The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
LICENSE UNFAIR
 STATES WHEELER
President of Business Col lege Notifies Commission That He Will Fight
 License in us. Court

Although there was a large attend ance at the meeting of the city com mission yesterday afternoon nothing of importance happened other than the protest of Willard J. Wheeler of the Wheeler Business college on the high privilege license charged his school. All other matters had previously been arranged in conference by the commits sion and were passed in the usual rou- tine manner without comment
 MT. Wheeler made a speech to the commission in which he stated that he considered the entire license scheduls as unfair, but that as some were taxed all should be taxed He admitted that he would contribute $25 a year to the city as a license, but would fight the payment of $100 license fee now charged, even to the supreme court of the United States.
 After Mr. Wheeler had concluded Commissioner Weatherly made a mo- tion that the licenses on business schools be reconsidered MT. Hornady seconded the motion and at some dis tant day it will come up again. Other than the views of Commissioner Weatherly and Hornady it appeared that the rest of the board were in- very reasonable license on prosperous business colleges.
 The routine matters disposed of yes- terday by the city commission follows:
 Approved vouchers, pay rolls and contractors estimates.
 Instructed the city clerk to give mo- tice of intention of the board to re- deem certain public improvement bonds
 Adopted improvement ordinance No. S94-C to provide for the construction of certain sanitary sewers in East Thomas
 Adopted Improvement ordinance No. s95-C, an ordinance to provide for cer- tain improvements on Twenty-second street, north, between Third and Fifth avenues.
 Adopted improvement ordinance No. S97-C, an ordinance to provide for cer- tain improvements on Fifteenth ave- nue, south, from Twenty-second street, south (formerly Maplewood street), eastward 252.73 feet to the western terminus of the present street paving.
 
 S96-C, an ordinance to provide for cer- tain improvements on Arlington ave- nue, from Maiden Lane eastward to the western terminus of the present paving portion of the roadway, dis tance of 193 feet. ' Adopted grade ordinance No 224-C 225-C and 226-C.
 Adopted resolution relieving the In- terstate Casualty company from 1ia bil- ity under bond of the Peerless Plumb ing company.
 Ordered discontinued tungsten light in Third alley, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets.
 Ordered tungsten light installed at Green street and Sarah avenue. Miller station, on the South EnsIey car line.
 Accepted bid of the McClary- emi son Machinery company of s1.49 per square yard for one car creosoted wood blocks
 Accepted bid of w. M. Cosby Flour & Grain Co. of $16 per ton for four cars alfalfa and Johnson grass mixed hay.
 Instructed the city engineer to draw ordinances for the paving of the fol- lowing streets with permanent pave- ment:
 Seventh avenue, north, between Twenty first and Twenty-rourth streets: Thirty-first street, south, be- tween Twelfth and Thirteenth alleys; Avenue G, south, between Eighteenth and Twenty-third streets.
 Accepted bid of c. A. Bain of $1SO for repairing the roof on the city warehouse at Avenue F and Sixth street.
 Refunded w. c. Cunningham S10 on account double payment of city taxes on the north 50 feet of the south 75 feet of lot 4, block 23. J. M. Ware survey, for the year 1913
 Reduced assessment of C. B. Davis against lot .2,4 block 4, Helena Heights, under Pro. No. L-212. 50 per cent
 Approved bill of J. Cary Thompson of si0 for appraisal of certain prop erty and court attendance in case of city vs. Allen.
 Instructed the city engineer to re- port as to the cost of construction of a new brick fire station at Five Points and Vivian.
 Confirmed action of Commissioner Barber in releasing certain prisoners from the city jail on probation, as shown in report to this board of date, February 1, 1916.
 Ordered fire hydrant at Fifty fifth street and Railroad avenue discon- tirued, and hydrant ordered installed at Sixty-sixth street and Georgia dirt road.
 Appropriated s16 for certain repairs to the clustering in the city rall arr mory.
 Adopted ordinance No. 345-C, to be entitled an ordinance to prevent eva. sions of the ordinances of the city Of Birmingham for the promotion Of tenn perance and concerning the sale, keep ing for sale, etc., of certain prohibited liquors and beverages. to reduce and discourage the use and consumption of prohibited liquors and beverages and