The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-09

Bessemer, June S.-(Special J. | Contracts for the paving in the city including the county highway through Bessemer will be awarded on July 5, according to decision made at the city council meeting Tuesday evening.
 The ordinance under winch the paw ing was provided for calls for num- Der of additional street improve ments, including laying gutters, curb ing, and sidewalks on some streets besides the county highway of 20 feet through the city connecting the north and south routes to Birming- ham.
 s. R. Batson, engineer in charge, has made survey of the streets and will superintend the paving while it is in course of>construction. | An ordinance was passed for the paving of 2Oth street from Clarendon avenue to First avenue. A petition was presented at this meeting re- questing that this paving not be laid. but the ordinance was passed with two opposing votes This ordinance calls for the paving of Is feet on each side of the street with a park way down the center.
 A petition was presented by Hugh
  and w. T. Bonna. asking that lot be returned to the old South Besse- mer Homestead company, winch IS known in the city survey as Berney street, the petition showing that the lot although having been dedicated to the cty for street had never been used for one and could be used as a valuable residence lot occupy ing 50 feet frontage on Clarendon avenue and extending l90 feet back to Berkefy avenue. This was referred ] to the city attorney and Judiciary l committee
 Alderman W. T. Loveless reported that the Alabama Water company had extended pipes as far as they had agreed to procure water for the Cedar Hill cemetery, and it remained for the cty to carry it the remainder of the way. This was referred to the mayor and cemetery committee of the council.
 A communication was read from the mayor stating that firm in tho city had offered to the city for use free of charge, 40 garbage cans wnicn he recommended for acceptance. This was referred to the sanitary commit tee.
 The fire department made request for additiona fire plugs at the cor ner of Second avenue and Fourteenth street and at Dartmouth avenue and Twenty fourth street.
 Post Auxiliary. A meeting of the Post auxihary was held Wednesday afternoon in the | inferior courtroom with Mrs. Horace yandervoort presiding. A number or lcommittees were appointed including the executive committee, with Mrs. Arthur Reynolds, Mrs H. F. Reynoios, Mrs H. L.. Bains as it's personnel ana the membership committee with MS Otis Pearson, Mrs. Dunlap and Mrs Lee Mattingly as members.
 The auxiliary decided that it would celebrate all patriotic hoidiays anu would have in special charge the de- coration and beautifying of the soi' ders graves.
 The next meeting will be held on June 23, in the inferior courtroom when plans for the patriotic ceie. bration of the Fourth of July VIII be made.
 Kfwnnis-Rotary Ball Game.
 The Kiwanis club held it's regular meeting Wednesday at luncheon and made final plans for the Kiwanis- Rotary ball game Thursday after noon at o'clock on the rolling mili field From an ''ouija board" fore cast by Kiwanian Bently, the Rotar- ,ians will be beat in the game.
 The Redpath Chautaqua, which IS being brought to Bessemer under the auspices of the Kiwanians was the |