The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
.ENSLEY COUNCIL IN
 REGULAR SESSION Repeal Sunday Opening of All
 Barber Shops PAVING PRICE LIMITED
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company May Be Taxed on the Basis of It's Gross Earn
 ings In Ensley.

Ensley. November 16.-(Special.) 1.-The city council of Ensley met in regular .ses- sion tonight and considered several mat ters of interest to the citizens of the town.
 The miscellaneous committee. to which had been referred complaints against barber shops making exorbitant charges for Sunday work, reported and recom- mended that the ordinance in the new city code allowing barber shops to re- main open until 10 o'clock on Sunday mornings be repealed and that all barber shops be required to close at midnight every Saturday night and remain closed until Monday morning. The report or the committee was concurred in by the council and the rules were suspended allowing the report to be considered as effective until the proper ordinance cover ing the matter Is introduced and adopted.
 A resolution was adopted making S5 cents the maximum price to be paid con tractors per square yard for paving streets and 40 cents as the maximum to be paid for curbing.
 Alderman Dupuy offered a resolution recommending that the license tax against the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company be based on the gross receipts of the company from all sources in the city of Ensley The resolu- ton was referred to the miscellaneous committee.
 J. M Dewberry of Birmingham was present and presented a petition to the council asking for a franchise to build an electric line through the streets and avenues of the city. The matter was referred to the street committee.
 The session was short, great deal of the time being taken up in the gen. eral discussion of water rates in the city and other matters. All members of the council were present except J. M. Donaldson.
 Just at the close of the session 1t was announced that the miscellaneous com mittee would meet at the city hall next Monday night at 7:30 o'clock for the pur- pose of making up the license schedule for the year 1906. It is desired that all who desire to be heard in any matter in reference to the schedule meet with the committee at that time and make their wishes known to the committee. It IS expected that he committee will De en- gagged for several days in making up the new schedule and adjusting differences VIII Give Barbecue.
 At a meeting of the Ensiey fire depart- ment held at the city hall last night 1t was decided to give a grand barbecue next Thursday
 The following committee was appointed to take charge of the matter and make all arrangements: Ed Billings. A. E. Meehl and Dennis Echols.
 The department was called to blaze on the building occupied by the Ensley Furniture company on Nineteenth street this morning at 10 o'clock. The fire was found to be trash burning on the build ing and was extinguished before any damage was done. The department made a very fine run, reaching the scene of the fire, a distance of about five blocks, in three and a quarter minutes after the alarm was given.
 Notes and Personals. Several of the members of the alumni association of the University of Alabama living at Ensley will attend the banquet to be given by the association at the Hillman hotel in Birmingham tomorrow night.
 Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets are being put in fine shape by the street gangs Both these streets are to be paved and cherted.
 The stewardship of the First Methodist church appointed few nights ago at the fourth annual conference of the church met at the parsonage tonight and organized for the work of next year.
 Everything is in good shape in the