The age-herald., 1900-09-13
CITY'S VISITORS
 TO BE WELCOMED.  By Special Committees of the
 Commercial Club. TO TALK ISTHMIAN CANAL Naming of Leading Men for Reception, Information and Entertainment of
 United States Canal Commis-
 sion on September 2S
TO TALK ISTHMIAN CANAL

At meeting of the Commercial Club yesterday afternoon arrangements were perfected for the entertainment of the Isthmian Canal Commission which will reach Birmingham in search of information September 2S.
 On the following day the commission will hold court in the rooms of the Commer- cial Club and take evidence from various well informed citizens as to the benefit to be derived in this district from the building of a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
 At yesterdays meeting of the Commercial Club the attendance was small but those who went there went for business and made all necessary arrangements for en- taining the distinguished visitors.
 To Entertain the Visitors
 After considerable discussion, in which John W. Tomlinson, President w. H. Ket- tig, Judge J. J. Banks and Mayor Drennen took leading parts, it was decided that three committees be appointed. These are to be known the reception, entertain ment and information committees.
 It was deemed advisable to appoint men connected with every prominent manufac- turing industry in the-district on the infor- nation committee, and letters were sent throughout the State inviting such repre- sentatives to be present when the commits sion arrives By this means 1t is expected that the citizens of Birmingham will have great deal of information to show why the Southern people want the canal built
 The Isthmian Canal Commission will arrive in the city on the night of Septem- Der 2S. A committee will meet them in- formally and welcome them to Blrming- ham. On the following day the court will be held and for the night of September 29 some kind of an entertainment will be pro- vided by the arrangement committee. It is probable that the visitors will also be taken on a trip "around the horn"
 Before adjourning the meeting President Kettig announced the following commit tees;
 The Committees
 Reception Committee-General Charles M. Shelley chairman; Frank s. White, w. M Drennen, John w. Tomlinson, D. w. Barrett, J. J. Banks, W. H. Kettg.
 Entertainment Commttee-W. P. Pinck- ard, chairman; R. H. Baugh, c. H. Nabb, Culpepper Exum, A. W. Miller H. B. Gray, c. T. Rainbow, J. A. Rountree, George H. Wheelock, w. L. Woodruff, b. T. Wilcox, Harry Hawkins, J. B. Francis J. H. Bing- ham, F. G. Roberts, Fred Sloss.
 Information Committee-Oscar w. Un- derwood, chairman A. M Shook, Nat Bax- ter, J. A. VanHoose James Bowron, E. o. Hopkins, T. H. Aldrich, B. B. Conner, F. H. Lathrop, J. Morgan Smith, pr. Roland, T. G. Bush, R. L. Munger, F. Y. Anderson, James Hood J. k. Mcdonald, J. H. Rob- incson, Robert Jemison, Rufus N. Rhodes, M. V. Joseph, B. Steiner, B. F. Roden, D. M Drennen, Morris Adler, w. J. Milner, E. W. Barrett, B. F. Moore, J. II. Adams, c. s. Simmons, Erskine Ramsay, w. T. Underwood, c. P Williamson, A. T. Lon don, J. w. Minor, w. D. Tynes Joseph H. Woodward, c. T. Schueler, F. w. Jackson, E. w. Rucker, J. H. Robinson, R. H. Pear son. John w. Johnson, E. M. Tutwiler, MT. Dimmick, B r. Moore, c. Exum, W. H. Kettig, w. H.. Hassinger, H. F. DeBardele- ben.