The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
BOARD IF TRADE
 AFTER WATER C0 Passed Strong Resolution En- dorsing Alderman Jones PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE Names of Citizens Who Are to Repre- sent the Board of Trade When
 President Roosevelt Comes
 to Birmingham.
PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE

At a meeting of the Board of Trade yesterday which was the briefest on record two important actions were taken. One was the endorsement of the Jones resolution in the City Council regarding the annullment of the existing contract with the Birmingham Waterworks com pany.
 The other was the appointment of the reception committee for the visit of Pres ident Roosevelt to Birmingham on De- tober 23.
 J. II. McCary offered the resolution re- garding the waterworks contract and moved it's adoption. The motion was see- onded by several of the members of the board and was unanimously passed. George McCleery was the only member who spoke to the resolution. He said that the waterworks company was the crust iesta corporation in the city to deal with.
 The resolution as passed, is
 Whereas, the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham, and the Board of Trade, have during the past few years agitated the question of purer and cheaper water for Birmingham;
 And, whereas, purer water has been obtained by the installation of filtration plants, but on account of the existing contract cheaper water has not been se- cured, though Birmingham is paying a much higher rate than other cities;
 And, whereas, according to the recent decision of the supreme court of Ala bona, 1t was held that the Birmingham Waterworks company has violated its contract with the city, which gives the city of Birmingham the right to annul said contract; and whereas, Alderman Jones has introduced a resolution to the Board of Aldermen to annul said con tract;
 Now, therefore, Be 1t resolved by the Board of Trade of Birmingham that the merchants and business men of this city hereby heartily commend the resolution offered by said Jones to annul said con tract, to the end that more equitable contract may be entered into whereby the citizens of Birmingham will be charged a reasonable rate for water or plans may be perfected whereby Birmingham may construct and own its own waterWorks.
 A motion was unanimously adopted that the president of the Board of Trade of Birmingham be and he is hereby au- thorized to appoint the following recep- tion committee to assist in extending
 
 of the United States on his visit to lnis city in October next. The president in accordance with said resolution appointed the following committee
 John l.. Parker, John w. O'Neill, Ben F. Barbour, M. Y. Joseph, Sol Caheen, George McCleery, S. P. King, J. E. Shell by, J. Frank Rushton. W. F. Stepnenson, Sam Earle. J. L. Chalfoux, W. s. Brown, E. Soloman, Ferd Marx, Max Carpees, R. N. Wheeler, w. M Cosby, John T.. Yeatman, w. D. Gum. E. Wilkinson, John w. Tomlinson, Roy Mccullough, J. D. Collins, C. c. Heidt, B. B. Conner, Simon Klotz, J. H. McCary, R. w. Ew- ing, w. D. Hood, Louis Soks, Coleman Blach, A. J. Krebs, R. M. Go. Robert McLester. Eugene Jacobs. J. T. Friedman, A, Mcleod. Adolph Hrsch, Simon Spiro, B. B. Martin. w. T. Cox, Isaac Feder, J. T. Doster, J. R. Hornady, Frank Ellis.
 The committee which has in charge the arrangements for the annual smoker of the Board of Trade asked that 1t De allowed more time. The smoker will prob- ably be held about the middle of July, as a number of members stated that they thought July 4 was not the best time for an affair of this kind.