The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-12
CARROL BROWN Is PLEASED WITH CITY He Says Birmingham Has a
 Great Future IMPRESSED WITH SOUTH
President of the American Society of Municipal Improvements Thinks
 With Reference to the Dis.
 trct Seeing Is Believing.

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 Charles Carroll Brown. president of the American Society of Municipal Improve ments, consulting engineer of Indianapolis, seemed greatly interested in the trip of the visitors to certain plants in the Bir- ingham district yesterday, With quite a number of delegates he drove from Bes- semer to the septic plant spending all hour or more there, and returning to Birmingham about o'clock on the troll ley line. Speaking of the trip and of his impressions of Birmingham he sald;
 "We got an excellent general view of the district and the location of the varl- ous plants. We saw pipe foundries. in which many of the party. as water works engineers and superintendents, were specially interested. The cement plant also received much attention, few being fa- miliar with the methods of manufacture of cement. The results of tests and the samples of work produced a good impress sion. The sewer pipe plant received some attention although a shortage in fuel pre- vented a view of the process of manufac- ture.
 Steel Works.
 "The great steel works and rail mill of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rall- road company at Ensley received the lions share of our attention, no doubt on account of the size of the plant and the spectacular effects, although the ex- planation of the duplex method of produce ing steel from the molten pig from the blast furnace impressed all with the abll- ity of the inventor in adding every ad- vantage to those natural to this district.
 "The visit to the ore mine added force to the statements regarding the resources of the district which had already been made.
 Septic Plant.
 "Through the kindness of Mr. Kendrick, some of the party visited the septic tanks in which the sewerage of the district is treated. The general lay out of the plant was generally approved and the class flea tion of the sewerage by it's passage through the tanks was considered quite satisfactory. If further puritication should be necessary at any time the location Is very favorable for the addition of filter beds Much interest was aroused by the statement that the desire for the purified sewage for industrial purposes is so greas that the first cost and maintenance of the works are practically provided for by the sale of the effluent.
 "The courtsey of the railroad com pany and of the gentlemen who so kind ly explained the methods of manufacture in use in their plants was highly appre- ciated by their guests.
 Birmingham and the South.
 q have been impressed as I travelled back and forth through the southern country when visiting Birmingham with the vast resources of the south, which are awaiting development and with the views of Birmingham which 1 have been able to take during the two days of in- spection about the city, so kindly afforded us by the Commercial Club and citizens, l have been astonished at the great work which has been done in this immediate vicinity in the development of your re- sources.
 "The wonderful natural advantages Of the location have been fully explained to me and we have seen for ourselves many of the plants which have been established to utilize the advantages
 "We have been hearing each year great CT and better stories about the iron and steel of the Birmingham district and the opportunities for business and manu- featuring here and we now know the basis for them.
 What we learn is so much greater than the reports, that we shall expect still bigger things in the future. The cheapest iron on earth, equal in quality to any; business ability and business enterprise; inventive skill sufficient to exploit natural resources to the utmost, water transportation almost in sight and sure to come, the Panama canal with as q gift the steel business or the western American coast directly to this city, are reasons for phenominal development greater than any modern city has, and the next ten years will see the Birming ham district probably three times as populous and several times as wealthy as it is today. When to this Is added the other industries which attach themselves to the steel mills and those which are independent of 1t, this statement will seem very conservative indeed.
 Metropolitan City.
 "The city of Birmingham impresses the northern visitor with its metropolitan air, it's busy commerce, it's beautiful homes and it's enterprise in municipal inn provement The city is so new that 1t has no traditions to live down and it is not too busy to pay reasonable atten- tion to the less profitable forms of muni- clpal progress, from the point of view of the industrial manufacturer or busi- ness man. That proper attention to water supply, sewerage, paving, parks and trees are most profitable from the point of view of the city's progress and attractiveness to those looking for good home and 6 delightful climate will be shown more conclusive each year.
 "The certainty of good water, the care for health shown by the construction of an adequate sewer system, the beauty of the city, produced by good paving on streets well located and on which park