The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

as park keeper of Rhodes park and in this connection several facetious speeches were made about not saddlng the new administration with acts of the old After motions and counter motions the report of the committee was adopted and MT. Murray. appointed.
 resolution was passed establishing a fire district in the Sixteenth ward or Wylam. The citizens are entirely with out fire protection at present.
 The chairman of the finance commit tee recommended the payment of sS2,Go to the educational fund out of the gen eral fund of the city. This is sum that was borrowed from the educational fund during the OBrien administration for the purpose of discharging debts for school buildings of the municipalities taken in- to Greater Birmingham. A vigorous pro- test was made by Alderman Huddleston against the payment of this sum- lie stated that it would be better to let the incoming commissioners dispose of this rather than impose upon them the bur den of the councils acts. The sum was ordered paid the educational fund.
 After spirited fight the city clerk was instructed to draw up contract with The Age-Herald Publishing com- nanv for the city printing during the coming year.
 A resolution was passed permitting inc Birmingham Ledger Publishing comnanv to. excavate for its new build ing.
 Pave Twenty-Four Street
 The city engineer was ordered to draw an ordinance providing for the having of Twenty fourth street rom First to Twelfth avenues. north. with bitulithic.
 The petition for negro cemeteries in the corporate limits of Greater Bir- mingham was disallowed. It was the spirit of the body that no negro cem- eteries should ever be allowed in the city limits.
 Alderman Copeland of the fire com mittee introduced an ordinance at the request of Chief Bennett of the hre department providing for the purchase of three new horses for the depart ment It was stated that in an svering 500 alarms during the first three months of the year six ot the horses of the fire department had been incapacitated and that the department was seriously handicapped by that fact To operate the fire department three new horses were necessary.
 Ii was necessary to have the unan- imous consent of the council to pass the ordinance and upon Alderman Hud' dfestons objection the ordinance was referred to the fire department com mittee.
 petition of the Birmingham Belt railroad to build spur track was granted with the usrrl restrictions and the payment of S100.
 Must Sprinkle Tracks
 Alderman Brown of the railway com mittee introduced an ordinance which nrovides that all street car companies shall sprinkle their tracks and IS inches on either side during the months of May, June, July. August, Septem her. October and November. Cnanl- nous consent of the council was ob- tained and the ordinance was passed Where there are less than six houses to 800 feet the ordinance is not effect i've.
 A resolution to appoint the railway committee, the chairman of the Ju- dietary committee. and chairman of the finance committee as a special commit tee to look into the feasibility and ad- visibility of allowing the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company to operate freight cars over their lines in the city was passed.
 All other matters went over.
 The reports of the committees were as follows:
 Street Committee
 Present. Aldermen Gibson, Gregg, Metcalf, Mcdowell, Moore. Copeland. Morgan, G. B., Stern, Brown.
 Alderman Gibson, chairman of the street committee, submitted tho follow ing report:
 resolution repeating improvement ordi- nance No. 556 new series, be adopted.
 
 to the city engineer for report Protest against storm sewer in Hobby street; petition of Mrs. Addie. Buckshaw; com munication of S. F. King; communication of Mrs. Kate McCarty.
 That the recommendation of the city engineer relative to the following mat ters be concurred in: Petition to lay sidewalks on 18th street from 9th to 18th avenues, and from Rush avenue to 16th avenue; petition for sanitary sewer in Ardis Heights; petition for street in- movements on 44th street between 7th and 18th avenues, Wylam petition to grade 18th avenue between 14th and 18th streets; petition of James Meager.
 That resolution instructing city engi- neer to draw ordinance to pave 18th street from 9th to 9th avenues be adopted.
 That petition for wagon bridge across branch on 67th street, Woodlawn, be referred to the street commissioner with instructions to construct same.
 That street commissioner be instructed to remove telegraph and telephone poles in the street at Berney station.
 That the city engineer be instructed to draw ordinances to pave 24th street, north, from 1st to 12th avenues, with bitulithls pavement.
 That the city engineer be instructed to draw ordinances to pave 26th street, north, from 7th to 18th avenues, and 18th street. south, from Avenue c to Madison avenue with Trinidad or Bemudes. Lake Sheet asphalt paving, No. l, Painteoat construction.