9 Fire Department Could Not Fight Conflagration The Equipment Is In adequate* DEFECTIVE FIRE PLUGS ARE cause of damage Pumping Station is Unable to Sup ply Water for Big Fire. j The City Xeed* Nfw Boiler* for the Pump Hour and tile Iamupaee Rates May Be At feet *4. Defectiv* fire plugs, weak hose, and % pumping station unable to supply water tor a big fire. Is the condition Montgomery Is In today, to tight con flagrations. Fire Chief Browder says the last sup ply of hose sent the city Is unreliable, that throe of the twenty lengths sent broke the first time they were put un der pressure, the first time such a thing has happened In the history of the de partment- He also says that the two big fires Wednesday evening and Thursday morning were due, to no small degree, to the fact that two of the fire plugs broke when an attempt was made to open them, delaying get ting of water. Superintendent Cain of the wrater works has been begging for an ade ) quate battery , of. boilers for the water works ^ump house for three years and they are not here yet. To add to the serious aspect of the situation, the fire Insurance company Insuring the boilers now In use at the pump house, says that unless the boilers can be opened for Inspection the Insurance will be cancelled. Taking the phases of the situation one by one, they are as follows: >> The City Council. It Is said, passed the order for the last supply of fire hose over the advice of the fire chief, buying a class of goods that was near ly a third cheaper than the standard variety. The standard hose used by SLIGHTLY USED CARS 1—Model “H” Cadilac, used 2 months, as pood as new $1,800.00. 1—4 cylinder Rambler, 30 II. P., $800.00. Several bargains in Franklin’s and other makes, i Single cylinder Cadilacs from $250.00 up. Patterson & Ingalls Motor Car Co. Agents Oldsmobile, White Steamer and Mitchell. Salesrooms 206 Dexter Ave. almost every city costs $1 a toot, the last order costing: the city TO cents a toot, and It was thought the city had done good business, until the twenty lengths of hose were taken out to be tested, then It wns found that three of the lengths would not stand the pres sure of the water. Even with this fact settled, the mak ers of the hose refused to take the consignment hack, saying that It was their custom to pass judgment on the goods and the city would have to take their word for It. President Gunter of the City Council says this matter will be thoroughly looked Into. Wednesday afternoon at the Are In Highland Park, a fire ping close to the blaze went out of commission, when the firemen tried to turn on the water. The brass nut controlling the valve action was wrung off and the plug was useless. In getting a line of hose to another plug, much valuable time was lost and the fire chief says the size of the fire was due In no small measure to this delay. Ptvgs Condemned. This brand of fire plug, of which there are more than 300 In the city, Is most heartily condemned by the fire chief and the superintendent of the waterworks One of the main objec tions Is thfit the valve, when It can be opened. Is forced back against a cushion of watfr oil more than 100 pounds pres sure to the’square Inch, In order to let the water 'get out. It Is the custom at the pump house, when a fire alarm clones In, to put on additional pressure, to get more water and's stronger stream. This addition al pressure banks the water In the bot tom of the fire plugs and makes It dif ficult to open the valve. The valve Is controlled by a brass nut at the top of the plug, which Is connected with a j long Iron rod, running through the I plug to the valve at the bottom. In j the plugs of the kind that have given ! trouble, this rod often bends before the ‘valve gives and so renders the plug useless. At the Highland Park fire, the pressure was such that one man could not turn the nut with a wrench and two men got hold of It. but by that time the water was so tightly packed at the foot of the plug, that the valve would not be forced down Into It and the prass connecting "shoulder" be tween the nut and the rod. was wrung In two. Then It was that the hose had to be taken up .the sections weighing sixty-five pounds each, and carried to another plug some distance awny. At the fire Thursday morning, prac tically the same condition obtained, one man was trying to open the plug but could not budge It: another lent his weight to the lever^ and the soft, defective brass nut gave at the cor ners, becoming round and the wrench could get no grip on It to open It. Again the defective plu g had to be abapd°n?d, and the line of hose taken up and carried to another plug, caus ing a delay that allowed the fire to spread to other house*. In the two de lays at the fires, eleven houses were destroyed, and through no fault of the firemen. Their record exonerates them from blame, for the Innumerable root fires that have broken out In the last few months that have been confined to small patches on roofs. Is mute testt mony to the efficiency of the men of the department. Another case, where the plugs went bad, was .thejre on North Court Street some weks ago, a plug of the kind mentioned would not work and the de luy was responsible for the destruction of much property. The plugs carry an unnecessary first Jacket. They are faulty In that they cannot be lengthened or reduced In size, 1 icing one solid piece, from the attachment to the main, to the nut on top by which they are supposed to be controlled. In a city like Montgomery It is Imperative that these plugs be made so they can be lengthened or shortened, where new streets are grad ed, but to cut off a hill in a street where one of them Is placed means to leave an unsightly monument stand ing to testify to someone's lark of judgment In selection. Just what other cities have thought of this plug is shown bv the fact that the company 1 “On the Square” Guess You’re Nearly Ready Copyright 1909 by Hart Scbaffner & Marx April I I th is Easter Sunday this year and it’s not so far off at that besides there will be plenty days before then that a Spring suit will be very comfortable. We Are Ready to Show You Our line of Hart Schaffner and Marx great Clothes and it’s an exceptional good line to offer for your selection. Won't you come in and take a good look? it’s really worth your while—and ours. $17.50 to $35 Wimitotplotting S. Cassenheimer & Co. making them went out of buelneee for 1 lack of order* for thflr were*. l 1 When It wo* suggested that they be . bought former City Engineer Ford. | , Chief Browder and Mr Cain of the i Water Department, fought their choice bitterly, they were familiar with the , eltuatlon, but In aplte of their protean , the plug* were Installed- More than *00 of them are placed In varlou* part* | of the city. Need New Boiler*. Home month* ago Mr. Cain again brought the matter of new boiler* for the pump houae to the attention of the City Council, he had been asking for a stronger battery for three year* and at la*t the Council decided to lnoroa*e the atrength of the water power plant Mr. Cain *ald that the water aupply of the city was Inadequate to combat a conflagration If the boilers at the pow er houae went wrong. There la a good ly supply of water In the two stand pipes In the city, but as these are on high land. ;hey would quickly drain and unless the tire was In the lower parts of the city, there would be little or no pressure, to send the water out with and that would not la*t long The Water Committee of the Council met a month or so ago and listened to several holler manutactury representa tives who desired to hid on the job of Increaaing the present battery of boil ers. the bid* will b* opened March 15, and something la expected to be done. One company avera that It can put In two additional boilers without increas ing the size of the present boiler house. ! but the boilers they make are of a ! kind that the city must have practical ' ly every part of the boiler in dupll | cate, or wait until a broken piece can : he sent on to the factory to bo mend ed. It will coat practically *3,«00 to ' add to the present building to put In more boilers and some of the Council men favor this plan. At their own expense. Alderman Gun ter sud Virgin secured the services of a boiler inspector to examine the boil ers now In use, this Inspector was ftie representative of one of the largest In surance companies and he said the boiler* now In use were in good condi tion and his company would be glad to curry the Inaurance. The representative of the company now carrying the Insurance, says that ho cannot get at the boilers to inspect! them, because It takes seventy hours each for the four bollera to cool so that he can get inside, and unless he can get In them when lnepection time comes, his company will not carry the Insurance. Some of the local businesi men ark "uneasy about the situation, fearing that Are insurance companies will with draw their protection from local con cerns because of tne condition of the facilities for combating Are, but the Councllmen are after the work and say the hose will be attended to, the plugs Inspected more frequently, and that the boilers of the water plant will be attended to. yet the condition that existed when eleven homes were burned Inside of twenty-four hours »tl1l ob tain*. hedge: plants at half prick. California privet, ilromi two yror old plant*, home crown, at 13 per 100 for a few days only. Special price* on larne lots. S. B. STERN 4k CO., Phone 1001. GROCERY STORE ROBBED. A Valuable Gold Watch and Some Caak la Secured. Columbus, Miss., March 4.—(Special.) Buglars last night entered the gro cery store of J. B. Shaw, near the Mo bile and Ohio depot, and after crack ing the safe, stole a valuable watch and $150 In cash therefrom. The robbery was not discovered until M’r. Shaw reached the store this morn ing. The tools used In cracking the safe were stolen from the repati shop of Charles Jacob, several blocks dis tant from the scene of the robbery. The tools were appajently taken by some one familiar wlttf the shop, as no other Implements were disturbed, but the manner In which the safe was opened seems to Indicate that the Job was performed by professional yegg men, and It Is supposed that the thieves hired some one who was familiar with the shop to steal the tools for thsm. The police have no clue as to the identity of the robbers. Two unknown men left here on a Mobile and Ohio train about daylight, and they were at first subjects of suspicion, but proved to be students of a local busi ness college returning to their homos. Henry Mulllbns, a negro, shot up his home, In a disreputable portion of the city, known as “Burn’s Bottom." last night, Leila, his wife; Hannah, his daughter, aid the negro himself hav ing all been more or less seriously woundde. Henry and his wife had been es tranged for some time, and the negro had been living with his brother at Mc Crary, Miss. He decided to have a settlement with his wife last night, and took a shot gun along In order to frighten her. The woman declined to yield to entreaties or threats and a free-flght ensued. The woman was shot In the shoulder, her daughter received a wound In tho leg, while the man got his In the hand. TELEGRAPHERS’ CHIEF HOLDS MEETING HERE S. J. Konenkamp, of Chicago, presi dent of- the Commercial Telegraph Union, who succeeded Samuel Small, the man, who It was charged betrayed the strikers in the recent telegraph strike, was in the city yesterday. Last night he attended a meeting of the Montgomery local, at which matters j relating to organisation were dis ] cussed. ! a device to do away with stocking darn ing Is the gummed patch. Keenest Delights of Appetite And Anticipation are realized in the first taste of de licious Post Toasties and Cream. The golden-brown bits are substan tial enough to take up the cream; crisp enough to make crushing them in the mouth an exquisite pleasure; and the flavour—that belongs only to Post Toasties— I “The Taste Lingers” This dainty, tempting food is made i of pearly white com, cooked, rolled I and toasted into "Toasties.” Popular pkg. 10c; Large Family sire 15c. Sind* hr POSTUM CEREAL CO„ LTD., Battle Creek, Mich, BANY INTERESTED FIVER WILUAWIM TALKS OF HIS HKCBPTION. Cnsla K«»f Heard IW Ad- j dresses, dad There la Mach Enthusiasm Shown Id (he Cora Hon. E. Mclver Williamson. origins- | or of the famous Williamson corn aethod and director of the Bureau of iotton Statistics W. H. Seymour of Llabama. who are touring the State n the Interest of Increasing Alabama's orn yield, spent last night In to'ont ;omery. Both gentlecn spoke twice esterday, once at Troy, In Pike lounty, and once at tlnlon Springs, n Bullock County. They will leave this morning for Ipellka, where Mr. Williamson will xplatn his corn method. Mr. Wllliam on has set apart ten days for a tour if Alabama and to make the tour ount as much as possible. Mr. Seymour •rranged a schedule for him. that ailed for two speeches a day, In many ectlons of the State. Mr. Williamson Is very much gratl led with his reception In this State, ,nd the Interest shown In modern j nethods of corn growing. He found, le says, that a wide campaign of pub iclty had been carried on before he | irrlved, and the interest with which , he addresses are received, is surprls ng to him. The tour began In South last Alabama and Mr. Williamson said ast night that at every place at which hey spoke, the crowds were large. In iome places, all who wished to hear the iddresses could not find places In the ■oom of the speaking. He was pleased o see that in a number of Alabama owns, the higher classes of the schools vere turned out In order that the stu lents might hear the addresses on corn ■ailing. Luncheon at Fltapatrlrk's Cafe, March B, 11HMI—«Be. Moc Turtle a 1 Anglalse Vegetable Soup Cold Slaw Boiled Sea Trout, Parsley Sauce Pommes Natural Chicken Crpquetts en Petit Pols Baked Macaroni au Oratln Orange Fritters Wine Sauce Sirloin of Beef au Ju» Roast Leg of Pork Apple Sauce Browned Baked Potatoes Fried Egg Plant a la Horley Steamed Rice Candlod Yams Rice Custard Lemon Sauce Coffee Tea Milk I C77 I /V t, Wd BKltra | Myaor Teague ban received from CJunby Jordan. Chairman of the Board of Education of Columbus, Oa., one o: the pioneer cities In the adoption of manual training for boys in the public schools, several pamphlets dealing with the subject and reports from the vari ous departments of the Georgia town's schools. -Mr. Teague Is m deeply in- j terested In the matter as the local ed- j ucatlonal authorities and the Commer cial Club and Is studying the situation j as It can be applied to Montgomery. Those Interested say that the advent of manual departments in the local schools Is a foregone conclusion and that It Is only a matter of time before the di-p. itment will be Installed. Dr. S. A. Knapp, of the Department of Agriculture, will have an exhibit In the rooms of the Commercial Club, 1 March 8 and 9, and will give demon strations on various matters pertaining 1 to modern agriculture. I The members of the Membership C. mmlttee of the Commercial C.cb ure doing good work In getting new mem bers for the lnstltuoln. -I is sai l th..t they have secured nearly fifty new | members already and at the next reg ular meeting, these will be taken Into the Club and set to work increasing the membership along with the stand ing committee. Talk about a new Secretary for the Commercial Club is growing In the city. Many local men are advocating H. F. Martin for the place, because of his knowledge of Wie class of work, close association with Mr. Dawe, and his recognized ability, but there are some who are hoping for a plum of the Dawe variety and are looking far afield for the new man. But a choice will be made before long for there is more work piling up than President Ball and Acting Secretary Chaffee can j attend to. Railroad men, who are only paid off once a month have secured from their i superiors letters stating the fact which | have been approved by Treasurer Tall and so the street tax matter Is not worrying the locomotive workers. , Armed with the letters approved by Mr. Talt, they can keep the police at arm's length at least, until the end of | the month. HEDGE PLANTS AT HALF PRICE. California privet, strong two year )M plants, home grown, nt D per IOO lor a few dnyo only. Special price* >n large lots. ». B. STERN A CO., Pboae 1001. WIFE SEEKS SALARY FOR WORK IN HUSBAND’S STORE Whether or not a wife occupies nerely the position of a helpmate, iharlng her husband's losses with his lorrows, or whether she may, upon jocasion become an impersonal em ploye of her worser half, with the riaht to enter claim against his es late is the problem that was put up to Judge Thomas G. Jones yesterday, ind which he took under advisement The Issue arose In the settlement of the affairs of a bankrupt. The wife 3f the bankrupt had been employed In his store before the crash, and en tered a claim for back salary. Her 'lalrn awoke the controversy. One tuld she could, the other that she :ould not. The attorneys filed with Jgdge Jones their arguments on briefs, and the judge will decide whether, under the Bankrupt statute of Aiabama, such a claim is allowable. [EGRO ON TRIAL FOR ROCKING A TRAIN In the dullest day*yet of the pres ent session of the City Court, only] tme case of even passing Interest came | up yesterday. This one was that of Jim Jones, who was arraigned on the rharge of rocking a train, as It sped by Perry's Mill, more than a month igo The negro pleaded guilty to the charge, which Is one of the most Be rlous of felonies short of murder. The rock which Jones threw, accord ing to his own confession, struck a Mrs. Elmore In the head, inflicting se rious injuries, as well *s harming the , child of Mrs. Elmore, which lay In her arms. Will Jackson, arraigned following an Indictment for burglary, pleaded guilty to petty larceny, and was fined *20. SEEKS POHEt'LOSlKK. Bill of complaint* Against F. A. llbodca. Asking for the foreclosure of a : mortgage held by her against property in Peacock's Tract. Bertha Levystein \ filed a bill of complaint, in the City Court In Equity Thursday, against P. A. Rhodes. The bill averred that T. W. Shackel- I ford, the former owner of the prop- [ erty, had mortgaged It. in her favor, for *f)TD. The mortgage was laler assumed by F. A. Rhodes with the property, the bill stated. and now that the mortgage principal and inter est Is past due. the complainant asks , for a foreclosure and an attorney fee. | Indications of an early Spring caused us to get our new styles ready in good season. All that’s new for men’s wear — all this Spring’s styles —no “back numbers.’’ You can feel this satisfaction, in fitting yourself out in this shop. YOUR h°bse heeds CUPP'"6 horse should be art of that time with her grand laughter, Mrs. L. C. Gordon. She was lie widow of Patrick Henry Anderson i if Lebanon, Tenn., to which place her emalns will be carried for Interment ihe has formed strong friendships by icr dualities of mind and her charm if manner. She was an adviser to the 'oung and a counsellor to the old imong her friends. Mrs. Anderson was a member of the fhurch of Christ of this city, at which ilace funeral services will be held this ifternoon at 4:30. The pallbearers vlll be chosen from the officers of the ■hurch. In point of age she was the ddest and in service one of the old est members In the congregation. She vas a constant ntudent of the Bible, vas active in all church matters, and o her In great part is due the estab lshment of the church. The deceased was a member of two irominent families of Lebanon, Tenn., he McGregors and the Andersons. loth furnished noted leaders to the Confederacy ' and made great sacrifices or the cause. Her hrothers-ln-law, Colonel Paul F. Anderson. Captain Hon roe Anderson, Captain l>e\\ lit An lerson, and Captain Kufu* Anderson, ind her brothers. Captain Andrew Mi Jregor and Colonel Donelson McGreg ir were all distinguished officers. Colonel Oonelson McGregor was killed it the battle of Murfreesboro. Colonel Pnul F. Anderson commanded the 4th rennessee Cavalry. familiarly called •Paul s People." John McOregor, father of the de based, was a pioneer settler and help ed to drive the Indians out of Tennes see. He was a bosom friend both of General Ham Houston and of General Andrew Jackson. He was with the lat ter at the time of his famous duel with Dickerson Itachel Donelson, General Jackson’s wife, and Mary Donelson, the wife of John McGregor were near kin. Mrs. Anderson Is survived by two sons, Edgar Poe Anderson and Donel Ron Statesrtghts Anderson, of Houston, Tex., and by two daughters. Mrs. Lad e Bowling and Mrs. VV. B. Snodgrass of this city. She leaves besides twelve grandchildren and four great-grand thildren. ELIOT COMMITTEE LEADING EDUCATORS TO GREET IIAltYAltD PRESIDENT. Seats Will Be Arranged on the Stage for the Committee, null Miinj Persons of Promlurnee Will Ur There. The Committee which Is arranging for the visit of President Charles \V. Eliot, of Harvard University, has In vited' a number of the leading educa tors and prominent citizens of sur rounding towns to serve on a reception committee for Dr. Eliot on the occa sion of his address. The stage at the Grand Theatre, which Is one of the largest In #he South, lias been set apart for the members of this recep tion committee and its members will have seats provided for them there From letters received by members of the committee a large attendance from towns surrounding Montgomery is ex pected Certainly the local crowd will he large enough to tax the capacity of the theatre. There will be no cards of admission. Dr. Eliot's address will be absolutely free to the public. Dr. Eliot will reach Montgomery Sunday night, coming from New Or leans. HI* address will bo delivered Monday promptly at noon. He will leave during the evening for Birming ham. During his stay here there will be no public reception In his honor. This will be omitted in accordance with his wish. He will he accompanied by Mrs. Eliot. And many other painful and distressing ailments from which most mothers suffer, can be avoided by using Mother's Friend. This rem edy is a God-send to expect ant mothers, carrying them through the critical ordeal with safety. No woman who uses Mother’s Friend need fear the suffering incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its dread and insures safety to life of mother and child, JcISING Breast leaving her in a condition more favorable to speedy re covery. The child is also healthy, strong and good Onr book containlngralua naturea. ble information wllTbo aont free by writing to BRADF1ELD REOULATOR CO. Atlanta. Oa MOTHERS Friend SPECIAL LOW RATES PACIFIC COAST and • intermediate points DAILY MARCH 1st TO APRIL 30th For rates and other Information call on or \trlte E. W. Bliss. Passenger Afcent. phone R91. Montgomery. « ScheduJ; EHectivj January 3rd 1909 „ NORTH BOUND No. 104. Lv. Montgomery Ar. St Louis No. 101, Lv. Montgomery Ar. Tuscaloosa Ar Shreveport. La. Ar. Dallas, Tex. Ar. Ft Worth Tex SOUTH BOUND. No. 103. Lv. 81. * Louis Ar. Montgomery No. JOT. Lv. Tuscaloosa 7:i Ar. 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