The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
ALABAMA CITY MAY
 HAVE POWER PLANT
Attalla Offers Site to Southern Man ufacturing Company to Rebuild.
 Reception for Teachers

Gadsden, September Special )-- Alabama City is agitating the matter of bond isue for the purpose of pro- viding a municipal water and light plant. The leading spirits of the place are behind the movement and the pros poets are very good that the project will be realized. It Is proposed to au- thorize a bond issue of s40,000 to s50,- 900 to carry out the plan. The matter is being considered by the city council and so far can be learned the board
 is pretty unanimously In favor of the proposition. The city has also decided to make considerable street improve ments right away. Kyle and Forest avenues. two of the principal streets of the city, are to be graded and cherted and will very likely be given a treat ment of oil and asphalt, although this has not yet been decided.
 The people of Attallla have offered site of five acres and a considerable stock subscription to the Southern Man ufacturing company of this city to re- build the plant. recently destroyed by fire, in that city The offer was sub mitted by oscar Dupre, one of tho prominent business men of Attalla and is being considered by the company Gadsuen will also submit proposition and it is not likely that the plant will be removed from here The company has already established temporary ness and announces that 1t will be ready to take care of the local trade within the next few days.
 The law firm of Dortch, Martin & Allen has filed suit against the Ala bama City. Gadsden and Attalla rail- way for the recovery of damages on behalf of F. H. Anderson, whose little 2-year-old son had his foot crushed by car.
 s F.. Jordan has filed suit in the city court of Gadsden against Col R. B. Kyle for the recovery of five acres of land that he alleges the defendant has wrong fully withheld from him, and for slO0o damages. The suit grows out of a diff ficulty that has existed between these parties for some time in a dispute over the ownership of a parcel of land on the slope of Lookout mountain, near this city
 Every day there is more evidence brought to the city of the great destruc- ton that is being wrought by the army worms of the cotton crop. Samples of the cotton stocks are brought to show just how the worms attack the weed
 According to the plans of the Alabama Great Southern railroad, submitted to the state railroad commission for the im- provement of the station at Attalla, the road proposes to spend something like s69oo for the rebuilding of the depot at that place and making it adequate and comfortable.
 A reception is to be given tonight at the Carnegie library for the teachers of the county and the public. The teach CTS institute is in progress. and there are more than no teachers here from the country. besides the teachers from the city schools. and the reception r. for the benefit of all these. and will no doubt bring out large representation of the citizens. who are especially inter- ested in the work of the schools. The case of the city against the Gads- den Alabama City and Attalla Railway comranv is again up in the city court, and will be given 8 hearing within a few days. The city is trying to compel | tho co'nrany 10 lay rails on Chestnut | and Third streets that will admit of paving the streets with brick and the road is contesting because of the cost | of the improvement, which it alleges is | confscatory The case has been tried here once before. and was decided in | favor of the car company. but an appeal to the supreme court brought a reversal and the case will be tried again unless there is settlement which may be ef- fected