The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
TO MEET IN GADsDEN.
Volunteer Bremen Will Gather at
 Prosperous Little City.

Volunteer Bremen Will Gather at Prosperous Little City.
 Gadsden, April 4.-(Special.) )-The next annual meeting of the North Geor- gia, Alabama and Tennessee Volunteer Firemen's Association will be held in the city of Gadsden on the 17th and 18th of May. Chief Woodliff is in re- ceipt of letter from Secretary Frank Manley, of Dalton, Ga. one from Pres ident W. H. Graham. Gainesville, Ga, and one from Vice President V. l.. Adams, of Talladega, in which the statement is made that every member of the committee had voted to accept the invitation extended the association through Chief Woodllff. The Queen City Hose Company held a meeting Monday night and inaugurated plans for handling the association and to get up the prizes and arrange a program for the two days meet President W. G. Bellenger and Chief Woodlif, of the local firenSen, are out among the busness men soliciting funds to de- fray the expenses of the visiting com panies and to pay for the prizes which will be given. It Is expected that ten companies will be on hand, of which there will be six horse teams. Gads- den promises the fire laddies the best time they have ever had.
 The next meeting of the Alabama Dental Assoication will be held in Gadsden on the 10th of May and the local dentists are busy now making the necessary arrangements for the meetings. The members of the ar engagement committee are Drs. c. L. Gum and J: R. Walker and they are making the arrangements now for the meeting, which wil be held in the K. of P. Hall.
 Policeman D IL. Garner, who was hurt more than a month ago in the discharge of his duty by being thrown over his horses head to the ground, breaking his shoulder blade and split ting his knees does not improve so fast as he should, but he is slowly mendlng. The city officials have kept him on the regular pay roll since he was injured. He hopes to be out in few weeks.
 The duties of the Alabama State Federation Association have developed upon Sam Silvey, the well known To- cal union leader of Gadsden, by reason of the fact that William Fitzpatrick, the president, has left the city, nav ing removed to another State. Mir. Silvey. as first vice president, Is there fore the acting president and he has so been informed by the Secretary. D. NJ. Williams. MT. Silvey has assumed the duties of president and Is now the head of the State Federation of La- bor.
 Superintendent Frank Westcott, who mas charge of the repair work on the old Coosa furnace, which was recently sold to A. H. Quinn and a party of capitalists, says the work of repairing Is rapidly going forward and he ex- poets to have the furnace ready to go into blast before a sufficient stock of raw material can be secured. Steam has been gotten up and the pumps set to work in order to fill the reservoir and to test the pipes. A force of workmen were sent inside the stack Monday to tear away the lining until the substantial part of 1t is reached. the balance to be lined anew. The crucible will also be built anew. The charcoal ovens are all empty anG are now ready for supply of wood. The furnace will be started just as soon as a sufficient amount of raw material is received.
 A prominent young business man in this city will commence in a few house. He says that Gadsden is grow ing so fast that an opera house is absolutely necessary and he will erect one. Gadsden has supported an opera house in the past and this gentleman says he feels sure one will pay nAre. The opera LouSe will have frontage of seventy-five feet and will be equipped with all the modern applian- ces known. The stage settings will all be of the best and only the very best companies will be booked It Is expected that work will be commenced in a short while.
 The new board of mayor and alder men in making up the city revenue law for 1905, made considerable chang es. the principal one being the price of the retail whisky license. For the past two years the whisky license has been $500 This has created consid- erable dissatisfaction among the sa- loon men and they claimed they could not make any money. When the new board went into office some of the sa- loon men asked that the license be cut down to $1.000, while others asked that it remain at the same price When the councilmen met they cut the license down to $1.250.
 Robert Campbell. superintendent of the Coosa Pipe and Foundry Company, who is in charge of the making of the patterns, etc. for the new plant, few days made two lengths of four inch soil pipe on one of the new machines and on Monday they were shipped to