The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-22
bESSEMER NOT ID
 LEASE PRISONERS City Will Contract for Feed ing Council Decides.
 Depot Site Valued

Bessemer. October 21.-(Speeial.)-T Bessemer city council had busy session last night transacting more business than in sometime. It was decided not to lease the city prisoners as Mayor Lewis had recommended in his communication to the council upon taking office, bat the street and light committee, to which the matter was referred, agreed with the mayor that quite a saving could be affected by letting the feeding of the prisoners and the city clerk was in structed to ask for bids.
 T. A. Weller of the Bessemer Land and Improvement company was present and stated tl;at the survey of the city bad been completed and the maps were awaiting the signature of the mayor and city clerk. The work had been checked by the engineers of the Tennessee com pany, he said, and had been found correct.
 The matter of disposing of the two hose wagons which are not now used on account of the purchase of the automo, bile fire engines was discussed. It was decided to use the horses formerly used ty the fire department to pull the street sprinkler and to put the mules used for this purpose on other work.
 The mayor called attentio nto the promise of lower insurance rates made when Bessemer purchased the auto fire fighting equipment and suggested that steps be taken to have the lower rates put in effect
 The street and light committee recom- mended that flagman be placed at the railroad crossing at Third avenue and Twenty-first street by the Frisco and Louisville and Nashville.
 The city attorney was instructed to confer with officials of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company in regard to the building of a, bridge for vehicle traffic and pedestrians along the side of the viaduct at Tenth avenue and Nineteenth street and see if an agree ment could not be reached.
 A number of ordinances were passed among them being one to require vehicles on the streets of Bessemer. to keep to the right and another prohibiting a vehicle from passing q street car while taking on discharging passengers.
 Attention was called ito the condition of the council chamber and motion to repaper and repair the room was re- ferred to the mayor with power to act
 T. B. Wallace. chief of police, was in- structed to employ as many policemen as necessary to keep order on Halloween night.
 Mayor Lewis asked that the city fur nish him with a buggy and feed his horse. The matter was referred to the finance committee.
 After passing on a number of routine matters, the council adjourned
 The committee composed of Louis Hos- ter. Sr.. w. H. Lewis and J. A. Eastis, which was appointed several weeks ago by Judge of Probate J. P Stiles, to in- vestigate and assess the damage to the property of the Bessemer Cotton Seed Oil piill has taken an inventory of the build ing and contents, and decided that $2S, 200 was fair valuation for the property
 The railroad commission ordered the Louisville and Nashville, the ,thern and the Alabama Great Southe n rail- roads to proceed with the erection of a suitable depot sometime ago and as the site occupied by the building of the cot ton seed oil mill is the site decided on for the station. the above mentioned rail- roads will either have to accept or reject the report of the committee within 90 days and if rejected to make bond in the amount of $56, 400 which is double the assessment made by the committee.
 The property was recently purchased by judge J.. c. B. Gewin. Dr. William Wal drop and ]. R. Waldrop.