The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-30
NEW DEPOT ID BE
 BUILT AT ENSLEY Electric Railway Business is
 Growing Rapidly CITY STREET TAX IS DUE The Per Capita Assessment Raised From s2.oo to $2.5o-clty Tax Col
 lector Fonville Is Prepar
 ing His Books.
CITY STREET TAX IS DUE

Ens1ev December 29.-(Special )-lt Is understood that the Birmingham Rail- way. Light and Power company will be- gin the erection of their new freight and passenger depot on Nineteenth street between Avenue and Avenue G early in the coming month.
 The company purchased plot of ground for this purpose some time ago and have already procured a franchise from the city council for building a loop line on the alley near the property for the convenience of handling freight cars
 The business of the company has far outgrown the present quarters on Ave- nue E and the larger and more con- venient depot was a necessity.
 Street Tax Due.
 City Tax Collector F. G. Fonvile is preparing the city street tax list for 1906 which tax will be due next Mon day.
 The new city code provides for the collection of 2.50 street tax which is 50 cents more than this year. The advance in the tax met with some opposition and has also created some dissatisfaction among the people, but it is pointed out that large number of people pay no other tax and that as the revenues so collected are put into the improvement of streets, that all should help to bear this expense.
 It is also pointed out by the city officials that the county road tax is more than the s2.5o and that the people should be willing to pay the amount into the street fund
 Ensley Is doing great deal of good work on the streets and sidewalks and the expense Is very great
 Notes and Personals.
 Mrs. A. Poss will go to Montgomery tomorrow where she will spend month or two with relatives and friends
 The protestant churches of Ensley will conduct series of prayer services dur ing next week. beginning at the Christian church Monday night, The services will be held each night during the week at the various churches of the city. Henry Keller will go to Chicago to- morrow on combined business and pleasure trip.
 St. John society of Masons at Vivian, gave an anniversary celebration at the Masonic hall in that city last Wednes- day night, which was attended by about 125 Masons from the Birmingham dis trct There were refreshments and a number of interesting addresses by local and visiting Masons. It was the occasion of the second annual celebration of the order at Wylam.
 Mr. and Mrs Felix Fuller. Jr., are keep ing house on Avenue E. They have been living with MT. Fuller's mother for some time.
 Miss Lillian West of West Point, Miss. is spending a few days with her brother, T. F. West
 Mrs Gordon DuBose and children are spending a few days with relatives at Attalla.
 T. G. Mackey is confined at his home with a slight illness.
 Judge and Mrs. William Faircloth and son, who have been spending the holidays with D. r. Faircloth in this city, re- turned to their home at Wrlghtsvlle, Ga. this morning.
 J. T. Bailey of Olmstead, Ky, is spend- ing few days with his daughter, Mrs. Frazier D. Mckenzie, in this city.
 Alex Thompson of Frankfort. Ky, is spending the winter with his son. Charles T. Thompson, on Avenue c.
 Philo c. Dix, secretary of the Young Mems Christian association work in Ken lucky. will visit his friend, Payton Eu- bank, tomorrow.
 Miss Jamie Maddox of Atlanta. and Miss Eugenia Weathery of Birmingham, will be the guests of Mrs. Payton EuDank to- morrow.
 D. s. Powell is i'll at his home on Ave- nue H.
 Marion Johnson is i'll at tle home of his brother Dr. Johnson on Avenue II.
 Y. B. LeCroy has returned from a few days visit to Tennessee.