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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
SMOKE INSPECTORS
WILL BE ENGINEERS
Be Appointed on Board-TO Come
Up Next Friday

That members OF the board of smoke
inspectors would be composed of experts
and would be appointed. he thought, at
the meeting of the commission next Fri
day, was an announcement OF Commits
sioner Lane yesterday. The statement
o. Judge Lane, coming at a time when 4
was believed that the enforcement of the
smoke ordinance was far away from the
minds of the commissioners will be OF
much interest to local Industrial men. It
was stated by Judge Lane that in order to
procure the best results 1t would be nec-
essary to appoint civil engineers ON the
board who understood smoke prevention,
and he thought such would be the pro-
gramme followed by the commissioners.
The smoke ordinance as originally
drafted created protests of unusual
warmth. Manufacturers arose en- masse
and demanded of the commission a
marked modification of the ordinance.
After weeks of parleying the ordinance
was amended and the issue was for the
time being siienced. At the final meet
ing it was agreed that a board of inspect
ors would be appointed In lieu of the
building inspector, who had been acting.
1t was agreed that experts would be en-
ployed to draft specifications against
smoke that could and would be enforced
without working any hardships upon the
| industries of this district. q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
Checkered Life Of Mr.. Aldrich

One of Postmaster r. II. Aldrich's
favorite occupations is signing checks.
Not from choice, but from necessity.
He was comfortably ensconced in his
ctIice yesterday afternoon and-as
usual-was signing checks. The jovial
postmaster of Birmingham signs so
many checks every month that at times
he is tempted to wear a checkered suit,
lead checkered life, or even play a
game of checkers. Yesterday he had
signed so many checks that he started
to talk of checks and could not be
checked.
Mr.. Aldrich stated he signed over 1900
checks every month, whose total value
was not less than 100000. Every rural
mail carrier in Alabama is paid from
the Birmingham postoffice and Colonel
Aidrich has to sign every mans check.
He states he can sign on an average
OF 800 an hour when people let him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
yORD PICTURE FAST
BECOMING REALIZATION

..Ir. Morris, it will be recalled, pointed
1t some of the discriminatory rates af-
citing Birmingham and drew picture
unusual optimism about what would
Ike place when this scheme of trans
rttaion was perfected. The word pic
re of Mr.. Morris, according to the peo-
> of Tuscaloosa. is being brought into
tual breathing life with unusual rapid
n and it's full realization, they say, is a
latter of a very short time.
Naturally the live wires in Tuscaloosa
lnnot allow chance for celebrating
Ike the coming of the first barge to get
,y Therefore, the city and citizens pro-
ose to celebrate when that first steel
rye moves up the river. And from
dtative plans it will be some celebra-
ii, TO employ street slang. Committees
lore have been named upon every point
the celebration. They are hard al
work.
This means so much to Tuscaloosa and
so much to Birmingham that the people
of the former place do not intend that ii
shall go by without the pyrotechnic de-
tails Members of the congressional
rivers and harbors committee are to be
asked to come down and partake of Tus-
caloosa's hospitality Congressman from
many states are to be invited. Delega-
tions from New Orleans, Mobile and else
where have been invited and it is reason
able to suppose that Birmingham will be
asked to participate. A river parade Is
to be formed. Barbecues are to be served
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
MERCHANTS CARNIVAL
Will Be Held at East Lake Park Next
Friday for Barrett School

A movement has been launched by the
Barrett School. Improvement association
to raise $500 additional to the funds fol-
the general repairing of the institute. a
report of the funds in hand has not yet
been given out. though it Is stated souO
will complete the desired amount.
The movement is in the form of mer-
chants carnival, to be given in the casino
at East Lake park on Friday, May 3. AL
arrangementes have been settled upon by
the committee, which is composed OF the
following ladies': Mrs. w. c. Caldwell
Mrs. II. E. Nothington and Mrs. E. j.
Robertson.
Following is list of the firms that VII
be represented at the carnival Ford
market, Birmingham Arms and cycle
company, Partisan Bakery company, WI
ley, Sudduth & Barnard w. M. Cosby
merchandise; E. II. Colley, Jobe-Ross
Jewelry company. W. 0. Broyles furni
ture: Hood & Wheeler Furniture com
pany; Birmingham infirmary; N. Is
Wood; J. r. Sadler e Co.. McVay See.
company, Finch Realty company, Hirscl
Millinery company, j. w. Prude. w. "
Hale & Co.. Spiro Hardware company
+. G. Burshfield Drug company, Ostei
Bros. Furniture company, Htnd's DAIRY
China hall, Walters dairy, Doster-North'
ington Drug company, j. Blach q sons
Martha Washington lunch room, Herzos-
Thompson company, Ideal Millinery com
pany, Webb Book company, East Lake
Drug company, Loveman, Joseph d Loep
Burger Dry Goods company, Forbes Piano
company, Dewberry Drug company, re
ter Zinzer company, Lee Bros, East LAKE
Park and Amusement company, Taylor q
Hoskins Peddinghaus, photographer
John L. Parker, Boyett, photographer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

partments causing consider able COM
ment and dissatisfaction. AS for shay
ing it was said that men in Abbreviated
attire were often seen occupying the
smoking compartment while engaged in
executing a turkey trot with razor
on fast moving train.
"On some trains in the east said
Mr.. Lewis, 1--WE operate club cars where
men passengers smoke, have soft drinks
served and read. This is an exclusive
car for men. On such trains smoking
is confined to that car and not allowed
elsewhere on the train. On other trains
we have smoking compartments that
are for smokers exclusively. | can
not see any reason for disseminating the
smoking compartments. As for shaving
our porters try to keep the curtains
SO arranged that the ladies entering the
diners are not witnesses to men shay
ing arrayed in scant attire. On the
Southern and Seaboard out of here
smoking Is only prohibited in the OBJ
servation compartment On the Illinois
Central and Frisco that compartment
may be used for smoking. l am of the
opinion therefore that there Is very lit
tie IL any truth in the rumor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
DOCK WITH CONVEYORS
TO CARRY THE COAL

"Q) Another part will be the con-
struction of dock with coal carry
ing conveyors, each conveyor tunnel
ling under the coal pile, so that any
ocean going vessel might come along
side of this dock and receive an entire
cargo of coal in a record short time
This will mean an investment OF
100000.
"(e) AT Tuscaloosa. we are building
a modern loading station, with a ca
pacity of loading our barges within
two hours. This loading station Is
equipped with power house, washer and
storage bin, with a capacity of 10000
tons and means an investment of $110,-
GEO.
I'VE expect to move coal down from
this point to New Orleans for the first
IL months at rate of 100000 tons, OIL
10000 tons per month, and we hope tc
Utilize the return of the barges from
New Orleans to Tuscaloosa by carryine
general freight and merchandise from
New Orleans, Gulfport and Mobile to
Tuscaloosa"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
MANY TAKE CIVIL
SERVICE TEST
Over 100 Applicants Desiring to Enter
Railway Mail Service Face 5
Examiner Smith

Civil Service Examiner L. P. Smith
faced over 100 applicants yesterday morn
ing when he opened examinations in the
United States court room in the federal
building for persons desiring to enter the
railway mail service. The crowd was so
large that Examiner Smith was forced to
divide them, 50 applicants taking the ex-
aminations yesterday and the rest will be
examined tomorrow.
The applicants which took the examin-
alton yesterday and will take 1t Monday
are drawn from all parts OF the country.
The larger part Of them, however are
from Alabama and neighboring territory.
Mr.. Smith will forward the PAYERS to
Washington, where they will be sfaded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

alone Usually he is interrupted sew
eral times in the hour, however.
Not only every Alabama rural mail
carrier is paid from the local office,
but all Alabama postoffices secure their
stamps from the Birmingham office.
Mr. Aldrich states he does stamp busi-
ness every month to the value of $780,
600. Going even further, he remem-
bered the crying need in Birmingham
for the new postoffice for which an ap-
preparation has been made, but which
by the time it is built may have to be
used for peanut stand II the town
keeps on growing and the government
does not hurry up bit. And having
so remembered. he stated that the busi-
ness done at the Birmingham postoffice
was revealed in the fact that two car
loads of postcards were handled every
| year by him and his assistants and that
"the Birmingham postoffice does an an
nual banking business of $6,00O,0 00o."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
BAND AND CHORUS
TO APPEAR TODAY
T. c. |. Organizations at the
Jefferson Theatre
BOTH ARE POPULAR
Members Are All Employees of Com.
pany and Executive Officials. Will
Be Patrons of the Affair
This Afternoon

The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company chorus and band will render a
concert this afternoon at the Jefferson
theatre The two musical organizations,
composed exclusively of employees of the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
pany. have been heard in this district on
many occasions. The most recent was
the Society Circus, at which the chorus
made distinct hit. The band was not
in the Society Circus.
The officials of the Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company, including Presi
dent George G. Crawford, Vice President
Frank II. Crockard, and others will he
patrons of the concert this afternoon.
The officials have taken a great deal Of
interest in the formation of the organiza-
tions and have assisted the work where
ever possible.
The two organizations are headed by
Charles j. Barr, general superintendent
at Ensley, as president. The other offi-
GERS of the band are: Carl Landgrebe.
vice president; George Porteous, manager:
Charles Fink, secretary; w. Z. Palmer,
treasurer; Henry Restorff. conductor,
and E. N. Barry, sub-conductor.
In addition to Mr.. Barr the chorus is
officered as follows: Fred L. Sawyer,
vice president; Stephen Allsopp, director;
F. G. Cutler. chairman; j. b. Anderson.
secretary; Chris Marugg, treasurer:
Charles Mcclure, librarian.
The members of the band ofllows:
George Porteous. NJ. e. Soutell, H. w.
Raymond, c. G.. Loveless, Joseph Poison,
Henry Restorff. J. f. Reynolds. A. C.
Hazen, c. C. Hazen. Regis Moulin, AL
bert Trippet, e. N. Barry. Alex Porteous,
A. C. Marks, C. NJ. Larimore, e. e. Swat
ford, w. II. Hicks, IL. r. Cox, Jesse Stay
man, w. S. Porteous, A. Forester, j. w.
| Taylor, William Phillips, j. w. Clark,
| William McCracken, ID. A. Hamilton, e.
f. Hawkins. j. A. Routledge. George
Howard, lie Roy Wood, William Beedler,
pier, Sam Spring.
The chorus is composed of:
First Tenor G. Goodman e. J.
Jones, Idris Thomas. ]. r. Kent, Jack
Bate, A. F. Thomas. Harrison Shaddicl,
Arthur Thomas, Oscar Phillips. William
Haywood, r. E. Brakeman, ]. b. Naylor.
Second Tenor-D. j. Duffie, ]. Davis e.
7. Owen, C. II. Fink, +. G. Cutler Jack
Jones, W. #. Scarborough, John Ander-
son. Tom Reese, w. d. suppler, w. r.
Dodge.
First Bass-Bob Hawknson. A. NJ wig
| gins, r. Gingery, w. A. Wilder, w. 7.
Palmer, Bob Morgan, c. Reem, Win
Rich, Charles Saunders, c. f. MCGUIRE
j. p. Shaddck.
Second Basel. II. Mcdonald, p Math-
ews, c. f. Miller. Chris Marugg Jack
Thomas, Jack 10y, ID. ID. Ansley, NJ. NJ.
| Hughes, J. A. Moore, ]. W. Pate
| Accompanist-Miss Grace IIillhouse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

work Of Mr.. Bernhard fits in with
Tidewater interurban development
rough they are said to be entirely in
,endent. That belief is general. How
+, the two interests have a common
ect in view and ultimate success means
much for the one as for the other
srefore the Tidewater hopes to get
3, Tuscaloosa within year and by that
e, Mr.. Bernhard will have his boats
he sea in perfects operating condition.
i. Tidewater will hitch onto the barge
Its at Tuscaloosa with the interurban
into Birmingham and then will Biz
lgham be unfolded to the entire world
shout freight rates of a discriminatory
Iracter, which have in the recent past
en- handicap to this industrial COM
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
crate Plans Made Inaugurae New Water Service From
Tuscaloosa to Gulf About June bernhard Discusses
Details of the Work Contemplated
By CLYDE w. ENNIS

TN TUSCALOOSA they say that within 90 days that city
= and naturally Birmingham, will be .'unbotted," that
@ is to say will have adequate water transportation ia
cilities to the sea.
so along about June the first barge Of the AlabamaN New
Transportation company will draw into Tuscaloosa on
ALBANIA river At cost Of $1210000 the barge companys
riding John H Bernhard vice president and general
will build barges and open up line from Tuscaloosa to
Orleans the Alabama river, and that amount is to be
pHt first
Later other giant appropriations will be spent wherever
sary to perfect transportation by water from Tuscaloosa
Orleans, Mobile Pensacola and elsewhere In fact Mr..
hard says the Queen of Holland and other persons of
and money that country among those behind the
sporation plans the Alabama river He says that for
ons every state of this country looked for good
stments for Holland money. He engineer and told
IKE plenty of time looking the entire American field.
nay determined upon water transportation the Ala
river the best situation both from the viewpoint of
rring lasting good upon the community and getting
uate return the investment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
PERSONAL

John Turner and family and Mrs. Oscar
c. Turner have returned from Coden
near Mobile. where Mr.. Turner went some
time ago to rest up and get rid OF case
of overwork. Mr.. Turner states he IS
very much improved in health.
DIR. w. G. Harrison will leave today to
spend a week attending q medical meet
ing in Washington, D. c. He will be ac-
companied by Mrs. Harrison. Mrs. J. Il.
Wilson of Lincoln is visiting at the Har-
rison home, and will take care OF the
children during Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
absence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
FIRST BARGE READY
FIRST OF NEXT MONTH

"The first barge will be placed in
service on June /, being tested and
making trial trips during the entire
month of May.
I'm addition to these barges we will
build two lighter barges of like ca
pacity but of little different design,
so that these lighter barges can re-
ceive their coal and carry same in the
hull, above continuous conveyor.
| These lighter barges will be equipped
with triple engines, each working on
propeller, so that the barge has three
propellers. This sort of barge can place
itself alongside of any steamer desiring
coal from us, disconnect it's engines
from the propeller and work with
same the continuous conveyor, which
Will carry the coal, 1t drops from
the hull, on this conveyor, 45 feet
up in the air and then move it over
a recently patented weigher, where it
is weighed automatically with a guar
dnteed accuracy of at least 80 per cent.
From that point the coal is spouted
in the bunl1ers of the vessel
Next to the shipyard we are build
ing first class coal unloader and
storage plant which will have a ca
pacity of 10000 tons. This will con-
sist of the following:
"A bulkhead. behind Which will be
a track 80 feet wide, resting upon
heavy reinforced concrete foundation,
supported by piles. On this track will
travel three unloading towers, which
VIII unload our barge within three
Eours. Each tower is a power plant In
itself, carrying in the air a boiler,
steam engine, generator, motors and
Winches, and operates a two-yard clam
shell bucket. The tower can, if neces-
sary, propel itself alongside the rein
forced concrete track, which is 500 feet
long. Each tower generates its own
light.
Under the tower will be construct
ed double track for railroad cars so
that we can unload the barge and drnp
its cargo either in the coal storage pile
or In cars underneath the tower. Thfs;
Fart of the work will cost S125,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
BERNHARD GOES INTO
DETAILS ABOUT PLANS

bul let MIN IHlSn tne story about what
is to happen and what has caused the
joy of Tuscaloosa:
/ "Our company-the Alabama and New
Orleans Transportation fcompany-owns
all the stock of the Alabama and New
Orleans Canal company, which, in turn
owns the Lake Borgne canal. The net
capital placed at our disposal, for a start
er was $1,2l0000. 1t is spent or will be
spent, in the following manner:
"(a) The improvement of Lake Borgne
canal which is eight miles long, straight
ening out and deepening the canal to a
depth of feet and a width of 125 feet.
"(b) The construction of modern well
equipped ship yard which was entirely
finished and in operation on January l.,
1918, and includes a power house of $50
horsepower two air compre sors with a
capacity of 600 cubic feet of compressed
air under a pressure of 100 pounds
"(c) modern machine shop. equipped
with lath, drill. crank shaper, bolt cutter
and different other machinery. a black
smith shop with three furnaces, punch
shop with five modern, first class punch
ers. shears and cold iron benders-all cleo
trically operated different buildings, such
etc, etc.
"td) A stock yard, containing all the
steel of different material for 10 barges.
"(e) A repair yard of the latest design
| possible to haul our heavy barges out
| within one hour and half and two
| building berths for the construction of
barges, the material for which is brought
to same by a locomotive train, which
picks the steel after it is manufactured
form the punch shed to the barges and
brings this steel into place. This yard,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
BARGES WILL BE
SELF PROPELLED

BARGES WILL BE
SELF PROPELLED
ION this yard we will build steel
barges which will be self-propelled.
having twin propellers, operated by
twin engines of IS horsepower each
These engines are gas engines, and
receive their gas from producer
which generates gas in same from
breeze coke. The engine room is well
equipped, having. outside of two ell
gines, a producer scrubber, evaporator,
saturatos. gas tank, tar extractor,
electric light plant, with motors, dyna-
mos and switchboard, boiler and bilge
pumps. This will cost total of little
over $4,000.
The hull of the barge will be 240
feet long, 80 feet wide on deck, IS
feet wide at bottom, s feet deep on
the sides and u feet in the center,
having six feet draught, enabled to
carry 1000 tons of cargo, which will
be placed on top of the barge as deck
load within a cargo box, constructed
out of wood. The crew of this barge
viii be six, or, In other words, double
crew of three men, viz The captain, en-
gineer and deckhand. They Will be
housed in the fore peak of the barge,
where six roomy cabins are construct
ed for them; each cabin will be sup
piled with fans, electric light and air
scoops. On the bow of the barge You
will find an electrically operated winch
ana a heavy, 1000-pound anchor, oper-
ated ty said winch.
Aft above the engine room, Will
be a pilot house and galley. The pilot
house will Sc modern in all its equip
inents and have on the roof a search
light of 3000s candle power, operated
from within. Bhe steering wheel work 8
ON three rudders, the middle one being
balanced We estimate that the barge
will have a speed of seven miles per
hour The total cost of such a barge
will be 100000 and we trust that our
Is barges will be finished within rs
months after May ! our yard having
a capacity sufficiently large to launch
one barge every 80 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

Music will be dispensed Free while a per-
feet fanfare of bugles will announce the
event. Baseball games, dances, singing
and fireworks are to be a part of the car
nival affair that is being arranged by the
young bloods' of the Awakened City"
Nothing like 1t, they say, has ever been
attempted in this state.
This celebration and unrestrained iov
which will accompany it was generated
by the announcement of the young engi-
neer, Mr.. Bernhard, whose offices are
now in Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
TUSCALOOSA GETTING READY~TO
BARGE LINE OPENING

complete, outside of the material, ha
cost us $4,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-09-30
TRAILS MISSING BROTHER.
C. C. James. of Roanoke, Va, Search"
es West for Fred NJ. James.

Spokane, Wash, Sept. 30.-Or
what he hopes is, the: last part Of
search that has continued nineteer
years, taking him from coast .te
coast, C. C. James once Of Joplin
Mo-, now of Roanoke, Va arrived lr
Spokane this. week seeking his
brother, Fred NJ. James, aged forty
four years. rfutF
Since he dropped from the sight
OF his relatives Fred NJ. James is rc-
ported to have made fortune IT
mining in the Spokane county and
later to have changed his name tc
satisfy the strange idiosyncrasy that
manifested itself from youth-con
cealing his whereabouts from his own
family.
81 have traced Fred through Mon
tana and Idaho down to nine and
one-half years ago, but at Murray,
Idaho, the trial was lost and have
been unable to get any trace of him
said the brother. Here
and there | have met persons who
have known him. One man in Mon
tana told me he shook hands with
him about a year ago. Another wo-
man claimed to have been in COM
with his wife as late as
sixteen months ago and said they
were at Dixon. Mont, but when ]
went to Dixon ] could find no trace OF
him.
Owe had Il family reunion at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, few weeks ago and
father and mother, three sisters ant
brother and myself, together
with all the grandchildren, were pres
ent. The family circle was complete
except for Fred. We then decided
that ! should look through the Spok.
ane country for my brother and J
have been one month on the road"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-09-30
SWALLOWS HIS WATCH.
Alabama Man Puts Timepiece in
MOuth-it Slips Down.

Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 30.-Some
where inside r. z. Tallman there lies
concealed perfectly sound Swiss
watch still ticking off the time OF
day probably. The watch was in his
mouth, and for some unaccountabc
reason Talman happened to swallow
the small seven--day affair.
Tallman says he feels fine. anG
suffers no i'll effects either from the
watch or the "ticks," However, HI
doesn't think as general proposition
|! it is very good for the system to acl
as jewel case for watch. He wi!
nave an examination made, and l.
may be necessary to undergo An op.
Grafton.
Tallman is employed by the r. c
Dun Company, Woodward building
Tallman took the watch down to hi
Office and is at work as usual, will
ciackwork regularity. One of tht
many Inconvenience he has to suf
fer, however, are frequent telephone
messages from Frank Lloyd, assist
ant secretary to the board Of com.
!nissioners. About every few minu
les. Mr.. Lloyd calls up his friend
with such questions as Are you still
working on time? Do you feel run.
down this morning? And, if You
have any time to spare, I would like
To see you for a few minutes?"