The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
Chamber of Commerce Incor-
 poration Papers Filed
OVER 100 STOCKHOLDERS
Determination To Erect Office Build ing Was Remarkable Demonstra- tion of Birminghams Public
 Spirit-Beein Soon.

Papers of incorporation were filed in ths
 office of the probate court yesterday by
 the Chamber of Commerce Construction
 company. The capital stock of the com pany is listed at sloo5oo, and business will
 De started with a paid-in capital of s9S,-
 S75.
 The purpose of the company is to con struet the proposed chamber of commerce building upon the Chalifoux site, at the corner of First avenue and Nineteenth street north. It is understood that ac- , tual construction work will start in few days.
 | Of the $10O,5 capital stock, $500 is com- mon stock and the balance, $lOo.o0o per cent annual cumulative participating pre- l ferred stock, divided into shares of s25 each. The $500 common stock is made up of 25-cent shares.
 1 Over 100 names are included in the list | of stockholders, the amounts of stock sul- scrbed ranging all the way from $25 to S2500 on the preferred stock The $500 worth of common stock was taken oy John l.. Raul, president of the Conner cial club, T. II. Motion and J. A. Emery. Directors of the company are named as fellows: John L. Raul. T. H. Motion, l. A. Emery, R. w. Massey, Rufus N. | Rhodes, Culpepper EXum J. w. Donnel- | ley, F. M. Jackson and Eugene Brown. l The officers are John l.. Raul, president;
 F. M. Jackson, vice president; J. P Stiles,
 secretary, and John H. Barr, treasuref. ! Mir. Barr is also designated as the person l 10 accept stock subscriptions.
  ening which Birmingham has ever exper- | fenced marked sthe birth of the proposition to form a chamber of commerce and to construct handsome office building for it's home. It was brought before the Con- mercial club at it's first meeting after the Confederate reunion in June. The success of the reunion had shown just what Bir- mingham was capable of and when this was suggested 1t took like widfire.
 Several thousand dollars were subscrib- ed to the project at the meeting. But this was simply an appetizer Some one pro- posed that an immediate canvass be made of all the members of the club. The sug gestion was taken as a good one and the canvass commenced.
 It began shortly after supper and lasted until daybreak. Automobiles were pressed into service and the enthusiastic can vassers went to every part of Greater Br- mingham. The hour grew late and most of the populace had retired. This did not deter them, however.
 Doorbells were rang long past the mid night hour and the head of the house sum moned to the front door. As soon as hs appeared in sight the canvassers turned loose a flood of eloquence, the head of the house caught the fever, and standing on his front porch in his ''nightie'' he signei his name to the list of stockholders.
 Within few days the necessary amount had been subscribed and negotiations were made for location, the Chalifoux corner being decided upon. The owner, ]. l.. Chalifoux, while living in Massachusetts. showed his faith in Birmingham's future by furnishing the lot and accepting bonds on the new building for its value.