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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-18
ARE ID CONSIDER
 WATER COMMISSION
Board of Revenue to Take It
 at Special Session
MEETS AT 2 O'CLOCK TODAY
Van Hoose Has Issued Circular Let ter to All Members of the Leg.
 lsIature Urging Support of
 Water Commission Bill.

There will be q meeting of the Board of Revenue this afternoon at o'clock In its rooms in the court house to con slider the proposition of the citizens com mittee on the water commission bill
 The bill has been prepared and the com mittee, of which J. A. Van Hoose Is chair man, will ask the Board of Revenue to pay the preliminary expenses which amount to about $250. This Is the matter to be discussed this afternoon.
 Chairman Van Hoose has sent out a circular letter to every member of the legislature in Alabama urging him to sup port the bill at the session of the legis- lature which convenes in about two weeks,
 letter has also been sent to large number of prominent business men of the city and county asking them to write personal letters to the members of the legislature from this county, and to their special friends in the legislature from other counties, asking their support of the bill.>
 The circular letter being sent to the members of the of the legislature is as follows:
 Birmingham, Ala, August IT, 1903.
 Dear Sir-The rapid development of Jeff ferson county. the opening up of 50 many railroads, mining and manufacturing plants, the increase in the number of sep arate municipalities in the county. have forced upon the county the urgent need ot water commission to properly protect as well as develop all the various Interests in the county. Early in the year mass meeting of the citizens of the county ap- pointed a joint committee to prepare an act for this session of the legislature. This has been done, and a copy of it is' under instructions from the committee. herewith enclosed to you for your careful invest- gation. The act is a general one, thus giving every county in this rapidly inn proving state the right and privilege of protecting the health and promoting the interests of it's citizens as they may de- sire. or necessity demand.
 In beahlf of the general welfare of the state of Alabama and of Jefferson county, the committee respectfully request your careful consideration of and favorable &C., ton on the proposed bill. Very respect fully. J. A. VAN HoOSE'
 Chairman.
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 believe pig iron must be reduced in price in the immediate future If we were obliged to sell pig iron today at $l0 we would not make cent of profit on 1t. At no time since I entered the service of the Tennessee company has the out look been so gloomy as today. As pig iron goes down the weaker furnaces will be put out of blast. The cheap mine, i. e. the mine operated cheaply, fixes the price of ore or coal. The Pratt Coal company is preparing to ship from D0O to 5000 tons daily, as l have been in formed. The tendency will be toward over production. This mine will be op- erated very cheaply. The great demand for steam coal is from the railroads. The reduction in output of pig iron means less cars and trains, and therefore less consumption of steam coal
 Mir Percy here introduced table showing the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company wage scale of wages in the Pratt division under the sliding wage scale from July 1, 1897 to July l. 1903, showing fluctuations from STE cents per ton to 55 cents per ton. He also pre- sented a. statement showing the earnings of 20 good men and 10 low men at the Blockton, Pratt and Blue Creek. So we have practically the 20 highest paid men whose names appear each month in the year and the ten lowest paid men whose names also appear each month. There is nothing to show which were heading men and which room men. The names of the men are all given. Mir. Percy says the table shows the gross earnings and then we have made deductions as accurately as we can estimate them.
 Average Pay.
 Pratt No. 8 mine, July, 1902, to June 30 1903, shows that the 20 men averaged $95.1s per day and worked on an average of IS days per month.
 The 10 poorer paid miners averaged $2.S1 per day, a fair deduction for ex- pense to the miners would be 15 cents per day.
 J. M Franklin, general superintendent of coal mines for the Tennessee com pany. says miners oil costs 40 cents to 60
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earned about $1,20O. GOO and spent 1t all for improvements. It Is hard to float good industrial securities and in order to make these improvements referred to the com pany mad to use it's earrings or obtain temporary loans.
 When I became connected with the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad com pany in 1901 the floating debt was sS.- 100000 many of the obligations being for amounts as small as s25. Sometimes we could not pay our telegraph bills.
 Shortly after stock change we sold sS,- 900, 900 of mortgage bonds for which we received s2. 100000 net.
 First Dividend.
 The first dividend of the Tennessee com pany was per cent paid in 1889. although the company was organized before the civil war. The records show no dividend paid for then to 1900. The company had at that time s2l0OO.0oo in common stock. s1.OO00OO in preferred stock, and $11, 100000 in mortgage bonds. Tn 1893 the company suspended payment of dividends on pre- ferred stock and did not resume until 1900 and then paid the accumulated dividends on the preferred stock. Tn 1900 the con- pany sold its railroad to Pratt City for $1, 100000 and for the second time in it's history paid dividend on Its common stock.
 These dividends were three quarterly dividends of ? per cent each In 1900 fl made a new issue of s20o0,o0o of common stock to retire the preferred stock ex- cepting s24s.o00 of preferred stock. which still stands. The Tennessee company owns larger deposits of coal and ore than any other corporation in the country except the United States Steel Corporation.
 A table of cost of production for first six months of 1903 at Blocton. shows that Alabama Brewing Go.
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mite on the Pratt seam in air courses and headings. We use 40 per cent dyna- niite and buy twelve sticks for a dollar. We use three sticks to a shot and pay 1 cent each for caps and 2 cents a foot for fuse. I never figure out the diff ference in cost between an air course and a room. I think 1t would cost 8 cents day for an air course. A head ing costs more. The air course Is eight feet wide. The coal lays in cubes about two inches thick in the Pratt seam and In driving against the ends, that is called driving on the butts Air course driving means working in bad air and also in water. The miner is workingl from eighty to 130 feet ahead of the air. machine costs, with the ratchet. s32O0.
 A man cannot work more than two years without being worked down A heading man is necessarily one of the most skilled miners. The coal in the New found mine Is three feet eight inches thick and headings are about feet three inches high.
 Best Mine.
 The Newfopnd Is the best mine in the Brookside district of the Sloss- Sheffield company. Many men take their boys with them and all the coal comes out on one check. Under contract the miner can take his boy Tn when the boy Is F years old, and the boy gets half turns. A man on a heading often works all day shooting down rock. putting in timbers. etc.. without sending out any coal If I were making s2 day In room would not take a heading for 90 cents a day ad- vance. I don't believe I would make the change for 50 cents a day
 One of the $32 machines would last four or five years. Three new bits would be necessary from time to time; they cost 50
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RECORD OF COURTS.

In the Circuit court was filed yester- day the suit of Carson Renfroe against the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company in which the plaintiff asks $1999 as damages for alleged personal injuries received while in the employ of the de- fendant.
 In the United States court yesterday the report of N. L. Miller, receiver in the matter of the bankruptcy of the Celery Cola company, was.sfied
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LOW RATE EXCURSION On August 18th, Via Frisco System Final Return Limit August 31st.

Colorado and return Denver, Colorado
 Springs or Pueblo). .$24. % Kansas City and return. .$l400 Eureka Springs. Ark. and return. .S11. 50
 For full particulars and reservation of sleeping car accommodations. write or call upon Paul R. McKinnon. City Passenger Agent. Birmingham, Ala s-l3-tf
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BID WAS TOO HIGH.
Sanitary Commission Will Not Call
 for Further Bids for Month.

Only one bid was submitted at the meet ing of the Jefferson county sanitary com mission yesterday for the construction of a portion of the new trunk sewer. It was that of c. NJ Burkhalter & Go. The com mission decided the bid was too high and decided not to advertise for further bids until the expiration of thirty days.
 The construction work of the sewer is divided into fifteen sections and the bid yesterday was for sections two and five, and included about four miles of work.
 The cost of the entire sewer is estimated at about $500, 900. The commission has on hard now about $125,000 and this amour. will be expended before further bonds are issued.
 Warm wea ther weakens but Hoods Sar-
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned until 12 o'clock. noon, Wednesday. August 19. 1903. for certain grading. macadamizing, curbing, con- crete. gutter paving and artificial stone sidewalks. Specifications may be obtain- ed at this office. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
 JULIAN KENDRICK, S-13-7t. City Engineer.
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Alabama Brewing O..
 ''Eohemian Beer. -
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get the equipment of the Warrior detach- ment to Birmingham in time.
 Another company has been ordered mustered in, either in or around Bir- mingham, as the Third regiment is a company short of the requirements. and this matter has been placed in the hands of Captains Gardner and Kennedy with instructions to choose the best places and get the company organized as soon as possible.
 Woodlawn and East Lake are both decision has been reached The people of Woodlawn are very eager to organize another company, and to get new officers, who would maintain q high grade of dis cipline and interest. East Lake already has an organization, which was effected about a year ago, with the intention of getting into the National Guard as soon as that was possible, and it is making a strong play for this vacancy. In order to get the company the towns will have to come up to certain requirements.
 
 there were mined 39S,440 tons of coal at an average cost of $1.O6 per ton. and at the Pratt mines 6S635S tons of coal at an average cost of SLY for the same period was filed.
 Witness resumes: We make a royalty charge of 4 cents a ton. We have been offered royalty of to 10 cents. The Wall Street Journal has charged us with dishonesty for having placed our royalty and replacement charges at too low a rate.
 table showing the cost of production of pig iron to the company at it's Alabama furnaces from July l, 1901, to August 1, 1903, is introduced From July 1, 1901, to June 30, 1902, they produced 542, 703 tons, at average cost of $9.45 for the first six months and for the second six months 1892. July 1. 1902, to June 30, 1903, 516,475 tons, at an average cost of $9.S2 per ton; July 1903. 8, 46S tons, at an average cost of sl0S per ton. The charges for royalty are too low. The charge for coal land replacement may be fair, but the charges for furnace replacement are too low.
 No Sales of Iron.
 There is practically no sale for pig iron in this district at present prices. l
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If you want to take a quick ride. try the new line to Ens- Icy.
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The United States Steel company owns two ore railroads in Minnesota that car ries all it's ore to the lake shipping point
 It also owns a railroad from Conneaut to Pittsburg. It owns roads from South Chi cago and Waukegan to Joliet and from South Chicago to Hammond, over which it carries coke and ore. The cost of dock age and loading are less than cents per
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Warm weather weakens but Hoods Sar- saparilla tones and strengthens
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Alabama Brewing Co.
 "Bohemian Beer. !"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-24

A religious boy ought to have a
hoyish religion.
CARPENTER AND BUILDER. Contract
taken for both frame and brick build
ings, and all other work in my line.
Also painting and repairing. Cypress
cisterns made to order. Address,
w. ). CoRKILI4, Brownsville, Texas.
The best thing to put by for a
rainy day is good health.
For SALE. Complete small machine
shop. Plant with machine supplies.
For specifications and location apply
to- J ASTALL, Galveston, Texas. 070l
Time never hangs on the hands
of those who improve it.
Celebrate the holidays by buying your
fireworks, which have just been receiv,
Ell, at the Dreyfuss store.
Better be big peg in a little
hole than a little peg in big hole
Girls kiss each other in the most
loving way when there are men
around.
A hair tonic manufacturer says
that bald men have good heads for
business.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-24
Ladies Gard Club.

The meeting of the Ladies Care
Club held yesterday afternoon with
Mrs. John D. Hill will he remember.
ed long by the participants as one
OF the pleasantest of all their meet
ings, lall OF which have been most
enjoyable. The near approach OF
the holidays gave to this particular
meetihg an unusual touch of
Christmas cheer. Mrs. Hill is a
charming hostess, and her guests
were delightfully."- entertained.
The High Five contest was an
absorbing one, and resulted in the
award of the first prize to Miss
Julia Bollack, the trophy being a
beautiful embroidered sofa cushion
which made the fortunate winner
The envy of all. Miss Octavia
seaman took the second prize,
copy OF Alexandra Dumas Som
pany OF Jehu." The guests prize
a handsome bound copy of
SCOTS LADY of the Lake" was
awarded TO Mrs. Bell.
Refreshments were served in the /
dining room. Here as in the dainty |
oarlor, the decorations partook of a
estal nature The table was
beautiful sight. Pink crepe paper
treamers extended from the chan
teller to the corners of the table i
nd pretty pink shaded candles
lghted up the pretty service. which
1as also enhanced by handsome
embroidered centre pieces. The
christmas feature was emphasized ,
y festal holly wreaths and festoons.
n keeping with the decorations was
le tempting menu, comprising
aIcken salad, sandwiches, sailed
eanutS and olives for the first
purse, and concluding with most /
ellclous fruit salad, cake of various +
inds, and chocolate. =
The club members present were
esdames Radcliffe, Aug. Celaya,
and Liecke. Misses Annie I
ely, Seaman, Octavia Seaman :
llia Bollack, and Irene Putegnat !
he guests on this occasion in )
uded Mrs. Liecke, of Lynchburg, ;
a., Mrs. A. J. Bell and Mrs. :
'heeler.
The next will be the clubs
onthly evening meeting, which =
i'll be held with Mrs. Ashheim on I
ext Wednesday evening.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-24
NEW GOODS RECEIVED.

Just received by last steamer COM
,lete line of shoes, for men, women and
,hildren, all styles. Also full lines of
sentlemen's furnishing goods and
.vervthing kept in well assorted dry
GODS store. As to prices, we are beyond
,1mnetition. Call and see and be con-
vinced Mrs. J DREYFUSS.
On Twelfth Street.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-24
LOCAL ITEMS.
Merry Christmasl

THE HERALD force will enjoy
holiday tomorrow.
For Christmas stationery go to tn
Botica del Aguila
Do not forget the poor in you
Christmas rejoicing.
For the best hot coffee and chocolat,
call at Johnson's confectionery.
The stores were very busy today
filled with Christmas shoppers.
Get your fresh ground spices for
Christmas at Putegnat's.
FoR sALE-Household furniture
Inquire of Mrs. Scott, near Catholic
Church.
For Hamilton Brown gentlemen s
shoes, American Lady shoes and Secur-
ty shoes for youths and children see H.
Grunewald.
Service with Holy Communion
in the Episcopal church tomorrow
morning a: 10 o'clock.
For rubber boots, rubber shoes and
Fish brand pommel slickers see II.
Grunewald.
A considerable amount of goods,
ordered for the Christmas trade
failed to arrive in time, to. the
disappointment of our merchan is,
as we'll as their customers.
Huyler's choice candies-th best and
purest made-at the Botica del Aguila.
1t is rumored that Preside ht
Hudson and General Manager Nc n-
serrate will leave Alice about Jam
uary 4, for Brownsville, coming
over the proposed line of their road |
Toys Toys! Up to date toys for the
,holidays at Mrs. Dreyfuss.' !
There is a movement on foot by
some young men of this happy
little city to organize gymnasium, |
and such a utility should be and
the boys should be given every |
encouragement possible.
If you expect to write your sweet
heart or friend nice letter Christmas,
don forget that the latest styles of cor
respondence stationery are in stock at |
the Botica del Aguila.
Now comes the close of years
work, let not no man be abashed |
at what he has done this yea. but
strive to do better and better, next
year and each succeeding year tin
YOU have done your best-no man
can do more.
Just received a large line of gentle
mems, youths and boys suits, furnish
ing goods, hats, caps, trunks and va
Uses. Ladies dress goods in the latest
styles. H GRUENwALD.
The Christmas tree for The Cath
Ollie Sunday School will be held
this afternoon at the Opera House.
The Episcopalian and Presbyterian
Sunday Schools viii have theirs
this evening at their respective
churches.
Received new supply Of Hamilton
Brown mems shoes. H. GRUNEwALD.
The HERALD's force will take its
hnnual rest and feast on tomorrow
in order that We turkey and
and all the like may
receive their proper attention. There
will be no HERALD issue from this
office tomorrow, December 18th
1908.
For sALE:-At THE HERALD Office
$50 to 200 corn sacks.
Society is anticipating round t
Of gayeties for Christmas week.
Both of the card clubs will enter
ain. and the officers of Fort Brown
have issued invitations for a hop
- ,ha evening of the 18th. The
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-24
Personal POINTS

4 Deputy sheriff V. Fernandez, lei
for the Point this morning.
c. Tamayo left on the Rio Grand,
train for the point this morning.
Mrs. Wolff has been quite i'll re.
Gently, but is improved at present.
| Mr.. and Mrs. o. I. Hicks and
children are in town to spend the
holidays.
J. c. North, left on this morn
ing's train for the Point where be
will take passage on the Manteo for
Galveston.
Jim Common, deputy sheriff, took
this mornings train to Point Isabel
and will remain there till after
Christmas.
A. A. Grey OF San Antonio, who
has been in the lower Rio Grande
country some weeks, left this morn
ing on the stage for Alice.
Capt P. o. Connally of company
|, 10Th infantry, having been absent
on-four months leave, returned on
last nights stage from Alice.
F. Katz, a drummer out of New
Orleans, after making one of his
periodical visits to Brownsville, left
on the steamer today for home.
Jud McCulloch of Fort Worth,
will return on the Manteo to Gal
weston. He was one that made up
a jolly party who left on the train
to the Point.
: Consul Griffith was expected to
reach his home in Matamoros this
after an absence of sew
eral weeks visiting San Antonio and
other points on business.
Rev. A. W. Garden of Cuero, ar
lived last night on the stage from
Alice, and will conduct the Christ
mas services at the Episcopal
church during the week.
J. B. Cheeseborough, after spendii g
! few days here and in Matamoro.
selling shoes and hats for the Gal
yeston Shoe & Hat Co., left for
Galveston via good ship Manteo.
w. A. Tobey and wife who have
,een in the city few days left on
his mornings train for the Point,
md will spend their Christmas in
Ill probability on board the Manteo.
Lieut.. Hanson and wife and
lieut.. Strayer of Fort Ringgold i
:ame down by today's Matamoros .
rain. They will be guests of friends
It the post until after the holidays.
Walter Vann, one of the Sap's
urveying corps, was IN the city
his morning purchasing supplies. S
lie said the surveyors are camped I
t the Hicks ranch, eighteen miles t
p the river.
w. H. Stenger, who is interested o
n the sewer contract for Fort
;rown, left this morning for San Il
.ntonio, to be absent for few days
My. While there he will attend to i
ONE matters pertaining to other i'm
rovements at Fort Brown.
Rube B. Lewis, known as Um-
rella Lewis in many parts of Tex
:. was one of those who left for the
ONT this morning RUDE will so =
, Galveston on the Manteo, from :
hieh place he will strike for Marlin <
n the holidays. Rube is ali that his ;
anne implies. 5
Nicolas Lopez, who has been :
nder the care of physicians for {
,veral months left this morning :
,companied by DIR. F. W. Kirkham {
nd L. Rail-, who will take Mr.. Lopez {
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-24

Large stock of fresh ne10 goods jus
orriued and being placed. ColJia7s
see them.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-24

The next will be the clubs
monthly evening meeting, which
will be held with Mrs. Ashheim on
next Wednesday evening.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-16

An amusing joke was practlced upon
the examiners at Cambridge, says
London paper. 1t had been said that
the examination. in mathematics had
been becoming far too difficult, and
very real complaints had arisen from
tutors. To the astonishment or the
university, all the eighteen or so So
lutions appeared OH the day before the
examination in the Granta, worked
out, we believe, by our. office boy"
How the miracle was performed re-
mained a secret until 1t had been sur
6ciently wondered at. The editor or
the Granta had secured the services or
a number of recent senior wranglers,
who In privacy had deliberately set 10
work to master the problems which the
university dons had been concocting
for months past. The task had to be
accomplished within twenty-four hours
and the printers were up all night set
ting the solutions In type. Naturally
the Granta sold by the thousand that
week
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-16
E,ronean and American Oysters.

The oysters Of America and Europe
differ greatly. European oysters are
smaller and have a coppery taste. Our
southern oysters are larger than the
northern. They are dredged along the
coast and transferred to oyster beds In
creeks close to shore, where they fat
ten. In London oyster statesmen some
times keep oysters for a few days In
water to which oatmeal has been add
ed. for the purpose Of rendering them
more delicate and Of better flavor.
When out Of season-during spawning
time-the oyster is soft and milky and
not ft to be eaten.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-16
InRroMinR Toe mills.

To relieve ingrowing toe nails cut
V shaped piece out Of the center OF
the nail, as deep down to the quick az
possible, and press In all around the
toe and as much as possible under the
ingrowing part some good yellow soap
In the course of few days or SO take
the pointed end of a small penknlle
blade and scrape out all the soap and
II possible insert the blade under the
ingrowlng part and with a dexterous
twist turn the edge Of the blade up
ward and pare off as much OF the In
growing part as possible. Then press
In some more soap and a small piece
of absorbent cotton between the nan
and the overlapping flesh to keep the
nail from pressing on the same. Id
the course of q few weeks the flesh un'
der the ingrowing part will become SO
callous that no pain will be felt, ano
the nail can be trimmed regularly once
a week.-American Queen.