The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-09
s5OO,OOO B COST
 OF POWER LINES
Works On Alabama Com pany Extension Will
 Begin On Aug. 15
frennesssa Valley. Bureaa.l

ALBANY-DECATUR, Ala, Aug; 5. Work will begin August 10 on the power transmission line of the Alabama Power company, between Hopwood' near Muscle Shoals and the Twin Cities. This line completion is expect ed to require many months and will cost in the neighborhood of S5OO,OOO. At the Twin-Cities the line will con- meet, with a smaller power line of the Alabama Power company connecting with the city of Huntsville. Later on it is expected a much higher voltage line will be built from Huntsville to the. Twin Cities, connecting with the Hopwood line here.
 It is said the completed transmits. sion line all the way from Hopgood to Huntsville via the Twin-Clties, when conipleted, according; to spectflca tiohs, is to cost close tD one million dollars. This is fhe line the power company has asked the Alabama public service cofn- mission to authorize for about two years. and without success until few months ago. At the present < time working camps are .being established all along the Twin Cities -HppgoOd right-of-way by the power company for the convenience of working parties.. Hundreds of power poles have been in readiness along the rgiht-of-way for many months and all rights on the right-of-way have been secured by the power company, stated R. NJ. Sherer, local manager. Superintendent of Con. struction Weiff and his assistant, R. l.. Polk, have returned to Birmingham aft CT an inspection trip throughout the Tennessee Valley, for the Alabama Power company. r.
 To Discuss Picnic-At the Masonic theatre on next Tuesday night, a mass meeting will be held to decide on every del :n for the Albany Decatur com munity picnic which is to be given September 4, at the Malone amusement park. Today Finance Cmmitteemen John F. Matlock, Jasper H. Pointer, Ben K. Martin, R. F. Tidwell and B. w. Strather, assured that enough money had been pledged to insure the success of the big event. Fully 1000 people are expected to take dinner at the park, September 4, and enjoy the public speaking and the baseball game, AAOA dAt pdElS OI LIc 1C0uSSStc t6lAcys
 Gardner To Speak-Prof. A. H. Gardner, of Auburn, is to give a dem onstration on how to raise laying hens Saturday afternoon at the residence of Judge Thomas ". Works at Linger Longer Lodge, near the Twin Cities. Professor Gardner has lately returned from New Jersey where he made study of poultry raising On Friday he made an address oh poultry at Hart selle. w
 Veterans To. Reunite-United Con- federate veterans will hold an annual reunion at the camp grounds near Hart selle August 15-16, according to Adiu- tant Denton of Friendship camp. The Hartselle band will furnish music for the occasion. On August 16, basket dinner will be served on the camp grounds to all corners.
 Drive Is Pushed- O. c. Carmi. chael, dean of the Woman's College of Montgomery, and H. r. McBroom, as- sociate director of the campaign for a million dollars endowment for Monte vallO, are holding meetings in the Twin. Cities and arOusihg the peorle to the importance of aid for Monteyallo. Dr. Carmichael made two addresses in the city ot Albany, one Friday night and the other Saturday morning. Two companys of workers pledged to raise Albany's- quota to the Monteyallo cn- 6owment fund.