The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
IDEAS ADVANCED
 ID BENEFIT CITY Various Men Think Various Things Are Needed WANT BIG STEEL PLANT Another Thinks That a WinnIno Base. ball Team Is the Thing Most
 Needed By Birmingham
 at Present.
WANT BIG STEEL PLANT

A huinber Of representative men of Bir- mingham were asked yesterday what. in their opinion, was the greatest need of Birmingham. Their replies varied from winning baseball team" to a large steel plant which would turn out thous- ands of tons of finished products daily.
 Following are the suggestions by various men as to what things in their opinion would make this better city:
 Judge Samuel F. Greene-"our great est need at present is to have a city beat- tiful and clean. The citizens should CO., operate with the Mayor and city author ities in the endeavor to render the town more attractive to the visitor in it's phyi- cal appearance"
 Eugene Jacobs: We need diversified in- dustries The Birmingham business men should work towards this end. Our raw material should be manufactured into the finished product in the Birmingham dis trict."
 Capt. Frank S. white-'we need more room to build Birmingham on. The Bir. mingham business men need rest"
 w. B. Leedy-"We evidently need re- form in the Birmingham Police Commits sion"
 Harry Jones, alderman from the Eighth "afo-'W What Birmingham mostly needs Is a body of business men who will lay aside all personal gains and work for Birmingham first, last and always. We need body of men who will let their petty jealouses take second place and who will say, Birmingham has the best railway system, the best water, the best streets, the best police force, the best baseball team and the best of everything else in the world' In other words, who will always stand for Birmingham and Birmingham things and people,"
 John w. O'Neill, alderman from the Second ward-"Birmingham needs more out of town trade, but 1 believe we are in a good way of getting this through the free daily excursions to be inaugurated August l by the Merchants association. If allowed another guess l would say that the next thing most needed in Birming- ham is more small manufacturing plants"
 Ed Warren. Jr., Police Commssioner- More water"
 Simon Klotz, Alderman from Second Ward-"Extend Inc oify limits, sane in the suburbs and then boost Birming- ham,"
 John l.. Parker, Alderman from the Seventh Ward Extend the city limits and let us have a Greater Birmingham. |"
 John c. Forney, Alderman from the Sixth Ward-"Municipal ownership of water works, electric light plant and oth- CT institutions"
 George B. Ward, Mayor" Birmingham reeds several big steel mills.'
 w. E. Wier, Chief of Police-"Birming- ham needs forty more policemen. We should have at least 100 men on the force"
 w. J. Waldrop-"It Is my candid opin- ion that Birmingham's greatest need is at present to have sprinkling cars used on the tracks of the street railway com pany."
 Albert Stradford--"Our greatest need is undoubtedly more diversified industries Many expenses could be saved and ina terials supplied to the district at a mucn cheaper price,"
 Walter L. Howard-"Our most urgent need Is to abolish the police commits S1On. IL IS peflttliy uocitoS anu oiiJ causes trouble"
 Major c. J. Allison: Birmingham needs larger water supply. one sufficient to supply all the manufacturers that the city could secure. It also needs more small and diversified industries. The city will finally have to go to the Tennessee river or the Coosa river for It's water supply in sufficient quantities to meet the demands of the next few years.
 "A winning baseball team Is also need ed and badly needed in Birmingham"
 w. D. Nesbitt: q should say that Bir- mingham needs more amusement for the people on hot summer nights, such as a band in one of the parks that Is easily reached by all On these hot nights the people need some outdoor amusement and place to enjoy themselves"
 E. T. Shaw: "Of course there are lot of things that Birmingham needs. Among others is the enforcement of the ordinance which prohibits negro hack drivers from driving rapidly out of alleys across the pavements and around the street corners, endangering the lives or people all the time"
 BIRMINGHAM CLASSICAL SCHOOL.