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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-19

important part The barge line established
py the road on the Mississippi for handling
Alabama coal has been a success, and will
have much effect in building up that new
outlet for the mines of this state
The settlement of the south by farmers of
the north to take up much of the land that
Is not now fully utilized is OF the utmost
Importance, and is hardly second to the
building up of great Industrial centers and
the work of bringing the advantages of the
south for homes to people In other sections
seeking new locatipis Is one to be vigor-
ously prosecuted. Alabama, in common
with other southern states, presents supe-
rior advantages for the home-seeker, and
this is a fact that is becoming known, and
the result Is a good immigration of splen-
did class of farmers.
There is to be a large DEVELOPMENT In the
near future in the industries of the south,
and Alabama will, from the many advan-
tages she possesses in her iron and coal
mines, her quarries, her clay and other de-
posts. her timber, her fine water powers,
her cheap and intelligent labor, her local
and state encouragement Of manufactures,
and from her fine transportation facilities,
benefit most largely from that develop
ment. Her fertile valleys and her congenial
and healthy climate will contribute much
to that growth. No portions of the state
possess more advantages for agricultural
or commercial or Industrial growth than
those reached by the Southern railway sys-
tenn. Entering the state from Tennessee,
from Georgia and Mississippi, with lines
from Chattanooga to Birmingham and on
down to Meridian, Mss, passing through
such places as Fort Payne, Alfalfa, Tus-
caloosa, Akron; the Memphis division pass
Ing through the northern tier of counties,
and such places as Stevenson, the Decaturs,
Huntsville, Florence, Sheffield and Tuscum-
hia, with the great east and west route
through the state, passing through Biz
mingham, and giving an outlet to the Mis-
sissippi river and to the coast and the
north via such places as Admission, Leeus,
Cordova and Fayette; with the line from
Atlanta Junction to Meridian, by way OF
Piedmont, Admission, Taladega, Chiders-
burg, Calera, Selma and Demopolis; with
the Rome and Gadsden and Alfalfa line, the
branches from Woodstock and Noble juno
ton to Birmingham Junction, and the
Akron and Marion Junction line, passing
through Greensboro and Marion, the South
ern system covers a great part of the pro-
ductive and industrial portion of the state,
and must always play a most important
part in its progress and prosperity. 1t not
only gives the local traffic facilities, but
lines for traffic to and from the great GEN.
tiers of the north, through Georgia and the
Carolinas, through Tennessee to the central
north, through Memphis to the west, and
by its various lines to the coast cities for
the export trade
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but, SO far as know, this is the extent OF
the export trade from the southern states.
Eaons Birmingham's Splendid Location
Birmingham is. believe" continued Mr..
Northington, ''the most favorably situated
point in the south for the manufacture and
distribution of cotton machinery. From the
manufacturing standpoint, We have nearly
all the materials used in the making of gins
and cotton machinery within easy reach,
which is of the greatest advantage. Then
we have competing railroads running out
of Birmingham to nearly every portion of
the south where we sell our machinery,
which gives us the very best freight rates
a splendid advantage"
Built In 1892
The hington-Munger-Pratt Compa-
ny's first plant was built in this city in
1872, and was put In operation in June OF
the latter year. Since that time 1t has been
In continuous operation, its business in
creasing with rapid strides every year ex-
cept in 1896 During the last two or three
years their business has assumed such pro-
portions that it was absolutely necessary
to increase the capacity of the plant, which
" dS uOHc Wy UuiiulHS Two plS warehouses;,
and putting in additional machinery in the
space which before that time was used for
storage purposes. One of these warehouses
was built in 1897, and its counterpart last
summer. In ALL the company now has TO-
600 square feet of space under cover in its
plant
The officers Of the company are: w. =.
Northington. president: r. s. Munger. vice
president; 9. I. Munger. treasurer; M. p.
Northington, secretary.
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headquarters are both in Birmingham and
Memphis. e. T. Wilcox is the contracting
freight agent for Birmingham
The facilities for shipping freight possess
ed by the Kansas City road are very COM
plete, as it has more cars to the mile of
track than any other southern or western
railroad. Its tracks and all of Its rolling
stock is in splendid condition, enabling fast
time to be made.
The road does a large business importing
grain, dressed beef and other provisions
from the western markets into the south
eastern states. This is the business that
naturally came to the road when 1t first en-
tered the newly developed district Of Bir-
mingham. But the railroad was not content
with having all OF its freight going one way,
and it has been one of It's chief objects since
1t has been In the Birmingham district to
assist and do everything in Its power to de-
velop the resources with which Birmngham
has been endowed by nature. AS a conse-
Quence very large export business has
been built up to the western markets Large
shipments of coal, pig iron and other manu-
featured articles are shipped out daily.
Exporting Cattle
Another business which this road has de-
veloped wonderfully is the shipment of live
cattle from Alabama and Georgia to the
fields of the west, there to be fattened and
slaughtered. The pas,urage afforded in
these two states Is not good, except when
the land Is under cultivation, and conse-
quently thef,> are a large number of very
lean cattle running wild, which are unfit for
beef until fattened. They are ga,Aered
up in large numbers and shipped to the
west. During the winter of 1Ss7-9S this
business assumed enormous proportions.
over 1900 head of cattle being shipped
through Birmingham over this road. These
cattle cost not cent to raise, yet brought
their owners nearly 100000. During the
present winter these shipments haven't as
sumed such large proportions, principally
because there were SO few cattle left after
the heavy shipments of last season. This
exporting of cattle will continue until the
fields of Alabama and Georgia become SO
well cultivated that the lean cattle can be
fattened. slaughtered and eaten at home.
Fast Freight schedules
The Kansas City road has been endeavor-
ing of late to reduce the running time of
their freight trains, and right well they
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ROUTE TO
GREAT. NORTHWEST
Splendid Railway Lines of the Kan
sas City, Memphis and Bir-
raingham r. r.

The Kansas City, Memphis and Bir-
mingham railroad is Birmingham's
natural route to the "Great North
west and vice versa, the Great
Northwest's'' natural route to the
Greater South" is through Birmingham.
Although this city Is the southern terminal
of the road. 1t is on excellent terms with all
the other roads running out of the city, and
through them Is able to offer splendid facii-
tiles for the through shipment of freight
and for through passenger travel.
The railroad system OF which the K. c.,
M. and B. is a part, was organized in 1869
as the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf.
and was among the very first roads con-
structed out of Kansas City. 1t continued
to grow until 1888, when 1t entered Memphis
and for five years that city was the south
ern terminal of the system.
The management of the road was quick
TO realize the Importance of getting into
Birmingham, and IN 1888. just after the boom
days, their road was completed into this
city.
The road from here to Memphis, 276 miles,
is one corporation, and all the lines west of
Memphis known as the Kansas City. Fort
Scott and Gulf, 1000 miles In length form
another corporation. Both systems, how
ever, are owned Dy the same people, ana
have the same general officers They are
as follows:
II. II. Hunnewell, chairman of board of
directors, Boston, Mass; Edward 8.
Washburn, president and general man
ager, Kansas City; 8. T. Fulton,
assistant to president: Charles Mer-
RAM, secretary and treasurer, Boston; ]. 8.
Ford. comptroller; Wallace Pratt, general
counsel; 1. P. Dana, general attorney, and
o. q. Learnard, tax commissioner, all of
Kansas City.
The transportation officials of the Kansas
City, Memphis and Birmingham are j. III.
Sullivan, superintendent, with headquarters
at Memphis, and H. A. Ford, trainmaster,
with headquarters at Amory, Miss.
The Freight Department
]. d. Rlddell, of Kansas City, is the gen.
eral freight agent. He has three assistants,
one of whom is e. K. VOORHEES, whose
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-19
MODERN UP-TO-DATE PLANT
Largest Makers Of Cotton Ginning "Sys-
tens" In the World.
PROCESS PATENTED BYR.s. MUNGER
Machinery Shipped to All Southern
States East Mississippi River-An-
! other Plant in Dallas-Birming-
ham Fine Distributing City.

9 One of the most important of the so-called
7"smalier industries" Of the Birmingham
district, yet one which attracts but COM
paratively little notice. considering it's great
Importance, is the Northington-Munger-
Pratt Company at East Birmingham But
this is because there Is not much cotton
grown In the immediate vicinity OF Biz
mingham. In all of the southern states east
OF the Mississippi river. wherever cotton is
grown, the gins made by this company are
widely and most favorably known.
This plant enjoys the distinction OF being
the largest OF its kind in the world. The
company very seldom sells gin by itself,
but makes a speciality of manufacturing
and putting In the whole ginning outfit
that is, machinery for handling the cotton
from the time 1t Is sucked up through q
tube, called an elevator. out Of the wagons,
through the gins and compressors into the
press, where It Is packed into bales with
out ever having been touched BY hend since
the raw product left the wagon. During
the process the cotton Is also thoroughly
cleaned.
: The company makes and puts In about
thro& hundred Of these complete systems. ~
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they are called, every year-in all, busi-
ness amounting to over $500 900. No set
price can be fixed for a system, for nearly
every one of them varies as to size. One
suction tube can handle enough cotton for
any number of gins up to six, and SO can
one condenser handle the output of these
six gins. So it will be seen that the cost
of one of these complete equipments varies
according to size, running all the way from
81 900 to 5000. This plant makes more Of
these gin systems than all OF the other gin
works in the country combined.
Invented by r. 8. Munger
These systems, which are admitted to be
the finest in the world, have been perfected
and invented by r. 8. Munger, of this city.
the vice president of the company. These
inventions represent the very highest state
of perfection to which the invention of Eli
Whitney has ever been brought, as is evil
denced by the hundreds and hundreds of
testimonials which planters from all over
the south have given the system, by the
great number of them that are manufac-
tured and sold. and by the very few COM
plants that are ever heard against any
part of the machinery.
Its Trade in the South
The ington-Munger-Pratt Company
does most-in fact, nearly all Of
its business with the cotton grow
ers in North Carolina, South Caro-
lima. Georgia. Florida, Alabama. Mis-
sissipp and Tennessee some parts Of
of Louisiana. This territory the company
covers very thoroughly. All Of Texas and
most Of Louisiana are supplied with these
gins manufactured by the Munger Improved
Machine Manufacturing Company Of Dallas.
Tex. which company. though not the same
corporation as the Birmingham company,
manufactures all Of the cotton machineyr
Invented by Mr.. Munger. This company does
almost as large business west of the Mis-
sissippi as the Birmingham company does
on the eatern side.
Export Trade to be Developed
There is splendid foreign market for
gins and cotton machinery" said NJ. p.
Northington, the secretary Of the company,
yesterday. "but one which we have never
been able to work up and develop, for the
reason that It has been all We could do to
keep the home trade supplied. There are
many parts Of Russia. Egypt. India, China,
South America and other countries where
cotton II handled by the most primitive
machinery: but. a. said. We have never
had an opportunity to Try to show them
our methods. Tho Daniel Pratt Gin Com
pany Of Prattviile has shipped . number
Of its gins 70 me southern part Of Russia.
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THE HARD|E-TYNES
MACHINE WORKS
Is One of the Leaders Among
Manufacturing Concerns
of Birmingham.

The Hardie-Tynes Foundry and Machine
Company was founded in 1882, but was re-
organized and put under a new manage
ment in 1895. Prosperity has crowned the
efforts of this business, and 1t has expanded
wonderfully since its foundation seventeen
years ago. and 1t is at the present date
one of the best equipped foundries in the
south for heavy construction work. The
buildings are fitted throughout with the
latest appliances for machine work. and
the company turns out some of the best
and most serviceable engines now In use.
The plant covers about four acres of val.
liable city land, and is connected with all
the leading railroads by tracks running out
of the main building. Nothing has been left
undone to make this one of the most COM
piete machine shops in this district, and
by the constant attention of the managers
1t has all the necessary facilities for meet
ing the numerous demands 1t has for mod.
ern machinery.
The Hardie-Tynes Company are manufac-
turers of Corliss and slide valve engines OF
all sizes, hosting and haulage engines, slide
valve and compound engines, sugar house
and mining machinery, rolling mill and fur
mace work, general and heavy loan cast
ings. Also large proportion of the BUSH
ness is devoted to repairing OF all kinds
of heavy machinery and contract work.
The work of this establishment Is known
over all of the southern states. and its OPP
erations extend through that territory.
Such an Industrial enterprise as this is
naturally source of pride to the Birming-
ham district, and it's thrift and prosperity
is greatly due to the small cost of material,
which can nearly all be secured right here
at home. The present officers OF the COM
pany are: William Hardie. president, ana
w. d. Tynes, secretary and treasurer.
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have succeeded. The following list gives
the number of hours for freight trains be-
tween Kansas City and various points in
the southeast:
To Memphis, 26 hours; Aberdeen. Il hours;
Birmingham, AZ hours; Decatur, 81 hours;
Montgomery. IS hours; Atlanta, 30 hours:
Columbus, Ga, s. hours; Savannah u
hours; Charleston, s. hours; Chattanooga,
40 hours The hours given include all the
time consumed In making connections at
Birmingham and elsewhere.
The same fast time Is made going in the
opposite direction. From Birmingham TO
Jasper, 2 hours and 80 minutes; Holly
Springs. II hours and so minutes; Memphis,
16 hours; Kansas City. ~ hours, etc.
Passenger Department
J. e. Lockwood at Kansas City, is the
general passenger agent of the system and
is at the head OF that department. There
are six travelling passenger agents under
him, one of whom Is Charles Jones, wSlo
looks out for the interests of his road IN
Birmingham and in other points OF the
southeast.
This road is the only one operating in Biz
mingham which runs chair cars. They, to-
gether with sleepers, are run through to
Kansas City without change. Its trains out
of Birmingham make close connection with
the Mobile and Ohio railroad at Tupelo,
running north from that point, and with the
Illinois CENTRAL at Holy Springs, "-AASA
also runs north. These two connections or
fer splendid facilities for travelling to the
north, the time between Birmingham and
St. Louis being as short as that OF any
other road.
Facilities for Travel
The Kansas City road offers unequalled fa-
cilities for travel to all points in Arkansas,
Indian Territory and Northern Texas. The
trains from Birmingham also make close
connection with the Union Pacific, the Rock
Island the Burlington and the Santa Il 9
routes running from that place across the
continent.
The facilities for travel in the opposite d.
rection, from the west to the south are
equally as good. There is a through Sleep
ing car which runs from Memphis through
Birmingham, and from this point via the
Southern to jacksonville, Fla. There is a-so
through sleeper service from Memphis.
via Birmingham and Atlanta to New York.
Bridge at hemphs
One of the most enterprising things this
railroad ever did was the bridging of the
Mississippi river at Memphis. 1t is noted
for being the only bridge across the 'Father
of Waters below st. Louis, and is also no.
ted as a most difficult engineering under
taking. Owing to the peculiar nature of the
banks along this great river. bridge building
over it has always been considered almost
an impossibility. But the Kansas City road
in 1892 overcame all obstacles at the cost OF
81, 000, 900, and now runs its trains from Biz
mingham to Kansas City without break
in its tracks. Formerly trains had to be
ferred over the river at Memphis In trans
ports
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Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by
MILLIONS Of MOTHERS for their CHILL
DREN WHILE TEErHrNGs with PER-
eOFTEN5 the GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN
CURES WIND collie. and Is the best rem.
edy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists
in every part of the world. Be sure and ask
Tor Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" ana
take no other kind. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures catarrh by sci
entifically attacking the disease through
the blood.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-19
THE BIG CONCERNS
OF THE DISTRICT
CONTINUED From First Page.)


100000 six at
and and two at Henry Ellen with capacity Of 10000 tons This yearly
1aso" of
4h5 per company nnnng also the b.. Of the monster steel plan. now going up a.
Ensley City. -
The second .ss. LARGEST Once III. IRON and g,.
company
year round 1t operates two iron furnaces in the city which together have an an
nua capacity o
North birmingham. the annual capacity Of which is lsO" tons
crates coalDurg coalDurs
AT Leeds the ss has operation probably the valuable
mines in the district What known as the brown hemete ore gotten from
operation near three mines 1nd besides those at champion
un county Included the enough coke
duoe 1n0O tons of coke
THE THIRD LARGEST
Probably the third largest iron of the district the Pioneer Mining and
@ m ~ tons per annun =. mas COKE ovens IN connection ~n a @
and its red southeast
The woodward Wheeling distinction having all OF
world has capital
OF which 10000 tons The company obtains large output of coal from its
OTHER PLANTS
city proper and the Alabama Rolling mills at Gate City The former
plants
the manufacture of almost everything that be thought Of
and spur
leading the furnaces and manufacturing plants within twenty
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Commends itself to the well-informed to do
pleasantly and effectually what was for
merly done In the crudest manner and dis
agreeably as well. To cleanse the system
and break up colds, headaches, and feyers
without unpleasant after effects, use the
delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
Of Figs. Made by California Fig Syrup
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been important In the past. and will con-
tjnue to be SO in the future In the deyel-
cpment OF the great coal interests OF Ala
bama the Southern railway has played an
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THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN

Continued From Second Page).
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
I found your medi-
cine a blessing to me
and my family"

There are women who feel something
like a grudge against the children, who,
one after another rob their mother of her
beauty and strength Men do not usually
realize how much the mother gives to
each child to her own loss. Women
accept it as part of the obligation OF
Nature and pay the debt grudgingly.
Yet in Natures plan every child is a
new JOY and fresh happiness. 1t isn't
the children that steal the mothers
strength. 1t is the unnatural drains and
pains which weaken her.
Every woman who has used Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription has found in it the
one thing woman has waited for. 1t
stops the drains, heals inflammation and
liberation, makes the baby's advent a
pleasure and his life blessing. No
opiates or narcotics are contained in
"Favorite Prescription.
~ read what your medicine had done for other
people" writes Mrs. Edwin H Gardner, Box 70,
would try IT, and found that 1t was blessing
to me and my family. began In June and took
six bottles Of your medicine, and three Walls OF
Pellets took your medicine year when I
had ten pound girl. had the easiest time
ever had with any of my children. have been
ite Prescription, three Of Golden Medical Dis
covery,' and three vias Of Pellets I had no
appetite and could not eat much without 1t dis
tressing me. Before took the medicine only
weighed I3s pounds, and now weigh l75."
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets clear the
brain by cleansing the body of the cor
ruption which clouds it.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
Deafness Cannot be Cured

bv local applications. as they canno
reach the diseased portion Of the ear
There is only one way to cure Deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an in.
famed condition of the mucous lining
o' the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube gets inAamed you have a rumb
ling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is
.he result, and unless the Inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restored
to its no.mal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever, nine cases out Of ten
are caused bv catarrh, which is nothing
but an inaamed condition Of the MI
eous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Doliara
Tor any case of Deafness (caIsed by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall s
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-28
Change Of Tune.

It was solemniy stated that there
would be an armistice, over Christmas
Day. bet the British and Boer ar
mics in South Africa. 1t is as though
the conbatan,s decided to "Hear the
angels sing as sort Of interlude 10 the
music made bv the dun. dunn bullets.
With arsenals running on Sunday, bat
tles being opened with prayer, and a
truce in honor of the natal day OF the
Prince of Peace, we have to do; and ii
is a trying thing to do, to have to ar
rive at reasonable and intelliglble
conclusion as to the integrity OF motive
and the sincerity Of the profession Of
goodness or godliness on the part o'
those who on the succeeding Christmas
begin again the music of the Mausel
bullet and the lyddite shells. WAR is
hell" and there is no merit in its pro-
fession OF reverence for Christmas Day
to make it, is to utter the keenest sat
ire upon itself.