The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-02

ting it. And the work of paving Second av-
enue, from the government building, east
has been begun. 1t has been badly needed,
but it will be we'll worth the kicks which
went up for it. Much more paving is prom
Used for the near future. l also observe in
all the residence sections of the city de-
cided action in removing fences and sur
rounding the residence lots with copngs of
stone. So Birmingham is improving in every
way. Many people are building houses for
themselves. This is becoming home city,
as well as a city of manufactures. Indeed,
it is hunning its race for leadership of
southern cities in a splendid manner.
Now that a second telephone system is
being put into Birmingham. one or the
other of the companies might adopt the
novel suggestion of the company out at
Jonesville in Wisconsin. There the tele-
phone company voluntarily established a
free telephone booth on the sidewalk at
the corner of two of the principal streets.
After a few months trial the experiment
was voted a success, and the telephone
company thought of erecting another booth.
Its lists of paying subscribers had in
creased with remarkable rapdity, the addi-
ton being largely due to the increased
value of telephone service to merchants
by reason of the number of people with
HON the free telephone brought them
into communication. Later, however the
plan was abandoned, because of the i'm
proper use made of the telephone by mis-
chievous or vicious people. This could be
remedied in Birmingham by placing the
free telephones in engine houses and pub
I;n l,,,ild xub helm
measure could be guarded.
The will of the late c. P Huntington has
been made public and his property assessed
He left securities, the market value of
which today is $70,000,000 Huntington
started with nothing He made money and
he knew how to save it; therefore his
wealth. Personally he had what he wanted,
but his wants were few. His personal
tastes were apparently the same as when
he was young man without wealth. To
the day of his death he smoked cheap ci-
gars, ate simple foods and drank ordinary
liquors.
Huntington and ex-senator John j. In
gals died on the same day. They were
about the same age. ingalls, was recognized
as brilliant genius-a ord-painter and
a phrase-maker. When in the Senate he
was considered its most interesting char
acter and its brightest genius. He was
elected President of the United States Sem
ate when Vice-President Hendricks died.
Yet ingalls, died poor man. Huntington
was never considered a genius but simply
plain, pushing business man, with but
little education and the most meagre vo-
cabulary. He left to his family one of the
greatest fortunes of modern times. The
difference was that ingalls, enjoyed spend
ing money and Huntington making money.
Ingalls, greatest happiness was to derive
pleasure and recreation from it; Hunting
tens to make and hold 1t and count it over
and over again. Such were the two men
Which life would you prefer.
The national political campaign is OPEN
ing up in earnest. A few weeks ago the
cold-blooded observer figured the chances
as between Mckinley and Bryan as 65 to
80 Within the past few weeks, however,
sentiment is running Bryanward, and an
equally cold-blooded observer now figures
1t as so to so. Senator German of Mary
land, who has never been Bryan man
now declares his chances to be excellent.