The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-07
SALOONS AND POOL ROOMS MUST PART Committee Recommends That
 Action Be Taken BESSEMER COUNCIL MEETS License Schedule Is lntroduced-Young Men Hold an Enthusiastic Meeting
 and Form the Voters
 Club-News Notes.
BESSEMER COUNCIL MEETS

Bessemer, December 6-(speciaL)-A special called meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held in the city hall to- night for the purpose of passing four | ordinances for sidewalk Improvements, hearing committee reports, and especially to hear the report of the miscellaneous committee on the license schedule for | 1907. Present at the meeting were Mayor J. J. Sullivan, Aldermen l. A. Lewis, w.. s. Eidge, T. J. Bissett, J. D. OGarra, A. A. Ross and J. K. Hairless.
 Perhaps the most important reeommen- dation of the committee was that no more licenses be issued for billiard and pool tables and domino table to be run in con- nection with saloons, and as it seemed to meet with the approval of all the alder men present there is little doubt but that the proper suggestion will be adopted and an ordinance introduced forcing sa- looms and pool tables to be separated This movement has been under consider ation for a long time it having been pointed out that the shooting and cutting and general disorderly conduct is always found in those saloons where the ne groes loiter around these gaming and gambling dens.
 This may be but the forerunner of more drastic measures, as there is a signii- cant clause in the prescribed appl' ca- ton form for liquor license which calls for the recommendation of two men to vouch for the ability and character of the applicant to conduct business ae- cordlng to law, and it will thus be left to the members of the board to pass upon the character of those who are running the low class dens and to refuse them license. The council seems to be on a campaign against these curses of a city's life.
 The ordinance was put on it's first read ing and will lie over to the next meeting, In the meanwhile citizens will be given the opportunity to register complaints and any necessary changes will be made.
 License Changes. The recommendation of the committee | took the form of an ordinance, which was prepared and read by City Attorney Ben G. Perry. The schedule was quite lengthy and covered every possible vocation or 1 business that is operated in the city. At the request of the council the following, which are the most important changes, are given:
 Bowling alley from s15 to $25.
 Clothes cleaning establishments from si to $1O.
 Confectioners from BIO to I2.
 Contractors from $50 to $35.
 Electric light company and power plant i from $500 to $1000.
 Ice dealers from SIP to $25.
 Hotels from $15 to $25.
 Junk dealers (with no distinction from | secondhand machinery, $100.
 Liquors, wholesale dealers, from $500 to i $500.
 Retail dealers may be left at $6OO or changed.
 Lunch rooms in connection with sa- looms from SIP to $25. Money broker from $250 to 33o0. Moving pictures $100.
 Pawn brokers from $250 to $350. | Playing card dealers from $6 to F. Railroad companies from $250 to $400. l Restaurants from SIP to $15. l Sewing machine dealers from $15 to $10 l Shooting galleries from $25 to $50. | Shoemakers from $12 to $l0.
 Transcient physicians from $50 to $75. Water works company from $500 to $750.
 Firms using men in front of place of business to advertise from $500 to s100. Important Resolution. | Alderman Lewis introduced a resolu- ] ton which was carried unanimously, in which the city clerk was instructed to honor no bills for purchases made with out written order from the purchasing agent. This is quite important to the merchants who do business with the city 1 and will require considerable vigilance or. their part. The action is brought 1 about by the receipt of a number of l bills which the board did not think proper
 M c. Chandler applied for a license to run moving picture show on Twenty l first street and permission was granted him to open up business.
 tour ordinances were introduced and placed on their first reading for sidewalk Improvements to be laid on almost all of the streets which are not yet paved | at a cost of about $12000, and all were referred to the street and light commit 1 tee. The ordinances are public improve ment ordinances numbers 17, Is, 19 and 20.
 The street and light committee reported i the complaints of C. F. Adams, E. L. Mitchell and Mrs. Ward against the side walk assessments all satisfactorily ad- l justed. The complaint of MT. Parsons was laid over to the next meeting. The com mittee also reported that they had ex- amined the storm sewer and found it in good condition.