The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-19
COMMISSION HOLDS MEETING LASTING FOR SEVERAL HOURS Business Unfinished Yes terday Will Come Up
 Again Tomorrow LICENSE SCHEDULE
 IS ALMOST FINISHED Weatherly Brings Up Subject of Lower Gas Rates and Urges
 That Commission Go
 Into Subject

After one of the longest sessions of the city commission ever held the reg ular Tuesday meeting was adjourned at o'clock yesterday afternoon to 3 o'clock Thursday on motion of Con- missioner Weather1y.
 Thursday afternoon the matters that could not be satisfactorily adjusted yesterday will again come up for con- sideration and this includes the new schedule of taxing the plumbers and the reconsideration of exempting from privilege taxation the Birmingham Barber college. The mater of obtain ing lower gas rates will also receive some consideration.
 Yesterday morning the commisison- CTS went in conference about Il o'clock and battled on various subjects until about 2:30 when Secretary Clarence Lloyd unlimited that few minutes for lunch would not be bad idea. This was concurred in and then the com missioners returned at o'clock where the plumbers, hotel and restaurant keepers and other individuals were awaiting with their own particular pet complaints
 SANITARY ORDNANCE
 The sanitary ordinance was the first matter disposed of. The hotel men heartily concurred in with the spirit of the ordinance and showed that they were disposed to obey the law at all times. Owing to the impracticability of some phrases of the new ordinance in regard to the ventilation of kitchens the commission readily amended the law as suggested by the hotel and res taurant keepers. The ordinance was then passed unanimously.
 The commission then adopted the new 1916 license schedule without a dissenting vote, but the section relat- ing to the licensing of plumbers was left out for further consideration at tomorrow afternoons meeting.
 Several speakers appeared for the plumbers and dissented from the atti- tax on the number of journeymen plumbers employed by the shops. The plumbers stated that they were will ing to be taxed in accordance with oth- CT contractors-that is, on the gross business done during the year. As the hour was getting late, it was moved and seconded that the entire matter be left over until Thursday, when it is possible that the plumbing schedule will be revised to meet with the ap- proval of the plumbers
 BARRIERS ARE HEARD
 At the conference in the morning a large delegation of barbers objected to the exemption from tax of the Pir- mingham Barber college. It was stated that the college was purely a money making institution. Speakers averred that persons were shaved at trifling sums in cutting competition with the ing the collegS fsom taxes and taxing the regular barbers to the limit was thoroughly unfair.
 \ After hearing the speeches Commits sioner Ward at once moved that the board reconsider it's action on exempt ing the barber college from paying a license. However, no vote could be secured as Commissioner Barber was still undecided on where he stood on the matter.
 q don't know how to vote on this,'
 
 justice of the contentious of the bar bers'
 The entire matter of reconsideration of ,exempting the barber college and the business colleges will come up to- morrow afternoon and if Commission CT Barber is persuaded to switch over to the side of Commissioner Ward it is possible that the other members of the board will revise their views.
 The purchase of the Bruce property as a site for a. high school was rescinded by action of the commission when it was brought out that a strip of 50 feet had been sold, and that the city was not getting exactly what it bargained for. However, the entire matter was again referred to the board of education for further investigation, and if the board again recommends the purchase of the Bruce property it will be bought.
 A large delegation of citizens regis tered complaint against the erection of livery stable at First avenue and Twenty fourth street. This matter was referred to City Attorney Monte Ullman.
 LOWER GAS RATES
 Commissioner Weatherly also sub mitted recommendation to the board that steps be taken at once to ascertain from the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company whether the present gas rates could not be lowered. The board decided to allow Commissioner Weatherly and Barber to get together and report their findings at a later date.
 We should get lower rates," said Com