The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-26
EQUITABLE RATE . ON WARRIOR RIVER IS OBJECT SOUGHT
Local Delegation to Attend Conference at Washing tOn-Will Offer Port of
 Birmingham Stock

A large delegation of Birmingham busi-
 ness men and shippers will leave Monday
 morning for Washington over the Ala
 bama Great Southern railrG-.. where
 they will attend a conference between
 Walker D. Hines, director general of the
 railroads, and the Alabama delegation in
 Congress. to be held Tuesday afternoon at ? o'clock, at which time an effort will be
 made to secure an equitable rate on War
 rior river at the earliest practical date
 from the Atlantic seaboard and the Mis-
 sssippi valley
 This decisicn was reached at meeting
 of the Warrior river development com
 mittee yesterday afternoon at the South
 ern club. when a message fir pm Charles
 F. Wood, chief engineer of the commit
 tee. stating that the conference had been
 arranged and the matter would be set
 tied at this time. was read and discussed
 at length.
 For sometime the Warrior river devel- opment committee and ether business men and shippers have been untirng in their efforts to secure the joint through rail and water ate on the Warrior river, and
 at the conference Tuesday application for authority for these joint rates between . wide outside territory and northern Ala bama northwestern Georgia and southern
 Tennessee points via the Warrior river through the port O. Birmingham will bo made.
 Among the members of the Warrior river development committee who will attend the confersp 70. are James R. Me Wane. chairman; O. Bum, J. Franl; Rushton and Murray Brown. They wl'' be accompanied " several prominent business men and shippers. and 1t Is stated that the coal operators who are vitally interested in securing this rate will also send delegation to Washing ton.
 The stock of the port of Birmingham: | corporation will be placed on the market 1 for sale as soon as plans made at the meeting yesterday are completed. and 2 1 committee composed of H. Key Miner, | chairman: B NJ Allen and James J. Jack
 son was appointed to write statement | or prospectus and attend to other detal's relating to the form of presenting the i stock to the public fer sale. i J. Frank Rushton, Murray Brown ana l M P Northington we: named co-chair-
 men, and with the assistance of N = | Gage. A. c. Crowder and Glenn c. Burke, who were authorized to call any member | of the committee 10 cooperate with them | in anproaching any individual on the sale I of the stock. According to the plan decio- | ed on at this time blanks will De prepares | and persons buying stock in the corpor- ation will fill them ont specifyng the amount of stock they will take. 1 If was pointed out that the amendment l to the constitution allowing the county | to undertake impr, vements of this nature and bill by which the county will be CT :
 abled to issue bonds for the building ol l railroads connecting this city with the
 river and the erection of terminals nave l fn n as bill allowing the city to aid in this l development.
 | There was a good attendance at 'he meeting and it is stated that no ditflclii' ties are anticipated in disposing Of me l stock of this corporation.