The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-09
RAILWAY NAY HOLD
UP WORK FOR WHILE
INABILITY TO SELL IMPROVE
MENT BONDS is SAID TO AC-
COUNT FOR SUSPENSION Of oP-
CREATIONS OF SOUTHERN.

Scottsboro. April Especial -Reent
actions on the part of the Southern raj
way bearing on the extension betwed
Stevenson and Chattanooga has led man
to think thai it is the intention OF the
company to hold up the work for the
present and complete only that part that
rigid economy would dictate. This in
cludes the tunnel through Lookout noun
tain and the 1900 foot concrete arch at
Cummings Gap, and other concrete work.
The cause of the apparent retarding of
the work is said to be due Ito the inabil-
ity of the company to sell its improve
ment bonds.
On April 1, the officials of the engineer
ing department served notice on the resi-
dent engineer in charge of the Steven
son extention, to dispense with the SER
vices OF an engineer and his corps, num-
perlng about eleven men. Although no
Official notice has been given, it is said
that the company intends to limit the
monthly estimates of w j. Oliver and his
sup-contracting firms on the work now
unaer way. This Is one of the methods
employed by railroads to retard the work,
as the contractor will only do as much
work as his limited estimates will al
low.
IL has also been rumored that the road
has Cancelled its contracts for the steel
superstructure of the bridge across the
tennessee river at Otis Island, by pay
ing sthe bridge company per cent on
It's contract The concrete abuttments
for the bridge have been completed. No
work OF any nature has been done on
the part of the extension between South
Plttsburg and Stevenson, as the contract
has never been let
Since the company began the work.
over year ago, no disposition has been
made to let the contract for this part Of
the work. 1t is said that contrary to its
former intentions of letting the contract
ON the completion of other parts of the
work. the railroad company will NOT do
so for the present. This is borne out
by the fact that the engineer and his
crew We're dismissed. The part of the
work between the Tennessee river and
South Pittsburg is practically completed
with the possible exception of LAYING the
tracks
The work between the river and c.um-
ming's Gap will be the matter of but a
fe.' months, while the concrete work ar
cummings Gap is being pushed to com
pletion 1t is thought that this work
VIII not take two months to complete
inc grading and filing between the gap
anu the tunnel Is practically completed
- 80 'esit II tut WOTk on the tunnel
through Lookout Mountain is continued
at its present rate, this part of the work
VIII be completed within the next five
months. Practically all of the excava
tions have been finished and all that
remains to be done is the concreting and
wailinS for distance of three or four
hundred feet
lie greater part of the work vet 70
be done on the extension between Chatta
noo5a and South Pittsburg is between
the mouth of the tunnel and the terni-
nals or the ROAD in Chattanooga Should
the road decide to proceed with the work
at the rate it has been going in the
past year, the entire extension would
probably be completed in year or four
teen months. Should the inability to sell
the improvement bonds retard the work.
the extension will not be completed with
IN the next eighteen months or two years
Clark Cross died at his home at Hv
mer. in the upper end of this county
yesterday, aged ~ years. He was one
of the substantial and wealthy citizens
or the county. owning vast landed es-
tates on the Tennessee river He had
been in bad health for several months.
He leaves several children.
bridgeport in the upper end of this
county, has just gone through the throes
of a red-hot municipal election Two
tickets for aldermen were in the field.
potn headed by M. B. Clemens for mayor
The vote was light on account of non
registration.
Tie ticket elected for the ensuing year
was as follows: For mayor, NJ b. Glenn
ems; aldermen. j. H. Cheek, Eugene Hall.
w. S. Allen and NJ ]. Plemens
The Rev. Mr.. Gavin of Huntsville is
conducting a series of meetings in the
new Baptist church at this place. He is
an able and interesting preacher and
O ont anI
s.ve. Large congregations attend each
service
johnson Hackworth died at his home
four miles east of ~tevenson Sunday He