The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
INDOOR BASEBALL TEAM RECOGNIZED Gets Place in National Official
 Guide. HAS WON ALL GAMES Bessemer City Council May Borrow $15,000 to Build Storm Sewer-cit-
 zens Object to Assess
 ment on Property.

Bessemer, November 30.-(Special.) )--The
 members of the Bessemer Beavers indoor baseball team are very much elated over the fact that the team will be listed and have a photograph of the aggregation printed in the national official guide. A letter was received from the head quarters of the National Indoor Baseball association at Chicago a few days ago re- questing the picture of the team and
 other data necessary to properly list the
 team in the official guide for the season. The photograph and other data request
 ed was at once forwarded by Manager W. D. Lanier.
 The Beavers indoor baseball team has | a very fine record and the boys are proud of the distinction shown them by the | national association. The team has played l fourteen games this year and has suc- 1 ceeded in winning all of them. l The last game was played with the Bir- mingham Athletic club in Birmingham about week ago. It is expected that another game will be arranged between these two teams to be played at Besse- | mer within a few weeks.
 May Borrow Money. | At called meeting Of the city council l of Bessemer at the city hall last night q proposition from Steiner Bros. of Bir-
 mingham to lend the city of Bessemer I 900 for twelve months at 6 per cent 1 interest was considered but there not I being a quorum of members present l no definite action was taken in the matter l The money Is required for the building of | eft m work will likely begin soon as an ordi- 1 nance is adopted providing for the assess ment.
 | Some time ago an ordinance was in- | troduced providing for the building of 1 this storm sewer but before it's final adop- | tion a number of citizens petitioned the council asking that the sewer not be | built. These citizens object to the as- sessment required against property not 1 directly effected by the sewer. The ordi- | nance provides that all property drained |, by the sewer be assessed in proportion l to the value of the drainage to the prop | erty effected. Some of those owning prop | erty indirectly drained by the proposed sewer object to the assessment, claiming | that only that property directly drained | by the sewer should be taxed for the con 1 struction.
 | Attorney w. K Smith, representing dis | satisfied taxpayers, appeared before the  | council at it's last meeting and protested | against the adoption of the ordinance and 1 it was held up until the law on the mat ter could be investigated and to allow the proper committee to confer with Mir. | Smith and the citizens he represented. 1 The city attorney and the members of I the council are of the opinion that all | property drained by the proposed sewer | should be taxed and 1t is thought that at | the next meeting of the council the ordi- nance will be passed and the construction begun as soon as weather will permit. | Thanksgiving Exercises.
 1 Thanksgiving day was duly observed in 1 Bessemer today. All the manufacturing | plants that could do so were closed down | for the day and practically all the bus mess houses closed at noon to give their employees an opportunity to celebrate the | day.
 | The special exercises at the public l schools and churches today were well at