The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-29
THERE'S A REASON FOR COREY"
FORMAL OPENING YESTERDAY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE t.,

birmingham district in its growth
Neither tie United States Steel corpora
ton nor its subsidiary companies have
any financial interest in the Corey Land
company. The location of the new town.
close to the new plants. however, creates
in the officials a friendly interest, In
whatever worthy plans are carried out
FOR making sanitary and social conditions
what they should be in a modern town.
GEORGE G. CRAWFORD.
President.
DIR. r.. NJ. Cunningham
Dr. r. NJ. Cunningham made an enthusi-
astic address. He believed In Corey be-
cause he had seen other towns grow
from smaller beginnings In the district.
He saw the good reason for Corey 1t is
founded on facts. II Is the outgrowth of
settled demand Corey Is being built
on broad business lines" said DR. Cum
bingham. Everything is complete. There
is nothing being left for grating alder
men. The streets are being paved, side
walks laid. sewers placed and In fact
everything is being completed before the
CRATER can get in his hand.
Corey will be great, probably as great
as Ensley. l have seen Pratt City and
Ensley grow from villages to cities. /
grew up with them. ] stood by while
fortunes were made and lost have tried
to calculate the number of fortunes I
have lost by neglecting to appreciate
values before they became tangible
There are some of the same oppor-
tunities in Corey today. Some men will
make their financicl beginning in life
here. Corey Is sure proposition. am
a great believer in optimism. Optimism
Is all right But there Is a still better
quality-good judgment. Gentlemen. have
nd H. H. .t,i.
you will succeed"
Luncheon at Club
Just prior to the public exercises at
Corey the officers of the Corey Land
company entertained a few friends at a
luncheon at the Southern club. Those
present were: w. w. Crawford, J. II.
Barr. W. M. Walker. A. II. Ford. William
Ryan, w. d. Jelks, Robert Jemson, Sr.,
Henry B. Gray, Robert Jemison, Jr., j. r.
Kinney, Culpepper Exum, F. H. Crock
ard. j. C. Lusk, Frank H. Bell, John L.
Parker. Frank Nelson, Jr., John L. Raul,
Walter Harper.
Work at Corey
While the rain prevented a careful in
spection of the work that is being done
In the building of Corey, those who were
present were interested in the evidences
The parkway or boulevard has been
paved for several blocl.s and is said to
be the best paved street in Birmingham.
1t is 140 feet wide with ample sidewalks
and parked sections down the center.
A new car line from Ensley connecting
with the Birmingham system extends
through the town of Corey down the
main boulevard.
Almost half a million dollars has al
ready been spent In the preliminary work
In gradings sewers, water and gas mains
and other improvements. One and half
millions will be spent before the work Is
completed.
About 70 per cent of the grading and
sewerage work has been completed and
In the nine weeks since the enterprise
was first begun.
The First Bank of Corey was opened
for business Monday with H. E. Daily,
cashier, In charge. The Officers OF the
bank are Robert Jemson. Jr.. president;
Henry B. Gray. vice president; II. e.
Daily, cashier; Gus A. Pope. Jr., as
sistant cashier. The bank Is in temper
airy quarters but will be moved into the
first business block to be built, the con-
tract for which has already been let and
construction begun.