The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
COMMITTEES OF
BOARD OF TRADE
BOARD SEEKING TO GET CITY
BACK ON FlRST-CLASS lNSUR-
ANcE BASlS-TAkE ACTION ON
FATHER o'RElLLYs DEATH.

At a meeting of the board Of trade yes
terday afternoon the standing committees
for the year were announced by Presi-
dent Klotz.
A committee Of three was appointed to
draft resolutions on the death OF Father
O'Reilly. The committee consists of C.
c. Heidi, ]. II. McCary and r. w. Ewing.
Secretary Mccullough was instructed to
write a letter to the southeastern tariff
association asking what was necessary TO
get the insurance rates of Birmingham
to state in specific terms what 1t consid-
cred necessary to put the city back OH
a first rate basis.
The meeting was held in the board
rooms In the First National bank build
ing, and the attendance was good. The
committees are as follows
Miscellaneous and grievances-J. II. Nc
Cary, chairman Eugene Jacobs, H. b.
Kennedy ]. Friedman, E. Solomon, Geo.
Mccleery, V.sGilb.
Street RAILROADS.&C.. NJ. Dewberry, chair
man; Colman Blach, e. Lesser, II. w.
English. S. p. Fowlkes, ]. A. Coker, j..
T. Doster.
Entertainment--J. d. Collins, chairman;
j. w. ONeil, w. r. Gum, W H. Kettig,
]. e. Levy, Fred Wehage, Ed Warren,
Jr., Clarence Lynch. C. c. Fleming and
r. j. Strickland.
Flnance-C. C. Heidi, chairman; r. T..
Collins, e. Wilkinson, Adolph Hirsch.
Moses Levy and r. w. Ewing.
AIidifiuD-n1Iua.
A. J. Krebs, Ben L. Barbour, D. NJ. Dren-
men, Y. Glib. r. N. Wheeler and Charles
e. SCHNEIDER.
Committee on railroads-John L. Par
kerr chairman; w. d. Wood, S. p King,
Robert McLester, f. II. Lathrop, r. w.
Ewing, j. r. Rushton, Louis Saks w. S.
Brown, b. II. Cooper. r. e. Forbes and
w. f. Stephenson.
Legislative. e. Shelby. chairman; w.
s. Brown, S. w. Lee. G. b. McVay ]. c.
Marks, and Hughes B. Kennedy.
Insurance-John w. .o'Neill chairman:
o. chalifoux. M. V. Joseph, Sam Earle,
lsaM FEEDER, w. 7. Cox, ]. Friedman and
Coleman Blach.
Iaxation-Coleman Blach, chairman; NJ.
V. Joseph. Ferd Marx. ]. F. Rushton.
George McCleery and Louis saks.
City and County Matters-R w. Ewing,
chairman; Alex Mcleod; j. Lowlnson and
Emil Lesser.
Retail Trade-M. V. Joseph, chairman.
b. II. Cooper. Simon Spiro, Adoph Hirsch.
Sol Caheen. ]. e. Shelby, Clarence Lynch
and w. s. Brown.
Freight Rates-s. w. Lee, chairman; r.
M Goodall. Robert Garry. b. B. Martin.
w. NJ Cosby, w. D. Wood, ]. b. Cham
berlain, Max Karpeles, J. D. Collins, j.
7. Doster, W. M. Kant and ]. H. Hal
combe.
Military--J. T. Yeatman. chairman; John
w. oNeili, H. B. Kennedy and ]. E.
Shelby.
U D. Heidi made the motion that some
expression be made of the regard which
the members of the Board Of Trade had
Tor Father oReilly. He paid a glowing
tribute to the memory of the deceased
priest and suggested the appointment Of
the committee. President Simon Klotz
also spoke of the deceased and his noble
worh IN Birmingham, and what loss
ms oeath was to the city. A copy OF the
resolutions to be drafted will be sent the
relatives OF the deceased and will be
spread ON the minutes of the board.
W. 1. Cox, r. w. Ewing and j. H. Nc
oary maoe short talks on trade eondi-
IONS IN Birmingham. Oscar Yenable and
membership.