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  1. 1.11.5-6 - Meeting Minutes

    Newspaper clipping of an excerpt of Fairhope Singe Tax Meeting Minutes dated 11/22/1911 concerning a committee report about transfering the water plant from the FSTC to the Town of Fairhope. Committee members H. C. Oswalt, W. E. Sweet and James Bellangee recommended the transfer and proposed a plan for those individuals who paid a fee to established the water works to be given a credit for that investment. In addition, the committee recommended ...

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    1.11.5-6
  2. 1.1.42-43 - Meeting Minutes

    Selected snyopsis of meeting minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation of: September 20, 1915 October 18, 1915 December 27, 1915 1916 March 20, 1916 April 8, 1916 September 18, 1916 February 4, 1918 September 4, 1896 September 9, 1898 June 8, 1927

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    1.1.42-43
  3. 1906_Courier - Newspaper

    Fairhope Courier newspapers for 1906. All issues are available. The eight-page paper was published every Friday. Beginning with the 13th volume year which was the August 31, 1906 issue, the size of the paper is larger (approximatley 11x15 inches) and the paper stock is of lesser quality. These historic papers are scanned using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and are keyword searchable using the "find" or "search" function in your brows...

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  4. 1906_Courier_Page_169 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph and description of the well being dug at the bayfront for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation water works. See the description for individuals in the picture. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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    1906_Courier_Page_169
  5. 1909_Courier_Page_266 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by John P. Lowell titled "A Morning Scene at Fairhope Wharf" printed in the August 27, 1909 edition of the Fairhope Courier. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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    1909_Courier_Page_266
  6. 31_1915_1-19 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated Spetember 1915 through December 1915. The Colony Council met twice per month. Most meetings included approval of the previous meeting's minutes, Treasurer's reports (bills to be paid, rent information, cash on hand), lease transfers and Wharfinger's report. In addition, highlights of meetings are as follows: September 6, 1915: Problem of water from the Berglin ice plant and from the ...

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  7. 31_1916_1-42 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Coprporation dated 1916. The Colony Council met aproximately twice per month. Most meetings included approval of the previous meeting's minutes, Treasurer's reports (bills, rent receipts, cash on hand, etc.) lease transfers,Wharfinger's report and general Colony business. Among other issues reported in the 1916 meeting minutes: 1916 Annual Meeting Minutes and financial report, turpentine and stum...

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  8. FSTC-0341 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of a Water Works Certificate for five cents, issued by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation in 1906. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    FSTC-0341
  9. FSTC-0785 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph post card by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Electric Light and Water Plant in Fairhope, Alabama. The plant started to provide electricity in 1916. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    FSTC-0785
  10. PMG-1431 - Photograph, Digital

    Post card photograph by Frank Stewart The Picture Man of "Wharf Hill" in Fairhope, Alabama. Berglin's Fairhope Ice and Creamery Company is on the left. The building on the right was the pumping plant for the water works (1906), and became the Fairhope Electric plant in 1915. The Pepper Nelson Volunteer Fireman's Hall is now at this location. This is the same image as FSTC-0792 except this picture is sepia-toned and much more clear. From ...

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    PMG-1431
  11. v.6.14-19 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from a person in Daphne, Alabama. Letter points out numerous aspects of water acquisition in Fairhope. Mr. Gaston is first congratulated in getting pipe up. The writer then goes into great detail on the cost and other factors of using a wooden aqueduct, preferably above ground. He says he can supply it for 10 cents per pound and enclosed samples of rubber for covering valves necessary for different levels.

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    v.6.14-19
  12. v.8.36 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from A. White of Vallejo,California. He has decided to take a paid up membership in the Association and apply the additional $100 to the Water Works. He hopes the interest of the Colony continues.

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    v.8.36
  13. vi.2.15-16 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/3/1906 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels of Philadelphia. Fels is getting ready to sail for "the other side" i.e. London, England, and is writing Gaston about Colony issues. He tells Gaston that he feels it would be better not to print anything the the Fairhope Courier newspaper about the "Coleman incident." He feels the issue will fix itself as time passes. * It is his opinion that it is within single tax principles to a...

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    vi.2.15-16
  14. vi.4.10-13 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/7/1906 to E. B. Gaston from R. F. Powell in Philadelphia. ( Powell is superintendant of the Philadelphia Vacant Lots Cultivation Association, works closely with Mr. Joseph Fels, an important single taxer with interest in Fairhope, and Powell is also on the board of the Fairhope Improvement Company.) Powell is writing about many current issues in Fairhope. He tells Gaston he is very pleased Gaston has been elected as secretary ...

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    vi.4.10-13
  15. vi.4.54-55 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/16/1906 to E. B. Gaston from R. F. Powell in Philadephia, Pennsylvania. Powell writes that both his daughters have recovered from their illnesses, and that he and his wife are deciding where they will send their children for the coming winter. Powell asks Gaston about Gaston's hopes to enlarge the printing plant for both the Fairhope Courier and additional printing jobs. Powell tells Gaston to write exactly what the needs ar...

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  16. vi.6.108-111 - Letter

    Letter dated 10/28/1907 to E. B. Gaston from Thomas P. Craig in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Craig is enclosing subscription money for the Fairhope Courier newspaper and comments that he reads it very carefully. He asks Gaston about the cost of an electric light plant for Fairhope; he thinks Fairhope should use electricity instead of gas. He also wants to know how much is still owing on the water works, and he comments on the return of the ...

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    vi.6.108-111

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