The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-22
COMMISSION HAS ANEWSY SESSION Business College Must Pay
 License PARK SOCIETY ASKED Ladies Requested to Form Civic Or ganization-The Tidewater Com pany Wants Bond in Place
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PARK SOCIETY ASKED

The Board of Commissioners held a meeting yesterday afternoon, at which very important and interesting actions were taken.
 The commissioners started fight for a 5-cent fare from Ensley and Pratt City to Birmingham, received a resolu- ton from Commissioner Lane that the water main of the Birmin gham Water Works company be extended to take in Q certain portion of East Lake from Eightieth street to Rubgy Highlands, and granted two charity permits.
 The commissioners passed resolu- ton requiring the business colleges here to pay a license. This is the frs. institution in any way educational was ever required to pay. The commits sioners held the opinion that they were immensely profitable, as evidenced by facts pointed out to the commissioners and within their personal Knowledge, and graded them so as not to work a hardship upon those which are the least profitable.
 Tidewater Wants Bond
 The commissioners received a request made by Forney Johnston and J. M. Dewberry of the Tidewater company to refund to them $250O0 which is cash held by the city applying to their con- struction of railroad down Fifth ave- nue between East Lake and Bessemer.
 The commissioners were addressed by Attorney Johnston, who said that the aa fo orix- a good and sufficient bond of an elastic verbage which would. if forfeited, amply protect the city in all premises, the same as cash. MT. Dewberry ex- plained that the Iidewater company was being financed by prominent bank CTS who would be able and could use the S25,000 and they had requested that the city substitute a bond in lieu of The cash deposit of $25,00O for the Fifth avenue franchise. The application came somewhat as a surprise to the commits sioners, especially to President Exum, who handled the latest Tidewater con- troversy
 The application was passed until next Tuesday, when the commissioners han dle the nnancial questions.
 Park Improvement Society
 Commissioner Lane introduced a reso- lution that the ladies of Greater Birming- ham be requested to form a society and take charge of all the parks of Birming- ham, free of cost to the city, which is the way a great may cities handled the park questions. This resolution was to the effect that the women of all the cities of Greater Birmingham be invited to become associated in that public en- terprise. The resolution follows: etN .Be it resolved by the Board of Com missioners of Birmingham as follows:
 That all the ladies of Greater Brming- ham be and they are hereby invited and requested to form a civic organization for the purpose of preserving and beauti- flying the various parks of the city of Greater Birmingham without cost to the city. Be it further resolved that it is the desire of this board that ladies from all of the cities and towns recently added to Greater Birmingham shall be invited to take part in this public enterprise"
 Pay Rolls Passed Upon
 The commissioners had already been asked by Hill Ferguson to turn the parks over to a like organization and while adopting the resolution of Judge Lane tllt cOliiIIlSSlOu itlStIu uCltu StCTeldTY ScuQ- der Ryall to notify Mir. Ferguson and have him identified with the movement
 The commissioners adopted the school pay rolls for the school teachers. amount ing to 9,724.2S, which fall due today They also received the reduced car fare resolution and that referring to the ex- tension of the water mains.
 Another meeting will be held today being called for 10 o'clock this morning BOYS WILL CONDUCT