The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-31
BIRMINGHAM WILL
 HAVE MONOPOLY Ought to Supply Heavy Ma
 chinery for Cuba COL. ]. H. BANKHEAD TALKS Opinion of Attorney General Will Make Radical Change In Manner of Dis
 tributing School Fund
 of the State.
COL. ]. H. BANKHEAD TALKS
BY HERVEY W. LAIRD.

Montgomery. August 3O-(Special)- "The Birmingham district should nave a monopoly of the heavy machinery trade with Cuba and South America when the Warrior river is open to it's mouth and we have the whole river open to Mobile.
 This is the opinion of Hon. John Il. Bankhead, congressman from the Sixth Alabama district, who is in the city to- day. who further says that the river will be opened with a six foot channe. with the money now on hand and what he hopes to secure at the next session of Congress.
 When the work thus spoken of by Con gressman Bankhead is accomplished there will be fifteen locks between Squaw Shoals above Tuscaloosa ard the lower river, which will give six feet minimum of water all the year around. These im- provements will make it possible to car ry down the river every day 750OO tons of coal, or three train loads every 25 min utes. Each barge will carry 300 tons of coal and three of them can be locked at once, making 150O at each lockage.
 Colonel Bankhead anticipates that these
  within the next four years expects to see the river from the bridge at Cordova open for this kind of traffic. When this is so he expects to see large manufacturing concerns go up along the banks of the river and Birmingham and adjacent ter ritory furnish all the heavy machinery needed by South and Central America and Cuba. There need be no reason for failure of this plan,. the colonel thinks, if the people will realize what they have in their grasp.
 Regarding the Mobile situation Colonel Bankhead could say little. He thinks that the best way for the Gulf City to get 35 feet on the outer bar Is for the people interested to interest the war and navy departments. If 1t were possible for the larger vessels to get inside, the Mobile harbor would be ideal for coaling from lighters, and a safe harborleith from an enemy or the furious elements If the matter could be properly presented in this way and the navy officers made to see the necessity, 1t Is very likely some thing could be secured. With 35 feet on the outer bar Mobile would be greatly benefited as a commercial point. Large and deep draught vessels could come up to the inner bay and load down to 23 feet as 1t Is now, then drop down to deep water and finish from lighters. War ves- sels could be brought inside and coaled from lighters
 Colonel Bankhead has just returned from tour of the New England coast with the rivers and harbors committee of congress, of which he is the ranking dem ocratic member. He found the sentiment for democracy stronger than 1t has been in years and believes the national ticket headed by Judge Parker has a fine chance to win. He found that most every class of men had some who are falling off from Roosevelt for one cause or an- other, and there are many of his own party who are going to vote against him.
 Capitol Grounds.
 Papers will be filed In a day or two looking to the condemnation of the prop erty hard by the capitol of the state, which Is desired by the Alabama capitol building commission to round out the properties of the state. Attorney General Massey Wilson has the matter in hand and will file the documents, which have to go in the office of the probate judge.
 After they are presented the judge of probate will name a commission which will sit and hear arguments, and later de- eide on the value of the property, and for what 1t should be sold to the state. The state is not obligated to take it. however. if the price set by the commission is not satisfactory. l.
 Hogue Expenses.
 Hon. William F. Hogue, defeated candi- date for the democratic nomination for judge of the Fourth judicial circuit has filed his statement of expenses incurred during the campaign, in which Hon. B. M. Miller of Camden was successful Mir. Hogue lives at Marion. The details are as follows:
 Newspaper announcements, sl05; post age, $100; committee assessment $210; dis bursting documents $25 railroad fare, $15; publication and mailing of circulars and newspaper notices, s160; canvassing, S6O; assistance in the canvass, $155; total, $s30. This statement was sworn to before Thomas Curry, justice of the peace at Marion.
 Route of Military.
 The quartermasters department, U. s. A., at Atlanta has fixed the schedule of the North Alebama troops, which will form a part of Alebama's provisional regiment to Mansassas, as follows:
 Tuscaloosa company to go to Birm- ingham via A. G. s.. arriving at $40 a. m, and leaving. with other companies on special train ten minutes later. Selma detachment of thirty men leaves Selma at 1:10 a. m.. September 8, via Southern
 
 a. m., leaving there twenty minutes la ter with the other members of the com mand. The two Birmingham companies, with those above noted, leave Blrming- ham at 5:50 a. m., September g. on spe- cial train over A. G. s.. Talladega com pany leaves Talladega on L. x N. train at 530 a. m.. September 8, reaches An- niston at 6:30, picking up Annston com pany: leaves Anniston at GAO a. m., and arrive at Gadsden at 7:30 picking up Gadsden company; leave Gadsden at TAO a. m. and arrive at Attalla at s, boarding there the Birmingham special already mentioned Florence company leave Florence at l a. m.. September g. on Southern railway and arrive at Chatta nooga at 9:35 a. m., where they will join the Birmingham special. This order is signed by Sam R. Jones' deputy quarter master.
 New Corporations.
 Certificates of interpretations of Ala bama enterprises have been filed with the secretary of state as follows: Bailey Iron Works company, Mobile capital stock s5O,Oo0; incorporators, Arthur Bal ley, s. L. Lavengy w. G. Ward and Caroline Bailey. Alabama Construction company Anniston, capital stock S5OOO; incorporators. D. B. Silas C. W. Lacey and A P. Agee. Sampson Gin and Mill company, Geneva, capital 5000 incorpor- ators, J. 5. Collins. Dallas King H. Me- Duffe' J. w. Daugherty W. & Grace J, M. Lee E. A. White. J. H. White J. D. Weeks and w. M. Holly.
 Y. M. c. A. Quarters.
 The Montgomery Y. M c. A. will oc- cupy the quarters now in use until oc-