Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-12
THE LUMBER IS DONATED For the Alabama Building at the
 Exposition. WAGAR LUMBER COMPANY -~f#t Does the Generous Thlng-WiIl Be Hauled Free to Marion Junction and Possibly
 to Atlanta.

The lumber for the Alabama building at the Atlanta exposition has been do- mated by the Wagar Lumber company of Mobile, and the Mobile and Birmingham Railroad company agrees to deliver it at Marion Junction without any charge for hauling. The Southern Railway com pany has been asked to carry it from Marion Junction to Atlanta free, and the matter has been referred to Third Vice President Baldwin.
 Maj. F. Y. Anderson yesterday re- ceived the following letter from Colonel Danner of Mobile:
 Mobile, Ala, July 10, 1895. Maj. F. Y. Anderson, President, Bir- mingham, Ala
 Dear Sir: l wrote you this morning. Since then I have had a talk with MT. Wagar of the Wagar Lumber company, and MT. Wagar has agreed to donate all the lumber for the building, as called for in your letter of the 2d instant.-siX car loads. He wants instructions im- mediately as to whether it is to be dressed or rough and if any of 1t is to be special lengths. Your letter does not give sufficient particulars as to the lum- Der This lumber will be loaded on the cars of the Mobile and Birmingham rail- road at Wagar, Ala. It will go via that road to Marion Junction, where 1t con meets with the Southern road The Southern road practically controls 1t. Please send the particulars immediately as to the lumber and arrange for trans portation, and the lumber will go for ward This will enable you to get good credit from your contractor; 1t is quite a help.
 Mir Wagar some time ago donated $100, which is part of the money sent you yesterday In donating this lumber I ha Tr should have any proper sign on or in the building. to the effect that all the lumber in this building had been donated by the Wagar Lumber company, as an advertisement of course, the same 70 be in good taste and subject to the ap- proval of the board of managers.
 Mir Wagar also applies for space to exhibit his lumber products. Please mark him off a space, and advise me or the number of square feet that you have given him and the location. He will get up a nice exhibit. I have not given up trying to get the shingles to cover the building; will know in a few days whether I can get them. Yours truly,
 A. c. DANNER.
 President Bush of the Mobile and Bir- mingilam Railroad company readily consented to haul the lumber free, as shown by the following telegram:
 Anniston, July Il. To F. Y. Anderson:
 Will take pleasure in hauling six cars of lumber for Alabama building at At lanta from Wagar to Marion Junction without charge. T. G. BUSH.
 Work Progressing.
 Work on the Alabama building is pro- gressing rapidly, the brick work being nearly done Yesterday President An derson received the following telegram from F. c. Sheppard, the contractor:
 Atlanta, Ga, July Il. To F. Y. Anderson:
 Send lumber as soon as possible Will do the best I can with it. Have got brick work nearly done, and will com mence putting on sills today.
 r. G. SHEPPARD.
 Win Move to Birmingham.
 In speaking of the removal of the Thurlow Manufacturing companys cot ton mill to Birmingham, notice of which the Age-Herald of Tuesday had, the Chester, Pa, Evening News has the following to say:
 'The removal of the Thurlow Manu- featuring company to Birmingham, Ala, which was announced a few dyas ago, will not occur until some time in Septem- Der.
 James E. Cotton and John Gary will start for Birmingham in a few days, and will be joined en route by Simeon Cotton, who is now manager of a factory in North Carolina. These three will com
 
 company. Mr Gary will be the manager of the new concern, the owners of which will all be heirs of the late Simeon Cotton, ST. He will remove his family, now residing at Third and Clayton streets, to Birmingham in September.
 The machinery and other effects of the Thurlow company here will be trans ferredT to the south as soon as the ar arrangements are completed. La bor is said to be cheaper and the facilities for manu- featuring purposes considered far greater than they are in South Chester" Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company will have a splendid exhibit at the exposition. It will comprise samples of all minerals found on their properties, pig iron and other things incidental to the work of this great corporation. MT. Charles E. Bowron of Tracy City, Tenn, son of Treasurer BOwron of the Tennes- see company, is here now arranging for the collection of minerals to be displayed in the Alabama exhibit.
 The Florence Wagon Company.
 Secretary Thompson yesterday receiv- ed a, letter from the Florence Wagon com pany asking for srace in the Alabama building. The letter stated that the com pany would send good exhibit of their product to Atlanta and wanted a desir- able place in the building.
 Q, Shingles Donated.
 Col A. c. Danner writing from Mobile, says two companies there had donated 20, 900, cypress shingles each to be used in covering the Alabama building. It will require about 10000 shingles and Colonel banner said he was confident that number will be donated by shingle manufacturers in and near Mobile.
 The donations are all inaddition to Mo bile's subscription of S1000 to the exhibit fund.- The city by the gulf has certainly done the noble part in this worthy en- terpfise. She has contributed 5000, $6i0 of which has already been forwarded to Secretary Thompson of the board of managers, and six car loads of lumber and, 10000 cypress shingles, with the promise of al least 10000 more. If all the cities in the state do as we'll Alabama's exhibit at the Atlanta exposition will be surpassed by no other state.
 Inquiries for Space
 Secretary Thompson is in receipt every day of letters with regard to exhibits, each one. asking for space in the Ala bama building. If the good work is kept up much longer a much larger build ing Jwili be needed in which to diplay Alabama's matchless resources.