The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-24
WATERWORKS WILL
SOON Be A REALITY
Contract is Signed for New
Bessemer Plant
is TO COST OVER 100000
Hawkins Springs, With an Estimated
Flow of 100000 Gallons Per
Day, Is to Be Source
of Supply.
is TO COST OVER 100000

Bessemer, August 23.-(Special Mayor
Thomas T. Huey today signed the con-
tract with the Bessemer Waterworks sys-
tenn, which provides for a new water
works system for Bessemer. Dirt will be
broken in the next few days on the sys-
tenn, which when completed will cost over
100000. Employment will then be given
to hundreds of the idle men thrown out
Of work by the miners strike
The contract was agreed upon by the
mayor and aldermen and Water Works
company at the last regular meeting of
the council This contract was sent to
New York few days ago and signed by
Morris Adler of the Bessemer Water
Works company and today 1t was sent
back to Bessemer and Mayor Huey affix-
ed his signature In behalf of the council
and the city.
The contract states that the system
must be completed in six months time.
1t also provides for main from Hawkins
springs, which will supply the water to
the city, fourteen inches In diameter The
company, however, has decided that If
VIII be to Its interest to use a sixteen
inch main.
The capacity Of Hawkins spring is estI-
mated at 100000 gallons of water dav.
The pumping station will be Installed at
the springs and the reservoir will be built
on Red mountain It's elevation will be
$50 feet higher than the highest point in
the city.
The city pays the company about 5000
year for the fire plugs The contract
lasts for thirty-fve years and gives the
city the privilege of buying the plant
The company gives the city free water at
the public school building and at all the
public watering places
The United Castor Iron and Pine works
one of the city's leading industries, has
been awarded the contract for manufac-
turing all the piping to be used in con-
structing the new system
Council Has No Session.
The mayor and aldermen again failed
to meet tonight on account of a quorum
not being present. The next regular meet
ing OF the council will not be held until
next month. One reason the board has
failed to get quorum for the last two
meetings is that a number of the alder
men are out of the city.
injury May Prove Fatal.
The injuries of George Crookshaw.
rolling mill employee who was injured sat
urday at noon by alleged rolling mill
strikers are more serious than was at
first thought, and his condition Ia now
considered as being critical.
Crookshaw is one of the strike breakers
at the rolling mill and was going home
TO dinner last Saturday when he was as
sailed by party of people and struck on
the head with missiles. He was badly
bruised but it was not thought that the
wounds were at all dangerous Today 1t
has developed that a portion of his skull
was fractured.
The bar plate and guide mills of the
rolling mill still continue in full opera
ton and large volumes of finished pro-
ducts are being turned out.
Business Changes Hands.
0. w. Wilson, formerly proprietor of
the Bessemer Furniture company, has
sold his interest to Edgar L. Mitchell
The stock Is valued at about $4,000 Mr.
Wilson has removed to Meridian, Miss.
where he will conduct a furniture BUSH
ness.
Mine Situation.
The news comes from Dolomite that
there are at present about 300 men en-
ployed at No. mine OF the Woodward
company and that the output has now
reached normal. 1t Is also rumored that
preparations will soon be commenced to
start No. l mine at the same place.
The reports come from the Blue Creek
district that the number of men at work
at Johns continued to increase daily
Personal and General.
Mr.. Arthur Davis local manager of the
Armour company, left today for Chicago
to confer with the general manager rela-
tive to the offer that he has been rendered
as manager of the company's business at
Havana. Cuba.
Mrs John d. Martin and family and
Miss Hattie Clank have returned from ST
Louis. where they attended the worlds
fair.
Mr.. Lee Moody left today for chatta-
nooga to attend the southern shoot.
J. Henry Etter returned last night from
Chattanooga where ne was called on ac-
count of the Illness Of his father.
r. f. Minis and Miss emma Minis left
yesterday for Mississippi TO visit relatives.
Miss Erline Moore, daughter of Alder
man t. A. Moore, Is confined to her home
with serious fitness