The age-herald., 1900-10-06
KETTIG'S WORDS
 ARE FOR GROWTH Talks Sound Sense to the Con-
 merCial Club. WANTS THE WARRIOR CANAL Club Transacts Great Amount of Bus mess, Some of it of Utmost Inn
 portance - Alabama Ask
 ed for Money
THE WARRIOR CANAL

The Commercial Club met yesterday aLl- ernoon and transacted a great amount of business. The most important was the adoption of Major Andersons resolution providing for the raising of a committee to investigate the question of Birming- ham exposition a full account of which appears in another column.
 The board of directors met at 3:30 o'clock and elected J. w. Bush and R. S. Smyer to membership in the club.
 President Kettig presented his monthly report, in which he stated that the club was in correspondence with parties who desired to locate in Birmingham a cotton, a machinery manufacturing plant wood pulp plaster plant and large plant for the manufacture of steel tubes, ana also number of minor industries.
 In referring to the proposed exposition to be held in Birmingham, he said:
 Mir. Kettgs' Right Spirit
 "The time is opportune for Birmingham to advertise its products to the world. hope that the club will act promptly and favorably, and appoint strong committee to investigate the feasibility of holding this exposition. The question as to the time of holding 1t and the question as 10 what kind of an exposition to hold are matters for the committee to decide. These mat ters should be thoroughly discussed and carefully considered There is no question that an industrial and metallic exposition Of the scope and character suggested by Major Anderson would advertise to the world BirminghamS marvellous resources and the progress of their development as they have never been exploited before. State and Federal appropriations should be secured, the exposition would be benefit to the whole country"
 He urged the club to impress upon Con gross this winter the importance of the Warrior canal, and in this connection said:
 Another great work before the club the coming winter is to get Congress to make generous appropriation for the Warrior River Canal and for the improvement of all the waterways in the State. This Is a work that the club should not lose sight Of for an instant The Isthmian Canal is o+ great national importance but we are more particularly interested in the Warrior River Canal. Our Senators and Represent atives should all be requested to use every effort this winter to get an appropriation for the Warrior River Canal. No effort should be spared and no opportunity should be missed to advertise and promote the building of the Warrior River Canal"
 Chairman Conner of the special freight rates committee reported that the com mittee was not ready to report, The com mittee was continued.
 The committee on statistics and resources submitted the following report:
 Pan-Ameriean Exposition
 "Your committee on statistics and re- sources in the matter of the Pan-American Exposition referred to it begs to report that it is the sense of the committee
 '1. That the State of Alabama should have a creditable exhibit at said expo sition of the resources of the entire State;
 /. That a display of the minerals, etc., Of the Birmingham district should cupy prominent place in said exhibit;
 ''3 That the Commercial Club should it3 influence to have the General Assem- ply make a suitable appropriation for the purpose of placing said exhibit at said exposition.
 Respectfully submitted,
 'T. T. ASHFORD, Chairman" The committee recommended the adoption of the following resolution:
 Relieving that 1t would further the com mercial and industrial development of the State of Alabama to have its resources properly displayed at the Pan-American Exposition, to be held in Buffalo, N. Y, from May to November l. 1901, and that such display cannot be made by different sections of the State working independent of each other, therefore, be 1t
 Resolved. That the Commercial Club re- quest the General Assembly to make an ap- propriation of $1O,000 for the purpose of
 
 of the State at said eXposition;
 Resolved, further, That the Senator and Representatives from Jefferson County be requested to use their influence in the Gen. eral Assembly in favor of said appropria- tion;
 Resolved further That it Is the duty of every enterprising and patriotic citizen of this district to do all in his power to have this section of the State properly repre- scented in said exhibit, and to give to the oor ,roiS Sionars 0f said eYnnSitiOn for Ala barna their hearty cooperation and support In their efforts to make exhibit that will be credit to the entire State;
 Resolved further, That the secretary be requested to send a copy of these resolu- tions to each member of the next General Assembly,"
 The resolution was adopted.
 A motion was then adopted directing the railroad and transportation committee to interview Superintendent Wickersham of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad with reference to having the Tuscaloosa and Selma train extended to Birmingham. This train, beginning tomorrow, will run be- tween Tuscaloosa and Selma by way of Akron.
 Jeferson's Big Sewer T. H. Motion offered the following reso- lution which was adopted:
 Resolved, That this club has considered the question of Jefferson County building a main sewer from East Lake to some point below Bessemer, and hereby instruct the clubs committe on legislation to take the matter in hand and urge our Senator and Representatives-elect to the General Assembly of Alabama to pass such law as will authoiZe the building of such sewer" After a lengthy discussion of the pro- posed Biminghamr exposition and the adoption of Major Andersons resolution providing for the appointment of com mittee to take the matter in hand the club