The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
STATE ID SPEND
 HUGE SUMS IN
 BUILDING NOW
Removal of Restrictions Will Result in Expenditure of More Than a Million
 in the State

Montgomery, November 22.-(Spe- \ al)--Announcement was made by the lt Alabama council of defense Friday that \ all restrictions of whatever nature on 1 construction projects had been re- moved by the war industries board It | means that hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars will be spent I in Alabama during the next few
 months on construction projects and { plants which had been delayed at the | request of the government until the
 war had been won.
 { The Alabama council of defense has < estimated that projects already re- \ leased by the decision of the war in- { dustries board will mean the expendi- ! ture of more than $1,000,0o0 in Aia- I bama. In addition to this, many con ! struction projects have been voluntar- { fly held up by the individuals with < out consultation with the council
 SOME OF PROJECTS { Among the projects which will be { carried out in Alabama beginning at < once are the following: { A New York corporation will spend ! between s1O0,oo and s15O,ooO in the con { struction of a pine reduction plant 2 at Calvert, Mobile county. This will 4 furnish necessary commodities for Mo- { bile shipbuilding plants. { The Merchants bank of Mobile will construct new bank building at an I estimated cost of S100,000. ! The Aliceville Bank and Trust com < pany of Aliceville will spend nearly { $20, ,0o0 in the construction and fur nishing of new banking quarters. The Edward |. Davis Lumber com pany of Louisville. Ky. will construct sawmill in Mobile county.
 Chiffon z county wiil construct con t new ,. total cost of s45,ooo. Of this amount s15,0o0 will be represented in the old walls, which will be used in the new building.
 The Brandon Elevator company of Decatur will complete the construction of grain elevator at total cost of $16,000.
 The Andalusia Peanut company is constructing peanut shelling plant at Andalusia at cost of more than $6000 Four tobacco barns will be con- structed by a tobacco company at Sum- merdale, Baldwin county, at a total cost of about s7000
 w. D. McCurdy of Lowndesboro will construct g residence at cost of SbS,co0.
 INTERURBAN LINE Citizens of north Alabama propose to erect an interurban car line con- meeting the Madison county section with Muscle Shoals. A company has been organized for this purpose
 The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company will spend s36,O00 in the construction of a new telephone office at Sheffield.
 Practically every county in Alabama has one or more school building pro- jects which have been held up at the request of the state council Work will be started on these buildings witlr- out delay.
 Innumerable residences will be con-
 ructed at once Several hundred pe-
 tions for residences are now on file
 ith the council and they are automat-
 ally granted with the order of the N ar industries board Friday.
 The improvement Of farms and farm
 roperty will take a large amount of Ntoney. Alabama farmers had the most
 rosperouS year of many decades this
 ear. A great majority have money in
 le bank and desire to send 1t in
 improving their property. Tenant
 ouses which have seen service for
 ears will be torn away and more
 lodern ones constructed Silos will
 e constructed and all property inn
 roved.