The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
CHAT TANOOGA TO
GET BIG PLANT
About a Million Dollars Will Be
invested BY Promoters
POWER FROM The RIVER
Application Has Been Made For
Charter of New Ice Company.
Automobile Fire Engine Will
Probably Be Bought.
POWER FROM The RIVER

Chattanooga, December 3.-(Special) IA
manufacturing plant giving employment
at the outset to about 1900 people and
representing approximately S1,00o,00o in
vestment, is practically assured for Chat
tanooga. The plant will be for the manu-
facture of machines under the Murphy
processes, for the publication of water
and other liquids. The company control
ling these patents and processes, and
which will build factory In Chattanooga
unless plans given out come to nought,
is the Metallic Electro Publication COM
pany of Toledo, o. The location of the
plant in Chattanooga hinges on a favor
able contract with the Chattanooga and
Tennessee River Power company for from
10000 to 5000 electric horsepower, when
the powerhouse at Hales bar begins to
send current to the city. Negotiations
up to the present time are of such a
nature as to indicate that the Ohioans
are confident of the contamination OF
their plan, which would mean the location
in Chattanooga of the mammoth plant
1t is stated that the factory when
erected will occupy about five acres OF
ground. 1t is also stated that the num-
Der of employees at first would be about
1900 but would be increased in short
time to $500 or 5000. Several representa-
tives of the company are now in the city.
They are James j. O'Malley, Theodore
F. Miner, G.. L. McKibben, ]. d. Flanders
and J. NJ. Murphy.
An application for a charter has been
fled in this city by the East Chatta-
nooga Ice and Coal company. The cap
ital stock is given at $4,000. The incor-
porators are o. L. lockwood, w. H.
Lockwood, ]. c. MCGEE, r. NJ. Stegall
and A R. Jones. The application for
TIE charter states that the promoters of
the enterprise propose to go into the
business of manufacturing ice and the
furnishing of cold storage rooms, also
the selling Of coal.
rumor was current In this city today
that ]. ]. Cotter, local superintendent OF
the Central of Georgia railroad, had re-
signed and that r. J. Harlan had been
appointed his successor. Mr.. Harlan has
been serving in the same capacity at Ma
con. Mr.. Cotter has been superintendent
at this point for about eighteen months.
No official confirmation of the rumor has
been received.
No decision has been yet reached by the
board of public safety on the proposed
purchase of an automobile fire engine Tor
the use of the Chattanooga fire depart
ment The board has been invited TO
make a trip to Birmingham on Friday of
this week for the purpose of being pres
ent at test OF the new Webb auto-en-
CINE that is to be installed in that city,
and may arrange for an inspection trip OF
some kind. This trip. If the board decides
to adopt the innovation, will be followed
by visit by the chairman of the board
TO the factory at yincennes, Ind, and a
thorough study of the methods of build
ing and perfecting the engines.
The report of w Scott Raulston, post
master of this city. for the month of No
venber. shows that the receipts for the
month amounted TO $4,000. and that they
exceeded the receipts of November, 1903,
by 5000. The receipts exceeded the re-
ceipts of October by similar amount.
After travelling thousands of miles in
search of health Percy II. Wilson. we'll
known citizen and once a prominent re-
publican politician, died at his hotel in
this city. Death was due to tuberculosis,
of which Mr.. Wilson had been victim
for several years. NJ L. Wilson. aged 81.
an uncle of Percy, died at his home in
Newark Ohio. a few hours before the
death of the Chattanooga. M. l.. Will
son edited the Newark American a short
time before and during the civil war. He
was owner and publisher of this paper
for many years.
The people Of Ooltewah are sending out
cards inviting men to the good roads
meeting to be held in that town Monday,
December 6. A large crowd Is expected
to be in that town on that day. Secre-
tary REYNOLDS, of the Chamber of Com
merce. will deliver an address on Good
Roads on that day.