The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
BESSEMER CITY
 COUNCIL MEETS

Bessemer, December 19.-(SpeciaD The
 city council met tonight and was called to
 order by President George Ross, with all
 members present.
 The resolution passed by the majority of
 the city council some time ago that the
 city would go into the arbitration of the
 Bessemer water works when petiaoned
 to do so by the majority of the property owners was brought up and a resolution
 to rescnd the action taken by the city council was introduced by Alderman Me Tyiere, seconded by Alderman w. A. Sim
 mons and passed by a vote of five to three. Alderman LaRue who is in favor of going into the arbitration thought the city ought to consult the citizens before deciding such matter. John McEniry was present and was highly in favor of | going into the arbitration to ascertain
 the price of the water works, this ques-
 ton having been live one for several years.
 | petition was introduced asking the city council to go into the arbitration | This petition contained about 200 names
 A resolution to call an election on De
 cember 13 for the purpose of submitting | the question of arbitration of the water works to the property owners was in'
 troduced by Alderman LaRue but was
 lost by a vote of five to three.
 1 J. D. O'Gara was granted a permit te build a fire proof beer warehouse on the same location a wooden structure for the | same purpose had been begun, but hao | been stopped as there were complaints | that the building was in the fire limits 1 The report of the city clerk and treas | urer, J. B. Houston was read and re- | ceived as information. The report Of tht | city physician, Dr. l.. A. Spencer, for tht | month of November was read and ths
 report shows that the births outnumbel 1 the deaths. The report of the meat ans l milk inspector Hazelwood, was read ant received. At the last meeting of the cit, l council a complaint made of the deputy l sheriffs working the beats in the city was referred to the police committee ani mayor who reported that If the sheriff | would quit working the city beats ant | gay for all meals eaten by the prisoner | they will be allowed to place their pris
 oners in the city jail. A petition asking 1 that chert be placed on Seventh avenue
 between Fifteenth and Eighteenth streets | by the residents of the avenue was re | ferred to the street and light committee | to report back at the next meeting.
 petition from the Central Foundry com | pany asking for permission to cut suit | able trench and lay about 250 feet of lou | inch cast iron pipe on Twenty-secont | street, same to extend from the stream | which intersects Twenty-second street
 about Sixth avenue up Twenty-secon' | street and across Seventh avenue to thu | property of the Central Foundry company | This petition was referred to the stree | and light committee and city enginee | with power to act A complaint made D, | P. E. Jacobs of damage to his lots oi | Third avenue amounting to $1000 by thu ! failure of the sewers to carry away tn water on his property was referred to tn mayor and city attorney to look int | the matter. A petition was introduced asking that the employees of the cit. | whose salaries were reduced 10 per cen
 during the months of July. August an' 1 September on account of the financia | condition of the city, be given their bacl 1 pay, The contract for the laying of ee | ment sidewalks on Fourth avenue be | tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth street | was awarded to w. F. Nolan.
 II The fire department has been yer. | active this week. Yesterday morning | about S:30 o'clock the department wa II called to the large blacksmith shop Q II Maddox & Son on Twentieth street be tween Second and Third avenues. Tn whole inside was in blaze and tn contents were destroyed, but the build ing was damaged very little as tn walls were of brick. The explosion of gasoline tank caused the fire. Tn building belonged to Dr. J. c. Curr and was insured.