The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-25
AN UNRULY NEGRO WORK FOR HARBOR
MOBILE COMMITTEE HAS A MEET
ING.
Business Men Making Plans For The
Future Of POrt-Chairman A. G..
banner Withdraws His
Resignation.

Mobile. May Especial 1.-The riv-
ers and harbor committee of Mobile
at a meeting held today came to a full
understanding of what has been doing
and what is being done for the Mobile
work and started out for a reorganiza-
ton of the committee to do greater
/ things in the future
special committee, of which Maior
w. F Tebbetts is chairman, renorted
With fbon msie e. few minutes before
nSer supervising the Mobile work.
Inc committee had hoped to have Ma ior
t re Wy make certain recommendations
ment - 'He so'efh-
- Major Jervey stated that the Mobile
explained that there is $3.50. 6oo for he ne
M work. OF this amount, 500, 900
aha ene rest is for the channel.
ABOUT June 1, bids will be invited
LOT LOT $SSo,o0o worth of work on the Mo-
pie channel, and it is said this will
ect CT th h amount sgee od foot pro
apaliable in cash, and $3.50, 900 is to
De spent on the channel now. "
m T I'VE thousand dollars is to be used
for I the nr and ,obstructions and $4,000
11redge. real work on which will not
oesi the until sslo next neS spring The balance
| NV, 2ovV'VVU VIII come under ha
next civil sundry bill which Congress-
| sion. '"e next ses-
Major Tebbetts said he saw colone,
word discretion" in the MobiIa biII
ne construed to be mendatorv on The
esssdr d n OF the secretary of war to spend
Saoo,ooo for dredge for the Mobile
work 1t will take $4,000 a montb TO 10
operate this dredge, and this moneV
is TO be taken out of the Mobile an.
preparation annually P
| The committee as a bodv ,yas o.,oa
10 get this understanding of the sit
uatlon and the report of the snecisI
'o cbairme was = received and adopted.
nothing for. this body to do now S eyv
eept plan for greater things in the
future. He saw the necessity for maj
nj ing more important body out of this
nuential with the Alabama Congress-
men who are Influenced crIy bv votes
In his mind. He suggested thai II
~ rfis NJ. De Wei to invite Governor Folk
an address since Mobile IS a great mort
| for st. Louis. poi
While Chairman Banner was talk.
Ing ~, w. IA Wilson moved that a
committee OF five be appointed to con-
slder his suggestions and make re-
/ port at the next meeting The motion
was adopted, and another committee Of
| bylaws. ise the
Yielding to the influence and solicit
tation of the entire committee. Chair
man Banner withdrew his resignation
! Tor awhile, and promised to continue
! 10 work for the good of the commit
tee and Mobile. A resolution was
adopted thanking him for his reconstd-
/ Grafton and also thanking the commit
tee that successfully got him to sfav
with the old ship Of state as piIot
In line with re organization Erwin
! Cralghead suggested that the commit
tee on -reergaRizatien-e consider the f,jIes-
| tlon as TO whether Or not the Chamber
of Commerce and the Maritime nv
| change should be entitled to the same
] number of delegates in their consoii-
dated form. He also thought well of
| an executive committee of five TO loolr
| after the details of the committee ana
! possibly act in an advisory capacitv.
| Mr. Craighead was answered nv
| John r. Waterman. agent of the FL
! der-Dempster line. Mr. Waterman said
| this committee wanted a large BODY Of
| the right kind of citizens. IL matterfne-
not so much what ORGANIZATIONS thev
are connected with. He was against
| an advisory executive COMMITTEES and
| said that this body wanted none but
| active workers. but he was I'm favor Of
! an executive committee to merely as
/ sist the secretary with the detail work.