The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
B. !. SAUNDERS HAS
RESIGNED FROM THE
EAST LAKE LAND co.
Well Known Real Estate
Developer Has Acquired
State Agency for Hud-
son Automobile

Bradley j. Saunders, for the past Il
years vice president and general man
ager of the East Lake Land company, in
charge of the developments of that subur-
ban section. has resigned and entered
the automobile business. He has taken
over the Hudson automobile, having the
exclusive agency for the state. The com
pany name will be the Saunders Motor
Car company, and the temporary offices
will be at No. 422 South Twentieth street.
He will later on have handsome sales
rooms.
The resignation of Mr.. Saunders from
the East Lake Land company will be
rather surprising, as it was not generally
known that he was contemplating leaving
that concern, which under his adminstra-
ton has shown wonderful developments.
His entrance into the automobile busi-
ness, possessed as he is with unusual bus
mess sagacity, and his wide circle of
friends and acquaintances, will insure
rather spirited competition in the auto
mobile situation here. Mr.. Saunders was
also president of the Rugby Land and
Improvement company operating at East
Lake. lie has been succeeded in that work
by w. w. Crawford who is at this time
also president of the East Land company.
It is understood that later on A. L. Full
enwider will become president of the East
Lake Land company
Mr.. Saunders, whose friends in this dis
trict are numbered by the thousands is
a native of Maryland, and came here sew
eral years ago. He entered the real es-
tate business, and during his II years
connection with East Lake has been in
strumental in bringing about great prog
ress of that community He opened up
division after division of property there
and provided homes for an untold num-
Der of Birmingham citizens. His greatest
achievement in development however,
was reserved for the last few years-the
opening up of Roebuck Springs. That de-
yelopment is admittedly a master stroke
of realty achievement, resulting in the es-
tablishment of a community of suburban
residents in settlement unrivalled for
it's natural beauty and other attractions.
That settlement is populated by widely
known and wealthy residents Of this city,
who desired to combine city conVeniences
with rural beauty and seclusion, so it was
up to Mr.. Saunders to attain the Roe
buck achievement That work is as yet
incomplete so far as the maximum de-
velopment is concerned but it has most
optimistic beginning.
Along with that development was the
planning and establishment of the Roe
DUCK Golf and Auto club, with something
like 800 members from among the leading
families of this city. The club is oper-
ating now with an 18-hole golf course. said
to be the best in this section of the south.
The entire creation was under the per-
sonal supervision of Mr.. Saunders, who
while assisted by his associates in the
general scheme of Identification and de-
velopments, nevertheless Is given the gem
eral credit for that addition to Birming-
ham.
His associates in that work regret ex-
ceedingly his leaving. but the automobile
game was SO alluring as to convince Mr..
Saunders that that was the proposition
to take up.
1t is recalled that at an auction few
days ago he purchased as the highest
bidder II Hudsons, which it is stated
have been sold with amazing rapidity.