The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-29

months Vist to points in the north and east MT. Emery spent the entire after noon yesterday inspecting the new shops of the company in the western portion of the city.
 Many Improvements Projected.
 The Birmingham Railway Light and Power company contemplates making many Improvements during the coming year. President Robert Jemison said yesterday afternoon:
 "The company will install unit at it's power house which will increase the ca pacity of the plant 25OO horse power, mak- ing the total capacity about 11,000 horse power. The installation of the new unit, which is an electric power generating ma chine, will represent an investment of s15,000 The contracts for the two en- zines which will be required has already been made, The engines will be made by the Birmingham Machine and Foundry company and will cost s5O,OO0.
 "The contractors are at work construct ing the necessary building for the unit The building will be in the shape of an L., and will cost $25 GOO. The building will " ohS79NNiS Ah htiSht uho oiii OS CoA- structed of brick and iron One of the wings will be about forty by one hun dred and fifty feet in dimension, while the other one will be sixty by one hun dred feet in size. We expect to have the unit generating electricity on or before February 1.
 Twelfth Avenue Line.
 "On January 1 we will begin the work of extending the Twelfth avenue line from it's present terminus on Twenty-sixth street north to Thirty street We expect to have cars running over the new extension within sixty days time. This work will csot $1O,O00
 ''The roadbed of the entire Highland avenue line is to be rebuilt in the early spring. We expect to operate cars over this line, using the tracks along High land avenue from Twentieth to Twenty first streets, which tracks have been idle for some time. Just now the route which will be arranged has not been decided upon.
 'The company has under consideration the extension of several of it's lines dur ing the coming year. am not in a posi- tion, however, to give any information in regard to this matter just at present.
 Rebuilding Cars.
 "Other general improvements are con- templated. We are now rebuilding twen- ty-five of our cars at the shops. They will be as good as new when completed. The cars will be ready for service in the early spring.
 ''The year 1903 has been the best year in our history. We believe next year will be even better. Our prospects are indeed very bright
 Many improvements have been made during the year 1903 by the company We have finished our new shops, which be- lieve are just as fine as any in the Uni ted States. The shops cost s150000. With the exception of the heating apparatus. which is now being installed, the shops are completed. They have been in use for several months.
 "The Bcssemer and Birmingham and the Bessemer and Powderly lines were converted from steam lines into electricity during the year, which added twenty-six miles to the electric system. The Twenty fourth street line, the West End line, and the Fountain Heights and Avondale line were rebuilt during the past year Work in fact has been done on all of the lines, and at the close of the year we find the entire system in an excellent condition. The Idlewild or Twelfth avenue line, which was extended only a comparatively short while ago, is doing a good busi- ness"
 President Jemison said the steam heat ing system of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, which was n- stalled this winter. is proving to be great success. He said:
 "A number of the larger buildings in Birmingham have adopted the use of our steam and they all report to us satisfac- tory results. The courthouse and the city hall are being heated with the steam heat.
 'We saved the city and county about 4 per cent on s1OoOoo by making contracts for furnishing steam heat"