The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
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 IRON MANS DEBT Public Spirited Citizens Will Contribute More Money VULCAN TO COME HOME Deficit on the Colossus Amounting to $25oo to Be Made Up Immediately.
 Water Supply Matter Is
 Discussed.
VULCAN TO COME HOME

would not be one of number to raise the remaining amou,t necessary to pay Yulcan's debts, take the big man to pieces and put hips, on cars in St. Louis and hava hin shipped home.
 At tne meeting yesterday afternoon the following men promised to give $1OO them selves or to go among their friends and raise that amount:
 Robert Jemison, Otto Marx, Fred M. Jackson, the Rev. John W. Stagg, w. P. G. Harding, B. Steiner, George B. Ward, M. V. Joseph, George Griffin, ". D. Nes- bitt, Sterling A. Wood and F. Y Ander- son. These men pledged the money on the understanding that the statue be brought back to Birmingham at once and set up in some place to be chosen later
 This action followed a report by Frank Y. Anderson in which he stated that as chairman of the committee to investigate the advisability of sending the statue to Portland Ore he had thought one of the railroads would move the statue free of cost and return it, but that the commit tee was not in favor of any action until the statue had been entirely paid for. He said that later the railroad had with drawn it's offer to move the statue to the exposition, and he thought it would not be practicable to send it to Portland until some action was taken to pay the debts
 Immediate Action.
 Rufus N. Rhodes then proposed that immediate action be taken to raise Inc remaining amount, about $25OO being need ed to pay the statues debts and bring it back to Birmingham. He said that St. Louis papers were making fun of Birmingham about the statue and that they were offering to dig a grave and bury it for Birmingham il necessary. He therefore proposed to be one of twenty five or more people who would sub scribe $10O or whatever amount necessary to pay the debts and bring the statue back to Birmingham. The plan was adopt ed and the men named above promised their aid and a committee was appointed to see the others.
 MT. Jackson, president of the club, stated that he would at once sign con- tract to have the statue taken down and placed on cars ready for movement to Birmingham.
 There was considerable discussion as to where the statue should stand and the majority seemed to favor placing it on the top of Red Mountain at the head of Twentieth street, where it could be seen from all parts of the city, and where it would attract the attention of all vis- itors. Ground on which to place it has already been promised.
 Warrior Canal
 w. P. G. Harding. chairman of the com mittee on unlimited water supply for manufacturing purposes, reported on the work the committee had done. A meeting of all the committees appointed had been held, a committee of twenty-five ap- pointed to call on the Board of Revenue for an appropriation of S2500 had been appointed, with MT. Rhodes as chairman, and had done it's work, and as soon as possible preliminary survey would be made to the Warrior. He also said that the matter of going to the Tennessee river for a sufficient flow to fill a canal had been taken up and was also being looked into, although 1t was hardly time for a report on that subject.
 Captain Frank P. O'Brien stated that two previous surveys have been made to the Tennessee river looking for a water supply sufficient to furnish the oity's industrial plants and also to get enough water to have the long talked of Van Hoose canal. He said that one of these surveys had shown that the Tennessee river at Guntersvile was 92 feet higher than Birmingham and that by one cut of 1000 feet long by 60 wide the water could be brought from the Ten nessee to Birmingham, striking Spring Creek at Brooksville and crossing the Locust Fork of the Warrior at Viola. He said that then sufficient flow of water could be obtained to float barges to the Warrior river southwest of Birm- ingham. Captain O'Brien said that the water in the Warrior at times was so low that he had walked down the river bed, and that the supply would be en- tirely too small in summer or a dry sea son.
 Robert Jemison said that Captain OBrien had struck the keynote of the situation and that the committee of which MT. Harding was chairman should go to the Tennessee by all means. He said that the committee was strong enough to go before the Alabama legislature and get what it wanted and then get every convict in the state at work on this canal. He said that it would be worth countless millions to the state and should be done as a matter of state pride.
 The Exposition.
 On motion of R. w. Ewing the club unanimously endorsed the exposition movement It was the sense of the meeting that the fair should be held regu- larly every year and that the club was heartily in favor of the movement and ready to render what aid it could.
 MT. Rhodes reported as chairman of the committee which went to Washing ton to invite President Roosevelt to come to Birmingham. He said that although he himself was sick while in Washing ton, he kept up with what the commit tee did, and that he felt sure the Presi- dent would come to Birmingham if he came south at all and that he would