The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
WORCESTER MANS
IN CITY FOR VISIT
Former Mayor LytIe Talks
About Impressions
SMALL INDUSTRIES
Says Worcester Manufactures 800. 900
Different Articles-Urges Bir-
mingham to Connect Suburbs
by Boulevard System

William A. Lytle of Worcester. Mass,
for many years a member of the COVER
nor,s executive council of that state
and former mayor of Worcester. is in
Birmingham for few days visiting Fred
". Marks, the well known contra ctor.
who is a native of that city. and who
maintains offices there. Mr.. Lytle is in
terested in the commission form of gov
ernment and interested in Birmingham to
such an extent that he came here while
en- route to California for the winter
especially to spend few days looking
ever Birmingham.
worcester you know is decidedly a
manufacturing city he said YESTERDAY.
And on that account we have heard
of Birmingham ceaselessly in the past
few years. We are the oldest manufac-
turing center of any note, while | take
II that Birmingham will not resent my
saying that it is one of the youngest.
Birmingham according to my opinion
which has not been hastily formed. has
one of the brightest futures of any city
I'm this country. On that account | was
exceedingly anxious to come here and see
what was being done. The visits that
have made around here have thoroughly
convinced me that my impression gained
from a distance was absolutely correct.
I'VE have in Worcester places that
manufacture over 100000 different articles.
That sounds amazing TO the average
man, and was to me when first heard
ii. However, that is correct. That has
saved our city from bad effects Of pancs
as some of those lines we're continually
being worked to large output. In
that way we have suffered comparatively
little from panics. | would advise Bir-
mingham. if asked for advice. to secure
by all means diversified industries for
the reason that they bring riches and
Importance and also for the reason that
protection is afforded i'm many ways
when bad streak of luck comes along.
Il have been over the residential Sec
tion of Birmingham, and / can truth
fully say that | have seldom seen such
a magnificent natural arrangement for
good living as you have here. The hornes
are removed from the dust and they are
in every way delightful. In Boston rs
many of your citizens we'll know the
suburbs have been arranged properly and
connected up by landscape engineers. Sc
" hen I say they are beautiful those who
know will not say that 1 am exaggerating
that fact. Birmingham has a better OPP
portunity in that respect than Boston
You should by all means connect up your
suburbs in the most scientific and beau
tiful manner so that YOU will have one
great city here all arranged by experts
and providing elegant residential sections
for all your people. ] was interested
in knowing that such a scheme is under
way here now, and / can assure you
that the people of New England especially
Boston would not trade their arrange
ments for anything.
I'm mapping out a great city, such as
Birmingham is now, and will continue
to be. there should not be made any mis-
take In this connection.
'-From what | have seen of Blrming-
ham and have learned from the residents
that l have met I am firmly convinced
that this growing center can take care
Of all such affairs as this and continue
to keep that remarkable pace of growth
as was recently shown in the census
reports. Our city grew very consider
ably and az we are hemmed in by 1lany
cities and the metropolis of Boston we
consider our growth very remarkable, in
deed"
Mr.. Lyte will be shown the steel plant
Corey and the furnaces during the next
few days by Mr.. Marx with whom he is
stopping on Fairview Circle.