The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16
RESCUE CAR
 COMES TODAY Will Make Trip To Every
 Mining Town EXPERT IN CHARGE Dr. J. J. Rutledge of the Bureau of Mines Will Deliver Lecture
 Every Night-Station
 Manager Comes
EXPERT IN CHARGE


 One of the mine rescue cars of the fed eral bureau of mines will arrive in Bif- nlingham this morning in charge of Dr. J. ]. Rutledge, one of the experts of the bureau, and will make an extended trip through the mineral district educating the mipersSinto the work of rescuing
 Chief Mine Inspector James Hillhouse vas notified yesterday that the car would arrive today and ne immediately out lined a tentative itinerary for the car. He announced that it will first make a trip over the entire Birmingham Mineral rail- road and the first stop would be made at Virginia mines below Bessemer. It is the plan of Dr. Rutledge to lecture every night while he Is in this district with the car He will be accompanied on the trip by MT. Hillhouse. A. R. Brown of the local rescue station and at times by As sstant Inspectors Dickinson and Neill
 After leaving Virginia mines the car will be carried to Yolande, and all of the mines between the first stopping place and Blocton. After completing this di- vision the car will be taken to Altoona, Lehigh and Warrior, which Is on the north end of the Mineral. After com p.eting this territory the car will be placed on the Southern Railway and car ried to the mines on that system. It will mine possible until Corona Is reached. On the Frisco lines the car will go to Bessie mines first, then to Palos, thence to mines of the Pratt company below there and will finally wind up the Frisco territory at Carbon Hill, where the Gai- loway mines are located.
 At each station the rescue car will be kept open during the day time and the experts will explain to the miners how all of the equipment is handled. As this is the first government equipped car that has ever paid a visit to Alabama it's com ing will be of great interest.
 Manager Brown Arrives
 A. R. Brown of Knoxville, who is to be manager of the local government rescue station, has arrived in Birmingham. He was engaged yesterday in giving instruc- tions about the arrangements of the tenn porary rescue station in the Potter build- ing The offices and store rooms are be- ing completed rapidly and within day or two MT Brown will have the appara- tus here for the complete equipment of the station.
 Pending the construction of the rescue huilding on a lot in West End, donated to the United States by J. H. Woodward, the temporary offices will be used by MT. Brown for the rescue instruction work.
 He said last night that Birmingham vas a rather important mining field and he was glad that the government was evincing so much interest in the work here He was in conference yesterday with mine inspectors about various fea- lures of the work.
 MT. Brown, who formerly resided here, will accompany the mine rescue car on the trips to be made, beginning imme- diately He said the car would arrive in charge of MT. Rutledge of the mine bu- reau this morning and the lectures at various mining camps would begin at once This feature of the work has at tracted interest all through the mineral district.