The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-26
THE SEABOARD MAY
co INTO ADMISSION
Road Asks for Extension of
Franchise
PUTS UP LARGE ttORFEII
Several Prominent Men Make Ad-
dresses at the Closing Session of
Knights of Pythias conven-
tion-officers Elected.
PUTS UP LARGE EtORFElT

Admission, September 25.-tspecial. THE
Seaboard Air Line railway will be ex-
tended to Admission within the next few
years, or else the receivers of the road or
their successors will have to pay $25, 900
into the Golfers of the city of Admission,
if the city councilmen consider favorably
a petition which was presented at the
meeting yesterday evening.
About two years ago, before the panic,
the Seaboard was granted a right of way
into the city by way of Jacksonville, u
miles to the north, J. NJ. Barr then being
president. Due to the financial troubles,
however, the line was never extended, al
though the road expended about 100000 in
real estate investments along the pro-
posed line of track
The franchise will expire on July l,
1909, and the petition presented last night
prayed for a further extension of 10
months, promising to pay the city $500
If the road is not built by that time.
The Seaboard was one of the principal
DIRECTORS to a petition presented to the
council recently asking for the paving Of
West Twelfth street sidewalk, inasmuch
as their tracks would have to cross that
street in reaching their proposed terminal
station, and they objected to the cost Of
tearing up and replacing the walk. Traf
fic on that street has greatly increased
within recent months, however, and bus
mess men of that section are again inn
ploring the city council to undertake the
Improvement Preliminary resolutions
Gil last night for several additional blocks
of sidewalk paving in different parts of
the city, and il the Seaboard extension
is to be delayed longer, it is probable that
their objection to the proposed paving
of West Twelfth will be of little avail
when the council is again petitioned to do
the work.
Pythians Elect Officers.
Addresses by State Treasurer Walter d.
Seed, T. H. Renie of Pell City, Vice
Chancellor Herman Nd. Beck of Blrming-
ham and President c. D. Kline were feat
ures Of the First district convention Of the
Alabama Knights of Pythias at Pell City,
which adjourned to meet next spring at
DeArmonville after a banquet last night.
The following officers were elected:
President, H. C. Fulton of Oxford; first
vice president, John Fitzgerald, Oxford;
second vice president, L H. Care, Annis-
ton; third vice president, c. A. Metzer
Fruithurst; fourth vice president, A. 8.
Box, Ragland; fifth vice president, L. H.
Davis. DeArmonville; sixth vice president,
j. A Hulsey Oxanna; seventh vice presi-
dent, d. B. Harris, Munford; eighth vice
president, J, F. Cooke Pell City, ninth
vice president, W. d. Newman. Admission;
tenth vice president, T. Ben Kerr, Pied
mont; secretary, ]. Roland Turner, Annis-
ton; treasurer, A. M. HUMPHREYS, Oxford
kindergarten Meeting.
A very important and satisfactory busi-
ness meeting of the kindergarten associa-
ton was held in the parlor of the Ala
bama Wednesday morning. 1t was de-
cided that Miss Forbes should open her
school at Seventh and Wilmer on Septem-
Der "a. Mrs. Walsh will have another
weeks vacation and will open her school
October l.
Miss Emily Tyler was appointed treas
urer to serve the unexpired term of Mrs.
Hugh Merrill, whose resignation was &C
cepted because of her removal from the
city. Representatives from all the
churches were present. Favorable reports
of tag day were heard, and it was decided
that tag day should be observed an
nually every September.
Steps were taken toward the annual
bazaar to be held the second week in De-
cember. An interesting letter from the
secretary of one of the mills was read
showing the needs of the people in the
factory districts.