The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
WORK IS PUSHED
 ON THE SEABOARD
ALABAMA CONSTRUCTION co. HAS 325 MULES AND 25o NEGROES EMPLOYED ON THE LINE FROM TREDEGAR TO coosA.

Gadsden. July 29.-The Alabama Con- struction company has 525 mules, 25O ne- groes and the outfits of no less than eight sub-eontractors at work on the Seaboard Air Line road between Tredegar, and the Coosa river. and everything and every body is working hard to get the road completed and have trains running from Birmingham to Atlanta by the first of next January. This company also has a large number of men and three trains at work laying ballast on the entire division of the Alabama division of the Louisville and Nashville road. and also has the contract to ballast the entire line of the East and West road for the Seaboard Air Line
 It is believed that the Seaboard Air Line will soon announce officially it's intention to build the line from Odenville to Gads- den. Several engineers have again en- tered the field and right of way agents have gone into the territory south of Gadsden.
 The Home and Foreign Mission socie- ties of all the Methodist churches in the Gadsden district will meet in Gadsden on Tuesday and Wednesday, August and 5, for a two-days convention.
 The local freight offices of the Louis- vile and Nashville and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis roads will be combined on September 1, and the two roads will do business after that time in the present depot of the Nashville, Chat asad road which will be considerably enlarged and remcdeled.
 The Rev. G. H. Clare, formerly rector of the Trinity Episcopal church at Bes- semer, has accepted the call of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Gads- den, and will preach his first sermon here on August B. At present MT. Clare Is at Cullman, where he is taking a much needed rest. His family will move here sometime during the month of August.
 Prof W E. Striplin. principal of the Gadsden free schools, has commenced taking the school census of the city, and in addition will also make a complete census of the city, in accordance with the desire of the city council. The census of 1900 gave Gadsden a little over 4OOO inhabitants, and it is confidently expected that this census will show over 5000 peo- pie.
 George Green and George Patterson, colored, were fined in the Mayors court Monday on the charge of robbery Pat terson was caught stealing two boxes of tobacco from the saloon of w. H. Barnes, which he took to George Patter- son, a negro, who worked at the saloon of J. T. Noojln. He was arrested and on a search being made Green was found to be in possession of five boxes of to- bacco which had been stolen from Barnes saloon. Patterson was fined $l5 and thirty days on the streets and Green was assessed a fine of $25. The officers think that these two are only small part of large gang who are operating in the city.
 Camp Tom Rees, United Confederate Veterans. held an enthusiastic meeting yesterday In Attalla and decided to par ticipate in the county encampment to be held at Moore's Springs on August lS and IA, and appointed a committee to con suit the wishes of Camp Emma Samson of Gadsden, which camp originated the movement. It was also decided to have a big barbecue on one of these two days at which all the old Confederate veterans will be welcomed.