The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-16
SIGN CONTRACT FOR THE GREAT
 AVIATION MEET Big Birmingham Event for This Spring Is Now
 Assured TO BE ADVERTISED
 ALL OVER COUNTRY Local Automobile Men Also Formed Temporary Organization Tester day to Take Charge of the
 Big Automobile Show

J. & Berger of the Berger Aviation company and the directors of the Business Mems league at a special meeting held yesterday closed the contract which calls for the greatest aviation meet, auto mobile show and races that has ever been promoted in the south. It is claimed that it will be one of the greatest the country has ever seen and will be held at the Alabama State Fair grounds.
 Eight of the most noted and daring man birds of this country and Europe have been engaged for the event, and eN cry recognized make of aeroplanes will be shown. Daily flights will be made regardless of weather conditions, a fea- ture being the passenger carrying ma chimes which will sail skyward each day An attempt will be made to break all records for altitude. speed and other dar ing feats of the aviator. The aeroplane and the automobile will race for speed supremacy, as will the daring motor cyclst.
 The cost of the event will approximate s25,O00, and it is expected that fully 100 GOO out of town people will visit the city during the week the meet is held. In order to defray the preliminary expenses the plan Is to sell $10000 worth of ad- mission tickets 10 the grounds where the affair is to be held. These tickets are in blocks of 10 to 500, and will be sold 10 those who will be greatly ben efted by the great influx of visitors that will crowd the city during the progress of the meet. These tickets are to be sent to out of town people, which doubly insures an out of town crowd
 Thoroughly Advertised
 The promoters of the affair will thor oughy advertise the show for a radius Of over 15O miles from Birmingham by the medium of the newspapers, as well as using other methods of reaching tie. people. It will be the best advertised event ever promoted in the south, it is stated.
 The exact date of the opening has not been definitely settled, but it will be held either the latter part of March or lhe first Of April. The opening event will be a thrilling cross country race between a special train and three of the aero planes engaged for the meet.
 The Business Mems league will char ter a special train and invite 100 men prominent in business and professional circles to come on board the train which will leave for Montgomery or some other point of about equal distance. At this point they will meet the three aviators and the race to Birmingham will be started. The start will be timed SO that thg sensational racers will arrive in Bir- mingham in time for the opening.
 The representatives of the several rail- roads are enthusiastically in favor of the big spring celebration and will do every thing possible In the way of reduced rail- road passenger rates to make the trip 10 Birmingham an attractive one.
 Those who are "close in on the propo- cit tnfA Iat tD,,a.i league is to be congratulated on secur- ing this great spring amusement festival which will mean so much to Birmingham The fact that the people well know the league has been highly successful in all of its past undertakings leads to the be- lief that the event will prove one of the greatest events ever promoted and will attract more people to the city than any other previous entertainment.
 Auto Men Meet
 At a meeting held yesterday in the rooms of the Business Mems league, the automobile dealers of Birmingham formed a temporary organization with H. A. Drennen as chairman and E. w. Brown ell as secretary. committee. consist ing of Charles Denegre NJ. z. Fuller. Judge Dan A. Greene appointed to see all the automobile dealers in the city with a view of having them attend a
 
 day at o'clock, at which they will take up the matter of the automobile show and races to be given during. the man. moth aviation utomobie-motorcycle af- fair that will be given in the early spring, and allot the space for the exhibition.
 The meeting yesterday was very en- thusastic and 1t is the intention of the auto dealers to make the organization permanent Those present were much en- unused over the prospects of the great aviation meet and automobile show and they declare it will be a success If 1t is in their power to make 1t so.
 For the first time an organization of automobile dealers have got together In the district and the efforts of the offi- cers of the Business Mems league in getting them interested in the great event will not only insure the success of the meet, but will be of lasting benefit to the auto dealers.
 The automobile show will be big fea- ture of the aviation meet for almost every first class make of automobiles will be shown and some of the most noted auto speed kings" will partici- pate in the races.