at the city hall, which
was unanimously sustained by coun-
Gil.
The following resolutions were IN
troduced and passed during the even
ing:
BY the finance committee, providing
for the making of two notes aggregat-
ing $4,000 maturing March 20 at the
usual rate, etc.
BY the same committee, providing
4 for the making of ncte in favor OF
the Mutual Light & Water Co., for
the amount of it's January and Feb
ruary bills.
Bv the mayor, petitioning the war
NJ department to allow the Georgia Coast
M and Piedmont railway to erect bridges
# over the Altamaha river, the spans TO
be of sizes suggested as possible by
8fthe company, in order to extend us
lines to Brunswick.
By the public works committee,
awarding the paving contract to th'f
so,thern Paving and Construction
company providing for contract, etc
The ordinance by Alderman Lud-
Z wig, amending the present awning
laws, YVES placed on its second ana