The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-16
COUNCIL WORKED
 FAST BUT CALMLY Tidewater Plans and EXum
 the Features MEETING WAS SHORT Aldermen Did Not Seem Worried Over Impending Doom and Rou-
 tine Matter Was Dispatch
 ed With Celerity

| Although the meeting of the City Coun | cil held last night may possibly be th' last one in view of the possibility of z commission. there occurred nothing to dis turb the calm. The aldermen worked foi an hour seemingly unafraid of their dis solution by commission law. | The council, however, spent one houl | of perhaps the fastest business dispatch ing yet featuring their deliberations, ano l by sSO o'clock the business was over ano the council stood adjourned. The final action of the Tidewater fran chise was taken as anticipated, and 1t Is expected the stipulated deposit of ss0,00t will be made soon. Alderman Perdue vot. | ed nay.
 | Because of the fact that at the old Ely | ton cemetery corpses are being upturneo | by excavations, Frank W. Smith, repre- senting the Elyton ward, secured the adoption of a resolution granting power tC abate the fearful exhibition immediately l That committee is composed of Aldermen
 Smith. D. r. Williams, M. A. MeDowell
 Maury Nicholson, city engineer, ant
 Frank Gafford, street commissioner. He | explained 10 tne councl that III iiy his
 the pavement near the cemetery the graves were inadvertently entered and the condition so unfavorable resulted. The zest of the meeting was injected by Alderman Mcdowell In making a report for the finance committee. He led a negative vote on a petition to pay B. M Alien, an attorney, $50 on account of ser 1-ifos n Dr Hardness The | negative vote prevailed. Upon the au- | nouncement of the vote Alderman Me | Dowell drly remarked: q congratulate | the council, by your leave. MT. President | for adopting business methods for once. | His remarks, in view of the cry for business methods in the operation of mu- nicipal affairs, created a loud guffaw in | the chamber.
 | Other than a resolution referring Mayor
 minutes to the finance committee, the
 introduction of a resolution to seek bet
 ter car service on the Lakeview and High | land avenue lines, the remainder of the | council deliberations were without feat 1 ure.
 The regular reports were made, which are here given:
 Street Committee
 Alderman Gibson, chairman of the | street committee, submitted the following | report:
 | The street committee recommends that | the city engineer be instructed to draw | ordinances to pave with pituithic Tentt | ave South, from school building to Twen- | fafh ctr thn ct cid II | avenue from Twentieth street to Eight avenue, Twenty-third street from Avenue | r to Avenue c.
 | That the city engineer be instructed tc draw ordinance to pave with vitrifet brick Avenue A between Twenty-secon6 and Twenty fourth streets. That communication of A. ]. Pitts be referred to the street commissioner. | That the following resolutions be adopt ed: Repeating improvement ordinance No 4S9, appointing committee to take III claim of Watkins X Donelson. That communication Of city engineer relative to improving Fiftieth street be re. ferred to the city attorney for report. That the following matters be referred to the city engineer for reports: Petition to put down sidewalks on Nineteenth street, North, viewers report in respect to certain right of way petition to i'm.
 prove Thirteenth avenue between Four teenth and Fifteenth streets; petition tC open up Second avenue to Motley avenue petition to construct sidewalk and curt and gutter on Twelfth street from Six. teenth to Eighteenth avenues and pave Sixteenth avenue from Twelfth to Thi- teenth streets and Twelfth street iron Sixteenth to Eighteenth avenues; resolu. tion to construct wagon bridge at Eff, teenth avenue and Eleventh street; petl. tion to improve Owenton street, West End.
 That resolution to put in good condition certain streets and avenues in the Eff teenth ward be referred to the street com missioner for report.
 That improvement ordinance No 604 new series, be referred to the judiciary committee.
 That the following reports of the city engineer be concurred in: Petition oi property owners on east side of Pine
 street from Maple to Chestnut streets proposition of T. l.. Morrison: complaints of pr. w. L. Turk; petition of Twenty sixth avenue, North, property owners for sidewalks.
 That the bid of the Burkhalter Con- tracing company for sanitary sewers under improvement ordinance No. 565 new series, for the sum of S1.54 be ac- cepted, same being the lowest bid sub mitted.
 That all other matters go over. Miscellaneous Committee Alderman Hogau chairman of tha ,,,iS