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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
IMPROVEMENTS HAVE ZEN MADE RECENTLY AND LARGE EXTENSIONS ARE BEING CON- SlDERED.

The Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company of which Joseph H. Hoadley IS president, and Guy R. Johnson vice pres ident and general manager, owns and operates four blast furnaces-two at Gads- den and two at Ironaton; and it is very rich in raw material. The management is distinguished for it's pluck, ability and modern methods.
 For two years past the Alabama Con solidated has expended large sums on con structon work. When the present man. agement took charge of the properties in January, 1907, MT. Hoadley, whose home is in New York, spent nearly month in the Birmingham district makes d thor ough inspection of every property owned by the company. He is a keen, practical man of large experience in the mechanical world, and as a result of his visit, im- portant and extensive improvements were made.
 MT Hoadley visited the district again in October and still further improvements have been made or are under contract.
 In his last years report to the stock holders, MT Hoadley said in part:
 Tn my opinion the property is today leo per cent better off as to efficiency that it was a year ago, and l believe that you can confidently look forward to getting back the money you have spent so liberally this year, in the ensuing years. Moreover, during the year we have completed the new furnace at Gadsdep, upon which work had been progressing for IS months. The company thus has four furnaces, all of them now in fine condition, one completely new, two thor oUghly overhauled and practically as good as new, while the fourth, our smallest furnace, was in fair condition at the be- ginning of the year and did not need much repair work
 ''The mining plants have received the same complete oyerhauling, and at the mines, as well as at the furnaces, anti quated and dangerous boilers have been removed and supplanted by new boilers of the best type. Improved methods have beer, adopted to reduce the cost of steam power, including the introduction of the Parsons system which enables us to use in the boilers the praise coke, hereto fore lost. The mining equipment has been brought up to date under the direc- tion of the best skill, and all our mines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
LOOKOUT FUEL COMPANY.
Modern Plant for Mining Forge Fuel.
 New York-AJabama Enterprise.

The Lookout Fuel company a new or ganization, is engaged in mining forge fuel at Lahausage, Ala, though the ship ping point is Menlo, Ga. Their product is what is known as Vulcan blacksmith coal. The product of this mine is slow burning, high in fixed carbon (not too pasty) low in ash and sulphur, and gives good results under forced blast.
 The Lookout Fuel company, Henry L. Lamb, New York, president, owns sev- eral thousand acres of coal-bearing prop erty, contiguous to Little river, in the geo. logical center of Lookout mountain, De- Kalb and Cherokee counties, Alabama, and Chattooga county, Georgia.
 The plant is of modern type with an incline some 1900 feet long down the eastern escarpment of Lookout mountain The mine is developed in the double en- try system, and ventilation is furnished by the furnace. The seam measures "A inches average, and at some points runs as high as 39 inches.
 The company has S0e-ton coal washer and proposes to crush and wash the entire output with view of supplying the mar ket for blacksmith coal.
 The active superintendent is A. w. Evans, an expert mining engineer Pres ident Lamb is a resident of Troy, N. Y. The company has offices at All Nassau street, New York, with E. c. Osborn, secretary and treasury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
COAL SUPPLY IN
 STATE OF ALABAMA
ORIGINAL COAL SUPPLY WAS 63,- 9o3, 100000 TONS, OF WHICH ONLY 1e4,7s4,ooo TONS HAVE BEEN MINED.

Ir iS4o the total production of coal in the United States was 2.070039 tons The production for the year 1907 reached the stupendous figures of 4sO, S63, 424 tons. The records indicate that the United States has mined from the commencement to and including the year 1907 6,S6o, ,097, ,567 tons.
 There are workable coal seams in some thing over 30 states and territories of the country, embracing an area in square miles approximately in the neighborhood of 100000 It is estimated that the state of Alabama has something over S40O0 square miles of workable coal in addition to 5000 square miles which may contain workable veins, the latter being Ignite.
 The estimated original coal supply of the state is 6S. 100000 tons, of which 164, ,734, 600 tons have been mined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
RED STAR COAL
 IN GREAT DEMAND
PRODUCT IN STEADY USE BY RAILROADS FOR ENTIRE OUT PUT FOR LOCO MoTIvEs WORKS BIG SEAMS.

The Red Star Coal company is one of the most successful of the coal producers in this district, with an output of some 5000 tons of steam coal per month. This coal is in great demand for railroad use; in fact, 1t goes entirely into locomotive fire boxes.
 This company operates four different plants, one in Jefferson county, at Indio workingSthe Jefferson seam, and three in Walker county on the Big seam-seven and one-half feet. These mines are all within 90 miles of Birmingham, and all the principal offices are in this city.
 The several enterprises employ about 800 men with steady work throughout the year.
 The Red Star Coal company's affairs are ably managed by Walter Moore, pres ident, and Charles Simmons, secretary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
It's Poulation Will Reach 30o,ooo in
 Next Census.

In the census of 1890 the county of Jef ferson had population of S8,00o In 1900 1t had increased to 10000. The population today is estimated at 225,O00 to 250,000. In the last decade it may be recalled that the most rapid growth was in the last year of that decade-1S99. So 1t will be this time. There will be a great influx of people in 1909. The panic is past, in- dustrial depression IS no longer felt and next year promises to be one of excep- tional prosperity. Every man in the Bir- mingham district who wants to work can find work to do, and there will be de- mand for thousands of additional men.
 It is only reasonable to expect the cen sus of 1910 to show a population of 3O0,OOO for Jefferson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
PROGRESS MADE BY A
 GREAT COMMERCIAL co.

the enterprise and up-to-date spirit of the management and it would be well if other companies would follow it's example in this respect. In describing it's Banner mine the pamphlet says:
 This is the only shaft mine operated by the company. It is, also, the best and most modernly equipped mine in the state. Electric power is used for various purposes. The pumps are electrically driven and the coal washer and screens are operated by separate motors of from 15 to 70 horse power Coal is undercut in the mines with electric coal cutters. After hoisting, it is dumped by Ramsay rolling dump onto two double shaking screens, the nut and slack being taken out and put through a 1200 ton modern washer. The washed coal is an excellent blacksmith and coking coal and a very economical steam coal. This grade of coal is used extensively on mechanical stokers in boiler plants. The coal Is hauled in the mines with two 15-ton and one 6-ton electric locomotives. Five 150- 24x42 direct-acting hoisting engine and three engines direct connected 250-volt genera tors.
 The seam mined at Banner is known as the Big Seam,' and is nine to ten feet in thickness. The output at this mine has reached 1900 tons a day and will be increased steadily. The tipple ar engagement will handle 30O0 tons in eight hours"
 The company has built more than 300 houses at Banner for employees There are about 400 men on the Banner pay roll
 The offices of the company are on the 11th floor of the Brown-Marx building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
PRATT CONSOLIDATED LARGEST CONCERN OF ITS KIND IN THE SoUTH-MINED 2,1e2,86o TONS LAST YEAR.

The Pratt Consolidated Coal company is the largest commercial mining concern in the south. Organized only a few years ago it has expanded and progressed rap idly until now its capacity could, with comparatively little work or expenditure, be brought up to 25,OOo tons a day. It's output last year was 2192,S ,S6O tons which was at the rate of a little more than 1000 tons day.
 The Pratt Consolidated operates about 45 railroad tipples, chiefly on the Louis- Yille and Nashville The others are dis tributed to the Southern, the Frisco and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway. The company carries on its pay rolls between 300 and 1000 men. The principal officers of the company are G. B. Mccormack, president; Erskine Ram say, vice president, and H. E. Mccormack general manager.
 High class improvements have been made by the company within the past two years and it's policy is for continuous de- velopment to meet the demands for it's coal.
 The handsomely illustrated pamphlet or year book which the Pratt Consolidated issued last spring is full of interest and has been widely circulated. It gives the output of all producing companies, the location of mines by counties and the ma mes of seams worked.
 This publication was characteristic of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24

All that goes to make a great city is here-pure water, modern drainage, excellent schools ample hospitals for the i'll and the injured and an upland cli- mate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24

Greater Birmingham Is in the air and every citizen in Jones valley should pull for it. Patriotism and good business sense alike say so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24

Let us have real pride in our resources. Let us be just and true to Jones valley. Let us pull together for Greater Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24

Birmingham fixes the price of pig iron and the time will come when it will be . passing point for the price of steel.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
A Pension for Candidates.

Word has come that Mr. Bryan has
received $1,000 for some speeches he
delivered into a phonograph, which
Iamomt he has promptly contributed to
the Democratic campaign funi. Word
has come also that Mr.. Taft has beer
offered a real, live elephant to figure
as a mascot during the campaign. Mr..
Taft has sensibly declined the elephant
upon the ground that he did not know
how TO take care of it. But the donor,
we imagine, was not disappointed at
the refusal-perhaps he was looking for
little free advertising for his show,
and never expected to part with the
beast at all.
The campaign is beginning witness
the phonograph and the elephant, the
speeches, and the rest. Neither candi-
date is henceforth in a position to ex-
empt himself from the absurd atten-
tiOns which seekers after notoriety,
cranks, or plain ehumps will force upon
him. He must stand there and smile,
sometimes a little sadly, perhaps; but
he must smile. Occasionally he will
be expected 70 smile out loud, as when
the chairman of a delegation from
somewhere gets off a camphOrated
joke.
We draw attention to these facts be
cause, according to our lights, they
constitute a draft on the nervous
strength of both candidates, calling for
some compensatory legislation Our
views on the subject are rather hlzy,
but we suggest, but only tentatively,
that a pension be awarded the defeated
candidate for the Presidency in future
elections, upon the ground that his
nervous system must inevitably and
perhaps permanently have been i'm
paired by the experience.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23

IN the iron and coke districts are build
ing homes for their workmen, and that
these homes are such as are generally
considered suitable for the occupancy
of an American workman.
An economic feature perhaps worth
attention is this. When American
workmen have money they have it
here-not, as is the case with foreign
ers, at the first scent of trouble carry
ing it away. 1t is not disparage
ment of the foreign laboring element
that they save their money closely
and take it home with them. 1t is
natural for them TO do this-in fact,
the prospect of doing it is what brings
them here. but, taking an American
view of it, it is pleasanter to think
that Americans will be given the op-
portunity to earn this money, and spend
it or save it, than that it should 90
to aliens and largely to alien lands.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
ANECDOTE OF LONGFELLOw

Lcngfenow, the great ooet, was noted
for his fondness for children. and this
extended 10 all little folks. whether Of
his family or not This was so generally
known that great many Of his visitors
were children, who came 10 entertain
and 70 be entertained.
Mrs Annie Fields gives an extract
from her husbands diary. which tells
how one Of the poets small friends
tried to show his affection 81 q prac-
teal way:
Il remember there was one little boy
Of whom he was very fond, and who
came Cften TO see him one day the
child looked earnestly at the long row
OF books in the library. and at length
asked, Have you Jack, the Giant Kill
eT2''' LonEfellow was obliged TO con-
fess that his great library did not con-
tain that venerated volume The little
fellow looked very sorry, and presently
slipped down from the poets knee and
went away. But the next morning
LOngfellcw saw him coming up the
walk with something tightly clasped in
his little fists The child had brought
cents, with which LongfelIOw was to
buy a Jack the Giant-Killer' OF his
own.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
Americans for Coke Ovens.

The announcement from Pittsburg
that the H. c. Frick Coke Company
has placed orders with the employ
ment agencies OF that city for men TO
work in the coke ovens, with the stipu-
lation that the men must be Americans,
or if not Americans, must have lived
a certain number of years in this
country, is a condensed commentary on
the present industrial situation.
We take it that the Frick Company
is not moved by mere sentiment in
this stipulation. 1t has learned some
thing just what is not made plain.
But perhaps it might have become plain
to this and other great corporations
that workmen who are here only when
the industrial sun shines and whose
interest in their work and In its bust
ness is therefore only feeting, are not
likely TO be as good as those who are
here always. Another gratifying phase
of this news is that the companies
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
Let the Baker Try.

DR.. Wiley, boss Government chemist,
-in-chief OF the Federal poi
son squad and director general Of Amer
lean kitchens, has a very simple solu-
ton for what a great many worthy
citizens believe to be the gravest prob
lem in our entire catalogue. Good
bread" said he, addressing the Ameri-
can Biscuit Makers Association at At
lantic City, the other day, good bread,
in my opinion, would help TO solve the
American evil of divorce. II the bakers
make good bread and then educate the
people to buy it, the great destroyer Of
domestic happiness, dyspepsia, will be
removed, ard we viii hear no more Of
the divorce problem" L"
1t will be observed that the pure
food champion took courage as he went
along. First he thought thai good
bread would help to solve the problem;
then, for some reason, he boldly de-
clared that with good bread on every
table there would be no more of the
divorce problem. 1t would come to a
full stop. Sioux Falls and Providence
would instanter suffer a big loss of
revenue. Peace would reign IN every
individual department of the interior.
Rosy views would prevail. Married life
would be one long honeymoon.
We imagine that the esteemed bakers
began to applaud early in the Perora-
ton. Hence its bold finish. The bakers
would invade-would relieve, rather
every household if they could But
they can't. The housekeeper holds the
fort. Armed with recipes handed down
from mother TO daughter for Hundreds
of years, or with the still more for
midable weapons from the cooking
school. she bids defiance to the baker.
She will not be robbed of her tradi-
tional prerogative - her mahenable
right. shall we say ?-anu the domestic
garrison must make the best of 1t. Sur
vive or perish, she will have her way
Result. the daily consumption OF prod
ucts. good. bad, and indifferent. In
every slweH regulated" household the
failures are put on the table first.
That is economy. That is also slow
homicide. Americans are the marvels
of the hum.n family-to be at once so
strenuous and so dyspeptic-
Fverv bachelor who Is broad enough
to view with kindly eye the desperate
struggles of domestic life must wish
success to the thought thlt DR.. Wiley
has uttered.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
Let the Light In,

The statement mas been repeatedly
made that one reason why there are so
MANY railroad accidents is that railroad
companies dc not properly discipline
their men. 1t las been pointed out that
if a wreck occurs the public rarely finds
out what, if anything, has been done to
the employe whose negligence was ac-
eountaDle for the disaster, and that one
explanation of this is that the unions
are so strong that the companies Go
not care to carry discipline to proper
lengths.
Whether this statement is true or
not, it is interesting to note that the
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
Successor TO Sherman
Subject of Conference

CHICAGO. July 23.-Speaker Joseph
G. Cannon and other Congressional
leaders interested in the management
of the campaign for the election Of Re
publican members OF the NatiOna
House of Representatives. met yester-
day at the Union League Club and later
took train for Utica, y. Y. 10 confer
with James Sherman, former chairman
OF the Congressional committee, regard
ing the choice Of his successor at the
head OF this committee
Mr.. Cannon on This trip was accom-
panied by Representative H. c Louder
slayer. OF New Jersey, and Representa-
tive Tawney. Of Minnesota. Represen-
tative William 2. Mckinley Of Cham
paign who was in the conference re-
turned home after the tall
A successor TO Mr. Shern-a An viii not
he selected until he has been consulted.
The chances are that Mr. Loudenslager
Will be the man chosen
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
SAD. But TRUE.

A precocious son Of five years old
looked very philosophically at his moth
er one day and remarked: Isn't It Won
derful how ones skin IS put on? Is it
sewed together or pasted with glue?"
Realizing the folly Of any physiOlogi-
cal explanations she replied. NO dear,
IL is all in one piece"
Still a quizziCal expression O'erspread
his face. Peering at his mothers fore
head he raised his finger and eXclaim-
ed, ''Well, mother, I really think you
have a seam across there"
After the humor Of the remark had
passed Il awakened a note of pathos. for
that mother, with the aid Of the mirror.
discovered that the hitherto uno5served
seam was there, her first wrinkle.-Ex-
change.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23

Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
adopted the ran of making public the
nam; of employees who violate rules.
1t is plain that when an employe is
suspended, for instance, it makes for
good service if every other employe on
the road kiiows why he is laid of. Men
higher up a.ill be more careful in seeing
that rules are not violated if every
time an emplyoe is guilty OF doing it
the fact is made public.
As every observer knows, accidents
frequently occur from the disobedience
of orders which investigation diseloses
it has been the custom TO disobey. Even
if the guilty man is discipl ned, the
public hears little about it, and in all
likelihood only a few of his fellow
Ell ployes hear anything more. The
statement was made in a series Of
magazine articles which discussed this
very feE+Ire of railroading that It f-e-
quently happens that an employe Is
laid off for serious violation of rules,
and not even his successor knows any
thing about it; indeed, he may even be
guilty of the same infringement of
rules. Whether these are the reasons
which have prompted the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to put the new rules
OF publicity into force, their working
will be watched with interest. There
are very few publie-ssrvice corporations
that publicity will hurt
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
NEWPORT FASHfONABLES
GATHER AT NAVAL DRILL
Apprentice Brigade Pays
Compliment TO Gen. Hor-
ace Porter.
Berkshire Hunt Ball Will Be
Given September II,
Night Before Races.

NeWpOTt's fashionable summer colony
turned out in full this afternoon 10 at
tend the drill and review Of the Naval
Apprentices Brigade at the Naval Train
ing Station. complimentary 10 Gen.
Horace Porter. former United States
ambassador 10 France.
Among the guests were Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Stephen p. Luce. Rear Ad-
miral ard Mrs French < Chadwick,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. John P EIerreH.
and Rear Admiral and Mrs. J. H Up
shUr.
The Berkshire Hunt Club, AT meet
ing at Lenox. decided 20 hold the an
-ual hunt BAH September II, the nighE
before the Berkshire hunt races in Lee
Pleasure Park II viii probably be held
IN Sedgwtcls Han with dinner AT the
Curtis Hotel
Senor Don Enrique COrtes. the minis
ter OF Colombia. was among those dining
in the summer room Of the Waldorf
Astoria last evening. having gone 10
New York for a few days from Buer1
Vista. Pa. where he IS spending the
summer
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
FRAUD ORDER GIVEN
FOR STOCK TIPSTER

The Postofice Department today took
issue with a speculator IN New York
city. who claimed 10 have inside in
formation with regard to future move
ments Of the New York stock markets,
and placed a fraud order against his
business.
The order applies to the name Of Ed
ward c. Billings, 45 West Thirty
fourth street. In the circulars that were
sent through the mails the claim was
made tha. the use of tie inside in
formation possessed by the writer would
insure the user in a dull market Of from
; TO points weekly. with per cent
margin, and in an active market of a
profit of from y to u points weekly
He offered 70 sell this information for
s. weekly. OF s. a month
The Washington times., 1908-07-23

Director Harman has been In charge
CT the building since Il was opened
Formerly the Naval Hospital was on
Pennsylvania avenue occupying a con-
verted residence. This building contains
the sleeping chambers Of the working
STAFF OF physicians and maintains large
kitchen for the use Of employees
In the gardens behind the building
fresh vegetables are raised"
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
FORTUNE TELLER"
NEXT AT NATIONAL

The fourteenth week OF the Aborn
Opera COmpany's stay at the New Ma
tional Theater viii be devoted TO a
sumptuOUs revival OF Harry B. Smiths s
and Victor Herberts tUuefu comic
opera, The Fortune Teller" in which
Alice Nielsen met with he greatest
success. and which has figured as one
OF the most attractive bills Of former
Aborn seasons IN Washington.
The cast VIII be al ali-favOrite one.
Including Blanche Morrison. in the
prima donna role. There viii be a
comedy trio. Charles w Meyer, Phil
Branson, and Harry Hermsen, IN the
three laughable characters Of Fresco,
the ballet master: Count BereZowski.
and Boris. the German gypsy. respec-
lively. Others IN the cast viii be Hunt
mEJOn MAY. as the stalWart Gypsy
lover, Sander. Harry Davies. in the
tenor role OF Captain Ladlslas; Edith
Bradford, in the humorous characterize
tIon Of Nile. POmpOm: c. ". Phillips.
as the jeweler: Mile Murray, as Nan!n-
ka. and Harriet Springer. as Rafael
Z is the declared purpose Of I. D.
Shaw. proprietor and manager Of Glen
Echo Park. 10 always have something
going on at the resort that is out or the
ordinary IN the line Of amUse ments, and
he has many 10 offer.
Il IS said that those desirEus Of com
ing IN close touch with nature under
the happiest Of circumstances about
Washington should visit Glen Echo
Park The ride along the historic PO-
tomac is diverting. and a day or an
evening at the park may be made a
period OF uncommon pleasure
The Washington times., 1908-07-23

marine service and the navy.
''All classes OF diseases are treated
within those walls None but navy
man is accepted as a patient. Ine
treatment, of course, is entirely free.
There are four wards in this build
ing, and in those wards 115 patients
can be treated at one time Medical In
spector Harman is now in charge OF
the building. with five physicians as