The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
THE NEWS OF MOBILE
Advertiser Bureau,

mODlIe, Mdy 70.
 Walter Wood, treasurer of the Bien- vile Water Supply Company, was seen this morning with reference to the re suits of last nights conference with Mayor Lyons and members of the gen. era1 council on the subject of the pur- company MT. Wood was very plain the city would make the purchase. He said he would, as requested, make a formal written offer of the plant to the city at $425,000 through the general council at the meeting of June IS, next.
 The matter of the purchase. of the plant, has. in tRe opinion 2of many thinking people. become an important port of the National Board of Under writers as to the existing conditions in Mobile.
 Club. was held \ meeting of the gen eral committee in charge of the move way along the entire bay front from Mobile to Coden and to Bayou la Batre. Chairman J. A. Joullian of the subcommittee on location and estimate port, which was exhaustive and com- plete in every detail, showing the route and cost. It was shown that s5 per on the edge of Mobile Bay and the en- tire length in full view of the water. The committee reported that the Coun- " SOHl0lESlOHtdS we're HOW OuSdBC0 in building a portion of thO r9adway on either slde of Dog River where a steel bridge has been erected py Rudolf Benz of this city and shelling 1t. This. 1t was urged, win cut down a consider able amount of the expense of the road way building.
 On motion the report was turned over to a committee ot which Judge Jules E. Afford is Chairman for pr esentatton to the County Commissioners.
 Incident to the report of the commit fA.. Ia A nn ffnN nf hn A way along the bay front The Adver- tiser representative was informed to- night by prominent local promoter who is in charge of large landed in- terests along the route of scheme which has ample New York backing behind 1t. This scheme is to bdIid and in juxtaposition to the driveway to Co., den, with the view of continding the line down the Gulf coast to Mississippi towns. A local civil engineer was em- ployed tonight to make q survey and draw plans of the proposed electric railway line.
 Eleven days ago in the United States District Court, Hon. Harry T. .Toulmin presiding, the suit of John McDaYid, trustee for Bears. Dunwoody & Co, exporters of lumber and timber, and Brewton, for $75, 900. with interest, was begun. At noon today Attorney Blount of Pensacola, for plaintiff. began the
 
 pected that the judge would not this afternoon give the charge to the jury at the close of the argument. Con- trary to expectations, however, Judge Toulmin, at the conclusion of Attorney Blounts argument, charged the jury. They retired and after being out only short time, returned into court and brought q verdict for the defense. For the plaintiff appeared Gregory ' and H. T. Smith of Mobile, and Blount x Blount and Moreno Jones of Pensaco- la and for the defense Stevens .& Ly- ons of Mobile, M, A. Rabb of Brew ton and John C. sAvery of Pensacola. vidual suit of its kind ever brought in this city.
 Captain Frank Lumsden returned this morning from New Orleans, where he had gone to investigate the steamer Bardweil.
 Captain Lumsden was sent to make thorough inspection of the vessel with the view to purchasing it for use in the eastern shore traffic. He stated that the Bardwell would not answer the that she is two feet overdraught. He appeared to be disappointed In his failure to secure the vessel.
 ralgned in the Recorders Court this morning charged with stealing brass and lead from the Pythian Temple St. Francis Street, between Conception and St. Joseph. The cases were con tinued until tomorrow morning.
 It required some nice work on the part of the city detectives to locate and capture the youngsters The thefts had been going on for some time and the contractors were deterred no little in their work because of the depredatiOns.
 The Louisville and Nashville Rail- road employees excursion for the bene- fit of the orphans of the four institu- tlons of this city was run to Gulfport, Miss. this morning. It required two trains, one of sixteen and the other of thirteen cars, to handle the immense crowd.
 Railroad officials conservatively es- timated the number of passengers at 1,400,
 Herbert Lindholm, member of the Jackson Comedy Go. now performing at Monroe Park Theatre, is in the city hospital in a precarious condition. He was stabbed in ten places about the body by another member o8 the com.