The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-22
GYeat Possibilities For
South in the Wel' Cotton
Stalks Products Plants

ol revenue Is TO come to the people from
what has heretofore been an entire loss.
cannot see anything but the best to
come from 1t and my people will get the
benefit of it."
Capitol Mention.
Boston and the state of Massachusetts
are endeavoring to get all the Lords day
laws of the state assembled and "justl-
fed" as the printers say and has asked
the secretary of state of Alabama to give
them Information as to the laws of Ala
bama along that line. J. e. Daniels, the
clerk of the joint Lords day laws COM
mittee of the Massachusetts legislature,
is getting all the data together.
The Fidelity Fire Insurance company of
New York, organized June 26 last, has en-
tered Alabama for business. 1t has paid
up capital OF Sf,00G,00 and reserve of like
amount, with $4,000 reserved for I'M
earned premiums. Deputy Insurance Com
missioner A. c. Sexton has not been noti-
fled who will be the Alabama agent
Mr.. Sexton has also been notified of the
organization of the Firemen's Fund Insur-
ance corporation of San Francisco, which
will have the same line of agents as the
Ffreman's Fund Insurance company of the
same city.
]. F. Mcdonald of Ozark and R. E.
Gordon of Mobile have been appointed no.
taries public.
Contract Let for Capitol Work.
Contracts were let today for interior
work on the repair scheme of the state
house amounting to $11 197. This includes
plastering, vitrous and marble thing mar
BILE finishing of the toilets on the second
and third floors, electric wiring and mar
BILE effects on the second floor rotunda
the last named to be very elaborate in
finish and effect All the work is to be
completed by December l. The contracts
are to be drawn by the attorney general
who is a member of the capitol commits
sion, and work is to begin In very short
time
The contract was let after carefully CO.
ing over all the bids, by E. r. Nc
David and Thomas M. Owen of the capitol
commission. They had some trouble to
make the selections, but with the help
of the official architect, Frank Lockwood,
all the details were worked out and the
best offers determined. After agreeing to
the best run of offers Messrs. McDavid
and owen talked with all the members
of the commission available and fully
posted them on what was to be DONE
The following are the names of success
full bidders, with the prices which they
receive:
Morney and Monahan, New Orleans, all
plaster work on the first floor halls. walls
and stairs, also the second floor halls, APP
proaches, halls and walls, and the dome,
5000.
Southern Mosaic Tile company, Birming-
ham, marble and white Nitrous thing for
first floor halls and rotunda, second floor
halls and rotunda and approaches, toilets
on the second and third floors. The toilets
are to be fitted with marble stalls and
vitrous tile floors with marble backs and
wainscoting. price s4704.
Moseley- TIaigler Electric company.
Montgomery, all wiring on the first and
second floor with concealed conduits, they
to furnish all work and material $50.
Georbe B. Sicels Marble company, Tate.
Ca, italian marble and the setting of it
on the second floor rotunda and APP
proaches, this to be handsome piece of
work in every way. $1373.
Total cost of the contracts let s11,197.
The work on the second floor is to in
clude an Italian marble base three feet
high over which the plaster decorations
will fall or roll in relief This is to ex-
tend the entire space of the walls and
will be SOW orked out as to run along
down the stairway to the first floor
when that part Of the building Is COM
pleted. The scheme is In bar relief effect
with real columns and panels up to the
dome. There will be plaster columns and
panels to be filled In with pictures In
time when the state can afford it. It is
regarded that the second floor will be
made one of the prettiest in the build
ing, all ready for the coming of the leg
islature next year
Bessemer Commission.
The aspirations for the office of police
commissioner of Bessemer may take it
easy. The governor will not make ap-
pointments to the places until he is fully
satisfied that there is a commission and
that 1t is his business to appoint AS a
consequence he has referred the matter to
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ton on the matter until that officer gives
him an opinion. This will require several
days. Quite a number of gentlemen have
intimated that they would be glad to serve
Bessemer in this way.
Hadges Gates, a negro boy, convicted in
Clarke county April "a. 1905, for burglary
and grand larceny, has been paroed by
Judge and other prominent citizens His
short time sentence is almost up any
way.
The governor has also restored the civil
rights of William Hardy of Covington
county, convicted in the United States
court for counterfeiting Both instances
of clemency were on advice of the pard-
oning board.
Books of Lee.
State Examiner ]. T. German has re-
ported on an examination of the books
Polytechnic institute at Auburn. He
found everything In ship shape and COM
plinhents the officer.
In reporting on the examination of the
books of the officers of Lee county Mr..
German notes that there was an error
against the state of 81 30 on mortgage tax
fees, which was at once corrected by
Probate Judge ]. B. Lyons. The other
officers checked in Lee were ]. b. Butler,
ex-tax assessor; W. NJ. Boss, tax colec-
tor; III. NJ Wilson, clerk of the circuit
court; D.. NJ. Banks, superintendent of
education; A. p. Hodge, sheriff.
For the year 1905, Tax Collector Boss
was charged with s52.754. OF, all OF which
has been fully accounted for. The county
is found to be in fine condition in every
way
In the mail of the governor this week
was a catalogue of the Seventh District
Agricultural school at Albertvile showing
1t to be a well managed institution.
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