The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28

| Nliit OlliCe anu lOiu IOOD thNO Widl e good looking city ticket agent he was, and then asked for a rate. He told her l what the Louisville and Nashville would put her into New York for,s and she thanked i-im demurely and said she would be back in a few minutes for a ticket.
 Next she struck Bob Creagh, the young travelling passenger agent of the South l err and of course he did the very best he could for her in the way of a rate, and she promised him to come back In
  but not all that is necessary" said MT. Harding.
 Tt will be recalled that the legislature | created a separate sanitary district for l Jefferson county, in order that the trunk sanitary sewer could be constructed. understand that the weather was so dry last summer that a sufficient supply of | water could not have been obtained to l properly flush the trunk sewer if it had been tn use. That would of course be a menace to the public health of our county. Under this plan the bonds for the canal could probably be fioated by the Board of Revenue.
 l We are badly in need of better water | supply for manufacturing purposes In the Birmingham district. I understand that two big industries will probably be put up here during the present year and that the matter of an adequate water supply is being considered by those be- hind the enterprise, one of which Is a steel mill. These are big things, and the taxes on the plants would repay the county for money spent in building the canal. l understand, or rather have heard it said, that Jefferson county lost the Schulers not long ago, because of an in- adequate water supply for manufacturing purposes.
 "of course all of this will take time. but l can float the bonds at 4 per cent, 1 am almost sure"
 Mayor Scott Talks.
 Mayor N. w. Scott of Ensley did not think that 1t would be necessary to wait until the legislature meets to act in the 1 premises. T have talked to a large num- Der of people about the proposed canal recently" said Mayor Scott, land they are In favor of it-business men, pro- fessional men and farmers alike I feel ! assured that if you would submit this question to popular vote ten days from now, that 1t wuold carry unanimously at the election"
 A. H. Woodward of the Woodward Iron company agreed with the other speakers that the water supply in the Birmingham | distr. ct for manufacturing purposes is | short. He said that he understood that the Sloss-Shefield Steel and Iron com pany Is now paying the Birmingham | Water Works company something like $12,0OO for water for its two furnaces in | Birmingham
 Daniel J. O'Connell, general superinten- dent of the Birmingham waterworks l company, said that his company had never sold the Tennessee Coal, Iron and i Railroad company five cents worth of water for it's Ensley furnaces until the drought last fall, reports to the contrary, notwithstanding. "I am here at this meeting said MT. O'Connell, to correct any such statements that might be | made
 MT. Harding explained that it was pro- | posed to bring the water to North Bir- mingham and then empty 1t into Village creek and into Valley creek. the two important streams for manufacturing purposes In the district.
 Mayor Huey of Bessemer.
 Mayor T. T. Huey of Bessemer, favor ed the project. He said that he had dis business men recently and did not think l the opposition would amount to any thing.
 MT Going and myself come here as bdividuals," said Hugh McGeever. We | received the communication from the Commercial club recently with reference | to the proposed cana at a meeting of the Board of Revenue, but did not act. | I do not think the Board of Revenue has the law to grant an appropriation for the canal However, the board appro- i priated a sufficient sum for the prelimi- 1 nary survey of the trunk sewer, and have made other similar appropriations. | We allowed Congressman Underworld s l petition for a map of the county roads l of Jefferson county in order that the | rural free mail delivery system could be | extended here, and we appropriated | money for Vulcan. do not see any l reason why the board could not make l an appropriation for the preliminary sur vey or for a verifcation of the Milner | survey. and I believe the members of the board will agree to do so.--
 Mayor Drennen said that he was of the opinion the Mayors of North Birming- i ham, Woodlawn, Avondale and East Lake should pc added to the general committee and mo-ion to this effect was made and adopted unanimously. Dr R. F. Lovelady of Pratt City thought the committee should be enlarged to take up representatives from all sections of l the county. We must educate.' he said "all of our people as to the necessity for l the Cdndl.
 Lower Than Birmingham.
 P. Byrne discussed at length the pre- | liminary survey of the route which has been made. He said that Turkey creek and Mount Pinson were lower than Bir- | mingham and that he did not think the gravity could be secured. MT. Harding explained that ii the water could not !, be secured from there that the canal | could be constructed from the Coosa river which is only thirty miles from | Birmingham.
 MT Scott then offered a resolution | providing that a committee of fifteen be appointed by the chairman, to appear before the Board of Revenue and ask that an appropriation for the preliminary | survey be made by that body. which mo- ton was adopted. MT. Harding will name the committee today or Monday
 Mayor Drennen offered the following resolution. which was adopted:
 As to Appropriation.
 ''Be 1t resolved that in case the Board