Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-19
extended into tho reservation to expo
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extended into tho reservation to expo
dlte tho handling of material.
Major Dulin estimates that provision
will have to be made for about $4,000
| horses and mules. which will accom-
pany the, ten regiments Of infantry,
three regiments Of field artillery, one
regiment of engineers and other troops
that will be sent here.
The water supply will BIO run through
city water mains. and Mr.. lang has
ordered centrifugal pu.1os with a
capacity Of 400 gallons per minute,
Stationed at Cold water, the source of
the, city.s supply. where there Is a
big spring Of unlimited capacity.
SOMETHING ABOUT ANNISToN
|, -. AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
When the guardsmen get to Admission
they will be made to feel at home.
With this end in view, rthe Admission
Chamber of Commerce Is holding meet
ings every other day. Mayor L. L.
Scarborough Is lending his active CO.
operation. as are all religious and fra
ternal organizations. Ten thousand
men from New York. Wisconsin. Ten
nessee, kentucky, Alabama and other
States were stationed here during the
Spanish american War. In 1912 the
Southern States maneuvers were con-
ouCbSu dl AuHlStOu, ana otate troops
have encamped here on various occa-
"sions. with the result that Annistonians
know how to meet the man in uniform
and how to treat him. This cordiality
of welcome will apply to the man from
the North as we'll as the man from the
South.
Admission was founded some thirty
odd years ago by Sam Noble, of
Georgia. a practical industrial builder.
and Alfred L. Tyler. a Connecticut cap
italiSt, who builded city around the
old Woodstock furnaces. The place is
known, as THE model city" due to
the fact that lots were laid off, houses
built. streets and sidewalks paved,
sewers. waterworks. lights, ETC.. estab-
lished before a single piece OF prop
erty was sold. Ittis also known as the
Brooklyn of the South" because of it's
numerous and magnificent churches.
st. Michael and All-Angels' Church,
built by John w. Noble at a cost of
S175.0o0, when building materials were
cheap. Is visited by European tourists
in America. The public and private
schools are excellently equipped and
manned; and the Alabama Presbyterian
College hero !s beaded by Dc. George
Lang, ono OF the South'a foremost
scholars. Oxford Lake. four miles from
here, is the citys Fairgrounds, reached
by car line or. automobiles. The An
niston Country Club will be open to
visiting golfers.
SECOND INDUSTRIAL CITY
IN STATE OF ALABAMA
Admission is second only to Birmine-
ham in this State as an industrial, CEN
ter. 1t makes more soil and cast iron
pipe than any other place in the coun-
try. and has seven large cotton mills.
In htt
Avenue, in Washington. and several
other Northern cities were built here.
and the steel made from Woodstock
iron was atone in standing tho test Of
the San Francisco fire.
Admission has the largest electric steel
furnace plant in the world and tho
largest fcrro- managese plant in the
United States. The car plant of Lieu
tenaDt-GoHernor Kilby now has several
government orders. and the Admission
Ordnance Company has been making
shells for the allies. Anniston-made
products go to all parts Of the world.
the writer of this article having seen
Admission sheeting and towels far in the
interior of China
Nestled among the hills OF the Blue,
Ridge. Admissions is constantly famed
;Qy mountain breezeS and is a fayorite
summer resort. Its mean temperature
is around 80 degrees, and, while its
days are sometimes hot. it's nights are
icooj. 1t has an altitude of
about. 1000 feet above sea level al
though some points nearby are higher
than the famous Lookout Mountain
at. Chattanooga. Tenn. according to
government statistics. 1t enjoys an
excellent health record and this was
largely instrumental in securing the
epcampmcnt in competition with other
North erR and Southern cities, Its repu-
.tation having been established to the
satisfaction Of the government In 1898.
GOOD TRAIN SERVICE
IN EVERY DIRECTION
Admission has twenty trains a day
?oVer the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road, and the Seaboard is now maxi
Ing a survey preparatory TO entering
the city. where it already has termi-
nal facilities. The Birmingham special
goes direct from Admission to New York
via, Atlanta. and quick connections can
be made from here over other roads
There are combined In Anniston's