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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
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pecially to the navy yard at Pensacola, in transportating supplies.

pecially to the navy yard at Pensacola, in transportating supplies.
 In 1884. Pensacola was captured by ehe Federal forces and the thirty-seven miles of track transferred to a road called the Mobile and Great Northern" " that was being built from place call- cd Hensas Mobile capital was largely behind that road. Colonel Dunn and L.. N. Wilson of that city-the latter be- ing the husband of the famous novel; ist Augusta Evans-being president and vice president of the road. while Col. Gabriel Jourdon was the general superintendent
 In 1866 the gap of six miles between rfPOllard. the terminus of the Mobile and Great Northern, was filled in, and Montgomery had railroad almost in- to Mobile.
 The people of 1906 Montgomery fa- miliar with the superb railroad service that is had now, could hardly conceive of the crudity of the service-consider- k. ed marvellously good in those brave Nays.
 LinS now use in West Montgomery had Must been completed by the Ala bamaA and Florida Company. Here again the thoroUghness of the con- struction done in those days is mani Fest for every one of the brick build lngs erected forty-two years ago, still stand in as good condition as ever. The only part of the brickwork that the Coast Line changed was the tall brick smokestack, which was taken down and replaced with q modern steel smokestack several years ago. There was no cut then south of where tho union passenger station now stands, and the Alabama and Florida trains came into Montgomery over the brow of the hill. They started to climb the hill at what is now the foot of Clay street in West Montgomery, and came down to Tallapoosa street just to tho east of where the present general of Aces of the Coast Line now stand. The general offices of the company were in frame buildings near Commerce and TaIlapoOsa streets. and passengers com ing from Mobile or points along the line to Montgomery, would leave the ears there and go uptown. Through passengers. however, for New York or tie East, would be taken on over to the deopt of the Montgomery Railroad.
 only one passenger train day left Montgomery. and that was about o'clock at night, reaching Tensas al o'clock the next morning. Think Of 1t, ye 1906 MontgOmeUians, twelve hours 10 go less than 160 miles The fast trains of the Louisville and Nash fast freight trains leaving Montgom- cry to Mobile 1SO miles, in something over four hours, while there are four fast freight trains lervins Montoem- cry for Mobile every day, and four from Mobile to Montgomery. Quite a difference between 1864 and 1906, isn't there3
 Train conductors then were the whole thing. There were no ticket of- fees and old time railroad men say it vas a common thing for q passenger conductor to have money stuck all over him when he reached the erd of his run. as passengers paid the conductor for their transportation.
 (At Tensas the Mobile and Great Northern had a line of steamers con- necting with the road from Pollard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

heart of rich agricultural section of country, and one running northwest
 through another rich section or the
 State and one running northeast through another rich section of the State and on to Atlanta and connections for the East. Montgomery was in active touch with all the world-great stores of wealth were beginning to pour in on the merchants and business men of this city, and it all sprung from the little roads started by Colonel Pollard in 1884, and Colone Jones in 1857. Montgomery was becoming cosmopol
 tan. The route of trains from Mobile over tHe hills southwest of the city was a thing of the past. The big railroad cut south of the union railway station had been built then. and Montgomery was an important gateway in that great highway of trans s-cOn influential traffic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

which was beginning to flow in enor- nous volume. n
 There was a man in Montgomery at this tfme-one of the merchant princes of the city, and this section of the South-who, with keen eyes, was close ly watching the course of events This man was Dr. M. P. Legrand, and he was the first to see and act on some great possibilities. Railroads were then tapping almost every section Of the country contiguous to Montgomery. but there was one section which here- tofore was lnviolatein railroad sense. The Mobile and Montgome " road open cd up some of the Eastern parts of Montgomery county, but the rich south- west part of that county was as guilt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

less of any kind of railroads as a new born babe Is of hirsute ddornments. So without wasting any time in put ting his ideas into execution, Dr. Le- grand determined to build a railroad into the southwestern part of Mont gomery county. And he did.
 The Plant Line.
 In the Fall of the year 1sS0 he or ganized company and secured char ter for the Montgomery Southern Railroad" which was to be a narrow gauge. The directors were: NJ. P. Le- grand, Joseph Goetter. John H. Clisby. J. w. Hardie. M. L. Moses, Thomas Joseph, William IT. Graves. T. B. Will kinson. O. O. Nelson W. F. Vandiver and w. L.. Chambers. The work of construction was begun at once. with pr. Legrand president, D R. Hubbard
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
Roads Brought Prosperity.

The Title town with it's struggling railroad back in 1884, like a silk worm
 had developed into a gorgeous -hued butterfly in 1872. The spokes of the great hub were beginning to shoot out
 There was a road from Montgomery south to the Gulf of Mexico, road north through the mineral fields of Alabama, road southeast through the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

securities which the former contract gave to Tate and others. This was the link that forms the great Louisville and Nashville trunk line from Cincln- natl to New Orleans, the gap between Mobile and New orleans having been hIiilt them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
CITY IS IGNORED
BY CONTRACTORS
STANSBURY & POWELL KEEP
VERY QUIET
Request Asking II They Have Aban-
doned outfall Sewer Contract Is
Unanswered and City Now
Will act

City Attorney Mathews tomorrow
VIII report to the council the condition
of the outfall sewer contract and ad-
wise that the council take some steps
looking to the completion of the sewer
at the expense of Contractors Stans-
bury & Powell.
by Monday the reasonable time for
notification demanded by law will have
expired" said Assistant City Attorney
Hewitt yesterday, land the city will
have n full legal right to adopt one of
the alternatives provided in the con-
tract for just such contingencies Ms
have now arisen. Last Tuesday we
notified the contractors to tell us II
they had permanently abandoned the
contract, but SO far have had no
reply. We have done all that is required
by law and now the city may step in
and finish the work, charging the
cost to the bond of the contractors
The city still withholds a little more
than $4,000 due the contractors and
1t will refuse to pay this amount. In
addition, the contractors are under
bond of $141,000 for faithful perform
ance of contract. According to the city
attorney the city may now either let
the contract for unfinished work to the
lowest bidder or do the work itself. The
money unpaid on the contract, plus
the bond money, can be used to defray
the expense of finishing the uncom-
pleted work.
If the price for completing the sewer
is more than the original cost of the
contract the additional expense can be
secured by suing on the bond.
Preparing for Lawsuit
Stansbury & Powell so far have re-
fused to answer the letter sent them
by City Engineer Stafford last Tues
day, asking them if they had given
up the contract permanently or merely
were giving their employees a leave
of absence. That the contractors are
making preparations for a law suit of
some kind is we'll known, but just what
their next move will be is not deter
mined.
The city is not contemplating any
law suit just now," said Mr. Hewitt
yesterday. so far there is nothing for
us to sue for. We will not enter suit
unless the cost of finishing the work
is in excess of the unpaid part of the
original contract price and then only
for the excess on the bond. Stans-
bury &c Powell evidently are waiting for
the city to make the first move, but
the only move the city will make will
be to finish the sewer"
The board of public works has asked
the city attorney to determine whether
or not Stansbury & Powell can be con-
sldered irresponsible bidders on other
contracts than the one they now hold,
Stansbury does a great deal of street
work under the Vrooman act and he
is SAID to have considered that he had
such warm spot in the hearts of the
city officials that he could ask for all
the extension of time on his contracts
that he desired. But when he next
asks for an extension of time it will
have to come from the board of public
works and it is on the board that the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

burden Of the abandonment of the out
fall sewer contract has fallen. II is
q foregone conclusion that few favors
Will be shown Mr.. Stansbury by the
board of public works.
Powell is a sewer contractor and he
has several sewer contracts in The city
In addition to the outfall sewer He
Is also compelled at times to ask favors
of the board Of public works. Whether
or not he does any more work for
the city will depend on the city at
torney's opinion as to whether the
abandonment OF the outfall contract
can place him in the list of lrrespon-
sibles.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
NO PLACE FOR BAD BOYS
Belgrade Youngster Asks to Be Sent
to London to Be Able to
Reform
Special Gable to Tne Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
BELGRADE, July 21.-A 13-year-old
boy, who was brought before the court
here as an incorrigible, burst into tears
and appealed to the magistrate to be
sent to London or New York.
He stated that there was no room in
Belgrade for such as he, but that in
London he would be able to do very
well, as he had read there were schools
in America where the pupils were
taught to live without molesting any
but rich people who had more than
they wanted.
The boy, who had been reading crimi-
nal cases in the newspapers, had four
times escaped from reformatory, and
the last time sold not only his clothes,
but half a window which he detached
and carried away with him when he
escaped.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
PRINCESS WINS LONDON
Pauline Johnson of Canada, Daugh.
ter Of Great Chief, Visits the
British Parliament
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald,
LONDON, July 21.-An interesting
visitor to the house of commons daily
is Takahionwaka, a handsome young
woman, who would be a princess If the
North American Indians recognized
that title as BETTING the daughter of
n great chief.
on the government roll Of Canada she
is described as Pauline Johnson, that
name being much easier to pronounce
than the one that is hers by Inherit
anCe.
Miss Johnson's father was Onwanon-
svshon, an Iroquois. who was chief of
the federation of six nations now as
sembled on reserva tions in Eastern
Canada. Her grandfather was the
chief who rallied the Iroquois and allied
tribes TO the support of the British
against the Americans In the war of
1912
This descendant of chieftains is
highly educated. She has attained no
mean place in the literary world of
Canada.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
DAFT ON LOVE BUTTONS
East End Men and Women Wear
Each others Photographs
During Their En-
gaqement
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, July 21.-A pretty way OF
sealing an engagement has been in
vented by the inha bitants of the east
end of London.
Every man, Immediately he is en-
gagged, is expected by his fiancee to
wear a button brooch with her photo
graph in his buttonhole for as long as
the engagement lasts, and she in turn
wears his photograph on her breast,
near her heart. These are called love
buttons" and if discarded any day by
either of the parties it is sign that
the engagement is at an end.
Fiber-Grass and Basket Suit Cases
$3.50 to $500, in our leather goods de-
partment. Good things for the beach or
mountain trips Sanborn. Vail & Co.,
357 So Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
To Sell Gould Home

Miss Helen Gould is negotiating for
the sale of her residence. $40 Fifth ave-
nue., and the home Of her distinguished
father, Jay Gould The house will be
supp1anted by either "A large apartment
house or Office building. Charles A..
Gardner, who has practically closed
the deal for the purchase of the prop
erty. has also bought from Frederick
Roosevelt. cousin of President Roose-
welt, the property at 583 Fifth avenue.
The district In the immediate neigh
borhood of the Gould house has been In %
vaded by business within the last sew
eral years, and Miss Gould, who Is OF
retiring disposition, some time ago
decided TO abandon the old home and
remove TO quiet neighborhood uptown.
THE GOTHAMITE.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

Homeless children received ana piaesd
IN homes for adoption. apply Rev. o.
" Rice. Superintendent Chlldren's
Home society. sS4 Bradbury building.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Been There Himself

Lovesick swains and their sweet
hearts, under the protecting shadows
of Grants tomb and an avenue of
naples that throws beautiful canopy
over lovers lane in Riverside park, sit
and promenade in thousands these sui
try nights. Every park bench on the
drive overlooking the Hudson is the
scene Of a spooning match. and, sur
rounded by an enchanted circle of low
ers, the statue of the president who
said, Let us have peace" seemingly
smiles on approvingly. Oscillation is
not permitted in Riverside, but in Sc
questered spots where the waters of
the Hudson flows and under the screen
of the parks shrubbery many game
of smacks is pulled off. Said a park
policeman whose Service stripes extend
to his elbow: There's nothin wrong
about spoonin' long as it's done with
livery one seem 1t. Everybody knows
that's what the young uns come here
for. livery girl wants to be the limin
and she wants a good squeezer. See?
See that binch there? Well, | got me
wife off that binch tin years ago. That
was one good case Of spoonin', me laddy
buck"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
kibosh on ki-Yis

Dogs are now taboo in most Of the big
hotels here so while milady dimes Bus
ter or Fudge must remain whining and
crying his poor dear little eyes out"
in the check or baggage room, under
the care Of some heartless waiter who
often grabs the beribboned autocrat of
the kennel and makes him demonstrate
his pluck. It's pretty hard blow, too,
for the dog-carrying fashion plates OF
sweldom, because when a belle makes
an elaborate toilet and selects one Of
her poodles whose color matches her
dress it causes a deprecating effect
when mine host says that society shall
not "go to the dog" It's a fact thai
certain species of dogs are being car
ried this season to narmonize with the
color scheme of faGdisi women. Here
tofore dogs have been admitted to the
parlors and lobbies of some of the fash
ionable hotels, but this summer they
are ostracsed the same as would be
baby from an uptown apartment
house.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Stork Gets Lost

The stork entered a busy Broadway
department store this morning, and for
time the excitement was unbounded
Women shoppers forgot their parcels
and ran pell-mell toward the matron's
department of the store in order to get
glance at the newcomer, which was
boy The information was conveyed
to every point in the store by unique
methods. Cashiers heralded the birth
of the infant with written messages
which were shot to the clerks through
pneumatic tubes but it was the excit-
ed rush of the colored matron to the
infants counter that really gave the
whole snap away.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
New York's 100000 Club Women

Recently compiled statistics show
there are fully fully 100, 900 clubwomen
on Manhattan island. The clubs range
from the Fencers and the Chorus Girls
Protective union to the Emma Willard
association. 1t would create only mild
surprise here If Tammany hall would
soon have a woman's auxiliary.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
How're Yer Brains?

Brains will be repaired and reno
waited in an institution which will short
ly be erected in Exterior street over
looking the East river. The asylum
will cost about $5OO,0OO and will be built
by the state commission on lunacy.
Many of the patients in the psychopa
thetic ward of the Bellevue hospital will
be removed to the new infirmary. which
will especially cater to private cases
of men and women who know they are
"dippy" and will prefer to take home
treatment rather than be confined in
an asylum. When the hospital opens
if just small percentage of eligibles
'fess up and appoint themselves indi-
Vidual commissions on lunacy, an in
crease in the staff of alienists perhaps
would be necessary.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
EqaI to Salvation Row"

City Hall park is the scene of some
warmly contested religious arguments
these sultry afternoons, and some
queer theology such as never has been
advanced by any denomination occa-
slonally reaches the porch of a passer-
by's ears. MONDAY religious services
are held daily on the steps of the city
hall, and the words of the speakers
furnish food for thought Every city
has its professional idlers, and nine
out of every ten of them believe them
selves philosophers. Imagine the buzz
of some 300 of such philosophers seat
ed in the city hall circle dissecting a
sermon and just a meager conception
of the animated scene may be had
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

II you want 10 so east. C. HaydocK,
Agent Illinois Central Il. r.. 2ss s. spring.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Tough on the Chorus Girl

The poor chorus gurl is being dis
franchised of almost every means of
shining as a star of the even small
magnitude unless the emissary of the
law acts as her support. Even prosaic
Coney Island is making the abbreviated
skirted singers place their toes within
reasonable distance of the chalk line
and now when the girls want TO "cut
up they must do so before the foot
lights. The chorus girls have been ac-
customed to dip In the surf every morn
ing and some OF the naiads have APP
peared in bathing suits that have
caused old Jersey clamdiggers to blush.
The other day, while several ballet
dancers were posing in semi bathing
costumes for a button pusher. a beach
policeman yelled "Skidool" Since, the
girls have been compelled TO wear
proper bathing suits.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Turn Up. Your Trousers

Subway cars were jammed to the
platforms with passengers this evening
as consequence of heavy downpour
of rain which came Unexpectedly and
drove almost everybody and his brother
to the tunnel. The umbrella saloons
which furnish rainstlcks on the free
lunch order plan also helped dampen
things, besides providing protection for
many pair OF duck trousers and
Roentgen-ray shirtwaists. New York
ers viii keep out of the rain. even II
they must resort to back door or un-
derground methods.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Gladys and vlvlane Anxious

Monday night and started TO explore
the Bowery. While the drummers We're
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Driven Out by Immigrants

Immigrants and an expansion of bus
mess are driving thousands of old
residents out of Manhattan. Many fine
old homes have been abandoned in the
Fifth avenue section of the city and
residential conditions in New York have
grown more congested during the sum-
mer w. c. Carnegie, w. G. Park and
other former Pittsburgers have sold up
town homes and built on Long Island.
Pressure from both immigrants and
business increases every week. Fam
lilies who refuse to move into the sub
urbs are compelled to occupy flats far
north of their old home centers. OF
the 1,O62 054 persons who passed through
Ellis Island immigrant station during
the year ended Juno 80 there We're
SSS, 543 real immigrants. The others
We're tourists or citizens of the United
States. There were 609174 male immi-
grants and 27S,S29 females lore than
200,0 900 immigrants have stayed in New
York Most of them are distributed in
the districts or colonies which are oc-
cupied by their Own type
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
NEWS OF NEW Y0RK'S SUMMER;
CHAT OF THE DOINGS OF DOG DAYS

seated at table quietly watching a
moving picture of unsymmetical fig
ure whose yells Of "Sof boiled on two"
would sound familiar to the short or
der cooks in an east side restaurant. the
hardware man was nudged on the
shoulder by a pretty little 'roxideine
who laughingly said: "Say, feller, ye're
come down here to pump us chorus
girls about the Th6v case amt We? Now
tell the truth. fur you see I krew yer
'tectives." Everyone who goes within
a mile of a chorus girl or a Bowery
dancer since the roof L1rden AFFAIR Is
taken for a detective. The chorus girls
are making apital of the tragedy and
some Of them are in the employ of at
torneys on both sides of the case.
London Cops Skin Ours
London has us beaten thirty ways
on the police question" said a Pitts
burgher who has .ust returned from
abroad "1n the old city of London
there is one policeman to every twenty
seven persons and in the greater city
or metropolitan area, only one to every
472 of the population. These men aver
age $500 year. m all England and
Wales the enrolled olce force last year
numbered 45,203 men and cost only
s27500000. The New York City force
now costs mes ~ half that sum-"
Bark, but No Hydrophobia
Patrons of a Park row restaurant
were given a hydrophobia scare this
morning by a man with one lung whose
actions caused walters and diners to
make hurried exit. The hunger" was
a Civil war veteran whose appearance
indicated that he had been hitting the
essence of headache hard the night be-
fore. Suddenly he jumped from his
seat in the middle of the dining room
and began to bari; like a Russian
greyhound. His eyes protruded, and
for few minutes his paroxysms broke
the perspiration Of everybody in the
place-of course with the exception of
the proprietor. The grzzled vets ac-
tions convinced everybody that he was
candidate for asteur treatment. and
youth declared that it was a bad case
of hydrophobia. Gradually the old
warrior ceased barking, then calmly
resumed his oeat at the table. Turning
his bloodshot optics on the man with
the stick he yelled: Hydro hell! You
blamed idiot. l wcs eating blue fish
and swallowed a bone. Thought I had
swallowed my fork" He later explained
that the absence Of lung prod"ced
the barking sounds when lie coughed
Actors at Play
This week finds more idle members
of the theatrical profession in Gotham
than ever before in its history. Every
morning and afternoon in Broadway
in the immediate vicinity of the Cas-
ino, Thespians, good, bad and indiffer-
ent, assemble and indulge in shop talk.
Coney Island is also mecca for actors
and actresses this summer. At the re-
sort some of them are on the boards,
while the majority are barking for the
various concessions. Actors as a rule
are good orators, and that is the rea-
son the management of the place pre-
fers a Spartacus or Mark Antony
in the role of a conductor for the train
"All ready for Pixies Peak" or a
Romeo to induce the fair sex to con-
suit Madame Fakinski about love af-
fairs. The barking on the island is
one of the best attractions the gay re-
sort affords.
o.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

In the letter the attorneys take the
stand that there is no city ordinance
providing a district in which prize
fights win be allowed in the city, or If
there is such an ordinance it is not
constitutional
The chief Of police says Ae is basing
his prosecution upon the city ordinance
which limits the "hght district" The
ordinance was passed about two months
ago. The limits are little larger than
Tom McCarey's fight pavilion. The
chief claims that he must do his duty
under the ordnance.