The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
ENSLEY MAY GET
 FREE DELIVERY PostoMce Makes Very Gredits-
 ble Showing NEW REAL " COMPANY City Council Met In ReouIar Session Last Night and Transacted Busi-
 ness of Importance to the City.

Ensley, October -(Special.)-The busi- ness of the Ensley postoffice has gone above the s10,6O0 mark and is now, ac- cording to the custom of the department entitled to free delivery. The report of the quarter just closed shows a wonder full increase in the volume of business in the office and the consolidated report for the past four quarters shows an increase of over s400O over the preceding four quar- ters.
 The business for the past four quarters amounts to nearly $11,000. The increase in the business of the office has been steadily growing for the past year, and especially brisk has the increase been during the past quarter.
 The people of Ensley have long desired the free delivery of their mails, and now that the business of the office has reached the required amount it is be- leved that the free delivery will be in- stalled at once.
 Mayor N. W. Scott has taken the mat ter up with Congressman Oscar w. Un- derwood, who will go before the depart ment at once, and it is believed that be- fore January 1 the people of Ensey will receive their mail at their doors.
 The increase in the business of the post office has also called attention to the crowded condition of the postoffice build ing, and the congestion about the doors of the building at the hours when mails arrive. It is often impossible to pass along a cid r. i,, 1f such times. The lobby of the postoffice Is entirely too small. to say nothing of the working department in the office proper
 The limited space and the greatly in- creasing business of the department has put Postmaster Clayton and his office force to a great disadvantage In serv- ing the public as they would like, and as the public expects.
 That more room will have to be provid- ed for the transaction of the postal busi- ness of the city goes without saying, and those interested are looking about for re- lief. No definite plan has been announced, but those who have interested themselves in the matter feel sure that more ade- quate quarters for the postoffice will be secured in the near future
 It now seems probable that Ensey will get free delivery and more commodious postoffice quarters within few months.
 Ensiey Realty Company.
 The Ensey Realty company is a new concern that has just been organized by Mayor N. W. Scott, Chief of Police D. F. Sugg and Fred Kraft.
 hn fNot 1rf f..1 the office of the probate judge of Jeffer- son county at Birmingham today. The new company is capitalized at $12,OOO. and will do general real estate business in Ensley and surrounding country.
 Fred Kraft is president of the company and D. F. Sugg is secretary and treasurer They will open an office In Ensley at once and will begin operations
 The new company has just purchased twenty-five acres of valuable vacant prop erty from the Ensley Land company in the southeast part of the city, between Ensley proper and Tuxedo park, SIS. .0O0 being paid for the property and it is considered one of the most valuable va- cant tracts in the community.
 It Is understood that the company will at once grade streets, build sidewalks and otherwise improve the property. A num- Der of neat cottages are to be built for rent. and 1t is possible that several hand some residences of more pretentious pro- portions may be erected.
 The fncorporators of the new company are prominent in Ensley's business and Industrial circles, and they have great 1aith in the future of the district Thew have all been leaders in every movement to build up the town and the company may be depended upon to still further promote the general interests of the conn plunity is.f@ @- A
 City Council Meets.
 The city council of Ensley met in regu- lar session tonight .and transacted busi- ness of importance.
 number of citizens making complaints of unjust charges for water by the Bir- mingham Water Works company. the chief of police was instructed to inves- tigate and if it was found that the com pany had violated the ordinance of the city to make cases against the company in each individual instance of violation.
 The matter of opening Twenty-second street to Palmer Terrace was referred to the street committee to-estmate cost and report.
 The street and light committee report ed that MT. Jemison of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company had been approached with the request that that fare on the car lines between this city and Birmingham be reduced from 10