The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-22
ROUTINE BUSINESS
 BEFORE COMMISSION
Engineer Called Upon to Present Report on East
 and West Highway

The last meeting of the city commits sion before Christmas passed off very peaceably yesterday. In the summary of the official action of the commission CTS the only perceptible feature was res i olution calling upon the city engineer to report on a route for an east and west highway through the city of Birming- 1 ham. This is Commissioners Weatherly' s pet measure. The summary of the com mission proceedings yesterday afternoon follow:
 Approved vouchers, pay rolls and con- tractors estimates.
 Authorized the city comptroller to ac- cept partial payments on certain delin- quent suburban assessments. Destroyed certain public improvement bonds by burning in open meeting.
 Adopted resolution electing Commission CT Weatherly president pro tenn of the board of commissioners.
 Adopted resolution authorizing president of the board to acquire sewer right of way across lots 26 and II, block 64, Br- mingham- Ensley survey.
 Adopted an ordinance to distribute the executive, judicial and administrative powers, authority and duties into and among the several departments, and to define certain legislative and other pow CTS and duties to be exercised or per- formed by the board of commissioners. Adopted improvement ordinance No, S91-C, to provide for the construction of certain sanitary sewers in the vicinity of Thirty fourth street and Tenth alley,
 north.
 Ordered the following street lights in- stalled: Seventeenth street and Eighth avenue north; Seventeenth street and Avenue D, Ensey; Princeton avenue and d.. stu at and Burgin avenue Central park: Forty seventh street and Avenue E, Avondale Reduced assessment of Mrs. Annie Brown, under ordinance No. S47-C, prop erty number G-32, $4.37. Adopted resolution to correct certain
 errors in assessments under improvement ordinance No. S70-C. Reduced assessment of Sallie J. Beavers against lot 5, book 65, Lincoln City, ordi. nance No. S70-C, 50 per cent Accepted bid of the George F. Wheelock company of $40 for installing down drain pipe on the Nineteenth street side of the city hall
 Confirmed action of Commissioner Bar Der in reducing certain fines and for feitures of the recorders court, from No- vember 10, 1915, to December 19 1915 Adopted resolution instructing the city engineer to report a route for an east and west highway through the city of Bir- mingham.
 Confirmed action of Commissioner Bar Der in releasing from prison certain pris- oners on probation Reduced bill of SIS against the Bir-
 mingham Waterworks company for re- pairing pavement on South Twenty-sixth street to SPOT.
 Confirmed assessments under improve ment ordinance No. S75-C. providing for certain improvements on Fourteenth ave- nue, south, etc.
 Denied petition of William Bailey for re- port of fine.
 The following matters were referred to the city engineer for report: Petition of E. N Wood to resurvey block 2, N. A. Woods addition to Woodlawn To the city attorney, chief fire depart ment and building inspector: An ordi-
 nance to further regulate fires in the city | of Birmingham.
 TO Commissioner Weatherly: Communi- cation from the Southern Bell Telephone company relative to telephone rates charged in other cities. To Commissioner Hornady: Sale of frame building at Broad street and Ha- good avenue, Elyton. Purchase of tract or land at First avenue and Fifty-seventh street, Woodlawn. for school purposes. TO the city attorney: Act of the legis- lature relative to the sale of farm prod ucts in the city without license for in vestigation and report. hiIl or Ii. $. Meade for appraising prop erty Of Dr. Sandefur, near the fair grounds.
 TO Commissioner Truss: Assessment of W. A. Sutley against his property on Grady street, between Tuscaloosa avenue and Cotton avenue, West End To Commissioner Barber Protest of ten-
 ants Of Brown-Marx building against
 musical instruments used by the Asest
 theatre. Question of closing up grocery
 stores fruit stands, etc., on Sunday.
 All other matters went over