The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-04
DESSEMER PEOPLE
WANT THE COLLEGE
Are Making Strong Pull For
Presbyterian School.
CITIZENS ARE HOPEFUL
Are Willing to Comply With Conditions
and viii Offer Many inducements
to Secure the Location of
the institution.

Bessemer, February S,-(Speclal 1.-THE
citizens of Bessemer will hold a mass
meeting Friday night under the auspices
of the Commercial club for the purpose
of starting movement in the Marvel
City that shall end in the securing of
the proposed Synodical college for men.
The Rev. DR.. w. e. McIlwaine, presi-
dent of the college, and the Rev. DIR.
John w. Stage, chairman of the board of
trustees, of Birmingham. will address the
meeting. The conditions named by the
committee, that met in Birmingham few
weeks ago, under which the college could
be obtained. were that the site should
be given free and $4,000 pledged to go
to the building fund of the new institu-
ton.
The people of Bessemer are determined
to secure the college, They propose to
meet the conditions laid down by the COM
mittee. The citizens are enthusiastic over
| the matter Prof W. p. Gum, secretary
of the Commercial club, in speaking of
the subject, said:
THE prospects are bright for Besse-
mers receiving the proposed college. We
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fer than any city or town in the state
Bessemer is centrally located, accessible
to all parts of the state as well as other
states in the south, and has the best of
railroad facilities to offer. Situated as it
is in the heart of the most prosperous dis
trict in the state and SOUTH it is entitled
to the institution"
Attorney odell Hopeful.
The Hon. c. L. Odel, one of the leading
attorneys in Bessemer. is very eager for
the Marvel City to secure the new col
lege. In talking of the matter he said.
With the cooperation and the assis-
lance of Birmingham the Synodical coll
lege is destined to be located in this city.
Bessemer wants the college and feels that
1t can offer more inducements than any
other city in the state. One of the chief
arguments in our favor is that college
situated here will draw larger local pa
tronage than any other place in the
state"
The proposed site for the college is sit
uated in the highest portion of the city
and is the property of the Bessemer Coal,
Land and Improvement company. 1t is on
| Twelfth avenue and Sixteenth street in
the prettiest residence portion of the city.
1t has natural drainage and commands
a fine view of the entire country around.
III ciose proximity Is plenty OIL FERTILE 1arm-
ing land on which are the car line and
the Louisville and Nashville railroad, and
is in good walking distance to the other
railroads running through Bessemer. The
proposed extension of the Southern from
the Mobile junction to Woodlawn passes
in block and half of the place. Album
dant water and electric lights are close
at hand
New Depot for Brighton.
The Birmingham Light and Power
company is erecting new freight depot
at Brighton. The business of the freight
department of the company at Brighton
has increased rapidly during the last six
months.
Mayors Report Interesting.
The report of Mayor Huey for the year
1908 discioses some interesting facts. 1t
shows the bonded indebtedness of the
city to be $4,000 The assessments for
real estate during the past year were
over s2,0O0000. The year 1902 they were
1,740,000. The decrease in assessed fines
last year over the previous year was
$1,000. The number of arrests were 2525
whereas In 1909 theV mera 39e2