The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
PROBABLY
 WILL VOTE ON CONTRACT
 WITH B. R., L. &c P. co. TODAY

| Unless some unforeseen development takes place the commission will adopt the offers made by the Birmingham Railway, | Light and Power company as to a reduc- | ton in the price charged for arc lights,
 the prices charged the ultimate consumer
 for electricity and the granting of trans | fer privilege to the citizens of Ensley. l The three commissioners at the meeting
 yesterday were given copies of the new proposal from the Birmingham Railway, | Light and Power company. They all three said they understood the situation pretty well and were ready to vote. There upon the commission designated this morning at 10 o'clock as the hour at which | the proposition would be given the final official hearing.
 | The only change in the new proposals over the old Is that another transfer zone
 
 cial. to make it easy for them to grow. "Third-Because it is to the benefit of | the country in which they exist to have them grow.
 "A city is not an aggregation of busi- ness or men. It must have an individu- ality of its own. It must have one indi- | viduality represented in the sentiments or it's own. It must have one individuality I represented in the sentiments of its peo-
 ple. You must be proud of Birmingham;
 you must love it; you must think it is the finest city that you have ever lived l in, just as the employe must be loyal | f,ot an ha haa if
 and mind and soul powers of the indi- viduals employed by that organization
 may strive for its success. l 'Tt is not enough that you should just adorn the city of Birmingham by living | in it.
 "You must work for 1t, or you ought 1 to get out of it.
 If you don't like the town-go some where where you do like it. "Birmingham doesn't want you If you don't want Brmingham If you are not an asset. you are a liability, and 1t means I the same whether you are lawyer or l a street cleaner
 This sentiment does not grow by itself. l It may lie dormant in the minds and hearts of hundred thousand people, and unless it is famed into flame, it never serves as a beacon for the guidance Of
 
 What Detroit Has Done I How do cities grow from the stand I point of business? I trust you will par | don me if I speak of our own city or Detroit-a beautiful and busy city; l city that stands as constant refuta- ton that industrialism and content can not go together God has done great l deal for Detroit, and after all, has done little. do not want to praise Detrolters | so much as l want to call your attention l to a few pages torn from our DOCK or | business experience which may prove or value to you in the rearing Of greater city in this great state of Alabama. Bir-
 mingham is no different from Detroit ID
 it's essential necessities of growth. l You want more business.
 1 You want better business. l You want more people.
 1 You want more people to know that
 Birmingham is good place in which to i live and to do business. and to work out the problems of contented lire. l You can't build great city unless you build great industrial city.
 city of millionaires is not worth consid- l eration but city of prosperous peo- ple is the treasure of God l The Chamber of Commerce must be positive energy in town, organized Tor | the purpose of making 1t grow; to give | De''AAf>'o concerns instead of 50; to never think its | work is finished, or never to stop if there | is another industry in the market that ought to come to the town. The only 1 thing in the world that is worse than a | one industry town, Is one idea man. Both are dangerous. Don't play iron too hard Some people think that Detroit | is only an automobile town, and that's | cur fault if they think it. We ought to | ;et them know that Detroit makes more l stoves, more pills, more adding machines, more overalls, more brass castings and more of several other things worth while | than any other city in the country. We are proud of being the automobile cen l ter of America, but we are prouder of | inc fact that last year we produced more manufactured product than Pittsburg. by | S1O000.0O0.
 Did that happen?
 No. it represents a consistent, bus mess like effort to build up the city. Business Principles Our board of commerce acts an advertising and sales department of commercial Detroit. It helps to inject
 business principles into the running of the town. One of our committees re- gently investigated the brick paving situation. Another had material effect in placing before the city concrete plan for the settlement of the street car question, which has been in pol ! tiles for 15 years, and will probably remain in politics for another 50 unless our business men settle 1t. do not know whether your organ
 izations here are centralized or not, | but you ought to have one big strong organization instead of the little ones. l Piffling little commercial bodies are the industrial curse of cities, with their
 conflicting ambitions. Many of them l seepiy exist for 364 days with an un-