The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-15
MAYOR REFUSES
TO SIGN BONDS
Sale Of Issue Blocked By Lit
cation Over Property
IRON rs ACCOMMODATING
Part of the Steel Plant at Gndsden Is
Closed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Me-
mortal Services-The Heavy
Rains Cause WnshOut
IRON rs ACCOMMODATING

Gadsden, June 14.-(Special.)- AT a
meeting of the city council last night
Mayor Murphree, who was absent at the
time the city bonds for school and water
purposes were sold, informed the council
that he would not approve of the bond
sale. and gave his reasons therefor. Be-
cause of the fact that the matter of
water works site was. in litigation, ana
might not be decided for a year or two,
and the money to be paid for this portion
of the bond issue would remain idle in
definitely while the city would be COM
PEELED to pay interest thereon, he consid-
cred it poor policy to close the sale at
this time. even though the price to be
paid for the bonds was considered a good
one. After hearing the mayors state
ment the members of the council con-
CURED with him, and it was decided not
to effect the sale now. This will mean
that the new school building to take the
place of the present College street struc-
ture will not be built this year; at least
not In time for the opening of the schools
this fall.
Because of large surplus Of pig iron
and steel billets, the Southern Iron and
Steel company has closed part of its
plant for few weeks until the finishing
mills can clear away part of this ma
terial and make room for further opera
ton. The company now has on hand ST.
0OoO worth of steel billets, and has, in
fact. every available space in its yards
filed with them, and IL more were to be
made at this time the product would have
to be handled otherwise than with the
cranes in the yards for this purpose, and
at an unnecessary loss. The wire, rod and
nail mills are only partially in operation
as yet. and are unable to consume the
total output of the other sections of the
plant and temporary suspension of oper-
alton in the open-hearth furnaces and
blooming mill was the sensible solution.
1t is expected that within two weeks the
company will have more of the wire and
nall mill machinery in operation and will
have a larger force at work than here
tofore.
The annual memorial services OF the
Knights of Pythias will be observed at
Castle hall on the corner of Fourth and
Chestnut streets on next Sunday after
noon at $50 o'clock. A fitting pro-
gramme for the occasion has been planned
and the exercises promise to be unusually
we'll attended. Arrangements have been
made for several addresses and after the
exercises at the hall the lodge will pro-
coed to the cemetery to decorate the
graves of the deceased members.
The exceedingly heavy rains of the past
day or two washed out a section of the
roadbed of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis railroad between this city
and Guntersville and cut off communica-
ton A crew was at once taken out and
that by tomorrow trains will be able to
make the run over the line.
The various Sunday schools of Alfalfa
are holding union picnic at Elliott park
today land large gathering is the result.
At noon there were some 300 or 400 people
on the ground. Dinner is being served
freight car on the street car line were
needed to carry the baskets.
The city council last night granted a
franchise to r. l.. Cobb, promoter of the
Coosa River Electric company, to string
wires in this city to deliver light and
power. This company proposes to de-
velop power at lock q