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wSUNDAY MORNING—THE MOBILE ITEM SEPTEMBER THIRTEENTH, 19.14a* AyWjjpw**.: ■%.lt;**** -*wra«i m ■ • • • «*iifM-.--eu.i4n.*****m.FIRS! IC HOUSEFIRST MOBILE PASSENGER DEPOT BEING RAZED |f|[[■.— - —- .1Old Building Used as SouthernFreight House Replaced by NewiMARBLE SLAB TELLS OFTHE LINE'S COMPLETIONTwo CaReceiA letterret wry lt;i«Chamber lt;Hall, €«!Itfljonn nnn Qirtintiim lc tn familiar Koval street 1 ami mark, long used by the Southern Rail roadVUUtUUU Oirucxure IS 10 B6 j Mobile and ()llio Kailr08d in It i8 being Uemolisbea to make wayModern in Everyas a freight house, was the originalfor a $200,000 freight house.passenger depot of theParticular,swept away and In its place will arise! and for some timp to come.Confidence in the future of Mobileas a great trade center*is plainly manifested by recent actitm of the hoard of directors of the Southern RailwayCompany. The South*rn, since it first entered and made MutfHe its Southern railroad terminal, ha* in every way encouraged commercial advancement, both at home and Irurfielda beyond the seas. The immense* docks and other improvements on tin?' river front stand an an evidence of iconfidence on the part of this carrier) system in Mobile as an export center* and. In order thatthese improvement* mi pat be utilized, the officers and directors of the Southern Railway haute encouraged the building up of an .export trade which would do credit to tthe port and materially benefit the people of the city in giving employment ito many.How the Southern Has Crown.When the Southern Railway first entered this field it utilized an old building in Commerce street, at the foot of Adams street, as a freight depot. This, however, was abandoned as beinginadequate to the requirements of thecompany’s growing business, and the old passenger depot which, for more than half a century, stood at the head of Royal street, and was originally built for the Mobile Ohio Railroad Company, was acquired and improvedconsiderably to accommodate the freight agent and his large force of assistants, and to give needed room for the great freight shipments made l»y the railway. dBut this building was found tot cramped and decidedly insufficient foi the needs to which it had been devotee and recently the old landmai'k, which . stood as a monument of confidence oil''freight depot of such #*£■ and style as will prove a credit to the great “premier carrier which has again given evidence of its genuine cunfi-dive in .Mobile.$200,000 Improvement,As announced in The Item some timeago, the board of directors of theSouthern Railway Company approvedplans for a new borne for the freight department at Mobile, and the contract was awarded to a Mobile contracting firm, JUancoek, Harbin A- Hancock, for its erection. This building, according to the plans and specifications. wall he one of the most completely equipped and thoroughly modern freight depots in the South, in theopinion of persons competent to pass judgment on such work. It will haveall the latest improved devices andequipments for use of the larger office force and Knight Agent Webb.special care having been given to designate the main office section, -which Is to front on Beauregard street. The freight houses will be ample In stxe and sufficient trackage will be provided within the wails for all present needs,The sum of $2P0,0lt;H set apart for erection and equipment purposes does not us. lr.de the improvements in theyards adjacent to the new freight depot. which will include the buying of many more spurs and general re-arrangement of the trackage north frontthe depot to One-Mile,creek.Ths New Freight Depot.The engineering department, in making plans for the new freight depot, decided upon two very important factors, aside from conveniences, appearance and a substantial structure. The building is to have the shape of an inverted“U. The front of the structure will he occupied by t he freight agent and his corps of assistants, and is designated as the office -Section/* The entire structure is to be one-story, built of brick on concrete piling. The office section will bo 50x136 feet in dimensions and will have ample and convenient working space for the agent'soffice, rooms for clerks and files, the cashier and holding freight room, nnd the yardmaster and track superintendent will also have their offices in this section. There will be neatly appointedtoilet rooms also.Running north from the office section will be two annexes, outbound atul inbound freight department, m theleft side will be 14x115 feet, and the inbound department, located on the right. 40x115 feet. Still further north, and adjoining the main structure will be a cotton platform 40x330 feet, of substantial construction. There will beerected, inside the freight house, an up-to-date track scales and a modern cinder-holding plant. The specifications call for a complete water supply system for the entire freight nnd cotton platfotm.r;;;;;-Between the outbound and inbound freight sections there will be four tracks with a ribbon platform running in the center the entire length of the extensions. This platform will he of incalculable service in handling freight between care on the tracks and from the inbound t- the outboundfreight sections, when necessary.feature of the improvements whichis intended to facilitate the movement of vehicles bringing freight to, or taking it from, the depot, is the paving to be laid on either Side of the extensions. This paving is to be of vitrified brick on concrete foundations.Along the outside of the outbound section the paving will run to a point 40 feet beyond the end of the building.Alongside the inbound freight section it will extend the full length of the cotton platform. The paving is to be 40 feet wide on either side.The designs call for green tiling forthe office building roof and parapetwalla, and the remaining sections of the roof are to he covered with asbestos, making the roofs fire-proof inevery particular.While the work of tearing away the old landmark was In progress, large forces of trackmen were put to workpreparing for the new trackage aysjeru1 to be put down in the yards. The on - ) gineer of maintenance of way, Mr.To I den, assumed charge *f the ini- where is pruvement* early in the past week, and ' **■is being ably assisted by a corps or; assistants of the engineering depart -' mom. which is an assurance that the$300,000 outlay in this city for a nownnd thoroughly modern freight terminal wifi be expended ftroperl) and creditably..111 of Aliis pivpnr:! Southernletter atat of the Sot tone cutsto be ami)A letterbtlo (’hamBrothers,HI., ask ins cernim; tiway gtddi ing propit tele, ctuhfcal and lt;»ttary HardconccrnimIt to the imanufaotivoice;If we t soft fabricwill not biShe dental As pilalfinished Mcan be nu*VBIRMINGHAM EXCISECOMMISSIONERS NOTYET NAMED BY O'NEALAN APPEAL 10THESENTENCES ARE PASSED ININFERIOR CRIMINAL COURTMONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 12.Governor O'Neal has not yet announcedthe name of the men whom he will ap* J point as chairman and associate mem-hhr of the Birmingham excise com-Imission, but probably will Iriake knownhis selection today,. Several prominent citizens n? Birmingham appearedbefore the governor yesterday and diF ~ cusred the appointment. Among thoseho appeared were gnpporttTs of W.FAX(Continued.)(Continued.)the builders of the Ok! Reliable” Mobile Ohio Railroad Company, was doomed. On Tuesday of the past week this obsolete structure began losing itsfame, as a Krge force was set to work razing it to the ground in order that a buildWig of sufficient size might beerected on the site to fill all presentdemands, and to perform this function for many years to come.March of Improvement.The old Mobile Ohio passenger depot boasted a marble tablet on which was recorded the fact that 'way hack before the war a man named Baldwin had driven tju last spike which pleted the Mobile ■ * 'bio railroad into this city within its walls. This event was marked with much ceremony. There was music, speeehmaking and a Jolly good time had by citizens of Mobile who helped the officials of the railroad to celebrate the completion of Mobile’s first and original trunk line. But this building, which, fn the onward march of Mobile's improvement, had to give way to modernism and the footsteps of progress, was ultimately abandoned as a passenger station and, for a number of years, stood idle and unoccupied until finally the Southern Railway Company took it over and used it as a freight depot. But now only the rubbish of this old structure, remains and this, too, wih soon be,gee, present chairman, who isseeking re-appointment and John S.Mr. Agee and Mr. Rosenstihl appear to he the leading candidate;- for chairman, although about fifteen personshave been mentioned in connection with the two places, ft is probable that K. iviltdr- ifi. associate member of the commission, will be re-appointed.Among those who afe mentioned for the position of chairman arp. Mr. Agee, Mr. Rosenstihl, George H Bvulekor, former chief of police ofJ. M. Vinson, J. Rothalze, .Judgehomaa Ai; Rogers, Ha plain John TS. Smith and W. B. Beacham. Captain Smith ft it d Mr. Be a c h s m a re not ac -live candidates bo! they have been en-dorsftf for the position by a largonumber of Birmingham citizens.■sspas**In the inferior criminal court on Hat-J u witty sentence was passed on the following prisoners who were recently!convicted;IREVIVAL TO START.Protracted services will begin a Toulminvilie Methodist Church next Monday night, September 14, at 7:30 o'clock, and will continue through thethird Sunday In September, Rev, J. P. Keagin, pastor of the Methodist church at Whistler, will do the preaching. A cordial Invitation is extended to all by Rev. J. T. Eckford, the pastor.•roiderles, Viennese gowns and German hosiery, of all the tens of thousands of American women who crowded Europe when war seized her. there was scarreiy one that wan not planing to bring home alt her Income ailowed of finery.It is so every year. And what sums J they leave behind! And, more Impor- jg- nuitv they leave behind, though it Ik only by money we can measure St. What that is. look at their invoices and s»e. I have examined scores *»fthem which called for from five to thirl* thousand dollars in duties. And this did not include what was not declared diamonds in the heel of a. slipper, laco in a double- walk'd trunk,lingerie in a laundry bag!These personal importations are but j a baga*ctj|. beside those of merchant*, * which in many lines run into the tens of millions annually. Hats and bora-nets and feathers and flowers come into this country to the tune of at least $30,000,000 a year; jewelry be* tween $40,000,000 and $50,000,00fl| silks made up and in the piece, nearly $100.-through the bewildering assortment of I articles which make for our elegance.Why do ’we do It? “Because—'any woman of taste and knowledge will tfjl i you thlx—'T can get In Europe*nproducts more beauty of design, more ‘snap’ in sty in, more cunning in details. more durability in material,''And why? y. , j'b.vFFF ,i y Are American manufee.'ttirers and designers incapable of this superiorquirements of our present tax laws are suj-h that no asstssor can possibly comply with all of them.Only an infinite mind could meet ytheir .demands and Hn omnipotent being execute them.A scientific system of arriving at assessments must be substituted for the present methods. Heretofore we have guessed nt'Valuss; now we must ascertain them with approximate cor-i talnty and equalize them with absolute uniformity. Value. \n not a thing having material qualities, like weight in lead, hardness in the diamond orcolor in paint. Value Is a mental proe-! ess; n mental conception as to the utility a thing mav have for us. and we determine as to what extent it will•*: - ,• .,A* • '*10 01 * ' I TT”' * B .■ ‘V vj V . r»n B lS*i. \ oI minister to our desires. Therefore, in J valuing property for assessment of * taxes, there will ho as many valuations put up in if as there arc persons who puss an opinion as to its utility. Itits evident, therefore, that In order toprocure a basis upon which to establish substa.nti.ttl equity in assessments, we must get a consensus of opinion asto the value utility of the property to he assessed. This notch accomplished, we can then scour ■ a system of equalization which will make possible absolute uniformity In assess-_ menls. Such a system will be opposed by i two classes only: those uninformed as to Its merits and those who may . uslly bo called *'tax-dodgers. It is fair topresume that we have had in the pastoh honest and effjei* nt tax officials as we shall evor have, and that the present system—or lack of system ha* been hacked with all the power ofthe state, yet the most glaring inequalities exist in the application of it,ii huu K.pran itiinliorl und I ht-nJohn Rart. vagrancy, ten days In iail; Milmon Mitchell Asthu Roblnnon, same, ten days hard labor: James tiumille,petit larceny, ten days hard labor; Rob-1crt Lewis, concealed weapons, 50 days hard labor; Sandy* Allen, assault anH battery, ten days In Jail.been the men who wanted to mu!.*-g»od things; wh« apt.ioglzed for cheap waresI remember a Massachusetts woolenmanufacturer shoeing in*- three different pieces of exquisitely woven stuffs. They were oases In cords of cotton worsteds. 1:.'$? *'$■{.**1 make thcs«*.M he told me, for ihe pleasure of making a good thing.Bradford can do nothing better; but there isn't an American woman alive who wouldn't prefer to say that Bradford made the cloth In her suit, ratherthan Massachusetts?------- — s1 have had spread before me nn beautiful designs for. summer cottons as were ever made and beard .heboasts tha The daywoman toindustries mon peopl t o eats hi ishe developwithout h« her time.maelstromEurope drts her tincountry’s r a i 1 y withsupport, i things shea i legianee.The wor d erf id out have seenbegging toaid. Is i( men and u and sft»‘rl(lito do with of men?The grwserves onstendilv it The A metmeans hasrelation U Now is hot To kerjwork throi world whs opposed u the end o lb fruits can rimerft a j! ml h fttantinJ rn vnn wmnar of thin duimujijhmI****,I#* '- ■*•m*;Surprising Res
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