The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
Plan Is to Use the Trunk
Sewer RightOt Way Now
Owned By County
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HAS FRUITFUL Meeting
Urge Citizens to Aid Census
Takers In Work-Aew Industries
Committee Says Most Appliea-
items Are for Money


called "a Revelation" in the shape of the
report of the civic improvement commit
tee, by Chairman Hill Ferguson. The ell
max of the meeting was reached when
Mr.. Ferguson suggested the use of the
50-foot right of way now owned by the
county for the sanitary trunk sewer as
great boulevard from Birmingham to
Bessemer. cementlng the two cities to-
gether, forever doing away with tho talk
OF a new county.
"A boulevard from East Lake to West
Lake, a distance of from 10 to 20 miles, :"
was the suggestion, but this was only
one Of the many preliminary plans given
simply as typical of the ideals which
should be outlined in the shape of expert
plans for the growth of Birmingham dur
ing the next fifty years.
Mr.. Ferguson thought that Capitol park
should be the civic center of Birming-
ham, and that around ii should be group
ed all of the public buildings of the city
and county. He called attention to the
2e-acre tract which the city owns on the
top Of Red Mountain as possible of Won
derful development.
One of the features of his talk was the
revelation of the Birmingham Realty
company's plans for a new North High
land boulevard, 200 feet vide, beginning at
Twenty-sixth street and about Fifteenth
avenue, and opening up all the beautiful
property toward sthe northeast, costing
several hundred thousand dollars. The
plans have been drawn and the details
are now being worked out.
Aid Census Takers
Resolutions were adopted last night
recommending that the people of
the district give the census takers every
aid. After reading the minutes, the fol-
lowing new members were elected: Harry
A. Rodgers, 1878 Brown-Marx building
M. Edward Linnehan, 202 First National
bank building James Henry Bowden, 1901
Empire building; John j. Kyser, Great
Southern Automobile company; Leroy
Smith, 400 Chamber of Commerce; ]. P.
Stiles, 902 s. Twenty ninth street.
President A. H. Ford announced his
rural development committee, of which j.
T. Adams is chairman and stated that
willie its work would be slow, he expect
ed them to accomplish much in time.
Mr. Ford reported for ]. H. Holcomb5
on the work for the music festival, tell
ing of the Damrosch orchestra, and urg-
ing the business men to give the festival
their enthusiastic support The following
report from Chairman l.. SEWER of the
committee on locating new industries war
read:
Birmingham, April 10. 1910.
Mr.. A. H. Ford, President Chamber OF
Commerce.;
Dear Sir-As chairman of the commit
tee on location of new industries l can
only report that the work of this COM
mittee to date has been that of general
correspondence, with many seeking loca-
lions for new industries and, with one
exception, all desiring locations make APP
plication for financial aid. AS you ap-
preciate, this committee has no finances
at its command and to date we have not
been successful In inducing any indus
tries to locate here.
Correspondence will be continued and
progress reported from time to time.
Yours truly, l.. SEWER,
Chairman Committee on Location New
Industries. .-
Mr.. Ford announced that to the COM
mittee on the STORY of Coal and Iron in
Alabama" had been added the names of
Il. M. Tutwiler, w. Fl. Woodward G. B.
Mccormack, Paschail Shook, Stephen
Smith and s. E. Thompson.
communication from the Business
Mems league was read, asking that the
commercial bodies cooperate In educating
the people of Birmingham to patronize
home industries, and committee, con-
sisting of r. w. Ewing, r. Wilkerson
and W. C. Phillips was appointed to con-
fer with committees from other bodies.
On suggestion of w. N Malone the pub
lie policy committee was instructed to
consider resolution on the ship subsidy
BILL Mr. Ford announced that Chairman
Massey Of the advertising committee
would be ready at later date with a
very live report, which Will cost the city
some. money. to carry out. ''.''
Railroads and Transportation
Chairman III. w. Coffin of the commit
tee on railroads and transportation re-
ported that his committee is busily en-
gagged on a number of important ques-
tons. 1--WE are working with the rail-
roads on the question of rates on cotton,
and we think that Birmingham will soon
he able TO handle more cotton, We find
that the business follows the cotton, and
we must get it to Birmingham" he said.
Through joint recommendation of Mr..
Coffin's committee and George b. Nc
Cormack,. this resolution was adopted:
Chamber of Commerce OF Birmingham,
Ala, April Is, 1910.
Resolved, That the Chamber of Com
merce of Birmingham deems 1t unwise
tor enact the proposed clause In the rail-
road bill now before Congress as far as
II relates to the long and short haul,
and considers the present law more ad-
vautageous to the walfare of Birming-
ham and believes that 1t Is not beneficial
to make the proposed change as shown
in section of H. r. 1885.
Re II further resolved, That this cham
her reouest Senators Johnson and Bank
head and Representative Underwood to
.onnose the passage of this bill as 1t is
now amended and this chamber request
other commercial organizations in the
state to pass similar resolutions and
make like requests of their representa-
tives In Congress.
THESE were the arguments brought
ont against the bill by Mr.. McCor-
mack.
.Restricts competition.
"confnes business to a restricted ter
ritory.
means all rates made on mileage
basis.
"Destroys elasticity of rates and
makes it impossible to secure adjust
nents to meet competitive conditions
at distant markets, as all rates to
POINTS intermediate would also have
tc be reduced although no reason VIII at
ever would justify such reductions
A motion made by l.. Sewer, calling
upon the Alabama senator's and con-
gressmen to furnish the chamber with
al hills which are introduced in Con-
press which in their opinion affect Bir-
mineham or Alabama, and instructins
Secretary Babb to refer them immedi-
Eptely to the proper committees, was
pissed.
Chairman Ferguson Reports