The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-30
UNION FOUNDRY CO.
AWARDED CONTRACT
Admission Plant Furnishes
White Way Posts
KENNEDY CASE TODAY
Military Company at Admission May
Be Barred From Service in Mexico
Owing to Fact Members Have
Not Been Paid

Anniston. October 29.-(Special.)
The Union Foundry company of this
city has just been awarded the con-
tract for the installation of ornamental
boulevard posts on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. in Washington, ID. c.. the third
time after an interesting contest be-
fore the House committee of district
affairs
When the Admission company was
awarded this contract several weeks
ago at a price higher than COM
petitive company, the competitor raised
a protest and the award was held up.
The Senate committee on House af-
fairs made an investigation and award
ed the contract second time. The
competitor then took his protest to the
House committee and the investigation
was renewed. but never completed, the
Aniston company being awarded the
contract a third time this week.
Walter C. Allen, electrical engineer
of the District of Columbia was in
Admission Tuesday for the purpose of
inspecting the ornamental lamp stan
dard for Pennsylvania avenue, from the
w hilG iiONSt " lllt NdpllOts HIS Gun
tract calls for the execution of a spe-
clal design prepared by the govern
ment. and is said to be the most diff
ficult piece of work ever attempted
by the Admission company, owing to its
extreme height and the depth of orna-
mentation.
An interesting question has been
raised in Admission by members of the
state militia here with reference to
the prospect of service in Mexico, which
is said to be probable in the event of
an armed clash with the Huerta gov.
ernment.
The Admission company carried a
large number of men to the state en-
campment at East Lake last summer,
and it is said that the men have not
yet been paid for this service. in view
of this, the point has been raised as to
whether this would be regarded as a
breach of contract on the part of the
state and enable the men to escape
service in the event of war
Local officers state that the failure
of the state to meet it's obligations to
the men makes it harder to keep their
companies up to the required standard
and re-enlist men when their terms ex-
pire.
According to a letter received by Dr.
Will l.. Northern of Talladega and
forwarded to the headquarters in this
city, DIR. A. X. Parks of Montevallo
will be in this city at the next regular
meeting of the Calhoun County Dental
society to deliver an address on the
subject of his tin-lined inlay, a ques-
tion of considerable interest to the
dental fraternity.
The Fifth ward public school OBJ
served a partial holiday Wednesday in
respect to the memory of b. j. Ligon.
who had acted as janitor at that school
almost ever since it was established
by the city. Mr.. Ligon died at the
home of J. B. Allen in Ward five
Tuesday. His funeral was held at Ok
ford cemetery Wednesday morning.
Despite the fact that there were ap-
proximately 5000 visitors in Admission
Tuesday to attend the circus, only two
arrests were made. and the officers say
that the order among the crowds was
the best ever noted in this city under
similar occasions.
The notorious Pearce-Kennedy feud
case will be revived Thursday in the
city court of Admission when Ada Ken
nedy, charged with completely in the
alleged conspiracy to murder Shelf and
Sarge Kennedy, will be placed on trial.
similar to that often adopted by the late
j. p. Morgan. For Mr.. Morgan was
accustomed to say to those who directed
various philanthropics in which he was in
terested that if they would bring him a
statement at the end of the year, or of
each quarter, showing the difference be-
tween receipts and expenditures, he would
make out check sufficient in amount
to cover the deficiency.
A Queer Situation
Judge T.. II. Gary in a statement re-
Gently made as reported in Chicago, spoke
of the heavy falling off in the orders
from the railroad companies for COM
modties produced by the Steel corpora
tion. Other steel and iron manufacture
ers who are the executive heads of the
independent corporations have spoken re-
Gently in like manner.
Yet in spite of this falling off in orders
from the railroad companies, the demand
for iron and steel products for general
consumption continues to be surprisingly
large.
So striking is the difference between the
business furnished by the railroad COM
pan1eS ana tnat Dy Otnef consumers OF
iron and steel products that a real object
lesson, teaching the condition of the rail-
roads respecting financing, is believed to
be furnished by this strange difference.
The railroad companies are put to ii
to make equipments go far as possible,
and many of them are procrastinating the
day when much needed improvements
shall be ordered in the hope that they
will be better able by and by to secure
funds, 1t is really q somewhat appalling
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