The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
5OO VISITORS ID
 INSPECT WARRIOR
 TERMINAL PROJECT
Local Business Men Under w,..o Needed S75,0O0 for Use In Completing
 BirmingpOrt

Interest in the forthcoming excur- sion of the civic clubs and business
 men to Birmingport Thursday has at
 tained that degree of zest that assures 100 to 800 gentlemen and ladies aboard
 the Ensley Southern train when it the afternoon. The fare will be 90 cents. All are invited. That the excursion may not be a wearisome one. the return to the city will be around 6 o'clock. long before dark, and in plenty of time for sup 1 per
 Showing their confidence in Bir- mingport and in the people of Br- | mingham. who are being called on
 this week to complete the subscription to the $200,000 of capital stock of the Port of Birmingham Corporation. ! twenty-five of the original stockhold CTS, who have already doubled their subscription. have also agreed to un-
 derwrite a fund of $75,00o. for imme diate use in completing the important work at the river
 1 Each of these men thus become 1 liable for $3,000 if other citizens of Birmingham fail in the breach, but the | twenty five do not believe they will
 fail.
 ! It is already planned 10 increase the ! capital stock by S5O,000 so as to be assured of sum ample for the pur- pose.
 l Either the terminals are to be com : pleted and used or the district will
 lose the 20 per cent freight differential
 and the Warrior it's new equipment which will, in that event. go to the | Mississippi river which has terminals
 and is using them.
 TO TAKE HOLD | The civic bodies have divided the work of soliciting subscriptions as fol- | lows:
 Rotary Club will take the retail | merchants.f
 | Kiwanis will take the wholesalers. Civilians will solicit the manufac- l turers and real estate owners. l Chamber of Commerce will solicit
 the iron, steel and coal operators. 1 Community Club will call on profes- sional men and capitalists. This includes every avocation and | every avocation is included by the river workers on the ground that one citizen is as much interested and con | cerned in the completion of the ter
 minals as the other
 1 Victor Hanson is to be master of l ceremonies at Birmngport. | One of the steel containers which is used to carry merchandise up and
 down the river, will be a feature ot 1 the ship by truck parade on Thursday l This container will pass through the | streets on a large motor truck. Ii
 will be filled with coffee. sugar and | other articles such as Birmingham l expects to bring up river from Mobile and New Orleans. At intervals along the route the mode of handling the container will be told through a mega phone.
 The containers. of which there are tC be 120. have a capacity of ten ton: each. By a large hook they can bC lifted by crane from railroad car tC barge and vice versa. They are water proof and air-tight when closed and can be transported on open barges l They may be loaded at warehouse al one end of the line and delivered al warehouse door at the other end Foul fit on an ordinary flat car, giving it load of forty tons.
 NEED OF HASTE | The three -propellers and otheI new river craft will be in service by September 1. The reason for the eX- traordinary desire and the drive tc | raise the remainder of the money nee | essary to complete the terminals is ] that they be ready when the new craft arrives It is deemed important tha, Birmingham make a good showing ol use of the river from the start, Dv. | cause it is known that the Mississipp
 river crowd would be mighty glad for an excuse to have the craft trans l ferred to the Father of Waters" l It is Birmingport or the 20,000, 00C l gift by the government will avail | nothing. But it is to be Birmingpert and Birmingham's crowning achieve ment," declares the sturdy spirits be- 1 hind the drive.