The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-20
ELECTRIC CARS IN
 TUSCALOOSA IN OCT.
Tidewater Spends S15O,O0O
 Improving Lines
POWER FROM ALA. co.
Peoples Ice and Coal Go. Negotiating for Purchase of Northport Coal Co. Warrior Guards Leave for
 Encampment Tuesday

1 Tuscaloosa, July 19.-(SpeciaL )--That the | Alabama Power company will have it's | lines completed to Tuscalooosa by Octo-
 Der is now considered to be assured. It
 was announced some days ago that the rmingham-Tuscaloosa Railway and Utilities company (Tidewater) had closed
 a contract with the Alabama Power com
 pany to secure their water power for the operation of the electric street rail-
 way here during the month of October and the announcement made by officials of the power company in Birmingham that the lines would be completed to this city on time means that Tuscaloosa will
 have 10 miles of electric street railway
 in operation within 90 days.
 The car line fin this city has been put in splendid shape within the past 12
 months, 900 having been expended in placing the line in condition for the oper- ation of electric cars. The Tidewater is
 now completing the work by putting up
 the poles and stringing the wires. Under | the terms of the contract between the car company and the power company, the car line must be ready to receive power | by October when the lines are completed | to this city.
 | The Tdewater line also has a light and power franchise from the city and it is
 announced that power from the Alabama company will be used by them to furnish | the individual consumers of Tuscaloosa.
 It is reported here on good authority | that the Tuscaloosa Ice and Light con- pany, the operators of the present light
 and power lines in this city, has also
 made a contract with the Alabama Power
 tition between the present company and | the Tidewater interests in supplying the people with lights and power or whether
 an agreement will be reached between
 the rival companies by which the electric | line will be operated by the Tidewater and the light and power field left to | the Tuscaloosa Light company, is a mat
 ter of considerable interest here off cials of the Tidewater company maintain that they will carry out the terms of 1 their light franchise and give the peo-
 pie of the city competition and supply current at lower rates than are now be- | ing charged.
 l The Alabama Power company has just
 made survey for the lines from Ma l gela to Tuscaloosa and officials of the company are now arranging for the right s | of way It is generally believed here 1 that no trouble will be had in secur- ] ing these rights of way.
 l The Peoples Ice and Coal company is negotiating for the purchase of the mines | of the Northport Coal company and is considering the advisablity of mining
 coal and selling direct to the consumers
 A special meeting of the stockholders of
 the company has been called for Mon ] day night to decide the matter and
 also to arrange for the construction of
 an ice plant which may he operated in connection with the coal mines. It is stat
 ed that if the stockholders of the com pany pass favorably the proposition
 to purchase the mines. ley will increase
 the for the necessary amount and
 erect a factory at Northport to compete
 with the present plant of the Tuscalo loosa l Ice company.
 1 The Warrior Guards. the local militia " 1 company. will leave Tuscaloosa Tues day morning with 50 men in line for Montgomery, where they will enter the
 encampment of state troops. Capt R.
 M. Snow will command the company and l Lieutenants McGee and Weatherford will
 accompany them. The men will give an
 exhibition drill on the streets of Tusca- loosa Monday afternoon.