The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
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Mason billiard on Muscle Shoals

Mason billiard on Muscle Shoals Congressman Ed Almon's (from the
 Eighth district) answer on the floor of
 Congress last Thursday to the attack of Nicholas Longworth on the com
 pletion of the Muscle Shoals dam, was
 a master reply, handling same in para
 graphs. using facts and figures, to the entire satisfaction of both the republi- can and democratic congressman" said Mason billiard
 There are many reasons why this dam will be completed. First. the gov
 ernment has spent $65,000,o0O in per
 manent nitrate plants which are de- pendent upon this cheap power. Also [ the power can be sold as a commercial product at a figure to pay a good in vestment on the money. To construct and at the same time to be the saliva tion of the southern farmer, besides opening the great<navigation on the | Tennessee river is meritorious 'If anyone doubts the dam Is not going to be built, let them make a visit to Florence and see the actiYi ties there and at East Florence. They will see the busiest place in Alabama. Grading for river roads, building cof- fer dams, cantonments and in fact little city in East Florence where the dam is being built
 -"The Chamber of Commerce at Flor ! ence have Invited the Chamber of Com ! merce at Cincinnati as their guests to make an investigation. Ks Cincinnati is MT. Longworths home, they feel it will be self-convincing as to the won ders there. The dam is being built and will be completed. No sane lot of bus
 mess men would stop it.
 There never was a more sincere lot of men on big proposition than those ! working for and who are friends to the
 Muscle Shoals development.
 "They~ believe in it's merit and will i never Jet go until they are finished" Ray Rushton As Receiver Yes, the Magic City is my stop-over place." said Ray Rushton, who was ! modestly denying to a group of friends in the lobby of the Tutwiler that it took more than a receivership to make
 a lawyer a railroad magnate.
 T have quite a brotherly and friend ly feeling for Lee Bradley, as I am getting a bit of experience in dealing with the Montgomery public as one upon whom depends better car service. I think the Montgomerians are dis posed to give me a chance to try and work out hard problem in the wise handling of a public service corpora tion The proper solution can only | come through a better understanding between the people and the company" Realty Values Sound Sam Friedman, a prominent realty owner and dealer in mining properties, who resides in Tuscaloosa, spent yes- terday in the city q have travelled considerably dusfQg the past 25 years,' said MT. Friedman, but have yet to see any section of the United States where real estate values are as sound and prospects for future development as bright as right here in Jefferson county. War or no war; good times or hard times, the world must have I iron and coal. Here in our district we ! are selling ore and coal lands at $40 | per acre, while Pittsburg owners get | four or five times as much for proper 1 ty not quite as good@ II doesn't take prophet to foresee Birmingham in
 the 50O.OoO class within 10 years" | H. l.. Bailey Here
 Tt seems a little funny to me to be on visit to Birmingham and guest at the Tutwiler," said H. L. Bailey, | manager of the Anniston inn, who has been the host to many distinguished , soldiers drawn to the Model City by the activities at Camp Mcclellan. ~"Dufng the crush. when thousands upon thousands of visitors we're flock | ing south, I was hard put to care for them and for my special friends who would drop over for the weekend, but | a full house is the kind of hand hotel 1 man likes to hold, and I am sorry that 1 business, while good, Is not at the high peak it once was"
 New POstOfffce
 Work on the new postoffice will probably be resumed next month," said John D. McNeel, collector of iE- | ternal revenue and custodian of the postoffice," as it is possible that the arrangements now under way will al- 1 low such procedure when completed. The urgent need for a new postoffice
 in Birmingham. being felt daily and 1 when the work is resumed on the new l building at Fifth avenue and Nine
 teenth street it can be rushed to com- ! pletion within a year.
 1 Feels Queer At Home Tt does seem a bit queer to be at