The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
HOTEL CLERKS WILL .BE SHOWN SIGHTS 0F .TAE,C|TY WEDNESDAY
Date for Excursion Fixed at Conference Yesterday. About 30 Expected to
 Make the Trip

At a meeting held yesterday afternoon it was decided to have the excursion over the district for the local hotel clerks next Wednesday. The excursion will start from the Tutwier hotel, Fifth avenue en- trance, of the Tutwier Hotel, at 2:f5 o'clock. There will be in the procession 10 automobiles, wherein there will be about 50 hotel clerks and local citizens accompanying them on the trip. It Is being held under tie auspices cf the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of presenting to the hotel clerks some of the points of interest about this con- mumty This information. it is believed, will enable She men who come In direct contact with visitors to this community to direct them on a trip about the city The conference yesterday which decided
 the details of the trip was attended bv William Radcliffe, general secretary of
 the Chamber of Commerce, Willia,n
 Blanks Everett, assistant general se.,ra-
 tary: Hill Ferguson. Leslie E'airchild.
 president of the local hotel clerks or
 ganization. and Assistant Manager Burk
 of the Motion hotel who is very en-
 thusiastic member of the Greeters' as- socation. The details arranged yesterday consisted in a plan which will enable 90 per cent of the members of the association
 to make the trip while the remaining 10
 per cent of the association will be taken,
 over the same route at some future time. The unanimous opinion yesterday vas | that the trip will require about four hours. The party will go to Ensley through Ow- nd ft1r ii vision at Ensley will be inspected and the excursionists will leave for the American Steel and Wire plant at Fairfield. There Charles w. I.utz, general superintendent, will personally direct the visitors over the operations. After inspecting that newest of local industries the visitors will return to the civic center of Fairfield There in the wading pool will be found 25 watei- melons surrounded entirely by ice, hav-
 ing been in such position for some hours. There will follow watermelon feast
 such as no hotel clerk has yet enjoyed.
 short welcoming address will be ee-
 livered by Burr Ferguson president of
 the Fairfield Commercial club. He will be
 answered by Leslie Fairchld, president
 of the association, and perhaps few
 other impromptu talks will be made.
 After looking over the Model City the del- egation will return to Birmingham through
 Fairview and thence south through West slSnd to Ninth street. A trip will be made
 to Highland park, Idlewild park, east to
 Eleventh avenue to Five Points. around
 Highland avenue. to the Country club.
 where a stop will be made for refresh-
 ments The trip will be continued by Q ride over Altamont road. Cliff road. through Mountain Terrace and back to
 the city.
 There has already been made several uf-
 fers of automobiles for the purpose of making the trip from which offers sats owned by the following men have been chosen: Robert Jemison, Jr.. Erskine
 Ramsay, F. l.. Whitehead. Robert N
 Ewing, P. Y. Whitman. John l.. Parker
 and Paschal Q Shook.
 It is expected that the trip will he
 taken by 20 members of the organization,
 for whom it has been arranged. and about
 10 local men, including Mir. Shook. Mir
 Jemison, MT. Parker. Mir Whitehead NIT.
 Ramsay, Culpepper Exum. George W.
 Traylor. Jr.. w. B. Everett. George B.
 Ward, and others.