The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-20
Board of Equalization Ad-
 journs After Adjusting Complaints AmicabIy
FIRE CHIEFS REPORT
Bessemer Ball Team to Cross Bats With Ensley Aggregation and Will Strive to Wipe Out Former
 Defeat

Bessemer, July 1S.-(Special. )-About 5000 tons of export iron is moving from the furnaces of the Woodward Iron company several railroads to the seacoast to be placed on vessels at Savannah, New Or leans and Charleston. The destination of the iron is Genoa, Italy, and the pres ent freight rate is $33 ton or 11z cents a pound on the long ton. The freight rate a year or two ago was s.. but since the European war it has jumped to the above price. The rate paid on this ship ment was 1A cents per pound or $27 per ton. The buying of pig iron by the for eign countries would be almost prohibited on account of the heavy freight rate, in comparison to several years ago when same was about s3.75 per ton, were it not fact that the warning nations are compelled to have pig iron.
 The board of equalization of Jefferson county, which has been in session in Bessemer for the past three days in the city courtroom for the purpose of hearins the property owners in regard to the recent raise in assessments on their prop =erty. adjourned this afternoon at o'clock and returned to Birmingham. While the board was in Bessemer much work was accomplished, but was not completed, and the property owners in this end of the county who did not appear before the board will have to make the trip to Bir- mlngham to do so. Large numbers of citizens gathered in the courtroom daily and the majority of them expressed them selves as well pleased at the manner in which they were heard by the board, the taxes being placed as they were before the recent raise by the board in a num- Der of instances while in others small raise was assessed
 The report of Chief of the Fire Depart ment J. I. Reeder for the month of June which was submitted to the city council at its meeting last night is as follows;
 "Bessemer, Ala, July 19, 1916. Honorable Mayor and Board of Alder men.
 Gentlemen Find herewith report for the fire department for the month end ing June 13. 1916:
 During the month g alarms were an- swered. Machine travelled 49.s miles, using 56.5 gallons of gasoline and 2ss gallons of oil. The following equipment and ma
 
 lines of hose, 5000 feet of hose, s4S feet of ladders
 Total value of property at risk SS3, s70 total amount of insurance at risk Ss375 total loss for month, insured and unin- sured. s1791.70; total insurance loss for month $1O8025
 Causes of fires were as follows: Spark on roof 15, defective flues B. communicated n, incendiary Il, unnecessary |, over. heated flue 1. carelessness i.
 ''The police department used 125 gal Ions of gasoline and 2.5 gallons of oil. Re spectfully submitted, J. I. REEDER,
 Chief of Fire Department
 In recorders court this morning Jim Mckinney, a negro, was given a hearine on a charge of violating the prohibition law, and was fined $50 by Judge I. A Lewis, as was Estelle Turner, also colored who was arraigned before Judge Lewis on the same charge. A number of other defendants were charged with minor of lenses and small fines were assessed.
 The Bessemer team will journey te Ensley Saturday and make the ef- fort to defeat this strong aggregation. As will be remembered the Ensley team de. feated the Bessemer boys on their home grounds on July 1, and Manager Eckrof IS uHWlluNS to dQIlllL lIldL II IS pOSlDlt for them to do it again The Bessemel boys are' practicing every day and vii be in much better condition than they were before. Captain Ragsdale has se- cured the services of Robert Bumgardnel and this will materially strengthen tht club, both in offensive and the defensive The lineup for Saturday will be as fol lows: Trotter and Quarles, catchers Vines. pitcher; Hughes, First base Bumgardner, second base; O'Rourke third base; Stevenson, shortstop; Scott left field; Ragsdale and Bumgardner, cen ter field Cochrane, right field. A specia train will leave the rolling mill office al 2:30 and a large crowd of fans is ex pected to accompany the local team tt Ensley and help them to win this game A charge of 5 cents round trip will b. made. Manager Joe Eckhoff will have charge of the train and the large number .of faithful lady fans are expected to b. on hand on this occasion.
 Miss vaida Lee Porter and MT. c. w Dunlap were united in marriage yester' day afternoon at the home of the bride! sister, Mrs. Fred N. Baker, the ceremony being pronounced by the Rev. J. c. Me Queen pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Brighton. The marriage cam' a surprise to the many friends of thu contracting parties, who are well knowr in this district and very popular. MT and Mrs. Dunlap will be at homo witt