The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
$37,5OO GOAL IS
 ALMOST REACHED
 FOR MOBILE SITE
Few Hours Work Today Will Result in Completion of the Task of Raising Fund,
 Is Belief

Mobile, December 6.-(SpeciaL)- Enthusiastic over the promptness dis played by business men and others when the call was made for $37,50o with which to purchase a site on Blakeley Island for the government coal ter minal at cost of s400.000, committees of the chamber of commerce, Rotary club and Kiwanis club said tonight that only few hours work Tuesday will be necessary in the completion of their task of raising funds. The goal of s37, 800 was practically reached this afternoon.
 Chairman D. R. Dunlap, of the gen. eral committee of the chamber of com merce, said that in his opinion only a few hours work tomorrow will be nec- essary to complete the job. However, he emphasized the fact that all of the money has not yet been received, and that all promises will have to be. kept if the drive is successful tomorrow.
 Large sums, tentatively promised by firms and individuals, if paid over to the committee, probably will put the drive over, MT. Dunlap said.
 We probably will wind up our work on Tuesday, said Chairman Dunlap. but there is much important work to be done yet. We will not be satisfied until we have gone over the top
 Many firms in Mobile having head quarters in other cities have vet 10 hear from head officials before mak- ing contributions, it was said, and the committees will mark time pending re- ceipt of information from "out-of-city firms The business men who com pose the committees were anxious to complete the work Monday afternoon, but eleventh hour difficulties in reach ing several firms caused the~delay.
 Should the fund be more than sub- scribed tomorrow checks will be mailed back on the percentage basis, this un- derstanding having been made when subscriptions were made.
 Henry T. DeBardeleben, federal man. ager of the Mississippi Warrior river barge line, who is in Mobile today at tending a court trial of suit against the federal management, stated tonight that he expected a call any time to go to Jeffersonville, Ind. to take charge of the power boat Demopolis and accompany her to Mobile. He re- ports that the power boat Tuscaloosa will be ready at an early date for the trip to the Warrior.
 The Warrior river towboat Cordova built for the Warrior river trade, is
 
 river with three loaded barges in tow and is due to arrive in Mobile the lat ter part of the week.
 The Cordova is leaving Vicksburg g Miss, for New Orleans, and then Mo- bile.
 The self-propelled barge Birming- ham, entering the Warrior trade last week, is due to arrive here on Wednes day afternoon, according to barge line officials. and will be fully loaded with freight for this city and New Orleans from points up the river.
 cargo of 5000 tons of manganese ore arrived here today on the steamer Bantu, from Chilean ports, consigned to the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road company. Two self-propellet barges of the Warrior line and a self. propeller are here waiting to receive the ore to take it up to the Port o1 Birmingham. A very marked activity in Freights on the Warrior river is expected to develop this week, accord ing to the Warrior river barge line officials.