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CONSULATES IN ALABAMA.
The following are the names of the foreign governments which are represented in the United States by consuls or vice- consuls at Mobile :
* Number of acres not known to author.
hese school lands are subject to cash entry only -$1.25 an acre.
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Austria and Hungary, consul; Belgium, consul ; Denmark, vice-consul; France, vice-consul : Great Britain, vice-consul ; Ilayti, vice-consul; German Empire, consul; Italy, consul; Mexico, consul ; Netherlands, consul ; Nicaragua, consul; Nor- way and Sweden, vice-consul; Republic of Columbia, vice- consul; Russia, vice-consul ; Spain, vice-consul.
HISTORIES AND BOOKS DESCRIPTIVE OF ALABAMA.
History of Alabama. By A. J. Pickett. 2 vols.
Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record and Public Men. From 1540 to 1872. By W. Brewer. 1 vol. 1872.
Romantic Passages in Southwestern History. By A. B. Meek.
Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi. By Joseph G. Baldwin.
Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama for Thirty Years. By William Garrett. 1 vol. 1872.
Geological Reports. By M. Tuomey, first State Geologist.
Geological Reports. By Eugene Allen Smith, present State Geologist.
POSTAL STATISTICS OF ALABAMA.
There were in Alabama, on December 1, 1892, 2,145 post- offices, of which, two were of the first class, six of the second class, and twenty-six of the third class; whole number of Presidential offices, thirty-four; offices of the fourth class, 2,111. The number of money order offices in the State on that date was 147, and the number of postal note offices was twelve.
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DISTANCES,
In Miles, by the Shortest Post Route, Between Three Points in Alabama and Some of the Larger Cities of the United States.
TO
FROM
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Francisco
Decatur
1,19)
975
885
747 1,009 829
570
409
502
2,614
Molule.
1,454
1,237
1,147
643
141
2,560
Montgomery
1,274
1,057
967
753
592
320
2,59
NOTE.
RAILROAD SYSTEMS OPERATING IN ALABAMA.
In Part Tenth -- "The Railroad and Telegraph Lines of Alabama," pages 375 -86, post-all the railroads of the State are mentioned under their Alabama corporate names, and a brief description of each given, and where any particular railroad is owned, leased and operated by any railroad system, mention of this fact is made.
This arrangement, while strietly correct in a book of this kind, which treats only of institutions which pertain exclu- sively to Alabama, does not satisfactorily show the great systems of railroads operating in the State, and it is the object of this note to briefly show these.
The railroad systems operating in Alabama are :
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad System. - Main stem, Louisville, Kentucky, to Nashville, Tennessee, 185.23 miles ; mileage of owned, leased and operated lines, 3,124 miles; system extends throughout the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Illinois, to the cities of Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Chicago, Memphis, Nashville, Decatur, Birmingham, Montgomery, Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans, and other points, and connects with lines running to all points in the United States; system one of the most extensive, best equipped and best managed in the United States, and has been the great "developer " of the States through which its lines extend ; general offices, Louis- ville, Kentucky. The following are the lines of railroad in Alabama owned, leased and operated by the system : Alabama Mineral; * Birmingham Mineral; Mobile & Montgomery ; Nashville && Decatur; Nashville, Florence & Sheffield ; New
* For a description of each of these railroads, see pages 375-86, post.
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Orleans, Mobile & Texas; Pensacola; Pensacola & Selma ; South & North.
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia and Queen & Crescent Railway Systems. -- These combined systems of railway are, also, very extensive, and cover much of the terri- tory of the States of Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, and their lines connect with lines reaching all points in the United States; combined mileage, 3,097 miles : system well equipped and well managed ; general offices, Knoxville, Tennessee. The Alabama lines owned. leased and operated by these systems are: Alabama Great Southern : * Alabama Division, Rome, Georgia, to Selma, Alabama; Mobile & Birmingham; Memphis & Charleston ; Brierfield, Blocton & Birmingham, or Blocton branch; Cincin- nati, Selma & Mobile, or Akion branch ; Rome & Decatur.
Central Railroad of Georgia System .- This great, well equipped and well managed railroad system is, also, largely represented in Alabama. Main stem, Savannah, Georgia, to Atlanta, Georgia, 294.25 miles : mileage of system, 2,020 miles ; general offices, Savannah, Georgia : lines ramify throughout the States of Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama and con- nect with lines leading to all points in the United States. The following are the Alabama railroads owned, leased and operated by the system: East Alabama : * Eufaula & East Alabama ; Mobile & Girard; Montgomery & Eufaula ; Savan- nah & Western; Southwestern, Eufaula branch; Southwest- ern, Columbia branch.
Richmond & Danville System. - This very extensive southern railroad system, which has a total mileage of 3,185 miles, and general offices at Washington, is represented in Alabama by the Georgia Pacific Railway, a brief description of which will be found on page 379, post.
The Plant Railway System. - This large and strong railway system, which has a mileage of railway lines of 1,324 miles, and of steamer lines of 1,277 miles -- total, 2,601 miles- and which covers much of the territory of the States of Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Alabaina, operates the Alabama Midland Railway, a description of which will be found on page 378, post.
. For a description of each of these railroads, see pages 55-6. post.
553.554
INDEX.
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INDEX.
PAGES
Academy for the Blind 207-10
Acknowledgment .. 551-2
Actions, Limitations of 153-9 127 Acts, Session.
Agriculture, Commissioner of 92
Agricultural Divisions of Alabama 423-48
Products of Alabama 423-14
and Mechanical College 193-201 Laborers, Lien of 149
Alabama Academy for the Blind ..
207-10
Agricultural and Mechanical College. 193-201
Agricultural Divisions of.
423-48
Agricultural Products of .. 423-48
Altitudes in 536-7
60
Attorney-General of
91
Auditor of
90-1
Banks in 544-5
Bloomaries in 470
Bonded Debt Statement
535
Books Deseriptive of 549
Boundaries of
59-60
Business Laws of 127-69
Car Axle Works in 470
Car Builders in. 470
Car Wheel Works in. 470
Central Female College. 220-2
Chancery Courts in. .
95-6
Chancery Divisions and Districts in 541-2
Circuit Clerks in. 101
Circuit Courts in. 04-5
Circuits, Judicial, in
540-1
Cities and Towns, Sketches of
339-74
Climate and Health 495-502
Coal and Coal Mines 471-4
474
Coke Ovens
Commissioner of Agriculture 92
Area of.
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PAGES
Alabama Conference Female College
234-5
Congressional Districts
105-6
Constables in.
102
Constitution and Index
9-58
Consulates in
548-9
Convict System.
254-66
Coroners in.
102
Cotton Manufacturing in 475-90
Cotton Mills in. 487-90
101
County Courts in.
98
Counties, Description and Statistics of 267-338
Counties, Names and Areas of
100
Counties, Officers of.
101-3
County Organization 99-103
County Representation
104
County Treasurers
102
Courts of County Commissioners. 98-9
96
Courts, United States, in.
545-7
Education in 170-244
Election Laws 106-9
Election Tables 538-40
Exeentive Department. 89-92
Fish in. 493
Forests and their Products. 449-55
Furnaces. 465-09
Game in. 492
Geography of 59-61
Geology of.
387-422
Government of and State Organization 88-9
Governor of. 89
Health of . 495-502
Ilistories of 549
History 77-86
Indians of
86-7
Institute for the Deaf. 201-6
Iron and Iron Works 456-70
Islands of
60
Judges of Probate. 101
Judicial Power in, Where Vested .. 92-9
Justices of the Peace 96-7, 101
Land Districts, United States, in. 547-8
Latitude of 60
Legislative Department 88-9
Lime and Lime Works 491
Longitude of. 00
County Commissioners in.
Courts of Probate
٠٠٠.
557
INDEX.
PAGES
Alabama Medical College
211-14
Miscellaneous Industries and Resources 491-4
Mountain Ranges.
60
Name of.
59
Newspapers
543-4
Normal Schools 178-185
Office in, Who May Hold
109-10
Office, Oath of
110
Pipe Works, Iron 470
Political Divisions. 104-6
61-77
Population, Tables of
536
Postal Statistics
549
Poultry in 493
96
Railroads and Telegraph Lines
375-86
Revenue Districts, United States, in
548
Rivers
61, 503-29
River, The, Description of
503-29
Rolling Mills.
469-70
Schools, Free Public
170-7
School for Negro Deaf Mutes and Blind. 210-11
Sea Coast ...
60
Secretary of State 89-90
104
Sheep Husbandry in
492
Sheriff 101-20
Steel Manufacture in 464-5
469
Stock Raising in. 492
Superintendent of Education 91-2
103
Supreme Court. 92-3
103
Tax Assessors. .
103
Tax Collectors
103
Tax Laws.
111-26
Tax Tables
536
Towns, Sketches of
339-74
Township Trustees. School
103
Treasurer of, State. 90-1
United States Courts in.
545-6
United States Land Districts in.
547-8
United States Revenue Districts in
548
University of. 185-93
Vegetables in . 493
Woolen Mills in 490
Senatorial Districts
Steel Works in
Superintendent of Education, County
Surveyors, County
Population, Statistics
Probate Courts.
.
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PAGES
Alienation of Homestead
146
Aliens, Property Rights of.
143
Altitudes in Alabama
536-7
Anniston, Sketch of 350-52
Appeals
166-9
Appendix.
·
535-50
Arbitration.
144
Area of Alabama
60
Areas of Counties.
100
Assessor, Tax .
103
Assignment, General
144
Attachments.
159-61
Attorney-General
91
Auditor, State
90
Autanga County, Description of.
267-8
Baldwin Connty, Description of.
208
Ballot, Description of 109
5-44-5
Barbour County, Description of.
269
Bessemer, Sketch of.
360-65
Bibb County, Description of
269-70
Bills of Exchange .
130-33
Birmingham, Sketch of
343-7
Blacksmiths, Lien of
148
Blind, Academy for.
207-10
Blind, School for Negro
210-11
Bloomaries in Alabama.
470
Blount County, Description of
270-1
Boards, Educational. .
175
Bonded Debt Statement
535
Books Descriptive of Alabama
549
Boundaries of Alabama.
50-60
Bullock County, Description of
271-2
Butler County, Description of.
272-3
Cahaba River, Description of
516-17
Calhoun County, Description of
273-4
Capital of Alabama.
61
Car Axle Works in Alabama
470
Car Builders in Alabama.
470
Car Wheel Works in Alabama
470
Chambers County, Description of
274-5
Chancery Courts in Alabama.
95-6
Divisions and Distriets in Alabama. 541-2
Chattahoochee River, Description of.
511-12
Cherokee County, Description of
275-6
Cherokee Indians
Chickasaw Indians
Banks in Alabama.
559
INDEX.
Chilton County, Description of
276-7
Choctaw County, Description of
277-8
Choctawhatchee River, Description of
512-13
Choctaw Indians
87
Circuit Clerks
101
Circuits, Judicial. 540-1
Cities of Alabama, Sketches of.
339-74
Civil Procedure in Alabama.
155-69
Clarke County, Description of
278-9
Clay County, Description of
279-80
Cleburne County, Description of.
280-81
Climate of Alabama. 495-502
Coal and Coal Mines of Alabama
470-74
Code of Alabama
127
Code Provisions, Miscellaneous
12S
Coffee County, Description of.
281
Coke Ovens in Alabama
474
Colbert County, Description of.
282-3
Collector, Tax
103
College, Agricultural and Mechanical
193-201
Alabama Conference Female.
234-5
Alabama Medical.
211-14
Alabama Normal for Girls.
180
Florence State Normal
178-9
Greensboro Female
233-4
Howard
239-41
Huntsville Female
235-6
Spring Hill
214-15
Tuskaloosa Female
217-20
Commercial Paper .
130-33
Commissioner of Agriculture
92
Common Carriers
153
Compromises.
144
Conecuh County, Description of 283-4
Conecuh River, Description of
514
Congressional Districts
105-6
Consideration, of Contracts. 131-2
Constables 102
9-58
Consulates in Alabama
548-9
Contracts.
133-4
Coosa County, Description of.
284-5
Coosa River, Description of
508-11
Coroners
102
Corporations, Private
154-5
Convict System of Alabama
254-66
Alabama Central Female.
220-22
Constitution of Alabama and Index
PAGES
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PAGES
Cotton Manufacturing in Alabama.
475
Cotton Mills in Alabama. 487
Counties of Alabama, Names, County Seats and Arcas 100
Description and Statistics of .267-338
Officers of 101-3
County Commissioners 101
Organization- 9-103
Representatives in General Assembly . 104
Superintendents of Education. 174
Surveyors.
10:
Treasurers 102
Court, Supreme
93
Courts, Chancery
95-6
Circuit.
94-5
County.
98
County Commissioners'
98-9
of Justices of the Peace
96-7
Probate
96
United States, in Alabama
545-6
Covington County, Description of
285-6
Creek Indians.
86
Crenshaw County, Description of
286-7
Cullman County, Description of 287-8
Dale County, Description of 288-9
Dallas County, Description of. 289 90
Deaf, Alabama Institute for the.
201-6
Deaf Mutes and Blind, Negro, Alabama School for
210-11
Debt Statement of Alabama
535
Deeds.
135-40
DeKalb County, Description of
200-1
Descents and Distributions
150-1
Districts, Congressional
105-6
School 176-7
Senatorial .
104-5
United States Land, in Alabama .. 517-8
548
Divisions of Alabama, Agricultural 123-48
Dower
140-1
East Lake Atheneum.
241-4
Education in Alabama.
170-244
Education, Superintendents of
91-2, 173-4
County Superintendents of. 103, 174
Educational Boards . 175
Election Laws. 106 9
Tables 538-40
Elmore County, Description of. 201-2
Escambia County, Description of
292-3
United States Revenue, in Alabama
INDEX. 561
PAGES
Escambia River. Description of
514
Escheats.
153
Etowah County, Description of
293-4
Evidence
164-6
Exeention
147
Exemptions, Jury
163
Exempt Property
144-7
Farmers on Shares, Lien of .
149
Fayette County, Description of
294-5
Fish in Alabama 493
Florence, Sketch of
357-9
Florence State Normal College
178-9
Forests of Alabama and Their Products
449-55
Fort Payne, Sketch of.
372-4
Franklin County, Description of ..
395
Free Publie School System of Alabama
170-7
Furnaces, Iron, in Alabama. 465-9
Gadsden, Sketch of .. 367-9
492
Garnishments, Law of
161-8
Wages Exempt from
145
General Assignments
144
Geneva County, Description of.
205-6
Geography of Alabama 59-61
Geology of Alabama. .387-422
Government of Alabama 88-89
Governor of Alabama
89
Greene County, Description of
296-7
Greensboro Female College 233-4
Greensboro, Sonthein University 231-3
Hale County, Description of. 297-8
Health of Alabama ..
495-502
Henry County, Description of
298-9
' History, Alabama
77-86
Histories of Alabama
549
Holidays, Legal
131
Homestead. Law of
144-7
Howard College
289-41
Hospital, Alabama Insane 245-53
Huntsville Female College 235-7
181-2
Sketch of 352-4
Index to Constitution of Alabama
13-58
Indians of Alabama
86-7
Industries of Alabama, Miscellaneous
491-1
Insane Hospital, Alabama 245-53
Interest in Alabama. 130
Normal School.
Game in Alabama.
562
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Institutes, Teachers'
175-6
Iron and Iron Works of Alabama
Islands of Alabama. 456-70
Jackson County, Description of. 299-301
Jacksonville State Normal School 179-80
301-2
Judicial Circuits in Alabama 540-1
Judicial Power, in Whom Vested
92-9
Judges of Probate 101
Judgment, Lien of 147
Judson Institute 225-8
Jury Exemptions. 163
Justices of the Peace 96-7, 101
Lamar County, Description of. 302-3
Land Districts, United States in Alabama 547-8
Land, Redemption of. 130
60
Lauderdale County, Description of. 303-4
Lawrence County, Description of 305-6
Lee County, Description of. 306-7
Legal Holidays. 131
Legislative Department
SS-9
Licenses, Business, ete
114-18
Liens, Law of.
146-50
Limestone County, Description of. 307-8
Lime and Lime Works in Alabama
491
Limitations of Actions
155-9
Limited Partnerships.
153
Livery Stable Keeper, Lien of.
150
Lowndes County, Description of
308-9
Macon County, Description of
309-10
Madison County, Description of 310-12
Marengo County, Description of 312-13
Marion County, Description of. 313-14
Marion Female Seminary
228-9
Marion Military Institute
222-3
Marshall County, Description of. 314-15
Measures and Weights,
130
Mechanics, Lien of. 147-8
Medical College of Alabama 211-14
Mines, Coal, of Alabama. 478-4
Mobile Bay, Description of. 502-5
City, Sketch of. 339-43
County, Description of 316-17
River, Description of. 505-6
Monroe County, Description of. 317-17
Montgomery City, Sketch of 317-50
60
Jefferson County, Description of
Latitude of Alabama
INDEX. 563
PAGES
Montgomery County, Description of
318-20
Montgomery Normal School.
184-5
Morgan County, Description of
320-1
Mortgages, Law of
135-40
Mountain Ranges of Alabama
60
Muscogee Indians
86
Mutes, School for Negro Deaf aud Blind.
210-11
Name of Alabama.
59
Names of Counties
100
Negotiable Instruments
130-33
Negro Deaf Mutes and Blind, School for
210-11
Newspapers in Alabama
543-4
Normal Schools and Colleges
178-85
Notaries Public
128-9
Nuncupative Wills
152
Office, Oatl of
110
Who May Hold 109-10
Officers, What Elected by People 106
Time of Electing 106-7
107-8
School 173-5
Partnerships, Limited.
153
Perry County, Description of
321-2
Pickens County. Description of
322-3
Pike County, Description of
323-4
Pleadings.
164
Political Divisions of Alabama
104-6
Population Statistics
61-67
Population Table.
536
Postal Statistics.
549
Poultry in Alabama
493
Private Corporations, Laws of
154-5
Probate Courts
96, 101
Procedure, Civil. 155-69
Property Exempt
144-7
Public School System of Alabama
170-7
Railroads of Alabama.
375-85, 551-2
Railroad Employes, Lien of.
149-50
Randolph County, Description of
324-5
Receipts of Warehousemen and Common Carriers.
153-4
Redemption of Lands
139
Registration of Voters,
109
Releases, Operation of
144
Rent, Lien for 148-9
Representation, County
104
Resources of Alabama, Miscellaneous 491-4
Revenne Districts in Alabama, United States
54×
Special Elections
564
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PAGES
Review
531
Rivers of Alabama
61, 505
Rolling Mills in Alabama
469-70
Russell County, Deseription of.
325
St. Clair County, Description of.
$26-7
School Districts
176
for Negro Deaf Mutes and Blind
210-11
Information, Miscellaneous
177
Officers
173-5
Revenue, Apportionment of.
172-3
Systems, Local.
176-7
Schools, Appropriations for.
172
State Normal
178-855
Sea Coast of Alabama 60
89-90
Selma, Sketch of
355-7
Senatorial Districts
104-5
Separate Estate, Wife's
141-3
Set off, Law of
132, 164
Sheffield, Sketch of.
369-72
Shelby County, Description of
327-9
Sheriff's
101
Soils of Alabama
423
Southern Female University
237-9
Southern University
231-3
Spring Hill College
214-17
State Organization SS-99
464-5
Steel Works in Alabama
469
Sheep Husbandry in Alabama 492
Sumter County, Description of. 329-30
Stock Raising in Alabama 492
Superintendent of Education 91-2, 71-3
Superintendents of Education, County. 103, 174
Supreme Court. 93
Surveyors, County 103
Talladega County, Description of.
330-1
Tallapoosa County, Description of
331-2
River 51-4-15
Tax Assessor. 103, 118
Collector 103, 123
Laws of Alabama 111-26
Teachers' Institutes 175-6
Teachers, School. 175
Telegraph Lines of Alabama
375, 386
Tennessee River, Description of. 523-9
Tombigbee River, Description of. 517-19
Secretary of State
Steel Manufacture in Alabama
INDEX. 565
PAGES
Topography of Alabama
60
Towns, Sketches of. 330-74
Township Trustees 103, 174
Treasurer, County
102
State.
90
Troy State Normal School
180-1
Tuskaloosa City, Sketelı of.
365-7
County, Description of.
332-3
Female College
217-20
Tuskegee Normal School 183-4
University of Alabama
185-93
Southern. 231-3
Southern Female
237-9
United States Courts in Alabama
545-7
Land Districts in Alabama. 547-8
548
Voting in Alabama
108-0
Voters, Registration of
109
Walker County, Description of
334
Warehousemen, Receipts of.
153
Warrior River, Description of.
520-22
Washington County, Description of
334-5
Water Craft, Liens on
14%
Water Lines of Alabama
502-29.
Weights and Measures.
130
Wife's Separate Estate
141-3
Wileox County Description of.
366-7
Wills
151-2
Winston County, Description of
337-8
Woolen Mills in Alabama
490
Revenue Districts in Alabama.
ESTABLISHED 1872. INCORPORATED 1892.
ROBERTS & SON,
LITHOGRAPHERS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS.
NOS. 1918 AND 1920 FIRST AVENUE,
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
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