Spring Hill Avenue Drain and Curb Agreement Details
The article outlines a county Mobile County contract for Spring Hill avenue between Catherine street and LeVert avenue. It describes a joint agreement among the Mobile Light and Railroad Company property owners and the county to install curbing and underdrainage, plus a parkway for the railroad tracks to be built and funded by the second and third parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Hill Avenue
Catherine Street
Crichton
Pert Avenue
Mobile Light and Company
A Hill Avenue
Vert Avenue
Street Railroad Company
County Board
LeVert Avenue
Street Railroad
Mo- Light and Railroad Company
Hill Avenue
Mobile
le Saverue
Ashland Place
Mobile County
Alabama
Spring Hill
Board of Revenue and Road
Ionére
Ala
Sprag Hill
Mo‘Counity
Avenuue
Board of Revenue and Commissioners of
Ee Co
Fay McClure
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
J. H. Wilson
Kate Leonard
Frederick I. Ioson
A. L. Staples
To Investment Co
Spring Hill Avenue Road Construction Progress and Finances
The article details payment obligations for drainage and curbing on Spring Hill Avenue, with a lien on abutting parcels to secure sums. It describes work by Perry & Vaughan from Catherine Street to the river, including gravel base and chert surface, now partly completed with sections under construction and others in heavy use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Hill Avenue
Perry & Vaughan
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Mayo in Route to New Position in New Orleans
Col John P Mayo of Columbus Mississippi arrived in Mobile to visit Hon Percy W Maer collector of customs. He has been appointed by President Wilson as immigration commissioner at New Orleans and will assume duties there Monday. The tour notes road work on Spring Hill avenue with mixed progress and concerns over chert and gravel quality.
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John P. Mayo
Columbus
Miss
Mobile
Percy W. Maer
Col. Mayo
Wilson
New Orleans
Crescent City
Tombigbee River Improvement Association
Spring Hill Avenue
Newton
Chatogue
Convent of Visitation Wall
Get-IT Corn Cure Promises Quick Relief
Slogans tout a corn cure named GETS-IT that claims instant shrinking and vanishing of corns without cutting or bleeding. Advertiser urges readers to visit for a demonstration and promises easy, painless removal within seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newlan
Post Office Remodeling Deferred Until After Holidays
The Treasury guest in Washington approved delaying interior and exterior remodeling of the Federal Building. Jett Bros. Contracting Co. of Mobile won the contract as the lowest bidder. Thornton asked for the delay until after January 1 to avoid disrupting holiday mail handling and the post office force during peak season.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Federal Building
Jett Bros. Contracting Company
Mobile
Thornton
Post Office
Roadwork on Spring Hill road draws criticism over materials
Residents and county officials criticize the contractors for using dirt and mixed materials not specified in the contract on the Spring Hill road area between the Convent of the Visitation and Lyons Park. Observers note absence of agreed mixing methods and lack of equipment like harrows or steam rollers.
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Item
Convent of the Visitation
Lyons Park
Spring Hill Road
Rate cases scheduled for hearing in Montgomery
Traffic Manager Cobb announced the Alabama Railroad Commission docket schedule for Thursday in Montgomery. Key matters include L&N petitions to cancel rates on cord wood to Mobile from Berrylum Foshee and Wallace, nails wire and staples from Anniston to Mobile, pig iron from Birmingham district to Mobile, and empty soda bottles to Mobile. Chamber of Commerce representatives A J Parsons M D Kahn and Horace Turner will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb
Alabama Railroad Commission
Montgomery
Mobile
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Berrylum
Foshee
Wallace
Anniston
Birmingham
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Railroad Commission
A. J. Parsons
M. D. Kahn
Horace Turner
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Victor Records
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