Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-06
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB
Holds an Interesting Meeting to
 Hear Reports
From the Manufacturing Com mittee and Delegates to the
 Commercial Convention.

The Commercial club held business meeting of considerable importance to Bir- mingham at the rooms of the club on yes- terday afternoon. President Moore pre- sided, with Secretary Thompson at his desk.
 The secretary read a report from the manufacturing committee, which was dis cussed by Mr. Shackleford and Capt. w. H. Graves. Both of these gentlemen dwet on the'great need of Birmingham for the manufacture of steel, and that the progress of the city must to a great degree be impsded until the successful manuiac- ture of steel was accomplished. These gentlemen are active workers on the manu- featuring committee, and expressed con- fident hopes that this city would have steel in the near future.
 The following is the report of the com- mittee ,Swhich was adopted:
 To the Commercial Club:
 Your committee on manufacturing and industrial resources has had several meet iugs during the past month and has con- sidered proposals from several enterprises and firms that are desirous of locating in Birmingham. We have been profoundly impressed by number of these proposals of the value and necessity of steel manu- featuring here, and your committee has used it's best energies to secure such an agreement between parties who were seek. ing to begin the making of steel at the old North Birmingham plant as would accom- plish this end, but thus far our efforts have been unsuccessful. 1t is the purpose of this committee, however, to seek to in- terest other parties who are contemplating the removal of large plant here in the matter of steel making, and nothing that lies within the power of your committee to accomplish in this direction shall be left uudone until this is achieved.
 Your committee has been confronted with another obstacle that has retarded the location of enterprises here, and that is the want of fund for investigation and aid in the removal of industrial plants that might be secured. We suggest that the club con- slider the feasi biliLy of obtaining fund that shall be used solely for promoting and aiding in the location of industrial enter prises here. That the raising of such fund be not confined to members of the club, but that every citizen, business man and prop erty owner in Birmingham be given an op- portunity to contribute to such fund, the same to be used only for the promotion and removal of industrial enterprises to this city. Respectfully submitted,
 w. Il. GRAVES, chairman.
 From this report it wilt be seen also that the man ufacturing committee desires fund by which aid can be given from timeto time to such worthy enterprises as their iu- vestgations show are desirable to locate in BlrmlnBuam. HIS IuuQ IS uOC CO D6 COn- fined to the members of the club, but any one can contribute to it who desires. The exact shape to raise the fund was not de- cided upon, but will come before the club at some other meeting.
 The secretary read report from the dele gation of the club who represented 1t in the Alabama Commercial association, and it speaks for itself concerning the real ser vice the club has done the entire state of Alabama in the recent meeting of the asso- 14t Had +. lx.t tl.< Commercial club of Birmingham. MT. Joseph discussed the value to the city of the association's action, aud said Birming- ham would receive much benefit from it. The following is the report:
 To the Commercial Club:
 The delegation selected by this club to represent it in the recent meeting of the Alabama Commercial association, held in the rooms of the club, would submit the following by way of an informal report of their action in said meeting. The general proceedings of the association have been published, and the public is presumed to be familiar with them, but in the opinion of this delegation the results of that meet ing are of the most far-reaching character, results that must rebound to the great ad- vantage, not only of Birmingham, but of all Alabama.
 The entire state has been brought to- gether in most enthusiastic and harmo- nious meeting, which decided to place an exhibit of Alabama's matchless resources before the world. That such gathering of such conspicuousiy able and representa- tive men could so soon decide on plan, and so enthusiastically adoptit is guaran- tee sufficient for it's faithful fulfillment, and the state of Alabama is to be congratu- lated on so suspicious an event. But to our own club great credit is due for the calling and successful work accomplished by this meeting, for the plan suggested by this delegation was the one that received the unanimous approval of that body.
 The real work, however,.i yet to come, and your delegation, while rejoicing in the beginning made, would request that this club continue it's good work until the ends sought for shall have received the most complete accomplishment. To this end we request that the club call a meeting of the business men and others interested ln an. this city and county, to be held in these rooms on Monday evening next at o'clock, and that the secretary of this club be ln- structed to send out invitations to such as may not otherwise be reached by the press of the city. F. Y. ANDERsoN,
 Chairman.
 Mir. McQueen was then given an oppor- tunity to present the claims of the indus- trial school for girls, which he did in strong language and most earnest manner. MT. Alex London also discussed the value of such au enterprise to this city. He re- ferred to the fact that if every inhabitant of the city could become a producer and honestly earn even Sl per day we would soon become the richest city in the couo- try. It was the purpose of such schools, he said, to make our girls and women, who did not have others to support them, elf-supporting and self-dependent, and from this view the school would prove of incalcuabIe benefit to the city. He re- ferred to the industrial school at Tuskegee for colored girls, which had started with only S3000 from the state and few pupils, now having it's hundreds of scholars and of tbe greatest benefit to the entire state.
 On motion of N. F. Thompson Ross c. Smith was made chairman of a committee