The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-17
BESSEMER TO HAVE
NEW FREIGHT DEPOT
Board of Revenue, Holds
Meeting and Discusses
Roads
MEETING OF COUNCIL
Real Estate Dealers Report Business
Good With Much Building Ac-
tivity - Pastor Re-
ceives Call


Work on the proposed new freight de-
pot for the Alabama Great Southern
Railroad company will begin in few
days and will be pushed to compile
ton. The new depot will be erected
between Alabama and Carolina ave-
nues. just two blocks west of the new
passenger station. The structure will
cost approximately $4,000 and will
have a concrete foundation, being two
stories high and about 400 feet in
length. The second story will be used
for offices of the freight department
as well as the yard department. Sew
eral weeks ago the Bessemer city coun-
Gil passed an ordinance granting a
strip of land on Alabama avenue to
the railroad to be used for the depot
When completed the new depot will be
modern in every respect and will be
equipped both inside and out for the
quick handling of freight from cars
and also on delivery.
The board of revenue Of Jefferson
county held it's. regular meeting in
Bessemer today, Major Cameron being
absent All bills were recommended
paid and the matter of roads in this
end of the county were discussed at
length
While tackling a dummy on the
football field in practice this after
noon Harold Smith, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. f. n. Parnell, fell and broke his
shoulder bone. Smith is member OF
the Bessemer High school football
team and the team was practicing when
he fell. He was Immediately rushed
to the office of DR.. ]. S. Winters, where
the fracture was reduced and he was
brought to his home on Nineteenth
street. While his injuries are very pain
full he is reported to be resting as well
as could be expected tonight.
The meeting of the city council
which will be held Tuesday evening
is being looked forward to with
great. deal of interest as the new al
dermanc body has number of com
plicated questions to come before 1t,
among them the sanitary question,
which the board of health has been
working on for sometime. and the
question of finances. Taxes are COM
ing in slowly and 1T is said the city is
in need of money for current expenses
as we'll for the payment of bills past
due
number of houses, both business
and residences are being erected In
Bessemer and real estate is more ac-
tive at present than for sometime, DIT.
j. Curry is erecting two brick stores
on Nineteenth street between f1Itn
and Sixth avenues, while Z. L. Dapps
is building bungalow on Seventh
avenue. A. Cline is building $5oo0
residence on Dartmouth avenue ana
Twenty-first street. Cecil Cowan is
erecfing a home on Clarendon avenue
and Seventeenth street and rom Bon
duris is building on Third avenue anu
sixteenth street while Ben f. Thonp-
son is raising and remodeling the oous
ms property on Berkeley avenue ana
short street j. K Trotter is remodel
ing and repairing his house on Berk-
lev avenue and Fifteenth street wnicn
was damaged by fire last week, ana
the large home of H. w. Sweet on Ar
lineton avenue and Nineteenth street
which was partially DESTROYED by nre
recently is being remodeled ana re-
haired. This was one of the largest as
we'll as most beautiful residences In
this city. At this time more sales are
being made than at any other time IN
the recent history of Bessemer, one
real estate man stating that ne had
sold more property in the last 80 days
than he had in the past year
The women of the First Methodis-
church will visit those who promised
them the old papers and rags which
they will SELL the proceeds to go to the
church fund.
Bands No / and No. of the Woman
missionary union of the First Baptist
church held a rleeting this afternoon at
fine church, at which time the orphanage
collection was taken. The lesson was
studied with Mrs. George Ross as the
leader.
Erin Farley of Birmingham VIII open
a studio-in this city Wednesday at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Primer on
Eighth avenue. Mr.. Farley possesses
beautiful baritone voice and comes 10
Bcssemer highly recommended as a voice
teacher. Mr.. Farley has appeared in this
city on various occasions and is we'll
known.
An enthusiastic congregation met last
night at the South Highland Baptist
church at which time the finance COM
mittee appointed several days ago rec
commended to thee hurch that they call
their present pastor, the Rev Ed ).
Barnes for full time. Thee hurch adopted