Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-04
THIS LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS Steiner Bros. Offer to Subscribe
 S25,00O for a Steel Plant. TIE COMMITTEES REPORT The Winnie Davis Wigwam Discussed by Mem bers and Urged as Place for Storing
 .-,)l 2 1-s Permanent Exhibit. -

The Commercial. club met at the club rooms yesterday afternoon and held "a very interesting session. aea
 President. Rhodes presided, with Sec retary Thompson at his desk.
 The report of the, secretary was read; showing the receipts of the club for De- cember, ,4 together.swith disbursements The membership in good standing was shown to be 224. .,4z
 The following new members were elected: l.. F. Worl, J. K. Mcdonald, N E. Allen, Otto Marx, J. H. Meighan,' J. St Pierre and ". M. Drennen.
 The secretary read the following report from the committees on the steel plant: To the Commercial Club:
 Your committees having the matter of steel plant for Birmingham under con slderation beg leave to report progress regarding this important enterprise, and there IS much to encourage your commit tees in the belief that the same will soon assume definite and tangible shape. Assurances of aid from several managers or land companies in and around Bir- mingham have been given, while there is every reason to believe that all of these companies. in so far as they can, will Jointly cooperate with your committees Tn the effort to make this a success. In addition to these, offers of aid have been rendered from such sources at home and abroad as clearly show the general in terest which this movement has inaugu- rated, and it only behooves our people to follow it up with proper energy to se- cure it's completion. During the coming week subscription lists and an outline of the proposed plant will be circulated for substantial assistance. In the meantime your committees request all our citizens to place thefnselves in correspondence with such friends of Birmingham as they think can be interested in this enterprise,s so that there may be an effort commenr surate with the value and importance of this enterprise to Birmingham put forth in it's behalf. If this Is done your commit tees entertain no doubt of it's successf Respectfully submitted, ao |; 9s. 7,., JOSEPH BEITMAN,a F Y Chairman Manufactures Committee. I S. E. THOMPSON, 20 Chairman Real Estate Committee, On motion of E.. Lesser the report was adopted -. Mayor VanHoose said that he desired the club to name the members to serve on the special committee heretofore pro- vided for, as he had number of letters that he desired to submit to that conn mittee and by them formulated in some shape for publication. He was of the opinion that when that was done much more interest would be awakened in this enterprise, for some of the statements III lIDSt ltllcTS were ol IDe most aSIOunQ-s ing nature and based on such figures as could not fail to convince all who read, them of the entire practicability -of. making steel on profitable basis in Bir-- mingham. .4a -uh 3ae e. sl5 On motion Maj. F. Y Anderson was named as the member of that committee from the Commercial club. The president brought up the matter of the removal of the exhibits in the Ala bama building to Birmingham. and asked for informa ton regarding cost of their removal. The secretary stated that number of the exhibitors had con- sented for the club to have their exhibits. but the cost of their removal would be about $500. While some of the exhibits were already being culled over for the use of contain northern colleges, he did not think it would pay to attempt a general removal of those exhibits, but did think that the Thomas exhibit should be se- cured and made permanent exhibit in Birmingham.
 Mayor VanHoose thought the old Winnie Davis wigwam should have been
 kept intact as an auditorium for Bir- 1 mingham and these exhibits placed around it. He thought Birming ham should by all means have such place for her conventions and large gather. inRs. The discussion was participated in by Messrs. Morgan Smith, w. J. Rushton, w. J. Lindsay E. Lesser and
 
 favor of keeping the Thomas exhibit. and would head a subscription list with 1925 to have 1t brought over here: and as for steel plant. he said that when the time came that Steiner Brothers were ready to subscribe $25000 for that en- terprise.
 On motion of MT. Lindsay committee of three. was appointed to ascertain the feasibility of the securing and housing of this exhibit; and the president ap.. pointed MT. Lindsay chairman of the committee. with power to name his two associates.
 Mr. Lesser was asked to state what the carnival committee was doing and he said that the day had been fixed for February IS, and on that day Birming- ham would. inaugurate her mardi gras festivities, and he believed that a cred able carnival would be given. There would be a gentleman here next week. who would enter at, once upon the work of building the floats. and as he ex- pected fully 15,000 people here he thought the citizens generally would reap ben eft from it much greater than the out lay that would be required, which was only s1000
 No other business the club adjourned