The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-26
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B,gRMINGAAM'S
OMAHA EXHIBIT
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DR.. Phillips Gives an Encourage
ing Report.
RESULT OF HOME EN- TERPRlSE
The State Did Not Make an Appropriation
The Exhibit includes Splendid Spec
linens of Mineral Wealth
of This District.

Despite the fact that no money was ap
propriated from the state treasury of Ala
bama is creditably represented at the great
Omaha exposition. Through the efforts of
the Commercial club and the public-spir-
tied citizens of Birmingham a fund was
raised to defray the expenses of a mineral
exhibit DR.. w. b. Phillips, the newly
elected secretary of the club was made
chairman of the committee and was placed
in charge of the exhibit. The Alabama
mineral exhibit at the Atlanta exhibit
which was stored away in a warehouse in
Morris avenue, was used as nucleus and
little trouble was experienced in getting to-
gether an exhibit which will attract great
attention at Omaha and will rebound to the
good of the state.
The exhibit was loaded on cars and was
sent to Omaha a few days ago in charge of
DR.. Phillips,
President B. Steiner. of the Commercial
club, yesterday received a letter from DR..
Phillips giving very encouraging reports
OF the exhibit which he states Is making a
favorable impression the visitors. The
Following extracts are taken from DR.. Phil
lips letter to Mr.. Steiner
Il have done a good deal better than
had hoped, or rather expected, as regards
our space. Before left Birmingham, and
While the matter of our exhibit was still
pending, 1 received from DR. David T.
Day, superintendent of mining exhibits, a
letter stating that we should have 200
square feet for 500, nothing being said as
to the location of it in the building, except
that it was in a good place. When [ ar
rived here 1 found that he was not au-
thorized to make such offer as regards
space on the lower, or main floor and he
himself said to me that the space he
offered n that nripA in the pallprV
II soon saw that we might well not be
here at all as to be in the gallery, so
spoke for space on the main floor, oppo-
site Minnesota, to New Mexico. l paid SIS
for $50 square feet, but we are actually &C.
cupying 375 square feet, with the permits
sion of the authorities. This is at the rate
of 20 cents a foot, or 500 per 200 square
feet We have really secured It's square
feet more than L expected, and are paying
for it at very low rate. Our neighbors
in the building are paying so cents square
foot. The additional space enables us to
display the exhibit to great advantage,
which we could not have done on 200 feet.
ST have here two large blocks of dolo-
mite, one from the Robinson Mining COM
pany and the other from the Sloss COM
pany; three large blocks of red ore, SOFT
and hard, two pyramids of coke from the
Jefferson Coke and Coal company, Lewis
burg; one very large block of brown ore
from the Pioneer Mining and Manufacture
ing company, weighing about 5000 pounds,
the largest piece of ore in the entire ex-
position; two blocks of washed blocks of
blacksmith coal from the Jefferson Coke
and Coal company; plate of boiler steel,
10 feet by 60 inches, and a boiler head 48
inches of steel from the Birmingham roll
Ing MILL a large plate of the first steel
made at Birmin CHAM North Birmingham,
March, 1885, pigs of basic ore from the Alice
furnace, and specimens of steel bars, ETC.,
from fha Rirf0 7 m rolling mill have
also about thirty large photographs of
birmingham and vicinity. The exhibit Is well
displayed, and a great many people come
every day to see it. This is the only min
era1 display from any southern state in
the mining building and I think we have
done well.
MANY Of the officials here and the vet
eran exhibitors express great pleasure over
our having q display from Alabama. The
large signs READ Cunningham District,
Alabama" and when they are properly
hung will have the Display photographed.
1t is very hot here, but the exposition is
very good and the attendance Is steadily
increasing"