The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-01
COUNCIL ID MEET ON TUESDAY NIGHT Will Likely Grant Franchise for
 Electric Line REVIVAL BEGINS TODAY Three White Men Charged With Dyn- amiting House Occupied by Negro Woman Discharged for Want
 of Evidence.

Bessemer, September 3O-(Special)-T
 city council of Bessemer will meet In
 regular session at the city hall next Tues day night and It is expected that con
 siderable business will come up for con
 sideration.
 This will be the second regular meet
 ing of the new council and several new
 matters will be considered. A proposition
 to issue bonds for various street im-
 provements which was suggested by
 Mayor Sullivan at the last meeting will
 be given further attention. Another matter of importance to be considered is the granting of franchise
 to the Birmingham Railway, Light and
 Power company for the building of an
 electric railway line from Bessemer to
 Jonesboro It is said that the company
 has already acquired the right of way at
 Jonesboro and along the route and will
 be ready to begin the building of the line
 as soon as the franchise for terminal
 privileges in this city has been granted. There was some opposition to the grant ing of this franchise and the city council deferred action at the last meeting until ! the citizens could be given an opportun- | ity to express themselves on the propo- sitlon. A mass meeting was called for | last Tuesday night at the city hall and
 about 13O of the leading business men met and voted fayorably on the grant ing of the franchise. There is no doubt but that the franchise will be granted | Tuesday night.
 l The petition for franchise was presented to the council by Attorney Pinkney | Scott.
 The building of the proposed line will add greatly to the importance and popu- | larity of Jonesboro a residence suburb and the people of both that place and Bessemer are anxious to see the line in operation The road will also connect oth- | CT points of importance in the district and it is possible that the line will be extended in the near future to still other places.
 Revival Services.
 A union revival will begin at Library | hall in this city tomorrow night and will | continue for about two weeks. All the | Protestant denominations of the city are | taking an interest in the work and the
 pastors and others will assist in the meet | ings.
 The Rev. Dr. Nathan Bachman of l Sweetwater, Tenn, a well known evangel- 1 ist, will conduct the services and will | preach the first sermon tomorrow night. After tomorrow night there will be ser | vices at Library hall every afternoon at
 8 o'clock and at 7;3O every night | The singing will be conducted by Pro- | lessor Langston of Georgia. Professor | Langston arrived in the city few days ago and for the past two nights has been | organizing an immense choir from among | the best singers from all the churches of | the city. Those who will sing in the meeting have met Professor Langs.on at
 the hall for the past three nights for practice and organization.
 l The regular services will be held at all the Protestant churches of the city | tomorrow morning conducted by the resi- dent pastors. but all will give way for l the first service of the union meeting at | Library hall tomorrow night. Preparatory services have been held st | the hall almost every night this week ard have been conducted by various ministers from Birmingham and elsewhere. The | people are very much interested and it