Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-15

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 ". D. Kerfoot, real estate.
 Hon. George F. Adams, lawyer and capitalist and prominent candidate for the United States senate. D. c. Cregier. ex-mayor of Chicago and capitalist.
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 Arthur Dixon. president Dixon Transfer company.
 E. G. Keith, president Metropolitan National bank.
 Captain Fisk, president Illinois Central railroad.
 W. K. Alderman, ex-city comptroller. A. r. GelbergeF ex-collector of the port. Mark L. Crawford director house of correction.
 Paul o. Stensland, banker.
 W. Rockhill Potts, president National bank, New York.
 Willard A. Smith, viee-president illinois Steel company.
 Franklin W. Head, capitalist. :. George Schneider, president National Bank of Illinois.
 George R. Engelhard, publisher.
 Charles H. Schwab, wholesale boots and shoes.
 Charles Henrotin stock broker.
 Adolph Nathan, wholesale clothier.
 F. B. Butler, wholesale department store supplies.
 H, o. Edmunds. secretary Worlds Co., lumbian exposition.
 Charles H. Chappel, vee-president Chicago and Alton Railroad company.
 R. c. Clowry. vice-president Western Union Telegraph company.
 Edwin Walker, lawyer and capitalist.
 F.J. V. Skin, director of Fields Colum- bian museum.
 E. r. Lawrence, capitalist.
 J. NJ. Samuels, merchant.
 Jewett Wilcox, proprietor Wilcox ho- tel.
 The Columbian association was perma- nently organized about six months ago and it's membership consists only of the directors and officers of the Worlds Co., lumbian exposition. The purpose of the organization was to band together for life the men who did so much in giving the grandest exposition ever known in the worlds history and to extend their influence as body in the cause Of deVel- opment and progress in every portion of America. Under the rules governing the association no new member will be taken in and the association is to survive until the death of the last member.
 Remarks Picked Up.
 The entire party were lavish in their praise of the Atlanta exposition. Presi- dent Higginbotham says it was Hercu- lean task for a city as small as Atlanta to undertake, but she has certainly made a success of it. It is simply grand and the topography of the location and the ar engagement as a whole could not be im- proved on. Atlanta, he continued, is somewhat after the order of Chicago, her people pull together, and people can &C., complish almost anything possible when there Is unity of action Atlanta is a great city and her citizens enterprising and progressive to man. Many of our party were never south before and we have all fell in love with the people and are highly pleased with all we have seen. We are especially pleased with the hos pitallty and general courtesies extended our party.
 We have heard of Birmingham so off, ten that we felt like we knew the city before making this visit" remarked MT. Baker, "but we find many things con trary to our expectations. Your coal and iron ore, they tell me- is inexhaustible." This furnace" remarked a local com mitteeman, referring to the Ensley, "nev- CT shut down during the entire panc.' "I should say not" said visitor "it looks like furnace ought to run with coal and iron ore both in 100 yards of it. Editor Kohlsart of the Times-Herald says that he is wonderfully pleased with Birmingham; that he Is now making an effort to secure a, better rate of freight from the west to the south and has re- ceived information from leading railroad officials that may lead to this accom- plishment That his paper has for sev-
  ment of the south, and that without money and without price he has devoted column after column in the interest of the Atlanta exposition, the result of which has been more than 2000 citizens of Chicago visited Atlanta in body. It will be remembered that it was the Times -Hera1d's fast train that covered the distance from Chicago to Atlanta, carrying a special edition of that paper, in less time than the distance was ever before made in the history of railroading. MT. H. F. DeBardeleben acted as direc- tor of the party, which is a guarantee within itself that no pains were spared in bringing to the attention of the visi- tors every interesting feature. not only of the industries visited, but of Birming- ham and the whole of Jefferson county.
 Birmingham is under special obliga- tions to President Skaggs of the South ern and Northwestern association for his successful efforts in having this party stop over in our city, and to MT. J. s. Thomp- son, assistant general superintendent; MT J. M. Ross, division superintendent, and G. H. Williams. master of trains of the Southern. for the many ldndnesses ra,dorad fo aptart a in the visitors