The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
The News of Birmingham

has been in the furnace sInce yester- day and 1t is expected that in the next day or two a run can be made. The Tenenssee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Is preparing to blow in two furnaces at Bessemer. There is a strong demand for pig iron and the manufacturs see the necessity of pro- ducing as much iron as possible There are fears that if severe weather sets in here next week that the output at the ore miens and limestone quarries will be interfered with and this will impede the iron production.
 Willie Wilson, 16-year-old boy. lies in St. Vincent's hospital in a pre- carious condition, the result of an ac- cident which happened to him yester- day afternoon while at work in the machine shops of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, where he was an apprentice. His right arm was caught in some revolving machinery and the member was crushed completely off his body. The boy suffers excruciating pains. The young man has been un- der the influence of narcotics ever since the accident. Very little hope was expressed as to recovery for the young man this afternoon
 The funeral of W. H. Pritchard, the well known Confederate Veteran, who died last Wednesday evening at the hospital after an illness of several weeks, took place this morning. The deceased was member of Camp Har- dee, U. c. ", and that organization turned out for the burial
 Henry Moore has filed suit against the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company claiming damages in the sum of $5.000. The plaintiff ayers that motion iron fell on him, burning scars which will last all his life and which caused him intense pain.
 In the case of Laura Chambers against Robert R. Pollak, involving the statutory right of redemption to valuable real estate in North Birming- ham, Chancellor Benners rendered g. decree this morning sustaining the contention of the defendants attorney by holding that Mrs. Chambers, the assignee, by purchase of a judgment creditor, obtained by the First Ma tional Bank, of Decatur. could not re- deem the land, because the statute was confined to certain persons, among whom the assigne of a Judgment cred ttor is not specified.
 The precise question is interesting to owners of real estate, bankers and law yers and has never been decided in the Supreme Court. An appeal will prob ably be taken in the case Messrs Powell and Blackburn represented Mrs. Chambers; Richard H. Fries was at torneY for Pollak
 The Birmingham Southern Railroad at Ensley has under way many changes In its track and the construction of several long sidings. Practically all the tracks of that road, except the hot metal track from the furnaces, will be removed from the steel plant to make i. room for extensions there. All the ore cars for the furnace. which heretofore have been switched by or through the steel plant, will be carried from the yards to Vivian and delivered over the main Pratt track. Two sidings. ap- proximately half a mile long each are to be built from the office of the road to No. mine. and many other changes and improvements made. Nov ing the tracks at the steel plant will give large plot of ground for addi- tions and improvements at that im- portant industry, and will facilitate the handling of freight originating or for delivery there. Rumors of many other important developments by the railroads at Ensley are ahoat, which if they materialize, will make this city the center of the freight business of the entire district. though it already originates more tonnage than any point in the State.