The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-01
ESPECIAL COMMITTEE
ITO SEE UNDERWOOD
|ABOUT P0ST0FF|CE
Will Urge His Cooperation
in Securing Immediate
Erection of Building
TO GO TO CAPITAL
ABOUT DECEMBER 10
In Addition to Postoffice Will Urge
Birmingham as Logical Place for
Armor Plate Mill-Want Land
Cleared at Lock II

A special committee of the Chamber
of Commerce will confer with Congress-
man Underwood and urge his co-opera-
ton in securing the immediate erection
of the Birmingham postoffice. He will be
urged to join the efforts of United States
Senator Frank S. White, and the large
delegation of Birmingham business men
at washington at the conferences with
Secretary McAdoo. 1t will be pointed out
to Mr.. Underwood that on his shoulders
rest the responsibility of either retarding
or advancing the date of building the
new postoffice which is so badly needed
in Birmingham.
Yesterday afternoon Robert w. Ewing.
president of the Board of Trade ap-
pointed the following committee to act
with the committee already appointed by
President p. G. Shook of the Chamber
of Commerce in the postoffice matter:
John e. Shelby, chairman; B. II. Cooper,
George McCleary, ]. Frank Rushton, Col
ger, R. N. Wheeler and P. H. Linnehan.
President Shook of the civic chamber
also issued a call yesterday to all citi-
Gems whether appointed on any commit
tee who could afford the trip to go to
Washington with the committees in or
der to better impress the federal authori-
ties that the sentiment of united
municipality is behind this movement for
the immediate construction of the postof-
flee.
United States Senator Frank S. White
leaves for the national capitol the last
of this week for the opening of the new
session of Congress, and it is proposed
that the delegations of the Chamber of
Commerce and other civic organizations
leave Birmingham on December TO- Every
possible effort will be made to have in
trip, as the Washington conference is
conceded to mean much for the future
development of Birmingham.
Other Matters to Come Up
While the civil delegation is in Wash
ington, other matters than the new post
office will be taken up. 1t is proposed to
have a conference with Secretary of the
Navy Josephus Daniels on the desirability
of placing one of the proposed government
armor plate plants in the Birmingham
district. Senator White will also cooper.
ate with the business mems delegation il
impressing the war department, which has
charge of the construction of lock II, oil
district il the government will undertake
to remove the stumps and timber ada
cent to the lock before the work is COM
pleted and the water turned on.
The plans of w. II. Manning, landscape
architect, will when completed encom
pass beautiful boulevard to the Warrior
river and lock II, and the Chamber OF
Commerce sees prospective Residential
resort for Birmingham at this point anc
desires to make the necessary provisions
to have the land about lock II cleared off
while the government is still engaged II
the work.
There will be a meeting at 1890 oclocl
in the directors room of the Chamber o.
Commerce of the waterways committee
| to discuss the lock II proposition. Rober
Jemison, ST., is chairman of this commit
tee and has called the meeting to hear 6
talk on the matter by 7. H. Friel. who
has secured much data. The conclusion,
| of the waterways committee will be made
known to the Washington delegation o.
| the civic chamber in a few days.
| President Shook states that the Wash
| ington delegation should be as large a.
possible and that it should be instillet
with the Birmingham spirit to get vha
| it goes after. The objects in view nov
are the advancing of the date for build
| ing the postoffice; impressing the Score
tary of the Navy that Birmingham is thu
logical place for government armo
plate mill and the clearing away o
| stumps and timbers at lock II by the fed
| eral engineers.
opinion of President Shook, and meal
much for the future development of tn,
city. The call is issued to every loyal cit
| izen to cooperate.