The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-12
HEAR REPORTS ON
 CENSUS JUBILEE
Social Session Held at Cham
 Der Last Night
COMING
Are Now stratiOn Truck Farm Planned By
 Adams Committee

There was a meeting of the mem
 bers of the Chamber of Commerce last
 night which heard the reports made by
 the different committees appointed in
 connection with the celebration of the
 census jubilee.
 President A H. Ford called the meet
 ing to order Before taking up the re-
 ports of the committees the follow
 ing names were proposed for members
 ship and elected: A. c. Sexton, J. D.
 Heacock and c. F. Camp.
 The first report was made by Henry
 Hiden on conventions, which was in
 substance a resume of all the conven .
 tions held and to be held in Birming- ham since the last report of this com
 mittee, namely, Railway Engineers held
 last month; the Confederate Veterans,
 Sons of Confederate Veterans, the As-
 sociated Press. and the Engineer As-
 sociation of the South, who will meet
 here during the jubilee; and the
 Alabama Woman's Federation, to be held November 16, IT and IS. Work of Immigration The next report was made by John H. Adams, chairman on the committee OI ldIIIi luONtilCnl, tO iilt tlltCl Nildl
 the committee had been busy in try ing to interest bona fide settlers in the advantages of this section through MT. Heckinger, who had been sent to distribute maps and literature con- corning Birmingham to the vast num-
 Der of people congregated at the Ohio Valley expositoin, as a result of which over a thousand inquiries have been received from various states Negotia- . { al. l.y I. f1aoI do fpr tha
 moving of families of immigrants to this district and pamphlets are being prepared on farm movement for wide distribution. A truck farm will be es- | tablished for demonstration purposes and the committee is making ready to give assistance in various ways to | those worthy in cultivating their crops l the first year.
 H. w. Coffin. chairman of the commit | tee on transportation made the next report in which he stated that an ar engagement had been made with the Seaboard Air Line for the concentra- ton of cotton in Birmingham from all points on the line as far east as Cedar town, Ga, and holding out prospects of similar arrangements with other rail roads, The committee held conference with the traffic authorities of several railroads recently for the discussion of
 the readjustment of incoming rates as compared with similar rates to other l.south ern cities and the belief is that there will be favorable reports from
 the railroad officials.
 Richard W. Massey reported for the committee on advertisements and dealt largely with the arrangements that probably will be made with the Edison Vitograph company by which various events of the jubilee will be exhibited on their moving picture reels which make the round of some 30,000 moving picture shows in different cities who contract for them. Other details of the jubilee were made by MT Massey which had to do more properly with the progra mme to be followed. Civic Parade Plans Major McCrossin, who is to head the civic procession, was called upon, and he made a few brief statements to the effect that widespread interest was being shown in the details of the pro cession by all classes of people, and that it had met the encouragement oi the whole city.
 MT. Sibley made the report of the manufacturing committee of which the import was that local supplies will be given preference under equal consid- lion dollar plant to be constructed al Boyles.
 Refreshments were served at tho close of business.
 Jubilee Subscriptions The subscriptions to the census jubi- lee yesterday were as follows: City Delivery Co. ...........s 50.0t Kirkpatrick Sand and Cement