The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-19
bESSEMER CITY
 COUNCIL MEETS Proceedings Have no Special
 Feature l, COVERED TRASH CANS Recommended For Use in Business Section by Civic Improve
 ment Society = Block
 Book Is Fininshed

The city council met in regular session Tuesday night with all aldermen present and small crowd of citizens.
 No recommendation from the mayor was presented and the city clerk read the list of bills for March.
 The city physician, L. A. Spencer, sub mitted the following report:
 Number of births, male white, s; female white, A. male coored, 6; female col ored, 3; total, 21.
 Number of deaths, male white, g. fe male white, 5: male colored, 5; female colored, 6; total. 19
 Measles have been extremely prevalent as children have been allowed to re- turn before entirely well and several cases of smallpox among negroes, but otherwise health of city is good" accord ing to the report.
 Chief of polices report reads Cases dismissed, 37: nolle prosed, B. bound over to grand jury, 3; convicted and fined, 142; total, 1855.
 Detectives report: Cases dismissed, 6; nolle pressed, ?; bound over to grand jury, l. convicted and fined, 63; total, 72. Fines paid, s620,90 other fines paid. s1,16620; fines served out, s177.50; fines escaped, s. fines being served, si0050; fines remtted by mayor, s171.50; total, s1 .S9O2 20. Value of stolen goods recovered, s167
 The street and light committee report ed that .he work proposed by MT. Lee at last meeting was put off because of the cost.
 The finance committee recommended that John Vogtle's claim for COW dam aged at pound be not paid
 It was also recommended that the Ken nedy Brothers Undertaking company be granted a free license because of the amount of charity work done.
 A petition was received from the Civic Improvement society requesting the coun- cil to pass an ordinance requiring the use of covered garbage cans in the bus mess sections. The petition was referred to the street and light committee. Owners of property near the corner of Eighth avenue and Sevteenth street petitioned that street light be placed at that To- cality. The matter was referred to the street and light committee. petition was also received from the owners of property at Seventh avenue and Sixteenth street asking that water plug be sta toned at that place, and the matter was referred to the chief of the fire depart ment and the street and light commit tee.
 A bill for $500 due T. B. Aldrich for services in appraising property values when the city was considering the pur- chase of the water works was turned over to the finance committee.
 Alderman LaRue proposed that the Bir- mingham Rsilway, Light and Power com pany be asked to put light at the rail- road crossing at Tenth avenue and Nine teenth street, as at other crossings. City Attorney Gardner Goodwin stated that he was of the opinion that an ordinance of that nature would not hold in any court. Mayor Lewis here suggested that an in vestigation of the Birmingham Railway. Light and Powyer company's franchise to see whether they had the right to haul freight on Bessemer streets might have some influence in the mat ter. When the matter came to a vote Alderman LaRue's motion was laid on the table.
 Alderman W. A. Simmons recommended the purchase of pair of mules not to cost over $400 for the sprinking wagons of the street department The motion
 
 the mayor, Dr. R. V. Hazlewood and the street and light committee the ali- thority to make the purchase.
 Attorney T. T. Huey appeared before the council on behalf of the board Of education with petition asking that four more rooms be provided for that body. The matter was referred to the school committee and the mayor.
 Alderman McTyeire moved that the meat and lumber peddlers doing bus mess in the city be charged the same license as regular dealers and that the meat peddlers be subject to the same sanitary restrictions as the meat mar kets.
 A motion was passed granting unani- nous consent of immediate consideration of an ordinance from the city of Jones' boro to the effect that that city be an- nexed to Bessemer. The matter was re- ferred to the Judiciary committee and on motion the council adjourned.
 Local Items At parochial meeting held at Trin- ity Episcopal church Tuesday night after the routine of business and reports the following vestrymen were elected: Lee Moody, G. M. Goodyn, A. c. Mitchell, Ben Perry, D. l.. Thornburg, Jim Hous- ton. F. B. Hill and w. D. Taylor. Senior warden, Lee Moody; junior warden, w.
 
 clerk and w. D. Taylor treasurer. The delegates to the council to be held at St. Johns church., Montgomery. on May 30, are: Lee Moody, F. B. Hill, A. C.. Mitchell and E. l.. Thornburg. In the mayors court Tuesday morn ing Jim Horton was fined S10 for vio- lation of the Sunday laws in regard tn keeping doors open for business, and Dug Roberts will be tried Wednesday morning for the same offense. Henry Odell, a negro. was sentenced to 100 days hard labor or fined $50 Mon day morning for disorderly conduct. This was the fact that he shot at another ne- gro six tmes with an old Springfield army rife, with a bayonet attached and missed his target every shot. Detectives Ross and McCabe brought him in Mon day from the settlement around the Jef- ferson Fertilizer company. Morris Greene. connected with dry goods store on Third avenue and Nine- | teenth street, was fined s7.5O Tuesday morning for fighting. He engaged in ar affray with Ezell Major, negro. who was dismissed without costs or fine.
 Block Book Completed | City Engineer Phil Lacey has hn- ished and delivered to City Clerk Jim | Houston the block book of the Besse- mer corporate limits. It is a very neat and concise loose leaf arrangement with ] drawings of all lots numbered from 25 to 557 and if at any time the city limits are extended these additional de- scriptions can easily be inserted. The work consumed about a months time and | the committee appointed for the reas- sessment of the taxable property is now well equipped for their undertaking.