The age-herald., 1898-09-03
MEETING OF THE
 COMMERCIAL CLUB The Regular Monthly Meeting Held Yes
 terday Afternoon. EIGHT MEMBERS ELECTED
Party of Gentlemen Will COm9 to Bir-
 min6ham Next Week.
VIEW OF LOCATING INDUSTRIES
Special Meeting of Manufacturing Con-. mittee Will Then Be Held Silk Worm Man Wanted Transpor-
 tation to Omaha to Exhibit.

The board of directors of the Conner regular monthly meetings yesterday after noon, with J. A. Rountree acting as presi- rent, and J. B. Gibson, the new secretary, at the desk.
 Owing to the fact that no announcement had been made in the papers of the meet ing and on account of the extreme heat a very small number were in attendance
 The following directors were present: Acting President J. A. Rountree Major F. Y. Anderson, Robert Jemison w. B. Leedy and Chas Roy
 The report of pr. W. B. Phillips, the re- tiring secretary of the club, was put off until the next meeting on account of the small number present.
 Major Anderson, as chairman of the Red mountain boulevard committee re- ported that his committee would call on the board of county commissioners Mon day and ask that they fix date when it would be convenient for them to go over the site of the proposed boulevard with the committee
 "The boulevard movement is meeting with great approbation," said he. In fact know of several men who have pur- chased vehicles almost with the sole idea of taking rides over that boulevard
 Location of Industries
 Industrial Agent Miller said that there were a number of gentlemen who had made proposition to the club concerning the location of certain manufacturing con- cerns here, and that they would arrive in the city next Wednesday,. He wanted a special committee of the board of directors and of the manufacturing committee to be called sometime next week for this pur- pose. The time finally fixed was next Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
 The following were elected members of the club:
 J. J. Grier, Geo. c. Jepson, Wm. L. Dodd, M. s. Umbinbaum, A. Stockmar, J. M. Dewberry, D. R. Saunders, M. M. Boggan.
 The Club Meeting
 D. B. Grace said that notice had been received that branch of the Commercial club had been organized at Warrior and that it proposed cooperating with the Bir- mingham club in the development of the county. A resolution was passed express ing the pleasure of the club that the an- nex had been organizing and wishing it much prosperity and growth.
 Miss Evans, of New Orleans, editor of Men and Matters, a monthly periodical, published by her in that city, appeared be- fore the club in behalf of her magazine. She said she was getting up an edition for the Omaha exposition in which she pro- posed to have the natural advantages of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana fully set forth and illustrated. good portion of the edition will be devoted to Birming- ham from manufacturing, industrial, social and literary standpoints. She asked the cooperation of the club, which was cheer fully given her.
 Silk Worm Man
 Rev. Sam R. Lowry, colored, who raises silk worms out on Shades mountain, ap- peared before the club with a lot of his silk and told of the work he was doing. He wanted to go to Omaha, he, said, to study more about the silk making industry and to exhibit his work there. He asked if the club would not kindly provide him ways and means to get to Omaha. He was in formed by MT Rountree, however, that there was not full meeting of the club present and suggesting that he bring up his petition at some other meeting.