The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-16
BESSEMER STILL
 MAKING RAISES Street Tax Up from S3
 to S5 COUNCIL WAS IN SESSION Practically All Lines of Business Will Feel the Raises and Certain Small
 Concerns Will Be Taken Up Later.
COUNCIL WAS IN SESSION

iSN'asihett --HoNemDef l5.-l Special. )-- The BessGmer city council held a spe eial meeting tL.s evening, the purpose of which was to finish up the license schedule for the year 1908. It will be recalled that a special meeting was held last Monday evening but the bus mess was not wound up. Those pres ent tonight were Mayor Rush, Alder men Lewis. Batson, Winters, Long and Ross One of the most important fea- lures of the meeting was the raising of the street tax. The tax was raised from s per year to $5 per year. This matter came up at the last meeting but | e members were unable to agree at that time. This will no doubt cause a howl in some parts of the city. but the members of the board thought it was the best thing to be done under the circume nces. This measure was proposed by Alderman Joe Winters and received a hearty second from Alder man Batson. The license schedule was then gone into. Other raises were:
 Piano or music dealers or their agents. raised from $25 per year to $50.
 Piano tuners. from $5 to s10
 Pistol or rifle cartridge dealers. from SIP to $15.
 Pistol, Bowie knives, dirk knives dealers, from SIP to $50.
 Picture machines, from $2. 50 to $5.
 Playing. card dealers, from $6 to $1O.
 Plumbers or gas filters, from $25 to $40
 Pig iron warrant yards. from $50 to s6O
 Painters. contractors, each person. firm or corporation. lrom s25 to $40.
 Plasterers. contractors. each person, firm or corporation. from s25 to $40.
 Powder, dynamite or other explosives, dealers in or agents for same, from SIP to $15.
 Railroad commissary or grab car on wheels or not. from $1OO to $125.
 Street railroad companies. having an office in the city and running cars in and out of the city, from $1000 to s1500
 Steam railroad companies. from s25O to $40O.
 Real estate agents. from SIP to $25.
 Reporters on credit OT ol business men, from s25 to $50.
 Restaurants or eating houses, from SIP to s25, but no license shall be issued to restaurants on alleys.
 Sawmills or blaming mills, from S25 to $40
 Sash or blind factory. from s25 to sS0.
 Scrip dealers, from S25 to $50.
 Seed dealers in wholesale quantities, from SIP to $2o.
 Sewing machine companies or agents, from s25 to $40.
 Sewing machine dealers or agents, when not principal stock in trade, s15.
 Shooting galleries, s25,
 Shooting galleries when license is taken out for less than year, s6 per week.
 Sign painters who are not regular con tractors, $l0.
 Skating rinks, from s10 to s25.
 Shoehakers or repair shops, SIP
 Stenci cutters or manufacturers of rub Der stamps, s6
 Soda or mineral water, each, from SIP to s15.
 Suppers and entertainments not given for charitable purposes, $5.
 
 Telephone exchanges, from s250 to $500, when the rates charged for business tele- phones exceeds s per month or SS6 per an- mum, or for residence phones where the rate charged exceeds 1.50 per month or SIS per annum.
 When the rates charged do not exceed the above amounts. from $200 to s25O
 Telephone exchanging, receiving and transmitting long distance messages for a reward whether giving local service oi not, from s10 to $2o.
 Tobacco and cigar dealers, s6
 Ticket brokers and scalpers, SIP.
 Tin shops, from SIP to $20.
 Toilet supply companies or agents foi same, SIP.
 Tombstone dealers or agents for same, from $12 to $l5
 Transient dealers in goods, wares oI merchandise or dealers advertising fire or bankrupt sales, $500.
 Transient physicians or dealers or ven ders of patent medicines, $25 per week When these dealers shall have music along with them the charge shall be $5t per week.
 Typewriter machine dealers or agents $25.
 Undertakers. from s25 to $40.
 Upholsterers SIP.
 Veterinary surgeons, SIP.
 Warehouses or weghers, SIP.
 Water companies, $500.
 It was learned some time ago tha there was clause in the contract whicf the city had with the Water company that every time the license was raised the Water company had a perfect righ to raise the price of the water furnished the city The city uses a great deal oi water in different ways, and of course il the license against the Water company is raised it will mean that the Water company will come back and go them one better.
 Watchmakers, from SIP to S15.
 Woodward or dealers in wood, from Sl2 to sl5 All dealers in goods, wares or merchandise, when license is not fixed by this ordinance, whether their principal business be the sale of the particular article dealt in or not, whether a person firm or corporation, manufacturing or otherwise selling to parties to be left tc the discretion of the Mayor.
 Each person, firm or corporation that employs either one or many people tC stand out in front of their place of busi- ness and solicit trade shall pay a license of $500.
 Each person, firm or corporation that sells goods at auction shall pay a license of $50. in addition to the regular license tax to be paid for doing business in tho regular course of business, or disposine of goods in the regular course of trade
 There were a few more small items on the license schedule to come befors the board but they are minor ones ant will be taken up at the next regula, meeting and disposed of. Alderman Jot Winters brought up the question regard ing the amount of license to be charged the pawn brokers and the money lenders He wanted to know if plain out ana out money lender should be charged tn,