The age-herald., 1901-11-23
DECATUR WANTS
 4 NEW RAILROAD Mass Meeting in interest of Alabama Central DEVELOP NEW TERRITORY Committees Are Appointed to Assist In Work and $150o Is Raised
 at Meeting in Ten
 Minutes.
DEVELOP NEW TERRITORY

New Decatur November 22-(Special) There was mass meeting of the cit izens of the Decaturs at the courthouse last night, held for the purpose of secur- ing the Central Railroad of Alabama !.
 D. w. Speake, attorney for the road, addressed the meeting stating that the road had been capitalized at $500, 900, with an authorized capitalization of $2, 100000.
 The whole of the first half million of stock had been subscribed for, and taken up All that the railroad people required of the Decaturs were securing rights of way to the Winston County line, terminal facilities here and s25OO cash donation towards building $5G0O depot. The deeds to the rights of way, terminal facilities and the cash subscription are to be held by the people of the Decaturs until trains are running over the road as far as the Lawrence County line.
 The people of Lawrence and Winst on Counties have given assurance that the rights of way through those counties should not cost the Decaturs a cent. The road as projected and incorporated pro- poses to run from Decatur to Jasper, thence to Tuscaloosa
 Jasper Pledges $15,ooo.
 The town of Jasper has pledged to the railroad company $16,O0O in money and lands. Tuscaloosa likewise has given sub stantial pledges of land and cash dona- tions.
 The meeting. after MT. Speaks exposi- tion of facts, appointed three business committees, composed of the most sub stantial citizens of the county, as fol- lows:
 Committee on rights of way, T. L. Bak- er A. P Howell, c. H. Austin.
 Committee on terminal facilities, H. K. Adams, -. B. Scott, J. D. Wyker
 Committee on s25O0 cash subscription, W. R. Spight, B. L. Malone, George D. Williamson, M. c. Bush. Thomas Fur ner.
 The meeting was presided over by l Mayor Harry A. Skeggs of Decatur. Following the transaction of the above business, voluntary subscriptions were called for, and $1500 was raised in ten minutes.
 The amounts subscribed were as fol- lows: w. E. Skeggs, $100; G. B. Moore X Son. $50; N. Alabama Engineering Com pany Sl00; E. H. Allison, $50; c. H. Aus tin, $50; w. H. Phillips, $25; L. l.. Pepper, $25; John c. Eyster $50; D. w. Speak, $50; l.. w. Boston, $50; D. c. Payne, $50 l Charles Bassett, $100; M. c. Busch, $25; T. l.. Baker, $25; Lee Carothers, $25 L. F. Troup, s25; H. B. Scott, s60 H. A. Skeggs $50; two manufacturing concerns, $25C each, making total of S1500.
 Chairmen Elected Trustees.
 The chairmen of the three committees, | T. l.. Baker, H. K. Adams and w. R. Spight were elected trustees to repre- sent the ecaturs.
 l The various committees propose to com plete their work by December 1, and be ready to close with the incorporation of | the road at that time.
 It was learned some days ago that the bank of J. w. Mallon, the Citizens Trust | Company of Cincinnati, had obligated themselves to float all the bonds of this road.
 With the completion of the work of these committees December l active work will begin on the roadbed in short time thereafter and the projectors pur- nose to have the road completed and in operation by next March. This road will run through a large area | of Alabama's richest mineral section, section through which there Is at present no railroad. and which is practically un- | developed
 While the incorporators were making A recent survey of the line they devel- oned a four-foot seam of as fine coal as there is in the state, the seam run ming through Morgan and Lawrence Counties.