The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
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 INDUSTRIAL SURVEY
 OF DISTRICT IS PLAN
Reflexes of What Birming- ham Has Accomplished and Possesses, Is Sub
 ject of Year Book

The Civic Association has earnestly begun the gathering of data for the year book of Birmingham. which 1t is to pub fish.
 This is the most ambitious undertak- ing of the kind ever tried in the district, but experts In the several lines will write the articles. They will be accurate reflexes of what the district is, has ac- complished and possesses.
 The enterprise will include thorough industrial and commercial survey of the city and the district. It is intended to compile and present in this volume a complete list of every product manu- factured In the district together with indexes of all the manufacturers and jobbers with relation to the several products.
 The publication will be supported by the sale of advertising space to the business interests which desire to seize this opportunity of drawing nationwide attention to their commodities.
 WORTHY OF DISTRICT
 The reputation Of the association Is staked on the reliability and scope of the enterprise and no effort will be spared to make it fully worthy of the district.
 Similar year books have been gotten out by such cities as Philadelphia and New Orleans and have proven of great value to the business interests of those communities.
 Some of the topics outlined in the prospectus are:
 Civic-This includes educational, which embraces the public school system, col leges, community sing and business colleges; health, which embraces sewer system death rate, pure milk and water free clinics and full time health officer; parks and playgrounds; auditorium. fire department which embraces fire loss record and equipment and recent additions; terminal station, churches and Sunday Schools, street car mileage and system, by-product gas supply. boule- yards driveways and highways, model residence sections steam heating. public utility, public library, civic and fra ternal organizations. climate tempera- ture and scenery, civic center, taxation, values, rate. etc; population. 1elo-2o; commission form of government; water supply, hospitals and charities
 Under the heading of industrial all branches of the steel and iron, coal and coking industry will be treated. This will include not only the large mills at Fairfield and Westfield but the water, gas and sanitary pipe shops, the machine shops, car works rolling mills stoves and ranges and by-product production.
 FEATURES OF DISTRICT
 Such features of the district as the Warrior river, the export coal terminals, rail and water rates. radiator factories, 5teel fabricAting plants and engine works cement and brick manufacturing. the fire proofing industry and fertilizer factories will be covered both with re- gard to production and to the territory
 in which they are marketed
 It is intended to make this year book foundation for permanent publica- tion of that nature to be issued an nually as is done In Philadelphia and other cities which have found 1t of great value.
 liability coupled with terseness so that what 1t contains will appeal to the average reader.
 Several thousand copies of the book are to be published and distributed gratis as follows:
 One copy to each of the principa newspapers of the country. one to eacf commercial and civic body and one tC each of the libraries in the importan ! cities; the remainder to be kept in stocl l in the office of the Cicic Association with which to answer the numerous in | quiries which come to the organization | from prospective investors, manufactur CTS and others seeking detailed trutl about Birmingham.