The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
WORK RUSHING ON
CEMENT PLANT
RagIand Has MANY Evidences
of Progress
TO DOUBLE BRICK FLAN1
E. r. Rogers Has Been Railroad Agent
at Ragland Continuously for
Eighteen Years-NeWs of
the Town.

Rag1and, August 2f.-(Special.) At
lantie and Gulf Portland Cement COM
pany at this place is pushing the work
rapidly and the big stockhouse is about
completed, as well as the machine shops.
The two 10OO-horsepower engines are be-
ing put on their beds, and the large rock
drier has been put In place with an 50
foot stack. The company is expecting
any day their four kilns, 125 feet long
and ~ feet in diameter, also six 500-horse-
power boilers. They have a large crew
on the mountain at the mouth of Trout
creek stripping the mountain at the lime
quarry. They have their home on the
mountain at Coosa river about completed
and several will move in next week. This
home is only built as a resort for pleas
ure, and it is being equipped with all
the modern improvements, with water
and sewer piping and bath tubs. It will
have eight bed rooms, as well as two
large sitting rooms. They have one large
colonial fireplace for burning wood as
well as CRATES for burning coal. This
will be a model of attraction for enter
tanning their friends who are constant
ly visiting here from several states of
the north and east In connection with
this they have large steam yacht with
several small boats on the river.
The officers of the Wilpicoba Clay
works report that they are offered more
orders for paving brick than they can
take care of, and are getting inquiries
every day for prices on paving brick from
all parts of the south. They will Shut
down in few days to double their ca
pacity In order to supply the increasing
demand.
Every day there are new people COM
ing into Ragland from different parts.
Several parties are figuring on putting up
brick buildings, and Ragland is beginning
to put on a real city appearance.
The Seaboard Air Line railroad is pre-
pairing to move its depot to a better To-
cation, and to aid in shaping up the town
properly.
Ragland can boast of one of the most
popular railroad agents in the county. R.
l.. Rogers has been here IS years with
out a change. He went with the old East
and West railroad when it was a narrow
6bd6Cs <huhy new aeSiAAo eAi0 OPNASNNSAS
have learned their profession under Mr..
Rogers. He came here when a young
man, has comfortable home and mar
ried Miss Ella Morris. daughter of w. T.
Morris of this place and a sister of F.
NJ. Morris, tax assessor of the county.
He has one daughter, Miss Willie, who is
! preparing to entersthe county high school
J at Odenville the next session.
/ All the merchants of Ragland seem to
be doing a good business and are pros
porous. There are no failures among
| them.
Capt W. P. Lay of Gadsden was here
| yesterday.
Mrs. w. T. Brown and children are
visiting her parents Judge and Mrs. j..
J w. LINER, of Ashville.
The public school of Ragland opens
September with J. L. Arnold principal,
and Miss Claude Box and Miss Margie
Sims assistants.
= e. NJ. Box, mail carrier of route No.
/ g. has resigned to go to school at Oden-
Vile, the county high school, and W. II.
Montgomery has been appointed In his
place.
Miss Edna Clyde Freeman of Woodlawn
and her cousin, Miss Mary Alice Strong,
are visiting Mrs F. T. Morgan, her sister.
F. T. Morgan has a position with the
Atlantic and Gulf Portland Cement COM
pany at this place.