The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-08
BIC STORM SWEPT STEAMER CRASHES
 INTO RIVER BRIDGE
Albany to Sell $125,000 Worth of Street Bonds Today--N New Water Sys-
 Given Praise
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERAI.D Albany Ala, March

The steamer Luther J. Troxel1, cen tional incident here. again has broken into print. The steamer was dis lodged by high winds from it's moor ings on the bank of the Tennessee river here Tuesday evening and be- crashed into the Southern railway bridge and had damaged it's smoke stacks and superstructure.
 The Troxell is said to be the lar gest steame on the river between Muscle Shoals and Chattanoe ga. The wind blowing upstream was of suf- ficient velocity to carry the boat against the current for about half a-mile, the boat being stopped in its progress up the river by the bridge. Finally the wind drove the vessel un- der the bridge and a quarter of a mile further upstream then held it stationary until early Wednesday when a line was carried to the boat and man power on the banks hauled the vessel in.
 The Troxell figured in a raid by officers several years ago small quantity of near-beer being found aboard, 1t was said, together with a few drinks of whisky.
 Officers took the boat in custody but the morning after the Capture" the boat slipped from it's moorings here and steamed up the river finally escaping into Tennessee, where it again was said to have been involved in court proceedings. Finally its tangled business was strengthened out and for time the seamer was operated as an excursion boat here.
 PRAISES WATER SYSTEM
 Inspection of the new sedimenta- ton basin at the plant of the Ala bama Water company here has been completed and the visiting state of ficials returned to Montgomery Wednesday.
 H. G. Menke, assistant sanitary en- gineer cf the state health board said T think your water supply ia cilities are the equal of any in the state. They should furnish first class water water. There is no reason why your supply now should not be the purest of the pure" Mir. Menke also thanked officials of the water company for their cooperation in the work.
 The sedimentaticn basin recently was completed and gives the water company several hours to finish its filtration process before serving the raw river water to it's city main.
 The water system here now is capable of supplying a city of 100000 people, it is said.
 TO SELL PAVING BONDS
 Bonds totalling $125.000 will be sold Thursday by the city of Albany, if the bids made at a special meeting of the city council prove sufficiently attractive. Proceeds of the bond is sue will be used in completion of the street paving program. The bends will mature March. 1883, and will bear interest at the rate of per cent The streets to be improved include Eighth avenue, Gordon drive, Prospect drive. the completion of work on Sixth avenue and Third. Fourth and Fifth avenues. west.
 The street paving plans are con tinuation Cf those under way some time ago and when the new streets are finished. Albany will claim a high place In the hall of paving fame. Surfacing of those streets, not to be paved at this time. now Is un- der way. Fifth avenue. west, is being worked over this week under the direction of the street depart ment.