The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-10
STREET REMAINING
 ORDINANCE IS LAW New Names Will Go Into
 Effect September 1 CONTACTS AWARDED
Weatherly Introduces Resolution Call ing on City Attorney to Fight Further Delay in the Water
 works License Case

Passage of the ordinance remaining cer- tain streets and avenues of the city and the awarding of contracts for street paving were the principal features of the regular meeting of the board of city com mssioners held yesterday afternoon.
 A committee representing the city beau tiful movement of Highland avenue en- tered protest against remaining a part of that thoroughfare and suggested that the name Highland Drive" be substituted for Claremont avenue.
 Commissioner Weatherly moved that the matter be taken up by the board. but he was voted down by Commissioners Ward and Lane, and the ordinance stands as adopted. This was the only objection offered to the ordinance. The ordinance will become effective September l.
 Waterworks Case
 Commissioner Weatherly introduced & resolution in connection with the suit pending in the circuit court against the Birmingham Waterworks company in which test case was made in reference to the payment of revenue tax D. J. O'ConneI, while manager of the com pany, for a test case, was arrested and tried in the recorders court on a charge of doing business without license and was fined slO0 The case was appealed to the circuit court and is still pending. Yesterday MT. Weatherly filed the fol- lowing resolution, which will be acted upon at the next meeting:
 Resolved, That the assistant city at torney be instructed to resist and oppose all further attempts to postpone the trial of the case now pending in the circuit court against D. J. OConnell, by the city of Birmingham, and that he be further instructed to make all efforts to bring said case to a speedy and early termina- tion.
 A delegation from Woodlawn headed by R. A. Clayton complained of the lack of street sprinkling in that suburb. The matter was referred to MT. Weatherly with full power to act.
 Paving Contracts
 Contracts aggregating $44102.75 for street paving were awarded There were eight bids and on the recommendation of City Engineer Julian kendrick the con- tracts were awarded to the following bid ders, in each instance the lowest:
 Nall Construction company, to pave Nineteenth street and Avenue H to Nell son avenue, with asphalt; contract price, s20,11.
 Nall Construction company, to pave Twelfth street, between Avenue J and Avenue K; contract price. slS34
 Nall Construction company, to pave Third avenue and Twelfth street to Wal ker street, $1S,5i2
 Southern Bitulithic company, to pave Cottonwood avenue from Eighteenth to Nineteenth streets, $35s5.75.
 The matter of the repeal of the con tractors ordinance was passed as was the matter of requiring the Edgewater terminal to be transferred from it's pres ent location at Twentieth street and Eff teenth avenue. south, to Five Points. Much other business of routine nature was transacted and included the follow ing:
 Resolved, That the following fire hy- drants be ordered installed:
 Thirty-third street, about 300 feet south of Piedmont avenue; Thirty-third street, about 300 feet north of Piedmont avenue; Thirty-second street, about 200 feet north of Thirty-thrd street: Thirty-first street. about 5e0 feet south of Thirty-third street; Mlner Crescent, about S00 feet south of Highland avenue; Milner Cres- cent. about 200 feet south of Highland avenue.
 Resolved, That Mr. David Hancock be and he is hereby appointed member of the smoke commission, in place of F. B. Keser. resigned.
 Resolved, That application of the Wood- lawn Playground association. to be granted exclusive right to sell refresh fr, ma rl< he a that the president of the board be re- quested to make necessary arrangements with the president of the association. Mrs. Burns.