The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

and IT possible add them 10 our area | The Chamber of Commerce has mapped out a pretentious programme for next year and if 50 per cent of its expectations are realized millions of dollars will be added to the investments and thousands of employees given steady work at remunerative wages in Bir- mingham.
 1 Among the things the chamber ex- poets to push during the coming year , are the securing of a number of in- dustries with which it has been in cor respondence during recent months, road development and highway motor trans 1 portation development of the Warrior river, housing, an auditorium, Birming- hams semi-centenniaf in 1921 and Ala l bama's centennial in December. 1920. There are a few other activities con- itemplated but not yet fully matured. 1 "Now is the time to begin working | for Birmingham" said MT. Fenimore. I"We are looking for q flood of inquiries following the cessation of war and the return to normal business conditions. We have on file correspond with | several concerns that are seeking southern locations and most of them iexpress preference for Birmingham if Isatisfactory arrangements can be made. INDUSTRIES SEEKING LOCATION
 Among the industrial enterprises, about which we have had considerable correspondence, and which have been 1awaiting the ending Of the war to de- tcide definitely on new locations, I might mention stove concern now located in tOhio, a Cleveland company that makes finished products of iron and steel. such as bolts and machinery parts; a milk
 products company, with headquarters |here and branches throughout the coun-
 try, which will employ 500 persons at
 his home office within year after it Is established; an auditorium with ac-
 commodations for any convention or
 other gathering that we may be able to
 secure; motorization of our highways
 for the transportation or light freight;
 terminal facilities near the head of nav
 igation on the Warrior river; housing land good roads.
 Many industrial concerns that had contemplated coming south, and to Bir-
 mingham preferably, have held back since the United States entered the war
 because of restrictions imposed by the
 war industries board. Now that these
 restrictions have been partially removed and there is probability of the remov-
 al of all of them in the near future,
 these people are again looking in this
 direction and it is our aim to hiring them to Birmingham. Not only will we : try to secure those with which we have : been in correspondence, but we will reach out for others.
 I STOVE CONCERN CONSIDERS "A big stove concern in Ohio, with ! a large southern trade. approXimatelA f s750,000 year, sometime ago sent 2 c | representative here to look over tho
 1 situation, and before leaving he sait f he would recommend Birmingham al q the most suitable location for his com
 pany's southern plant. When in full f operation the southern plant of this f company will employ several hundred . skilled men and add thousands of dol lars weekly to our pay roll.
 , "The Cleveland people referred tt
 would invest something like $1,000,00' : lin plant for the manufacture of bolts l. parts for machinery and other prod
 jucts of similar character.
 "The milk products company, jus
 iforming when the war began, operate! :. under a process for which they con u trol the patents. They would have loca . branches in a dozen or more communi 2 ties in the south, operated and con l. trolled by the home office In Birming II ham, The investment at the home of : flee, l understand, will be very larg v sum. with an operating force of no II Hess than 300 persons.
 1 1 We are deeply interested in tn V housing proposition. Birmingham