The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
BARR TAXES CHARGE OF FURNACE PLANT He Finds AnniStOn Enjoying
 Renewed Activity PIEDMONT IS BUSY TOWN Valuable Ore Property Is Being Devel- oped-Turpentine Plant Resumes
 operations-Mcclelen May
 Succeed Eubank.
PIEDMONT IS BUSY TOWN
By HARRY w. AYERS.


 Anniston, January S1.-(speciaI )-James M. Barr, former president of the Sea board Air Line railway, and head of the board of receivers for the Jamestown exposition, besides being one of the wealthest lumber men in the country returned to Anniston yesterday and made an authoritative announcement to the ef- feet that he would succeed Henry T. De- Bardeleben as manager of the furnaces of the Woodstock Iron Works in this city, million dollar enterprise of which he
 is president.
 MT. Barr returns to Anniston to find the city almost entirely recovered from the effects of the recent depression and in the full enjoyment of high tide of pros perity. His own plant was recently reno vated and is now said to be the finest of it's kind in the south. It is running on full time. and every other industry in the city is now in blast.
 II The Western Steel Car and Foundry company, the biggest plant of it's kind south of the Ohio, has about 300 men at work and is adding to this number every day, having secured orders for the con- struction of freight cars, which they are turning out daily. The United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company recently received a large order from Cuba and placed several score more men at work there; the Union foundry has just doubled it's capacity; the Central foundry is en- ploying more men than at any time in it's history; the Anniston Foundry and Machine Works has large orders on hand, and the Lee Foundry company. a new concern. has just put its plant into opera tion.
 These facts have given the people re- newed confidence in the future of the city, and the result has been felt in every department of the citys commer- cial life
 L. H. Kaplan will soon begin the con struction of an entire block of new build ings on South Noble street. pr. J. L. Wikle has purchased and will renovate the old bank building in the same neigh borhood, and other real estate deals of importance have been reported in recent days The merchants are smiling, and the takers of hard times can no longer find a receptive audience. AnniSton is looking upward.
 This wave of prosperity does not seem to be confined exclusively to Anniston. The merchants at Jacksonville and Ox- ford are optimistic and from Morrisville, ten miles to the west, comes the news that the Morris Manufacturing company, a foundry and machine shop, will soon reopen and give employment to large force of men at that place.
 Develop Property.
 A special from Piedmont tells of a marked mining and industrial awaken ing in that city, which gives promise of developing into one of the busiest cen ters in the county. The biggest under taking there at present is the develop ment of the Savage ore mine property. The work has been going on for several months, and Manager Burnett is quoted as saying that they now have vein of ore 12O feet thick in tunnel and Soo rect below the surface of the ground, making this one of the finest pieces of ore prop erty in the south
 The H. G. Peters mines on the Jack sonville road are also being rapidly de- veloped Thirty or forty men are being employed and after two weeks of pros pecting Manager T. c. Cowan expresses himself as being thoroughly satisfied. He says that he has uncovered large quan- tfty of high-grade ore, and is now nego- tiating with capitalists to build line of railway from the mines to Piedmont The turpentine plant at Piedmont has resumed operations and new machinery is being installed. The Coosa Manufact- uring company is running on full time, and has just purchased a tract of land from A. McCollister for the erection of six more cottages near the mill along the Seaboard tracks. Another real estate deal recorded Is that of T. c. Cowan, manager of the Peters mines, who pur- chased the Harbour place, consisting Of 16o acres on the Jacksonville road. Changes on Board. The county board of education has adopted resolutions eulogizing the late J. l J. Eubanks, a member of that board, | and one of the most prominent citizens | of the county. E. D. McClelen of Pied mont has been recommended to the state superintendent of education for appoint ment as MT Eubank's successor. J. P. Woolf has been appointed to succeed | him on the Piedmont city board and Frank Harris of that city is candi- date to succeed him as justice of the peace.
 Runaway Marriage.