The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-12

 HELD MEETING Stove Factory Proposition Not Definitely Determined. Special Meeting to Be Held Next Week When Subscription Com
 m..tees Will Report-Busi-
 ness Men Discuss Im-
 portant Matters.

The subscription committees not being ready to report. the Montgomery Com mercial and Industrial Association last night postponed definite action upon the proposition of big stove factory to re- move its plant here.
 Final action will he taken upon the proposition at a special meeting of the Association to be held one night in next week.
 About 100 business men of Montgomery gathered fin the rooms of the Association last night to attend the semi-annual meeting of the organization. Numerous important reports of standing commit tees were received, five directors were elected and the business men gathered about improvised tables and enjoyed delicious informal luncheon.
 Ray Rusnton, Vice-President Of the Association, presided in the absence from the city of President Alex Rice.
 A New Industry.
 When the meeting had been called to order, Secretary l.. l.. Gilbert reported that new industry had recently been brought to Montgomery by the organi- zation.
 Tt is a pleasure to report" said Mir. Gilbert, that last week the Association secured the location at Montgomery of a large stave factory and blaming mtll. which will represent an investment of from $35,0O0 to $50,O00 and employ from fifty to seventy-five hands at the start. This plant will be owned by Robert Nixon & Co.,, whose office IS at Florence, Ala, who will move the plants at Iron City. Tenn, and Cordova, Ala, and consoli- date both at Montgomery. They will man. ufacture slaves for foreign shipment to Liverpool. They will also manufacture all classes ur hardwood lumber for inte- rior and export markets, flooring, ceiling, siding, etc. All will be made even joint ed, nail set and ready to go down with out alteration.
 They propose to get out from 25.0OC to 5000 feet of lumber per day and the stave and blaming mill will be in addi- ton. For raw material they will use cypress, oak, ash, cotton wood, poplar, magnolia, hickory and gum, while in the blaming mill of course pine will be used. Raw material will be procured from the adjacent territory within a radius Of say 200 miles from Montgomery.
 "A location has been secured for them upon the river, so that they may avail of both rail and river as a medium for traffic. They will raft logs up and down the river, building their own barges if necessary and furnishing their own tug.
 '''The Association arranged a site of five acres for them between the river and the Louisville ana Nashville Railroad, be- ing leased from the Louisville and Nash vile at nominal rental for period of ten years.
 Tt was a source of satisfaction to have MT. Nixon say upon the completion of the negotiations, What I was unable to do in three weeks work in a ne.xhboring city, your Association has accomplished for me in two hours ''
 The report of Secretary Gilbert was re- ceived with applause and Chairman Rushton called for reports of Standing Committees.
 Chairman w. B. Davidson of the Ad- vertising Committee, reported that ma terial for 10000 pamphlets descriptive of Montgomery. had been compiled and was in the hands of printer; that when is- sued it would be the finest booklet ever sent out of Montgomery.
 Exhibit at Birmingham.
 M Mohr. Chairman of the Agricultu- ral Committee. made an interesting re- port on the Montgomery County exhibit at the recent State Fair. which was ap- plauded.
 He concluded his report by reading the following letter from J. R. McLendon, who had charge of the County exhibits: M. Mohr, Chairman Agricultural Com
 mittee Commercial and Industrial As
 sociation. Montgomery, Ala:
 Dear Sir-I have the honor to submit the following report in regard to the late Montgomery County agricultural ex- hibit, made at Birmingham from Octo- Der B, to November 3, 1902.
 Having but short time in which to get the exhibit together. I was compelled to do the work for the most part in a hurried way, but I am proud to say to you sir that I am quite sure the collec- tion was one that did the County much credit in the eyes of strangers Hundreds of people were glad to know that such display could be made from a County which was drought-stricken from center to circumference.
 ''The display was strictly an agricul- tural display, no foreign matter being used for decoration. but the designer chose to make one product decorate it's immediate neighbor and thus made the exhibit a compact, solid body of farm products. just as may be seen on every well arranged farm in Montgomery Coun- ty.
 ''The display of seventeen kinds of standard field corn, ten of field peas, five of sweet potatoes and all the standard grasses for hay. besides several kinds of sugar cane, made show that pleased all lovers of the farm and its products.
 T am very proud indeed to tell you that Montgomery County products suf- feIed no loss by fair comparison with the products of the other counties of the State. but were considered as good, If not the best on display from the fact.