The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21


 never have seen them before. They are or the point of showing disrespect for law.
 The decision of Judge Crow in the Materworks case is astounding to any thinking man. Such decision after the proof presented before the court by the city attorney that the water from Five Mile creek was polluted and unfit for use is repugnant to any mans sense of Justice. The decision of Judge Smith here just yesterday is equally so. Judge Smith is as good a friend as I have. But he doesn't seem to have realized the im- portance of the subject on which he passed The obnoxious section S6-F of the revenue bill is unconstitutional and claim that man don't have to be much of a lawyer to realize it,
 F. G. Patton and others made similar talks As the meeting came to a close, Judge Ellis again took the floor. .It there is a spark of anarchy in any man s breast he shouted, "the treatment the public Is now receiving from the Br- minsham waterworks Is enough to arouse it."
 Members of the delegations called for talk from City Attorney Boyd, ex- blaming the status of the waterworks lawsuits. MT. Boyd did so, saying that Judge Crow first held the city had not filed the proper suit and during the eight months 1t took to appeal this decision to the supreme court and reverse the courts decision. the waterworks company covered up Five-Mile creek and remedied the evils upon which the original suit was based. We thought we had a good case and the court thought we made a good case, for while absolving the water works company from guilt he assessed II With the costs. In other words, it was the same thing as if a man is placed on trial for murder and the judge tells him that since he's joined the church since committing the murder why he'll turn him loose But we're not responsible for the judges on the bench They are elected by the people themselves and the only thing left for the city to do was to again appeal to the supreme court We now expect q decision about January l, but we can't tell what the court will do, even If we do get a reversal of Judge Crows opinion-that is, whether they will merely send the case back for trial or hand down an opinion themselves"
 Delegates From Each Suburb
 Upon motion by Commissioner representatives from each community would be named as member of the central committee which is to have delegates from every section of the city and which will cooperate with the city attorneys office in working out some means of relief.
 All citizens present yesterday were advised by Commissioner Weatherly not to pay their excess bills He told them to offer the company the min imuin rate or whatever they consid- cred fair and just, but not to pay the ss until something more was done in the matter.
 By unanimous vote of the commits sicn the following ordinance in regard to meter reading was passed by the during the meeting:
 No. --C, an ordinance to prohibit tho false reading of meters.
 Any person inspecting meters for any " waterworks, gas, electric light or steam heating company. selling water, gas. electricity or steam heat by in the city of Birmingham who shall falsely read or make a false report of the reading of any such me- ter or who shall turn in or report a reading of any such meter when he has in fact not read such meter for the period covered by such report. must upon conviction be punished within the limits and as provided by section 1216 of the code of Alabama.