The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16
CORRESPONDENT WRITES OF THE THRIFTY AND PROSPEROUS TOWNS ALONG FRISCO SYSTEM WHICH WILL IN THE FUTURE
 RECEIVE THE AGE-1ERALD IN EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING
FLOURISHING TOWN THAT
 LIVES BY COAL INDUSTRY

mayor faithfully and will no doubt be re- elected to succeed himself in the election for mayor and council, which occurs on June 26 So far Mr. Roland has no oppo- sitlon. The present eouncilmen serving with Mayor Roland are: W. P. Cooper. Sam Taught. J. Morgan Pierce, A. c. Ramsey. J. S. Shannon and J. R. Bu- ehannan
 The net profit of the Carbon Hill dis pensary for 1904 was @e52 A5. George W. Shaw is manager.
 Davis & Blackwell have a laige black smith and machine shop here. The build ing they occupy is 64x64 feet and is equip ped with the best machinery for their work They do an extensive business.
 The Coal Companies.
 There are four strong coal companies operating at Carbon Hill. The Galloway Coal company, R. Galloway, president: E. R. Hudson vice president. and Sirius Gransey general manager. This company has four openings at Carbon Hill and employs 100 men.
 The Great Elk company has a daily capacity of 700 tons of coal daily and em- ploys l95 people, The officers are: H. s. Jenkins, president; r, I. Jenkins, secre- 1 tary and treasurer, and Dan Mcdonald. general manager.
 The Carbon Hill company is new concern ana ls opening up some very valuable properties. They control 100 acres of rich coal lands. Their present daily capacity is 950 tons and new openings now being made will increase this ca- pacity to 400 tons in q short time. This company has srent recently Sl2,n00 In in- proved machinery for mining. The ofri- eers are; W. IT, Staton. president E. g. Garrett of Selma, vice president. and Lee , Stone, secretary and treasurer Mir Sta- ton the president. is himself practical miner and spends great deal of his time in personally overseeing the operations at hg camps.
 The Carbon Hfl and Lost Creek Coal company has a daily output of 225 tons and a capacity of 100 tons. Increased force Is to be pt on at once to meet the full capacity. The officers of this com pany are: Judge Payton Norville of Jas per president; W. g. Payne secretary and treasurer and F. Bynon. superinten- dent
 Large Pay Rolls.
 The mines at Carbon Hll have a monthly pay roll of about s3O000 and the works are in operation the year round. Mayor Roland told your correspond that labor troubles of any serious nature were unknown in the district. The miners were , paid good wages and when question of issue come up between operators and the miners they were settled without any great trouble He stated that the miners were organized In what Is known as the Knights of Labor and were always very reasonable in heir demands, AS both sides are willing to eoncede to the rights of the other and differences were usually settled without delay and Inconvenience. Speaking further of the good effects of the Carbon Hl dspensary Mayor Roland said "The dispensary has not only been of value to the town financially but it has reduced drunkenness and crime at least 25 per cent in this town The money from the dispensary is applied to the pub
 lie school fund"
 Literary Movement. Carbon Hill has q literary movement that is worthy of mention in this letter. refer to the Carbon Hill Theatrical So- 1 ciety, now being organized. This insti- tuition is made up of local talent and has among its members some really gifted persons. They are praeticing now for q 1 public entertainment and 1t is predicted that surprise is in store for those who are skeptica of great things in this line In Carbon Hill William Sewel Is stage manager for the aggregation, Lucian 1 Parker, Charles kesmodel and w. s. Payne are business managers and James Leslie secretary and treasurer There are sixteen acting members of the society and after some practice al home they expect 1 to make short tour of the country.