The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-05
.BESSEMER BOARD
 OF TRADE MEETS Bill Is Launched to Extend
 City Limits MACHINE FACTORY COMING Board of Aldermen Lacked a Quorum. License Schedule Is Informally
 Discussed-Several Radical
 Changes May Be Made.
MACHINE FACTORY COMING

Bessemer, December 4-(Special.)- the legislation which was finally launched at the meeting of the Board of Trade this afternoon is carried through, Bes- semer will have almost twice it's present population at the next census and will be good-sized city.
 The proposed bill will take in terri tory of almost ten blocks square north of Twelfth avenue toward the pipe shop from Tenth street to Twentieth street, a well populated district and one which will soon be completely occupied with houses. Another valuable addition is the strip between Tenth and Twelfth avenues and between Nineteenth and Thirty-first streets, thirty-two closely settled blocks. There will also be considerable territory taken in toward Lipscomb, although 1t will not include Lipscomb, and toward the south on the crest of Red mountain. The whole of Thompsontown, as well as the houses on the crest of Feeders hill, will be brought into the city limits.
 A number of members of the board gathered in the Mayors office this after noon and immediately went into the dis cussion of the matter. J. E. Rogers, a member of the special committee appoint ed some time ago to consider necessary Legislation for the city. of Bessemer, rem dered the report, which recommended that these extensions be made. The report was unanimously adopted, and referred to the Board of Aldermen for assistance, asking that the city attorney assist c. L. Odel in drawing up a bill before next Saturday. as the intention is to make all possible haste in order that there will be no possibility of the measures being pigeon-hoed.
 General Municipal Bill.
 There was also considerable talk of the various clauses which Bessemer will want included in the general municipal bill which is said to be in preparation else- where. Dr. Lewis said that provision should be made giving the right to the suburbs of any town the size of Bessemer to come into the interpretations by a vote of the people. The Birmingham municipal bill gives this right to the suburbs of towns with a population of 2500O, but this was considered unjust to other places.
 Although 1t is not known that Jones' boro or Brighton would like to come in with Bessemer, yet provision should be made to allow them to do so if they should care to.
 Another recommendation of the com mittee, which was unanimously carried, was that clause be inserted in this gen. eral bill allowing municipalities to work vagrant women on the streets. Mayor Sullivan stated that the city had good laws against vagrant women, but that they could not be enforced until some way is found to make them pay for their board. The jail cannot be crowded with women when there is no way Tn which they can work out their fines.
 The matter of redlstricting the wards was left without discussion, as it is un- derstood that such provision will be made in the bill.
 Judge w. P. Gum suggested that some action be taken looking toward the for nation of new county with Bessemer as county seat. but no one else made any re- marks, and the matter was dropped.
 Petition to Congress.
 The following letter was read and the secretary was unanimously instructed to forward 1t to the congressman from this district.
 Hon. Oscar w. Underwood, Washington,
 D. C..
 Dear Sir: We, the members of the Board of Trade, respectfully request that you use your influence to have clerks classified in all first and second-class post offices, and that you support measure favoring better pay for them
 Salaries of post office clerks have not increased compared with cost of living, and particularly is it the case in this dis trict. Respectfully.
 GEORGE H. STEVENSON, President.
 ". P. GUNN, Secretary.
 Sewing Machine Factory.
 Communications were read from a man who is thinking of moving large sewing