The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-19
Thirteenth AVENUE
PAVING OPEN AGAIN
Those Opposed to Proposition
Score Victory
A VERY LIVE INCIDENT
President Jones Declines to Hear Rep
resentative of Those Opposing
Pavement and Some Harsh
Terms Are Employed
A VERY LIVE INCIDENT

Features of last nights council meeting
were the fling of a letter withdrawing
the petition for street railway FRANCHISE
filed by w. J. Cameron, F. Y. Anderson
and George C. Kelley; another letter from
l.. Sewer, executive head of the Ala
hama Great Southern railroad and South
err Railway company, and chairman OF
the committee representing the railroads
and industrial interests on the Twenty
eighth street viaduct proposition, and the
recommitting of the Thirteenth avenue,
south. paving ordinance to the street
committee.
mhe street railway franchise and via
duct matters are told of elsewhere m
these columns. The Thirteenth avenue
paving matter, which has proved bone
of contention among residents of that
thoroughfare and Twelfth avenue. liyened
matters bit.
IT was brought up again by the reading
of a letter from Capt. w. c. Ward, pro-
testing against the paving OF this avenue
and taking exceptions TO John s Weak
lev's statements at the last council meet
ing. 1t will be remembered that al that
ineaing Mr.. Weakey was allowed to adj
dress the aldermen and his speech was
made with such force that the board
adopted the ordinance providing for paw
Ing the avenue, despite the fast that
the two aldermen from the Sixth ward.
Mossrs Hogan and Williams. protested
strenuously against it.
Petitions Win Out
Last night opponents to the paving OIL
the avenue asked that d representative
from them be allowed to address the al
dcin.en on the subject. President Harry
Jcnes, however. refused to allow it. stat
Ing that it was absolutely against all
parliamentary and legal rules governing
the sessions of a legislative body. He
al 20 took occasion to score .he aldermen
for their action IN overriding Acting
President M. j. Gregg's refusal to hear
from Mr.. Weakley at the previous meet
In The place for such addresses, MI.
Jores stated was in the committee
rooms. when Congress wants to listen
to a man it always adjourns," he said.
In the letters of protest it was shown
THAT so per cent of the owners protested
against the paving of the avenue. Talks
were made by Aldermen Hogan and Al
derinan Williams. asking that the propo-
sition be recommltted. A motion TO table |
by Alderman Hawley met with defeat by
a vote of 10 to s. The question of re-
committing was then voted on and re-
committed by vote of p to 3.
During the controversy such express
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Dyed. This matter Jas been a bone
Intention for Is years according 10
B. Weakley.
details of the meeting are con-
in the committee reports, which
Fire Committee
srman Copeland, D. r., chairman
fire committee, submitted tn Q
ing report:
fire committee recommends that
recommendations of the chief of
re department to install fire hy-
at following locations be con-
| in:
rsection of Cypress avenue and
int street; Alious avenue and
ster street; Telulah street and
avenue, and First avenue and
y-second street
Railways Committee
Alderman Hogan, chairman of the
railways committee, submitted the fol-
lowing report:
The railways committee recommends
that the resolution in reference to bet
ter service to North Birmin CHAM be
referred to chairman of the railways
committee and aldermen from the
Thirteenth ward for report.
That the Birmingham Railway, Light
ard Power company be granted fran
chise to cross First alley from their
own property to their own property
across said alley under usual restric-
tions and payment of 500.
Lights and Telephone Committee
Chairman Klotz of the lights and
telephone committee, submitted the
following report:
The lights and telephones commit
tee recommends that the following
lights be installed: Eleventh avenue
and Twenty eight tn street. north Sec
ord avenue and Twenty-eighth street,
north; Nineteenth street and Eleventh
avenue north: Almond street and
Third avenue; Avenue F and Thirty
second street, south; Underwood avenue
and Seventy fifth street.
That the chairman of the lights and
Telephones committee be auth orized
and requested to confer with the Ter
rninal company in reference to the
better lighting of the subway.
That all other matters go over.
The committee recommends that the
Terminal company be instructed to in