The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30
CITY ITEMS

J. M. overton Here-J M. Overton. president of the Alabama Fuel and Iron company is in Birmingham. Hc came here yesterday from Nashville to witness the safety first work at Rick wood field which interested many hun dreGs of visitors yesterday, and to con fer with Charles F DeBardeleben, vice rresident In charge of the local opera tions. MT. Overton will very probably inspect the company properties at Mar garet and Acmar before returning to his home in Nashville He was accom- panied 70 Redwood yesterday by MT DeBardeleben and other officials of the company. and subsequently, ex- pressed his great interest in the work demonstrated there by the various teams. The Alabama Fuel and Iron company teams participated in the nave any announcement to make yes- torday as to reported new improve Elents at the company operations MT overton indicated that business was ir1p-oving and that the coal operators 5 had reason to believe that the future was much brighter than has been ap- parent for some weeks.
 Mir. Crawford Returns Tomorrow. George G. Crawford. president of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company. who has been in New York attending meeting of the presidents of various Steel corporation properties and the American Iron and Steel insti- ute sessions, Is expected to return nome this afternoon. Mir. Crawford has been requesting the Steel corporation l to make many Improvements here dur | ing the past year or two. and 1t is | probable that. as the situation is sc | much improved and as the Steel cor 1 poration officials are so optimistic hc I will have some announcement to make upon his return relative to additional l improvements here. The company Is now engaged in constructing a benzol
 plant and a fertilizer plant, two di- yersified industries that were author | ized for this district recently
 l Turner Electric Company to Move | It was announced yesterday that the
 Farmer Electric company, of which O. | c. Turner is president, will remove l from it's present location, corner Powell l avenue and Twentieth street. to the
 Walker building. corner First avenue
 and Twenty first street. part oi
 which is occupied by the Birmingham l Railway. Light and Power company. Ii l is stated that the Turner company vii
 occupy two stores fronting on Twenty l first street and will have a storeroon
 one floor above the general office o | the street railway company. The con
 pany wlll remove during the next few l Gass
 l Favors Concrete Highway-A c l Garher of the Merchants and Mechanics
 bank, said yesterday that the citizens 1 of Birmingham should insist very
 strongly on a concrete highway from l Birmingham to the Warrior river a dis
 tunce of about 23 miles, MT. Garber
 who is very much interested in advanc ing the interests of Birmingham. said
 yesterday that a great highway suct
 as las been suggested from this city
 to the river would, in effect, place Bir 1 n,ingham directly on the river, and
 would encourage as nothing else coul' l the use of that stream for commercia l purposes.
 "We should everyone get behind thi movement and boost it to the limit | said Mir. Garber. "A highway woul, | GDaDle the 1ercna0lS ntIt tO lldiSpoi | goods at a low cost to tidewater, an,
 would enable everyone here to deriv' 1 benefits from the opening Of the War
 rior. l certainly hope that the city anC county will cooperate on this proposi ton and effect the construction of tha
 highway"
 Bnsiness Better-Robert w. Nichol
 son of New York one of the mos 1 widely known travelling salesmen l. this section. is at the Tutwiler. He vii
 be here several days. MT. Nicholson for his concern. visits only the large
 cities in the country. "We have re gently enjoyed the opportunity of ob serving the situation in business cir cles very closely" said MT. Nicholson | yesterday. 'I am frank to say that | telieve the conditions are much bette
 and that there will be striking i'm l provement this fall"
 otto Marx to Return-Otto Marx vii return to Birmingham tomorrow afte an absence of several days in New Yorl city. He has been there engaged oi some negotiations which, it Is said. will if successful, result in some marked in terest in this community. MT. Marx, 1 is stated, has informed his local friend that the situation in the east appear | brighter, and while there Is a sligh llalting pending the German reply L l President Wilson's note at the sam | tiIae the outcome is being discounted and the situation is much better.
 Leaves for RlchmOnd--Fred B. Shire man, manager of the Tutwiler hotel will leave this morning for Richmon' ;r afforf fo aseiet in tha p1apo n