The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13
W, [, KNOX MAY GO ID MONTGOMERY Reported He Goes to Western
 of Alabama AS GENERAL FREIGHT ACT Gadsden Men In Capital City Tell of
 the Wonderful Prosperity of That Section of the State.
AS GENERAL FREIGHT ACT

Montgomery, September 12-(SpecialJ-
 IL is announced by the press of AnnistoS
 that w E. Knox for long time with the Louisville and Nashville railroad at
 that place, has been appointed general
 freight agent of the Western of Ala
 bama. with headquarters at Montgomery
 and that he will take over his new duties at once So far. nothing seems to pe known here and it is announced at the 1 local office that MT. Knox has not ar | rived and that nothing is known of his l appointment.
 MT Knox is one of the well known
 railroad men of the south. His work for the Louisville and Nashville in compeu- tive territory has placed him in line for good thing in the railroad world. Another change at the Western is the
 promotion of w. P Strobhar to the posi-
 tion of chief clerk to the local agent He
 has been here less than year and it
 is a matter of pride to his many friends
 that he has gone up so rapidly.
 Mir Strobhar is of long time railroad
 stock and comes honestly by his prefer
 ence for and ability in the service. He
 was for some time in the local freight
 office in Birmingham of the Louisville
 and Nashville and brought away the best wishes of the officials there MT. Strohbar Is a Florida boy, his father being com
 mercial agent for the Coast line at Gains- vile, Fla.
 Burnett Talks. Among the visitors to the city today are Congressman John Burnett and w. R. Dortch of Gadsden, who have some busi- | ITF, AF apIa l m
 other state officials They both tell glo-
 rious stories of Gadsden and it's future and
 say that they have no time for politics
 or anything else but business. MT. Burnett has so far no opposition in
 the party for the democratic nomination though he expects the usual republican, populite contest at the election. He has been getting down close to the people of his district and it Is freely predicted that he will be hard to beat after this. Both MT. Burnett and Mir Dortch say that there is little said in that section about an extra session of the legislature,
 though all would be glad to have help for
 the schools, especially in the erection of school houses of modern make and com fort.
 Contract for Capitol Work. The contract will be let tomorrow flor the refitting of the entire exterior of
 the capitol. duty that was placed upon Secretary of State E. R. McDavid some time ago by the new capitol commits sion. There are two ideas under con- sideration, one a stucco effect and the other a sand color paint finish, both of which are very attractive. It is estimated that the cost will be $2000 A sample of the work has been shown on the southside of the supreme court wing and looks ex- ceedingly well.
 Mir. McDavid said today that the work
 would begin in a week and be finished
 in sixty days. It will take in the entire
 building and will finish all the surface
 with paint or cement and make the old
 building look like new. The windows and
 doors will be frightened up an>l made to
 stand in some measure for the dignity of the state.
 The work of fitting up the vault under