The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
WILL HAVE EXHIBIT AT TIE EXPOSITION
  Birmingham Resources to be Shown at Jamestown THE COMMITTEE REPORTS Resolution From the Bessemer Board of Trade Was Read-Much Bus- ness Was Transacted In
 a Short While.
THE COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Commercial club transacted grea deal of business yesterday in short time The club confined itself strictly to busi ness and very few talks were made.
 officers were nominated for the ensuing year as reportd in another column; ar engagements were made for holding tht election; another election to decide tn, ! location. of Vulcan was ordered and the l Countess di Brazza, the representative oi the Italian government. was invited tc come to Birmingham and inspect the con. ditions here relative to immigration w. J. Wilzen. acting chairman of the committee appointed to secure the reunion of the Confederate Veterans for Blrmng- ham in 1907 reported on the trip to New Orleans. He said that practically all the members of the committee went to New Orleans to attend the reunion, and that while the mission failed, as had been expected, the grounds were laid for secur- ing the reunion in 1908.
 MT. Wilzin stated that Birmingham had been placed in nomination as one of the places wishing the reunion. but that 1t was already practically decided that 1t should go to Richmond next year. He said that great many of the veterans and the officers of the veterans had agreed to vote for Birmingham to secure the 1908 reunion.
 Since coming home. Mir. Wllzin stated, he had suggested that the committed should write to General Harrison, com mander in chief of the Alabama division, asking him to communicate with all the other commanders of divisions and solicit their aid in securing the reunion in 1908. He also said that he had suggested that letter be written to every camp in the south asking their votes for Birmingham year after next. The plan was endorsed by the club and the committee was con tinued with instructions to secure the re- union.
 Railroad Shops.
 Frank Nelson, Jr., chairman of the com mittee appointed to secure the locomo- tive shops of the Southern railway, re- ported for that committed He stated that he had been assured by G. H. Ackert, fourth vice president of the Southern, and also by Samuel Spencer, president, that the Southern would not build loco motive shops in the south.
 President Notion said that the commit tee would stand and that he thought it would be good idea for it to impress on the management of all the railroads which run into Birmingham that this was the proper place for locomotive shops and that the committed should keep in l touch with the officials of the South ern and that fl q plant of that nature was contemplated, that it should be se- 1 cured for Birmingham MT. Nelson as- sured him that if q plant was eyer built it would be built here.
 A letter was read from the secretary of the Board of Trade of Bessemer, asking that the Commercial club consider the following resolution:
 Whereas the government of the United States, many of the sovereign states q number of cities of our country and nearly every country, on the globe will make ex- hibits al the exposition at Jamestown, Va, in 1907; and, whereas, the opportunity should not be neglected to show to the world the manifold advantages, resources manufactures and products of the Bir- mingham district; be it
 Jamestown Exposition.
 Resolved, first. That the Board of Trade of Bessemer petition the Conner cial club of Birmingham and the Board of Trade of the same city that they take the initiative in a movement to suggest plans for raising q suitable sum of money to erect a building at the Jamestown ex- position, and to start some movement by which every industry. corporation and representative business in the district be induced to take part in a complete ex- hlbit of the resources of the Birming- ham district at the exposition.
 Resolved second, That the Birmingham district, as manufacturing center, and Jefferson county as an unexcelled sec ton for the establishment of all kinds of industries, be advertised to the world at large at the Jamestown exposition; and,
 Resolved, third. That this Board of Trade appoint committee of five of it's members whose duty it shall be to com municate a copy of these resolutions to the bodies named above, and to urge upon them the importance of beginning this work in time to accomplish that which will be to the best interests 10 the dis trict and county in which we live, and in which we are so much interested,
 Resolved, fourth, That we pledge our earnest support to any movement looking to the proper representation of the district at the Jamestown exposition.
 "AY. P. GUNN. Chairman.
 'H, w. CROOK
 "DR. b. P. LACEY,
 "JOH.. T. McENIRY, "J. D. OGARA."
 w. D. Nesbitt moved that the club en- dorse the spirit of the resolutions; that 1t express itself as being in hearty &C., cord with the sentiments contained there in, and that committee of five be ap- pointed to cooperate with the Bessemer Board of Trade committed The motion was carried. President Motion will an nounce the committee today.
 Monthly Report.
 President Motion made his monthly re- port Among other things it showed that the committee went to New Orleans to secure the Confederate Veterans reunion for Birmingham, and that an invitation was extended during the past month to inc Commercial Photographers, who are in session in Cincinnati, to meet in Bir- mingham next year He said that the convention was still in session and had not decided on a place of meeting. An other invitation was extended to the ex- ecutive committee of the Southern Rail way association to hold its next meeting in Birmingham.
 The president also rererred to the two conventions in session in Birmingham at