The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-10
Commission Exum. and MIR.
Harding Will Welcome
the Visitors
PRESIDENT ADAMS
TO MAKE HIS REPORT
Many Entertainments Planned for the
InspectOrs-AutOmO Ride This
Afternoon-Trip to Bayview
Mine Thursday

With mine inspectors from a dozen
different states in attendance the Mine
Inspectors Institute of the United
States will convene this morning at the
Hillman hotel. The last business meet
ing will be held Friday morning when
officers will be elected and the next
meeting place selected.
The session this morning will be
largely routine and one of welcome
from the city and the Chamber of Com
merce as well as an address by Presl-
dent r. X. Adams of Mercer, Penn.
The registration and distribution of
badges will begin this morning at 8
o'clock. The formal call to order Will
follow one hour later. President Gull
pepper Exum of the city commissioners
will welcome the mine inspectors to
the city on behalf of the municipality
President W. p c. Harding will speak
for the Chamber of Commerce. Fol-
lowing Mr.. Harding will be the reply
of President Adams on behalf of the
delegates and also the presidents an
nual report. The business transacted
at the meeting today will be without
consequence During the afternoon it is
planned to entertain the delegates.
their wives and daughters with an au-
tomobile ride over Birmingham which
will start about o'clock. The night
will be devoted to the theatres and
other amusements that may be in
formally arranged.
Technical Papers Tomorrow
The meeting tomorrow will be de-
voted to the reading of papers on
technical subjects which are of inter-
est to the inspectors and the discus
sion of such questions by the experts
attending the session, There will be
many papers read by the various mem
bers of the inspectors institute, but
last night Chief Inspector c. Fl. Mes
bitt, in charge of the entertainment,
had not been Informed what those pa
pers were. He said that the men who
We're to read papers had neglected to
advise the local committee.
The inspectors tomorrow. night will
be entertained at a smoker to be given
at the Hotel Hillman. At that affair
will be several local men specially in
vited and it is probable that few in
formal speeches will be made.
On Thursday the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company has ar
ranged to operate a special train to
Bayview for the inspectors, which viii
give them an opportunity to see a
typicaf Tennessee Coal, Iron mine and
will also allow them to attend a bar
becue which has been arranged.
Trip to Bayview Thursday
The excursion will be attended by the
ladies' and will require the whole day.
The trip will include brief inspection
of the steel plant en- route and will
also give the inspectors an opportunity
IF viewing the immense water re-
of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company. This excursion has
been much discussed and those who are
invited on the trip anticipate 1t with
l great deal of pleasure. Officials of
he Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company will accompany the special
rain and will give all the assistance
to the entertainment and in
;truction of the inspectors.
The excursion requires an entire day
so the last business session will be
leld the following morning. The meet
ng Friday morning will last about two
hours and will be for the purpose of
slecting officers and transacting the
details left over from the former meet
ng.
President Adams said last night that
ne expected this meeting to be one of
the best ever held by the institute. 1t
Is the first one ever held in this Sec
ton of the country and for that reason
an unusually large number of men will
attend from northern and western
states. .
The Birmingham district President
Adams explained yesterday, has been
before the public constantly during the
past few years and the inspectors have
for ;1 quite e,a while while evidenced desire