The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-29
NEW SCHOOL BONDS
 FOR CHATTANOOGA
Sum of S150,000 Will Soon
 Be Ready for Education
DAMAGES ARE AWARDED
Young Woman Gets Judgment Against Street Railway Company For
 Being Thrown to Ground-ln-
 surances Will Decrease.

Chattanooga, November 2s-(Spceial)- A. J. Gahagan. chairman of the finance committee of the county court, has re- ceived the Hamilton county school bonds from Seasongood & Mayer, the successful bidders at the recent bond sale. They were sent to Captain Gahagan for the required signatures of County Court Clerk Hayes and Judge Walker. There are 150 of them, for S1oo0 each, and they are handsome samples of the engravers' art. The interest is payable on May 1 and No- vember 1 at the National City bank of New York. The bonds are due Novem- Der 1, 1929. The buyers furnished the bonds at an expense of $10o to the county, which Is much less than 1t would have cost the county officials to have had them engraved and printed. County Court Clerk Hays affixed his signature Tues day afternoon and Judge Walker signed on Wednesday. The bonds will then be deposited with the Hamilton National bank. and inside of AS hours the county should have the money, which 1t badly needs for school purposes. Of the $150,o00 issue, s10o,oo0 is to be devoted to the gram iiAsAA anu YtVIOVo tO b44C hi6A SC4ioOlS tA the county.
 Bessie Morton has been given a judg- ment for s1OO damages against the Chat tanooga Railways company. She says she was thrown to the ground by the sud- den starting of a car. She testified that the conductor had gone ahead to throw the switch and motioned the car ahead before she could get off. as she was in feeble condition at the time. The rail- way company appealed.
 Chattanooga will shortly have first class rating by the insurance companies. It has been learned on good authority that the City Water company Is making preparations to so improve It's system that 1t will comply with every provision of the requirements of the underwriters. The requirements are that a duplicate main be laid to the city so that in the event of one bursting the other will be able to supply the city; a reservoir, capa ble of holding a sufficient amount of water to supply the city for several days if the pumps should come to harm; and that the pumping station itself be made practically immune from fire.
 According to reports in railroad circles of the city, the Southern railway officials are considering the adyisabliity of dis continuing day coach service on trains Nos. 25 and 26, known as Memphis Spe- cial." and running them ss solid Pull man trains. It Is also reported that the company intends to restore the two trains which formerly ran between Bristol and Asheville. as they proved profitable car rers. Railroad men expect that these changes, among several others. will go into effect on the first of the year.
 A suit for damages has been filed in
 Squire. H. B. Caulkins' court by Isaiah Newson against the Southern railway, W J. Oliver and H. II. Thrasher & Co. The suit is for $200 damages to the property of Newson by the building of the South ern double track near sherman Heights
 S. D. Welch, United States Deputy mar shal, has brought to this city five fed eral prisoners, who were placed in the county jail. The prisoners are awaiting their trials in the federal court and are from Polk county. The charges against the prisoners are for selling whisky and only one of them is & negro.
 Holders saloon, the retreat of the fur mace workers In Citico, was raided by plainclothesmen Tuesday and six arrests made. The officers confscated more than 300 gallons of whisky found in the placa w l.. Holder and Joe Flora were ar- rested. charged with selling whisky. It Is claimed that these two men are pro- prietors of the saloon, which was doing an extensive business in violation of the prohibition laws.
 As the result of the automobile acci- dent which occurred on the ridge road late Sunday afternoon, when MT. and Mrs. Ben Voss were injured by being thrown out of their buggy. two suits have been filed against Sam Hutcheson in the circuit court. The two suits az gregate s1o000. The first is in the name of Ben Voss and wife, Clarissa Voss, and the second in the name of Ben Voss. Each is for $5Ooo. Attorney Littleton says they were much more seriously injured than was at first supposed. Mir voss had his left shoulder dislocated and one of his knee caps was fractured. Mrs. l yoss sustained serious injury to her | spine, and the attending physicians say