The age-herald., 1901-12-24
ADOPT LICENSE SCHEDULE FOR
 THE YEAR 19O2 City Council Makes Additions and Increases to Cover
 the Deficit
DISCUSS BUCKET SHOPS
Several Aldermen Favored Making the License Prohibtive-peclare They Are Bad for the city-Ask
 More Time on Gas Plant.

The license schedule for the year 1902 was adopted at meeting of the Board of Aldermen last night Section Of the present schedule was omitted, but a number of additions and increases were l made. In this manner the deficit caused by the omission of this section was made up.
 It was stated that the omission of sec ton would make deficit in the receipts of the city amounting to about lO,OOO A careful estimate made by the commit tees which passed upon the schedule places the receipts secured by increases and additions in the list at $s9e3.
 The most important changes made in the list are as follows;
 Telephone companies, s75o; increase, s15O.
 Long distance telephone office, $2oo; in- crease, $10O Bucket shops or dealers in stock and cotton futures, S750; increase, s250.
 Railroads into city $500; increase, $1O0.
 Labor abents. $1OO increase, $75.
 Clairvoyants, hypnotists, s1OO; increase $50.
 Fruit stands $50; increase, $25. Electric power companies. $500; increase $25O.
 Bill posters, $50; increase, $25.
 Abstract companies issuing bonds, $lOO0; new.
 Agents street car advertising, $100; new.
 Out of town architects doing local work, $25; new.
 Audit companies, $25 new.
 Butter dealers. wholesale, sbo; new
 Wholesale coffee, $50; new.
 Detective agencies, N0O; new.
 Directory agency, $50; new.
 Fertilizer factory, $100; new.
 Fruit from car, $100; new.
 Land companies, $50 and $l0O; new.
 Loan agents or brokers who in any way charge more than legal rate Of in- terest, $25O; new.
 Street railway companies, $4oo; in- crease, $100. -
 Natatorium or Turkish batns' $zo' new.
 Paper supply dealers, s25; new.
 Merchants handling dry goods, gro ceries, shoes, harness. jewelry. books crockery, dental supplies and all other classes of merchants not specified other wise in sums according to amount Of stock from BIO to $1oO.
 Discussed the Increases.
 The meeting was enlivened by discus sons relative to increasing telephone companies, dealers in cotton and stock futures, detective agencies and other minor matters A section was also pro- vided for the taxing of all drummers who sell in the city from samples. This tax Is graduated by the gross sales made by them
 An effort was made to have the amount of tax on bucket shops, or dealers in cot ton and stock futures, made 5000 and even s5oO0, but a compromise was finally reached on s75O. Aldermen H. B. Gray, Heidt and others severely denounced the business and said its absolute abolish ment would be good for the city.
 The discussion on the subject of the telephone increase was spirited. An eff fort was made to tax the companies $lO0 and $1 each for every phone In service, but a compromise was reached by making the tax $75O. The license of long distance offices was increased to $2O0. It was also decided that no petitions for reductions would be considered except at regular Council meetings and for charity. Detecr tive agencies must secure permits before obtaining licenses. The Mayor and chair men of the judiciary and police commit tees will pass upon applications.
 Ask Time on Gas Plant.
 Before the license schedule was taken up a letter was read by Alderman Heidt from MT. Caldwell Bradshaw and asso- ciates asking for an extension of two months time in which to commence work on their gas plant Work on the plant must begin by March l, 1902, and be com plete March l. 1903. according to the franchise. as
 A petition from the Birmingham Realty Company asking that the Southern Rail- way be forced to build bridge at Flew enth avenue over Twenty-seventh street was referred to a committee.
 A resolution was passed authorizing the city treasurer to repay to the general fund all moneys advanced on account of bonds issued for improvements.