The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
NEWS OF ENSLEY

| spirited discussion of making Birming- ham separate county. Owing to the bylaws of the club the matter was passed and cannot be voted upon until the next meeting. It was stated during the dis cussion that Birmingham paid at least 75 per cent of the money paid into the 1 county treasury, and also that the city of Birmingham could keep up the city and county courts, the Hillman hospital, and the almshouse and then clear some thing around s3OO.OOo. The majority of the members of the club were in favor | of dividing Jefferson county, but the mat ter will have to wait until their next meeting.
 The complaint about the Birmingham
 Railway, Light and Power company cars running into this city not being prop erly ventilated was taken up. It was stated that since the recent rainy weather 1 the passengers riding the cars have been unable to raise the windows and that the cars become very insanitary, especially when they are crowded. The secretary was instructed to write the city com missioners calling their attention to this matter. motion was also brought up | and carried calling the city's attention l to a law enforcing cars to dim their lights. It was stated that number of automobile owners have been forced to stop their machines until the street cars pass owing to the headlights being so strong that they could not see in front of them. The secretary was also instructed to write the commissioners about this matter.
 The residents of Ensley Highlands regis tered complaint that the garbage in that vicinity was not collected regularly. It was stated by one resident that his | garbage had not been moved in three
 weeks, and that this was very nsanitary.
 A letter will be sent to the commissioners urging them to attend to this matter 1 immediately.
 The report of the Warrior river road committee was heard and they reported that after a conference with Lawrence he drew up a resolution which was adopt
 ed at the meeting of the board authoriz- ing the issuing of county warrants for the purpose of building the Nichols fish trap and Taylors ferry routes to the
 river, and also to work the convcts on the Taylor's ferry road.
 The secretary was instructed to write | Commissioner Truss a letter calling his attention to the street car crossing on Avenue E and Seventeenth street. which is in a very bad condition, and also about the paved street on Nineteenth street near Ensley avenue
 I A committee was appointed to see about having the inferior courtroom relighted
 and several other minor matters were taken up.
 Fire badly damaged the M. l. Prickett clothing store in Vivian early yesterday morning about 1 80 o'clock which origin ated from an unknown cause. The fire
 was discovered by Officer Red Hughes,
 and he ran to the Wylam fire department,
 a short distance off, and turned in the l alarm A call was sent to the Ensley 1 fire department for help, and they ar rived on the scene quickly The fire had
 a good headway before it was discovered l but the firemen got it under control be- fore the entire building was destroyed l The stock, besides that which was dam aged by fire, was damaged by smoke and water, and the damage is estimated tc Il be over $1500.
 The report of the health officers ir Ensley shows that during the past two days in their canvass over the city, they found 219 places which did not have sani- l tary garbage cans. The owners of these
 places were given a written order noti- flying them if they failed to secure a sanitary garbage can within the next few days they will be arrested and subject tC a fine. The health officers are making great progress in their work in cleaning up Ensley, but owing to the large terri tory with only three officers to handle this district it will be sometime before their work is completed.
 l Several of the members of the Ensley lodge No. 9S7, Benevolent Protective Order
 of Elks, who attended the Elks conven- tion which was held in Baltimore last
 week, have returned home, while others 1 are visiting various points in the north
 and east. Hugh Hill one of the dele i gates reported that the Ensey lodge
 made fine showing in the grand parade and was the only lodge from Alabama having enough members present to enter the parade. There were IS members oi | the local lodge in attendance, some from | different states who still retain their membership in the Ensley lodge. There were also six ladies in the Ensley section of the parade, handsomely gowned and
 a number of the men wore the costumes used in the minstrel given last December The Ensley delegation was highly com 1 plimented on their fine showing, and re- ceived much favorable comment. MT Hill said that the city was turned over to the Elks, and that they had a very enjoyable time. An interesting feature lafforded the visitors was the opportunity
 of viewing the unloading and reloadins
 of the cargoes of the German submarine merchant ship Deutschland.
 A we'll attended rehearsal of the male
 chorus of the Tennessee company was
 held last night in the main office, and | final practice for the concert to be given
 at the Pratt City city hall on Thursday
 night was held. The concert will be
 given under the auspicies of the Berean class of the Pratt City Baptist churcH
 on Thursday evening, beginning at S1s
 o'clock. A very interesting programme cludng a number of vocal numbers. duets
 and quartettes, together with several
 numbers by the chorus
 The members of Fonvile Grove No 75 Ladies of the Woodmen Circle. will hold
 their annual basket picnic today at East
 Lake, and all Woodmen of the World their families and friends, are invited The picnickers will meet on Nineteenth | street and Avenue n at 10:30 o'clock this
 morning and take Tidewater car to the park.
 I Somewhere in the Country Helena Smith Dayton, in Cartoons Maga ], zine.
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