The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-25
Arthur Vaux Makes Com mission "Sit Up" When He
 Prefers His Charges
HUMBLE WIENER IS
 IN CENTER OF STAGE
Official Recognition at Last Taken of Blossoming Stands on "Wiener- wurst Boulevard" Better
 Known as Twentieth Street

Arthur Naux. who is connected with Iacy's saloon. Twentieth street be- tween Second and Third avenues, served notice on the city commission yester- day morning that if any other saloon in Birmingham attempted to sell wien etwust from a position to the front of its place of business. the Lacy saloon would immediately follow suit.
 This sally failed to enrage the mem hers of the commission. On the con trary, it seemed to please them For they smiled very gently.
 MT. Vaux. in addition to serving for nai motive regarding his determna- ton. as outlined above, gave the com some interesting information. For instanceA he told them that certain hotels of Birmingham were serving lunches in negro saloons operated in with the hotels.
 IF other words, it was Mir. vaux's if the city denied him the right to change the name of Twentieth street to Wienerwurst avenue, then 1t was the city's bounden duty 10 estop all other violations en spirite of the local option laws which prevail in Ala bcma.
 Commission Takes Action
 As stated, Mir. Vaux's threat made very little impression on the members of the commission. However. when ho gave information that certain hotels and saloons of Birmingham were daily the law or the spirit of the law, the members of the commission Hooked up" with real interest. As result at the regular meeting of the commission in the afternoon a resolu- ton was adopted to the effect that no permits would be issued for lunch stands in connection with saloons. and that the city attorney would report as to whether or not state laws cover the serving of lunches in saloons by hotels
 And it has happened at last that of- ficial recognition has been taken of the coming of the wienerwurst stand, which coming, as matter of fact, was as sudden as the departure of the hu- rt pean dove of peace only few days ago a petitioner requested the right to sell wienerwurst on Twentieth street Pc trmission was granted. The follow ing day there were six petitions. The following day there were IS. Tester day the number was 50. And as re- sult the city is honeycombed and de- spite the denial yesterday of the peti- ton of MT. yaux. there Is yet grave danger that Twentieth street will soon be unofficially known as Wienerwurst boulevard, with accent on the 'wurst.
 The Routine Business
 Wienerwurst legislation was the only important matter disposed of yesterday by the commission in regular session Routine action was as follows:
 Approved certain Vouchers and contrac- tors estimates.
 Confirmed the following improvement ordinances:
 No. SO5-C-Providing for the construc- ton of sanitary sewers extension in vicin- ity of Seventh street and second ave nue.
 No. s5s-C-Providing for certain im- provements on Tenth avenue, south, from Twenty street to Twenty-eighth street.
 No. S55-C-Providing for certain improve ments on Ensley avenue, from Twenty first street to Nineteenth street. and on Nineteenth street from EnGley avenue westward to the east of Fineey & Jones survey.
 Disallowed bill of Southern Bell Tele- phone and Telegraph company for s2797 for building manhole at Alley D and Twentieth street.
 Appropriated $4. 50 to Mrs. Erie Pettus in settlement of claim for damages for blasting done in connection with work un- der improvement ordinance No. 674-C.
 Adopted grade ordinance No. 194-C, es- the grade of Tuscaloosa avenue from the west curb line of Center street --f.. ...t.. f..ot west of Center street. north of Tuscaloosa avenue.
 Adopted improvement ordinance No S57-C, providing for certain improvements on Tuscaloosa avenue between Center street (formerly Broad streeD and the branch first west of Center street.
 Southern Railway Permit
 Granted Southern Railway company revocable permit to construct spur track in North Birming ham from it's main line to the Southern Sewer Pipe company, upon payment of $400.
 Confirmed action of Commissioner Lane in remitting and reducing certain fines and forfeitures from October 19 to Mo- vember 19
 Adopted ordinance providing for the is- suance of bonds of the city of --lrming- ham in the amount of $22,5o0 for the pur- pose of paying outstanding contractors estimates for public Improvements.
 Denied application of Mclean Lumber company, North Birmingham, for four inch water meter.
 Ordered following street lights installed: Tungsten, Thirtieth street and Eleventh avenue, north; arc, Fifty-first street and Fourth avenue.
 Denied application of F. c. Schwend for refund of $1S61, amount of tax sale of certain property for the year 1911.
 Directed city comptroller to credit T. A. McCarter with payments on assessment paid by him fin error on propesty be- longing to Mrs. Mary F. Schoolar, to property belonging to said T. A. McCarter
 Authorized city engineer to repair Twen- ty-eighth street from Highland avenue to Avenue H, and certain other general re- pairs, at a cost not exceeding $500. A