The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-13
.GADSDEN WATER
 PLANT IS PAYING Earns Surplus During First
 Six Months \ AGENT. TALKS CROPS Charles P. Smith Takes Place of Col onel Kyle on Board of New
 Trade School for
 Ragland

G2dsden, July 12.-(Special. At a
 meo ing of the city council last night report was received from the city clerk on the financial condition of the city water works. This report shows that for the first six months of this year the plant not only saved the cor poration the cost of the water rent formerly paid to a private corpora ton tut that an actual surplus was earned of s900. This is after making every allowance for depreciation of the | plant and for interest on the bonds that have been floated to make the muni- | cipa, ownership a possibility. The city | has been installing meters and it Is 1 said that when all consumers are on
 meters the showing will be still bet
 ter rrd it is not unlikely that when | tho new and more effective plant is l put in commission the first of next | month that further savings in oper- stion will be such that next year a lower rate may be made.
 Joe McCluney, government demon | strdtion agent having charge of the demonstration farms In this county,
 was In the city today after having just finished an inspection of the farms. There are S6 demonstration farms in the county and according to the agent there is good work being done on most of them. MT. McCluney reports that the crop prospects are good practically all over the country but that most of the corn would be helped by more rains as 1t is just now at the most critical period when much moisture helps in making a full crop. The cotton crop continues full of promise and it Is difficult to see how the prospect could be better.
 The Louisville and Nashville Rail- road company has crew of men at work in the city installing an electric larn bell at the Seventh street cross ing. This Is the crossing where an automobile was demolished only a few days ago by being run into with freight car and the occupants of the car barely escaped with their lives. There have been number of accidents at the crossing during the past few years and the railroad has long con- tomTated some safeguard. The new appliance will be ready for use some time next week.
 Charles P Smith, president of the smith Echols Hardware Co.,, and for m CT mayor of the city, has been named by Governor O'Neal as one of the mem bers of the board of control for the new Alabama School of Trade and In- dust"ies, which Is to be located at Rag faild. Col. R. B. Kyle was first named by ti @ governor and upon his statement tha. he could not accept and suggested that MT. Smith be appointed the gov ernor promptly named the latter gen. tleman. At the instance of Senator w. T. Brown of Ragland the last legisla- ture appropriated s50.000 for the pro- posed school and the appointment of the board of control Is the first step toward carrying out the project. MT. Smith went to Ragland today to be present at the first meeting of the board for the election of officers.
 Mai. w. M. Sheldon of the depart rnsnt of feed inspection for the state, spent the day in the city looking after tho wholesale houses and inspecting tho feeds that were being handled. He rlade no formal complaint that any of the wholesalers were violating the stamp law and before leaving the city stated that the brands of feed handled here were as a rule pure and of good quality.