The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
CAPITALISTS GO ID BESSEMER TODAY Gates and Party Will Inspect
 Properties COMMITTEES TO MEET Work Will Begin at Once On Plans for the Carnegie Library-LittIe News
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COMMITTEES TO MEET

Bessemer. March es.-John W. Gates and party of capitalists from New York, who arrived in the district today to in- spect the properties. of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company and the Republic Iron and Steel company will come to Bessemer tomorrow in Mr. Gates private car, and will spend most of the day making a personal inspection Of the plants of the Tennessee company located at this place If they have time the party will also visit the mines of the Republic company located near this place. The gentlemen in the party are officers and directors of the Tennessee-Repup- lie companies and their visit to the dis trict at this time is very significant as the future developments in the properties of the associated companies located in the district depend upon the result or the present investigation of conditions.
 It Is understood that the party will be in the district for several days and that all the properties of the two companies will be carefully inspected with a view to making extensions and Improvements if the conditions authorize the expendt- ture.
 Will Spend Millions.
 It has been announced that the com panies are prepared to expend several nlil- lion of dollars in extensions in the dis trict. and 1t is believed that some very important announcement will be made after the present inspection is made.
 Bessemer with it's great natural re- sources and advantages for manufaetuf- ing expects great things when the mann moth companies begin the eXtenslons all tiepated in the district.
 The party is under the personal escort Of President Don. H, Bacon of the Ten nessee company and John A. Topping or the Republic company. MT. Topping ar rived in the city from Florida last night. The other members of the party arrived in Birmingham yesterday morning from the north.
 Committee Will Meet.
 The committee appointed by Mayor Sul- livau yesterday to confer with the ladies interested in the erection of q public library in this city will meet with the committee of ladies early next week when definite steps will be taken looking to the final plans for the building.
 It is expected that library commit tee will be formed which will take active
  a personal inspection of library buildings in other cities of the state and will de- eide upon a plan for the local building.
 The building for Bessemer will cost Sl0r- GOO and the ladies interested are deter mined that the local institution shall compare favorably with any other insti- tuition of the kind In the state.
 Notes and Personals.
 J. O. Persons of Dublin, Ga. at one time manager of the Southern Bell Tele- phone and Telegraph company, Is in the city for a few days
 J. A La Rue, recently editor and pro- prietor of the Bessemer Workman, will open job printing establishment in the old Rush drug store building on Nine teenth street next week.
 Wiggs Thompson, who lost his leg yes terday hy being run over by coal cars at Sloss mines is reported to be resting very well at the home of his parents on Clarendon avenue
 Work on the extension of the Bessemer water system to Brighton is being pushed by large force of hands. The pipe Is be- ing laid out Twelfth avenue along the line of the electric railway.
 Judge William Jackson of the Bessemer city court will take up the non-Jury criminal docket next Monday. The court has been taking a recess this week.
 The stereopticon lecture given at Beav- CTS hall last night by the Rev. A. Icyda, was well attended and a neat sum was realized for the benefit of the Epworth league