The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-03
BESSEMER NEWS


 At the meeting of the Bessemer city council tonight the special committee l to which was referred the mater of
 having tho city attorney draw up an ordinance to budget the different de-
 partments of the city, recomme ended that the different departments of the 1 city be budgeted for the year begin hing October l. 1914. and ending Sep
 tember 30, 1915, be passed as follows l street department, s6500; police de-
 pertinent, s14,75o; sanitary. s250O live | stock, s3350; fire department, $500; l charity, $450; jail expense, 5000: feed ing of prisoners, $200O; miscellaneous,
 $500; city hall 5000: library. i500 park. $500; official salaries, 5000. AL l derman Smithson made a motion that | the recommendation be adopted with ' an amendment that the cut of 70 per I cent in tho salaries of city officials | be restored. The motion was not passed, Aldermen CrotwelI Milton | Simmons. Brooks, Edwards and Huey voting mo-, and Aldermen Deason, Winters and Smithson voting aye" No further action was taken on the l matter, the report not being passed on. The report of Chief of Police T. B. Wallace for the month of January was read and received as information. A petition was received from number of citizens asking that the Birming- ham Railway Light and Power com- pany be required to stop all outgoing passenger cars on the west side of Nineteenth street at Second avenue for the purpose of taking on and letting aff raaC Inc ferred to the judiciary committee. Chief Donaho of the fire department petitioned the council to buy 1000 feet of fire hose for the citys use. The matter was referred to the fire de- partment committee and mayor with power to act
 Alderman Deason brought up the matter of some action being taken in regard to the city getting a reduction in the water rate He moved that the president appoint a committee to confer with Mir. Adler and see if this could not be done. The following wero appointed: Aldermen Deason, Simmons and Huey.
 Tendon Cockrell, agent for the Ala bama Great Southern railroad at Bes- semer, was present and brought blue | print of the proposed viaduct to be | erected from the fire brick y/rd to | Nineteenth street. The matter was re- | ferred to the street railway commit | tee to get profile and go over the | ground with an engineer of the Ala | bama Great Southern railroad and in- | yestigate the matter thoroughly.
 The matter of whether or not the city | should pay pr R. D. Hazelwood, for l mer city meat and milk inspector av, | his services during the month of Jan | uary, his office being cut out several | weeks ago when the city made a num- | ,,f TO trenchment, was taken up. After con siderable discussion Alderman Sim | mons moved that the fees collected by | Dr. Hazelwood during the month be | refunded and that he be paid for his | services rendered to live stock of the | city during the month.
 Sometime ago a majority of the l council wrote to Mayor I. A. Lewis | asking him to appoint R. J. McCabe, | assistant tax and license collector, to | inspect the markets of the city, but !! a copy of a letter written by Mayor | Lewis to Nr. McCabe was read to the | effect that he did not see how he had | authority to appoint him meat in spector when the citizens of Bessemer | had recommended pr. Hazelwood for that place and he had not been dis charged from that office on failure to do duty. No action was taken and the meeting adjourned.
 
 A, J. Long, a pioneer citizen of Bes- semer, died this afternoon about 4:30 o'clock at his home on Twenty seventh street after short illness. Mir Long has been in bad health for several but his illness was not thought serious. This morning about 3 o'clock he became seriously i'll but rallied un- til o'clock when he suddenly be- came worse. the end coming in 50 min utes. The deceased was born in Geor- gia and came to Bessemer when he was 10 years old. After a short time he moved to Mississippi where he resided until 1887, when he located in this city He was a Confederate veteran. having served under Gen. Joseph F. Johnston MT. Long was successful merchant here up until eight years ago when he sold out to his son, l.. ]. Long, and retired from business
 The deceased is survived by his widow, two sons, L. J. Long and Fnton Long, one brother in Texas and q num- Der of other relatives. Funeral ar have not yet been made pending the arrival of relatives
 Attorney J. A. Estes, who repre- sented the city of Bessemer. and Dr. Waldrop, representing the union depot for this city, have re- turned from Montgomery where they appeared before the Alabama railroad protesting against the ac- ion of the commission several weeks ago in setting aside the previous ac- ton ordering the railroads to erect a lepot at Bessemer and reopening the ( case. After hearing the case from both sides the commission decided that IS they were not familiar with condi- tions that the order for the building on the site selected should be anhulled 1 and the case reopened. The commission will visit Bessemer, look over the sit { lation. take testimony as to whether 1 pr not the city of Bessemer needs a union depot and make a decision on March 1.
 The store of J. E. Foster at Jones' Doro was entered by thieves last night and large amount of groceries were { stolen. Entrance was gained by boring [ through a front window.
 The pupils of the Bessemer High school will have a spelling match .wice a week in the auditorium at which time all of the pupils will par icipate. Dr. A. A. Persons has secured speller which is made up of ~ ords most commonly misspelled. Much in- crest is being manifested in the out ! ,