Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-30
BACK FROM ATLANTA.
Major F. Y. Anderson and Secretary Thompson. The Latter Tells Repor Many
 Things of Interest.

Maj. Frank Y. Anderson and Secretary Thompson returned yesterday from At lanta, where they went on Teusday last to hold a conference with President Collier of the exposition company in re- gard to the Alabama building and ex- hibit. Secretary Thompson was seen at the Commercial club rooms yesterday afternoon by an Age-Herald representa- tive and requested to give his impression of the exposition as gathered from this visit of himself and Major Anderson, and what they did in regard to the site for the Alabama building. MT. Thomp= son said: Major Anderson, Hon Hec- tor D. Lane and myself spent yesterday in Atlanta Owing to the fact that President Collier had the Washington correspondents. the Commercial club of Cincinnati and the Association of Amer iean Water works officials all on his hands, we were unable to get the full conference desired, but we spent the afternoon on the grounds together with special architect, who will be asked to submit plans for the building. and such preliminary matters were talked over as could be done at the present, but it is now no longer choice of location, but what can be obtained. As President Collier said. the exposition company originally started out to erect only four buildings, while fourteen are now under construction, and several not yet com menced, including the Georgia State building. are to be added.
 This gives some idea" continued MT. Thompson, "of what the exposition is going to be. Indeed I am convinced that it will compare favorably with any ever held in this country. In beauty of de- sign and artistic effect l do not think it possible that any grounds could be more attractive, and then the advance guard or lO0 newspaper men, who were there on yesterday will certainly add to the tion.
 President Collins said that he had not pressed for individual exhibitors in Ala bama as he really preferred that these should join in the Alabama building. "It is a southern exhibit" said Mir Col Her, and am desirous that every south ern state shall reap a benefit from it, but thus far the larger number of in- diVidual exhibitors are from northern cities" This shows how the people at large value the exposition, land how badly Alabama would have been left if this exhibit had not been determined on. All the exposition officials are. there- fore, anxious that Alabama should have creditable exhibit, as they admit that Alabama is richer than all the rest in material resources. We must get every | body interested now, and make such an exhibit as will astonish the world. We can do this, and there must be no stone left unturned to accomplish it." Secre- tary Thompson was very enthusiastic over the matter and said if the patriotic citizens of Alabama could only realize how important this was to the state at large the fund would quickly be doubled from which 1t now appears to be limited. Still, now that there seems to be no doubt about getting an Alabama exhibit in an Alabama building, there is yet time for the remainder of the state to catch the spirit of the movement and make the fund what it should be. Now is the time for work, and the results will crown Alabama with the glory of the achievement