The age-herald., 1900-02-03
DEWEY MAY COME
 TO BIRMINGHAM Invitation to be Extended by the
 Commercial Club. AN INTERESTING MEETING
Presidents Rsport-Mining and Manu- featuring Committee Make Splendid Showing-Paris Exposition-Ef-
 fort to Secure Spanish Gun

at the meeting of the Commercial club yesterday afternoon, including "a movement to induce Admiral Dewey to visit Birming- ham on his trip south next month
 The question or a Birmingham exhibit al the Paris exposition was also decided and the officers were authorized and instructed to look into the matter and report back at the next meeting
 Other questions of importance to the com mercfal interests of the city and district were considered, all going to make up most interesting session cF the cluo
 The meeting of the board of directors was called to order at 3:l5 o'clock by President Anderson, with the following members present: John W. ofNeill, Joseph Beitman. John W. Tomlinson, Culpepper Exum, B. Steiner, J. J. Banks. w N Malone and J. A. Rountree
 Routine business was disposed of in short order and the following members elected: w. J. Van, H. C. orem, C. H. Grant, J. H. Dewloerry and Landers Sevier
 Presidenf Anderson's Report
 The club proper was called to order at o'clock by the president, who submitted the following report:
 To the Members of the Commercial Club:
 Since our last monthly meeting I am glad to say, the club has succeeded in To- eating another large plant for the manu- fracture of soil pipe and plumbers supplies to be placed upon the site now occupied by what is known as the Baxter stove works property. This new company will start at once with a capital of over $50000. The present unsightly buildings will be resus- ciated and improved and others will be erected. The credit for the location of this new plant is due ito our exceedingly active, and influential member, w. N. Malone chairman of the mining and manufactur- ing committee who was ably assisted by B. Steiner. It was this new company l had in view when called the clubs attention in my last report to expected additions to our district and I am glad to be able now to state that the club has under consideration the location of other manufactorles which are liable to materialize at any moment.
 q understand that the government of the United States has appropriated to each state one of the captured Spanish guns, and I suggest the appointment of a committee to secure for Birmingham the gun inltendel for this state. and that the same be mount ed in Capitol Park, at the head of Twen- tlet0 street. ln9SInucn as JeH6HSbu COullty is the principal county and Birmingham the principal city of the state, and being practically in the center of the common wealth, it is beyond doubt the appropriate place for the mounting of this memento of our national success.
 .'F Y. ANDERSON, President.
 MT. Maione's Report
 Chairman Malone, of the mining and manufacturing committee, made the foi- lowing report:
 Birmingham, Ala, Feb. g. 1900. Major F. Y Anderson, President Com mercial club, City.
 'sDear Sir-Since the last meeting of the club your committee on mining and man. ufacturing begs to report:
 That it has succeeded in locating soil pipe plant on the old Baxter Stove Works property, the location costing S,000 The purchasers would not agree to pay more than s6000, and in order to secure the plant for Birmingham, the committee was com pelled to guarantee to them to raise the sum of $1 LOGO This has been gotten, with the exception of $23O, which we nope 10 get in the next few days.
 ''The parties building this plant were the guests of the committee for from ten days to two weeks, and of course your commit tee necessarily spent some money in en- tertaining them and showing them 1oca- tions. both by private conveyance and on the cars.
 Your comgnittee would respectfully re- commend that a fund be raised by the club and set aside for purposes Of this kind, as it should not fall to the lot of one, or even a few individuals, to incur the above expense.
 Industries Located
 "Your committee begs to report, briefly the following plants that have been To- cated through the instrumentalbty of the o1n fha incurred in doing. both as to bonuses and otherwise. The reason we wish to make such a report is because there has llen a great deal said about bonuses given manufacturing plants desiring to locate among us, and we wish to state for the information of the club how much these bonuses have been for the past six years for locating plants herein after mentioned. viz:
 Decatur Car Wheel and Manufacturing company, investment, $l00,OOO; employing 120 men, bonus, $1, ,250.
 Snuff and tobacco factory; investment, $50 GOO; employing 60 people; no bonus.
 Birmingham Fertilizer company; invest ment, S125, GOO; employing about 100 men; no bonus.
 "Cotton seed oil mill: investment, $50 000; employing 50 people: no bonus:
 ''Birmin gflaun Powder company; invest ment, $50, ,000; employing p people; S1,0o0 bonus promised, $65o given.
 "Blakes,ee company; investment, $50 O0o; employing 40 CT D0 PeoPEe, GonuS %foV
 'fShrt and pants factory; investment, $30,- coo; employing 40 people; no bonus
 "Bolt and nut works; investment, $30 900; employing some 40 people; no bonus.
 'Dimm.ck Pipe works; investment $20O 900; employing 300 people; bcnus, 1250.
 Birmingham Pipe and Casting company, the recently located plart; investment. $55.G00. and w.ll employ some 150 peop.e; bonus, S1 600.
 We are not posted as to the amount Of coal. coke or iron consumed by the above mentioned factories.
 other Enterprise'
 ''There are other industries that have been located through the anstrumen ntallty of the club that nave not mentioned. because, as we understand it, members of tho club, as we'll as citizens generally in Birmingham, took stock in same,. viz: Avondale cotton mill and the steel plant brdt by the Birmingham Rolling Mill com pany.
 "The whole amount of bonuses given to the above mentioned factories amount N,k.. A a,1 l,ox.