The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-12
DEFER ACTION ON NTNEY ORDINANCE Weatherly Asks That Time Be Given Him to Study
 Measure

Upon request of City Commissioner James Weatherly. the jltney regulation ordinance was not adopted yesterday. Mir. Weatherly had just returned to the city after an absence of several days and stated as he had not read the proposed ordinance he would like to have it pass over for a day or two until he decided how he would like to vote on it.
 Therefore, an adjourned session of the commission will be held this afternoon at o'clock at which time the ordinance, as printed in yesterday mornings Age Herald, will be adopted. MT. Weatherly stated yesterday that he was inclined to believe he would vote against it, although he had not yet completed his study of the ordinance. He says he is inclined to op- pose 1t on the grounds that it shows discrimination against the jitney bus.
 lie stated that he was not opposed to all forms of regulation of the jitney, how ever, as had been reported. Judge Lane and Commissioner Ward. as previously published, have agreed to the present proposed ordinance and it will be adopted by their majority votes whether or not MT. Weatherly votes for 1t.
 The ordinance regulating the sales of afternoon newspapers on the downtown streets, as recommended by the Boys club, was adopted yesterday, it being stip- ulated that only one newsboy may sell newspapers on one given street corner.
 The resolution consolidating the plumb ing inspectors office and the building in spectors office with the city engineers s office was adopted. The resolution in re- gard to the building inspectors office, over which there has been much con- troversy since the Steele Smith wall dis aster. was as follows:
 Resolved. That the office of building in- spector of the city of Birmingham be, and the same is hereby, declared vacant.
 Resolved further, That the authorities and duties invested in and performed by said building inspector shall until until further orders of the board, be exercised and performed by or under the super vision of the city engineer of the city of Birmingham
 r. Other routine business before the com mission was as follows:
 Accepted resignation of Charles Eckerle, plumbing inspector, effective June l. 1915, and assigned the duties of the office of plumbing inspector to the city engineer.
 Declared vacancy in the office of building inspector and assigned the duties of the office of building inspector to the city engineer.
 Ordered the following street lights in stalled: Arc: Goldwire street and Avenue F. Tungsten: Northeast corner of West End park, between Fifth and Sixth ave- nues and Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets. Tungsten: Intersection of Willie street and. B. R., L. & P Tungsten: Joseph street and Ninth avenue. Tungs- ten Joseph street and Tenth avenue. Tungsten. First avenue. Pratt City, in front of No. 70. Arc: Pavilion Pratt City park.
 Adopted ordinance to regulate exhaust pipes on automobiles. motorcycles and street cars.
 Adopted resolution providing for con- demnation of two strips of ground on Third avenue and Third street, Pratt City.
 Confirmed assessments under 1mpove- ment ordinance No. S60-C, providing for certain improvements on Fifth Place, from Eleventh avenue to Fourteenth ave- nue, amounting to S16563S.
 Confirmed assessments under Improve ment ordinance No. 7s6-C, providing for certain improvements on North Twenty sixth street from Fifteenth avenue to Seventeenth avenue, and from Twenty third avenue to Twenty-fifth avenue, and on Seventeenth avenue from Twenty-fifth street to Water street, and on sixteenth avenue from Twenty-fifth street to Twen- ty-sixth street, amounting to $22,S0374.
 Ordered lights turned on in public pa