The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-09
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville November S.-(Special)
river will be available in Huntsville
and other North Alabama cities by the
first of the approaching new year, ac-
cording to officials of the Alabama
Power company. The company's traus-
mission line to Huntsville will be fin
ished by that time and the line leading
from Huntsville to Albany and De-
catur will be finished at the same time
From; Gadsden the line is complete to
the opposite side of the Tennessee
river from Whitesburg and material is
being placed on the ground for a great
steel tower on each side of the river
to rich the crossing line will be sus-
pended. Whitesburg is only 10 miles
from, here and at the present rate of
progress the line will be completed be-
fore the scheduled time.
The Merrimack meadow. on which
every aviator who ever flew to Hunts
Vile has landed and then cursed for
| it's bumps and old grass-covered cotton
rows has been smoothed off and
| leveled during the last few days and
will be the official landing place for
aviators in the future. 1t is now a
| first-class flying field and Huntsville
| people have taken readily to flying.
During the last week NJ c. Pearce,
| formerly an army pilot. has had ma
chine here and has taken up several
| passengers day.
Walter F. Miller, supervisor for the
census department in the Eighth dis
trict is holding examinations of APP
plicants for census enumerators and
expects to appoint 1856 for the district.
Thirty-nine are needed in Huntsville
and Madison county for the work,
which will begin January and con-
tinue about two weeks. Each enumer-
ator will make between $50 and $500,
it is estimated
The Huntsville Ice and Coal COM
pany has started construction work
for additional machinery which will
cost approximately 100000 and more
than double its daily making ca
pacity. The use of steam as a motive
power will be dispensed with and cleo
tricity substituted and a big storage
room will be erected where a stock
of from 500 to 1000 tons Of Ice. will
be kept for emergency use.
John r. Hornady, city commissioner
of Birmingham, is making a close
campaign of North Alabama in the in
terest of an amendment proposed to
the Alabama constitution which would
give AZ cities of the state self-deter-
mination in the matter of taxation
Unless the amendment is voted in
when the election Is held on December
80 the cities named in the amendment
will face a dismal future. according to.
Mr.. Eornady. because they will not be
allowed to collect enough money to
meet their fixed expenses. Alabamians
who reside outside of the ~ cities and
towns that are asking relief are not
affected by the proposed amendment
The Huntsville Kiwanis club has
adopted resolutions deprecating an
archistic and bolshevistic activities IN
the United States at this time. and a
memorial will be sent the Alabama
delegation in Congress requesting
them to take a firmer stand toward
this kind of activity. An invitation
was received from the Montgomery XII
wants club for the Huntsville club to
attend the Armistic day exercises in
1utioi was adopted accepting on be-
half of all members who can find 1t
possible to make the trip.
w. A. McGalley, assistant state high
way engineer, and II. j. Morrison,
highway engineer of the federal gov
eminent are here to inspect the con-
struction work now being done on the
new model highway which is being
constructed from Big Cove mountain
to New Hope.
]. c. Lanford, a sergeant in the
uuartermaster's corps at Camp Cor
don. Ca. and Miss Jessie Gully. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs George Gully OF
Huntsville. were married in Fayette-
vile, Tenn. They have gone to Illi-
nois to visit relatives of the former,
after which they will go to Atlanta
to make their home.