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The age-herald., 1901-07-28

Twentieth and Nineteenth, property can be bought at from s4O0 to $500 per front foot. Those negro shacks will soon disap- pear and sites in that part of Birninz- ham, right under the shadow of the new city hall and only a block from the Hotel Hillman, are sure to be in demand in the near future for fashionabie stores and eie- gant offices. One firm has now for sale piece of property 25xf4e feet, with a good two-story brick building, located on the north side of Third agerue, between Twentieth and Nineteenth streets-price only s1750O. It will be worth s25 GOO in five years; yes, in three years.
 There is great deal of choice improved and unimproved business property be- tween First and Fourth avenues and Twenty and Eighteenth streets that can be bought now and the investing public will not find elsewliere anything so safe as well as proftsbIA Bargains of the sort I speak of can be had at this time that will pay per cent. net. A year hence prices will be considerably higher, for Birmingham Is growing steadily and as every one knows it has a magnificent fu- ture.
 By the way, reverting 10 Third avenue, the Age-fIeraid and tIie other papers should agitate for the removal of the ne- gro joints The aldermen should take up the question. But aldermen or no alder men, 1t is only matter of time when they will disappear"
 gentleman we'll known for his sagac- ity was sitting by while MT. Brown was talking to the reporter. He heartily en- dorsed everything MT. Brown said T am here, now" he said "to buy lot on Third avenue'"
The age-herald., 1901-07-28
The Great Plant Was Built for Flu ture as Well as Present. Mains Extend Through Birmingham, Ensley, West End, Elyton,
 Smithfield, East Blrmlng-
 ham, WoodIaWn, Avon.
 dale, N. Birmingham.

been started in 1888. when Birmingham s future as a great city was fully assured. At present. there are two sources of wa ter supply and two only-village Creek, having long ago been abandoned. One Is Five Mile Creek, and the other Cahaba river.
 Five Mile Creek Supply.
 About eight miles from the center of the city, the waters from Five Mile Creek are diverted from their natural channel. ana turned into a canal. By this canal the water is brought through thinly popu- lated country passing under Village Creek through thirty-six inch cast iron pipe, to the receiving reservoir, situated at the pumping station at North Birming- ham, near the intersection of Twenty Ninth street and Twenty-first avenue. This reservoir has a capacity of 10000 900 gallons. From this reservoir or receiving basin the water is pumped to the city through a twenty inch force main.
 The machinery at this station consists of one 6o00000 gallon Deane duplex com pound condensing pumping engine and two Blake duplex compound condensing pumping engines, each having a capacity of 2,500.000 gallons in twenty-four hours.
 The boiler plant is made up of four horizontal tubular boilers and two Bab- cock and Wilcox boilers of 1to-horse | power each.
 Cahaba River Supply. In order to utilize the fowage of both l the east and west forks of the Cahaba river. the water company has construct ed dam below the junction of the two branches of the ,yfver. The pumping station is.located oa i,e west fork of the river, about two t1sies abovs the dam
 The pumping machinery at the Cahaba station consists of two engines. One Warrington duplex compound condens- ing high duty engine, with a capacity of 100000 gallons in twenty-four hours, and the other a Knowles duplex condensing with capacity of S,OOO.OOO gallons in twenty-four hours.
 The boiler plant consists of tweve hor- izontal tubular boilers of 10O-horse power each.
 The water flows by gravity from the river through g. tunnel into a pump well,
The age-herald., 1901-07-28

Much has been written and said of Bir- znlnghan's water supply. Experts have been employed from time to time to make surveys, test the water and determine disputes in regard 10 different theories presented as to the quantity and quality of this lffe-giving, life preserving eler ment
 Through all of this the waters have flowed freely and gladly, supplying a great community of sixty thousand peo- pie, and preserving a standard of health equal to that of any city of the size and importance of this in the South Atlantic or Cult States.
 sN The People Must Know.
 Est, it is perfectly natural that repeated inquiry should be made along this line, until everybody learns full well of the source of supply for this water system and of the manner of protecting the flow from unwhoiesome contamination. Why? simply because every man, woman and child, every beast, every fowl, every iv- ing thing-even the budding flowers and grass plots which adorn our homes and beautffy our city, live and move and grow and flourish and have their being through this water supply. No matter how great the natural resources, it is well known that no city can ever develop to any ex- tent without an abundant supply of good, wholesome water.
 Of Deep Concern.
 Birmingham being distant from any great water course, 1t is natural that in- ouiry should be made as to her system of drainage. and this fact. too. makes the Birmingham Water Works system a sub ject of deep interest
 Historical.
 It Is fact of history that the Birming ham Water Works is as old as the city itself-that the beginning of the works were necessary to the establishment of city in this valley. Few wells were ever dug here, and those which were were quickly condemned. But the Water Works of 1873 built by the Elyton Land Company were small and insignificant as compared with Birmingham's Water works of today.
 The New System.
 The present system may be said to have
The age-herald., 1901-07-28

the stock of the Birmingham Water Works Company has changed hands and it is very evident that the present management will render good service and continue to improve and extend the system
 The Management.
 The courteous and obliging superin- tendent is Captain George Rover, well known water works man. who for eight cen years was in charge of the munich pal water works system at Nashville Tenn. The operation and management of this great factor in Birmingham's s prosperity is under his guidance, and he is always glad to do anything that will add to the comfort and convenience of the patrons of the water company. This company is vitally interested in Birming- ham and its development, and nothing that 1t can do will be left undone to ad vance her prosperity.
 Mains Extended.
 Since the new management assumed control of the Water Works, the mains have been extended to Avondale, Wood lawn, West End, Elyton. Smithfeld and Ensley aggregating about fifteen miles of new line.
 Additional Power.
 An eight million gallon ripple expan- sion Worthington engine has been or dered for Cahaba station. and the work of building the engine-house for the re- cepton of this monster machine is now in progress. With this additional engine the pumping capacity of Cahaba station will be 21, 100000 gallons each twenty-four hours.
 It's Own Coal Mines.
 A fact worthy of special note is that the Birmingham Water Works Company owns and operates it's own coal mines at Cahaba station. It's pumping machinery rests upon beds of coal in the Cahaba fields. and it utilzes this coal in producing steam for its engines
 A Public Utility.
 It must be borne in mind that the function of this Water Works system is marvelously great. It is the main spring of community life and action, and it's perfect work is ever essential to a preservation of life and the continua- ton of growth and progress here. It moves the mighty wheels of commerce and manufacture and saves property and homes from the destroying flames.
 No wonder. then, that the people are ever interested in their Water Works System, and that it is ever watched with jealous and zealous eyes; and no won der that the question Is so often asked: What of our water supply?"
The age-herald., 1901-07-28
The Southern Cement Company,

The Southern Cement Company was organized in March of this year, with a capacity of 300 berrels per day, and this has since been doubled by the installa- tion of new machinery and notwfthstand- ing this fact it's sales are now far in advance of the daily output
The age-herald., 1901-07-28

arc from here it Is pumped through two 20-inch force mains, one main for each pump. distance of 2,7OO feet to stand pipe, which is situated on a summit about 375 feet above the level of the river. This standpipe acts as an equal izer to relieve the mains of sudden jars. At this point the two 20-inch mains merge into one main, 90 inches in diam eter, through which the water flows a distance of 12500 feet to the reservoirs. The total head pumped against Is 400 feet.
 These reservoirs, of which there are two, are situated on Shades Mountain, about five miles from the city, the water level in them being carried at an eleva- ton of 22O feet above the railroad tracks at Twentieth street. The smaller basin has capacity of 2S,0O0.00o gallons. and the larger, a dam, has a capacity of no OO0, GOO gallons The pipe connections at the reservoirs are so arranged that water can be pumped into or taken from either or both reservoirs, or can be pumped direct to the city from the Ca haba pumping station.
 From the reservoir the water Is brought to the city by gravity through 16.5O0 feet of 3O-inch pipe and 5000 feet of 24-inch pipe.
 The main from the Cahaba station runs through very wild and rugged country, and it was necessary to tunnel in two places. One of these tunnels is 200 feet long and the other through Red Mountain, is 2.1OO feet long.
 The distribution system of the city is laid out with a view to future needs and extensions, and consists of eighty miles of main pipe.
 In quality the water is as pure as that supplied any city in the country. Five Mile Creek flows through a rough wood ed country, with practically no habita- tion and no possible means of contamina- ton. The Cahaba river passes through wild. rugged. uninhabited section, cours- ing down a rough rocky bed with fre- quent cataracts. It has a fall of about ten feet to the mile giving 1t a swift, strong current. This rapid motion and constant aeration brings the water to the pump house in as pure and heaithful condition as it is possible to find water in nature.
 Abundant Supply.
 The company is now using only a small part of the available water supply, which is sufficiently large for city of six or eight times the present size Of Birming- ham, so that as the city grows there is no. fear. of the water supply becoming insufficient or contaminated
 In order to give some of the patrons on the South Highlands a better service, the Water Company has gone to great ex- pense in constructing a high service pumping system. This consists of a gas engine and pump with which the water from the mains is pumped into a tank on the side of Red Mountain. This improve ment gives the residences on the higher elevations much better pressure than 1t is possible to obtain from the regular distribution mains of the city.
 Within the past twenty-four months
The age-herald., 1901-07-28

The map furnished our subscribers Is the most complete of its kind ever published
The age-herald., 1901-07-28
IF YOU GO AWAY FOR THE
 SUMMER

you shoui~ have The Age-Herald sent to you. We will change your address
 ss cften as you like; just drop us al postal. Subscription price, mailed to
 any address, 65 cents month.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

The average politician has
about as many troubles as any
body under the sun. II he is an
otficeholder, which he is or wants
to be, he is constantly on the alert
lest he lose his place. He must
be "all things to all men," and
sincerity becomes a stranger to
him. The farmer. the laborer,
the business man and the profes.
sional man lives a different life.
The time comes, must come, in
the life of every politician whom
ne is beaten aud defeated man
Nearly any other avocation offers
better returns in the end than
politics.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

They claim that Mr.. Henderson
made a subcommittee room of the
club and that his republican con-
freres "dId not manicure their
finger nails or drink their liquor
like gentlemen" The fact that
no charges of biting the necks of
the bottles or using the mural dec
orations for cuspidors, were pre-
ferred, clears Kansas of any re.
sponsibility for the speakers
exit.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

The forthcoming report of Frank
{. Churchill, with reference to
schools in the Indian Territory
will be interesting. The desire
OF the government is to give the
rs, 900 white children in the In
dian country The privileges of an
education. and Churchill's report
will, doubtless, throw much light
upon present conditions. relative
TO the course Of education.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

Such a crowd, such screams of laugh
ter, was never seen or heard as was
at the opera house last night when
the Gardner Concert Co. opened their
weeks engagement. Go early tonight
so as TO get good seat and carry home
a pre-ent, as the admission is only 10
and 20 cents.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14
Holiday Excursion TO the Southwest
Via the Frisco system.

On December p, - aud 3. 1901. the
Frisco system will sell round trip
tickets - points in Mississippi. Ten
nessee. Alabama. Georgia, North and
south Carolina aud Florida at rate OF
one ana one-third fare f0r the rouod
trip. tickets go1d for retarn 90 davs
from date % sale.
B. E WALKER. Local Agent
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

The Owen anti statehood con
vention is tender subject with
the South McAlester Capital.
Those who would retain the friend
ship Of the esteemed Capital would
better steer clear of that subject.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

Do not take DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin unless you have constipation,
Indigestion, sick headache or some
form OF stomach trouble. such as
dyspepsia, bIliousness or heartburn,
for these are what IL is guaranteed 20
cure. Sold by Peoples drug store. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

Now let the press of the country
take up the ms.ter Of the "over
worked Dawes commission. 1"
These poor fellows are worked
from twenty-four to thirty hours a
day and everybody is pOking fun
al them.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

The deposition of Dennis Flynn
from his place on the house com
mittee on Indian affairs is a wise
act. Dennis Flynn has about the
same effect upon Indian affairs as
the shaking Of red rag has upon
a bull.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

The establishment of dlstillery
in Maryland for the manufacture
OF whiskey from Walermelons
shows that a man can find trouble
any place be looks for it.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

Speaker Henderson has re-
signed from an exclusive Wash
ington club. owing to The criticism
Of the board Of governors, Of The
guests he entertained at the club.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

Dear Sirs:-l had no faith In testi.
monials or advertised medicines until
/ took DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
my attention being called to il by a
letter from some one who had been
cured OF what he called chronic cum
stipation, aud l began taking II for
my case. Ii any one who reads this
has Constipation or Stomach Trouble,
| earnestly recommend Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. Ny own experience
and complete cure prompts me TO
promise that you will find it will do
all that il claimed for it. Resp,
L. O. GURNER.
Prop. Hotel Paris, Dubuque, Iowa
Sold by Peoples Drug Store DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

ndr1cc which you gave me IN regard = nv
trtA-.rentT wrilcs Geo. Doruer. Ez1- 81 rcf<
fnla-k1 Street. naHfrnore Marrisnf Il rcd
ycu- Coldeu Mctiicai usscu~trTf nrcn-~sfrr t.
ofrccli1rs Aifer using fcs,r tr11ttes cuusfsfrrs
inl%el cured. a. have M fezt any zrrrrfo-ns
sinre bad tired alr1ost an re-nezirs fhat 7
heard - that Ttre good i1r fTs-,rrsia hrlt uifh-
fut relieL fInally. 4 became oiscoarared rn1
wrufe 20 Fcu for advirr with fhe above rezrit-~
The dealer who Offers . suhstitute for
The : Discovery Is orly seeking to make
ne little more prctt realized On the saie
oi less fTierItorlous preparations
~. fIe-Ce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent f5rr on receipt OF stamps
70 pay experse Of mailing orr. send
II one-cent stamps for the paper covered
BOOK, Or 81 stamps Tor the c1cth hcuu1.
Adartss Dr. K. y. Rerce. Bufalo. y. K.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-14

Introduction prices ON new style
photos, very low. Fowler.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-03
EXCEPTIONALLY DULL DAY

hCotton on New York Exchanee--Var-
| iztions Did Not Allow Even Scalpine,
New York, May 2.--It was an exception
)ly dull day on the cotton exchange. The
hriations did not allow even the scalpng
cement to make the usual turns" and Of
bred no inducements to investors or the
Lmf-pfofessional trade. The opening was
teady, with prices TO 4 points lower.
|lrpripingly good start in view OF the pro
punced weakness in Liverpool and a bear
Iii average of news in hand from the crop
Enter. Both departments Of the English
Safket declined sharply from liquidation.
Ficex Reclining to the lowest level reached
luce the season opened. Foreign sell ng
fdeYS were cabled to representatives here.
honfhs principally. After the cali the
5arket steadied point or so on covering
" Nervous shorts, who feared possible
bHnipulation Of July and August. lie
eipts were up to the average and crop
'ews was favorable, except in the sections
fhcre3 rain was needed. 1t was said that
parts OF Texas farms were being given
Eer to prospecting for oil. but this new
ttraction for planters was not sufficiently
|rcadcast to seriously affect the acreage OF
bat State. Mil reports from Fall River
nd the South were gloomy as heretofore,
fjlh demand for clothes almost at stand
III The weather forecast being favor
|0le md the embarrassment for toInorrow's
|afeipfs being large, shorts made no at
&Mpt at depressing values In the after
'oQu.& The. market was finally dull but
kea4y, with prices net points lower to
no1nts higher.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-03
london financial Cable.

New York My The Commcrcial-Ad-
yertisers London financial cahcgraln says:
A large business was done on the stock
exchange here today. Buying orders had
accumulated over the holiday. causing the
appearance Of great activity. bnt the tone
was also bcttor-morr buoYAnt than 1t has
been for a long time The new conspls
are hardening. In the American depart
mcnt business was cxcitcd, confused and
Irregular. London rushed into take profits
during the first hours Of the morning. New
York soon came IN however, with a furious
demand for Atchsons, hich went killing
and rallied the whole list. There was u
pause during which tho market huctuafed
fevoriShly. Then the Atchison boom was
continued aud the street head that Penn
syly1nia WAS buying large lines OF H.
Union Pacific hung rather heavy although
$50 was talked OF for It on the fear of 6
per cent on the stock ny those who are
acquiring control. The feature of thc day,
however WIS the gigantic options In Amer.
lean stocks regarded by some people here
as the only safe method Of dealug in them
now. United States Steel was active
around 5jTk for the common and lO37s FOR
the preferred. There was big rnsh for
Grand Trunks Oh vague rumors Of work
ing agreements being arranged between
the Northern Pacific and Lcyinnd Land.
The call rate for money was 3h bills 3la
Dpl cent,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-03
TON WAS AGAIN Dull
JaI Figures Are Again Reduced
0ne.sixteenth.
ATOMS IN FUTURES WERE NARROW
led Down to 6 Points and Moved
Z y. ,Ai r-ss,tsis- S's5t1t iTsnyv All
II Day.

Ion continued unusually dull yester
K Both at home and in Liverpool. There
y movement reported 10 be on foot
IN New England manufacturers to cur
4 production by working short time,
1.y{it is said, enabling them to reduce
3c9nsumptlon for the remainder of the
166 by something like 100000 bales.
&3holders at New Orleans are showing
lltbositlon to meet the situation and
Rrket there Is growing steadily weak
81 b Liverpool the trade is becoming
Vtfced that the supply will be ample
s,the seasons requirements and there
<Ntrefore little or no activity. Spot
mn New Orleans were $500 bales, OF
|dH 400 were sold to arrive.
Minated receipts at New orleans for
1otfow are 1900 to $500 bales, against
$500 Mt year, and at Houston
Dzsto $500 against 3Ss last year and
for the same time year before last.
EMthe exception Of New York the Off
sHnotations for spots at the close were
|4lower. At New York the price was
Atpged, with but ninety bales changing
lMfutures the range of rrAres after the
uipg, which was off from / to 8 points,
Xormer for the months and the
Ierk for the near ;ltlons. was very
row, being 3 poin,s nd less throughout
Entire list. Prices for May and July
bbfh New Orleans and New York open
down from 3 to > points, in sym.
Nv with early Liv-tltnol advices, eased
kspolnt or two around the noon hour,
4 Ihrmed up to about the opening iig-
e,|only to drop back to an average of
!oAnt below the opening at the close
hef weather conditions today were all
ttould be desired for the young crop,
NJ clear throughout the belt with tenn
afure moderate.
eceipts of cotton yesterday at Hons
Were 10,266 bales. a decrease from
of about $500, and an increase
the same day last year of about 1900
over the year before of about 800
rices for the active months ranged as
lows at New York and New Orleans:
rAHt Omen Iiph Iouy Clnsn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-03
H. g. 3. Beers Circular.

New Orleans, May 2.--rhe marked stcad-
ness OF the American markets was ignored
by Liverpool, which ruled easier In rc-
spcnse to poor Manchester advices, super
induced by the heavy receipts. Prices here
IN sympathy onened . 10 Z lns.ar- ss--i,
covering Immediately after occasioned an
advance of to points. Subsequentiy
however, the large weekly Bombay receipts
and the heavy April movement into sight,
as well as the weakness OF spots caused Il
break of points from the top. making the
net loss points on old crop months and
on the new
The Bombay receipts during the week
were 6iUoo, against l1,0oo last year, ag
gregating to date 1,445.oo0, against 1873, 600
last year. The exports to Europe SO far
for the season are 400, 900, against only
56000 last year, or an increase OF $4,000
all of which Is at the expense of American
cotton.
The amount brought into sight during
Apr, was $4,000, being n record breaker
exceeding the previous largest April move
mcnt, In 1890. by $1,000, and shows an h-
crease of 206,00o over April of last year
The tota marketed to May | Is 10000
now outpoint to continuance OF excess
In the movement, as compared t olasr
year.
Wcather conditions for the past two
weeks throughout the belt have been M
usually favorable for planting, therefore.
considerin. this feature the excessively
large receipts the stagnation OF tex lilo
trace and the restricted demand for sputS,
IL would seem as II the present values can
NO. be maintained unless, later on, some
serious setback to the crop We're 10 take
place. H. & b. Beer.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-03
Houston Railroad Receipts,
Houston Spots.

Srots closed easv, uIchamged; stock 81
313 bales: sales 767 bales.