The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-09
INCREASE OF $2,OOO,OOO
JEFFERSON's GOOD SHOWING IN
 TAX RECORD.
Announcement is Made That . Deal is on Foot Looking to the Erec-
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 Birmingham. Dec. s.-(special.)-- County and State Tax Collector George B. Tarrant announced today that an increase of two million dollars was shown in the taxable property of Jeff ferson County for this year as com pared to the year previous. In No- vember the poll taxes paid amounted to $590. which shows that a large number of people are fortifying them selves to participate in the next cleo tion in this State. In October the poll taxes collected amounted to $3S0.
 The taxable property in Jefferson County last year was s51, 1,00e, 900, said MT. Tarrant today, and this year it will show up $53,000, 900. In older to fa- ctlitate the work and save the tax payers trouble of coming into the city. the tax collector has already estab- Iished four, ,sub-stations, one at Besse- mer, one at Pratt City one at Ensley and the other at Warrior, so that the citizens can pay there.
 Another New industry,
 A new industry for the manufacture or gas fixtures. tanks. etc., will prob- ably be located in Birmingham within the next month or so. The gentlemen who are interested are Chicagoans and have great faith in the future growth Of this city. They have been here sev- erai days looking over the field and have secured options on land upon which to establish their plant
 The gentlemen are Messrs. William k West and M. J. Casey. of the North western Construction Company, of Chi cago, of which concern Mir. Casey is vice president and Mir. West is one of the directors. They left this morning Nnr nrlA
 sippi. where Mir. Casey has timber in- terests.
 In statement just before their de- parture, MT. West said that everything looked most favorable for the estab- lishment of plant in Birmingham by his company. The matter will be de- termined at meeting of the Board of Directors of the company in January. and the result would hinge upon the re- port and recommendation made to the directors by himself and Mir. Casey and 1t was plain from MT. Vests conver- sation that their report would be in fa- vor of it. He was very enthusiastic about Birmingham and the opportuni- ties before it.
 There is no doubt in our minds" said Mir. West. that Birmingham is going to be the greatest city In the South. Both Mir. Casey and myself have been tremendously impressed with what we have seen, and MT. Casey was so thoroughly delighted that he says he believes he would like to come down here to live. In my opinion the future of Birmingham is unlimited. I nave passed through here several times but this is the first time have ever stopped. Birmingham Is a great and wonderful young city and 1t Is going to be the metropolis of the South"
 Negro Escapes.
 Using an old blanket as a rope Ira Brown, alias William Jones, a 14-year- old negro, made his escape from the Jefferson County jail at an early hour this morning. He was convicted of grand larceny in the criminal court sew eral days ago and was to have been sentenced by Judge Weaver tomorrow. A reward has been offered for his re- covery. The police of Birmingham Bessemer and other places are looking out for the escape, and 1t is believed he will be caught.
 Jones resorted to strategy in effect ing his escape. Gaining access to an old store room on the second floor of the front side of the jail, the negro found among other things an old blap- ket. On the west corner of the room is a window which gives a view of the jail ward. Tieing the blanket to
 
 1t fall on the outside. Owing to the hour, 1t was still very dark, and no prisoners were in the yard at the time. The window from which the impro- vised rope was suspended was almost even with the high brick wall between the jail yard and the alley leading from Twenty-flrst Street. Fastening down the corridors of the jail. the negro had easy access to the yard as he had been 1 assigned the duty o fcleaning up. He | lost no time in going to the secluded corner and he found that the blanket | almost reached the ground. dozen | pulls and he was on top of the big | wall, which is covered with sharp glass | These impediments were swept aside | and the next moment he had vanished | the gray mist of the early | 
 Another Theatre for Birmingham. T. H. Motion, half owner of the old | O'Brien Opera House. today acknowl- | edged that c. P. Crawford of St. Louis, l a large theatrical syndi- l cate of New York (possibly the Schu- | bert -Belasco combInation). had negotia- | tions on for the lease for term of | years of the opera house mentioned | and would most likely close the deal. | The opera house will be repaired and | made attractive fer fine attractions, the | syndicate repres ented already having | thifty-cne stars and attractions on the | road or in New York. This will make l e. 1. s,aar TnR