The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-25
Citizens FaUoring Present
Auditorium Site Say Build
Now With Money On Hand

expressed themselves on the matter
at every opportunity in favorable ac-
ton. They have voted the money
asked Of them. They ought to get
the auditorium now and with the
money that has been voted
"Of course, we want a large audi
torium. It ought to scat between
10000 and 1900 persons. Size is the
principal consideration. A few archi
tectural ornaments might be left for
the future. What the people seem
to want now is a place accommodate
ing 10000 to $4,000 persons and capaaT
BILE of being converted on notice into
an exposition hall.
You can do it with a certain
sum of money IL you make up youf
mind to operate with that amount
and have plans made in accordance
with your pocketbook.
THE auditorium should be built
now SO as to give work to the un-
employed. That is another consid-
GRAFTON of first water"
No Further Delays
"One great objection to the present
site of the auditorium in addition to
that of the noise from the Frisco.
yard" says c. f. Jones OF the traffic
bureau, lis the lack of parking
space" -
"The auditorium should have am
pie room for parking hundreds of au-
tomobiles.
But the main thing is to have the
auditorium built now. to have 1t big
enough and to build it with the funds
on hand. 1 am utterly opposed to
further delay and l believe the people
of Birmingham are extremely desir-
Gus of getting the auditorium under
way.
ut would be folly to have an au-
ditorium of less than 10000 seating
capacity We have lots of theatres
and other places OF assemblage with
small seating capacity. / cannot see
the wisdom of building structures of
the same order
THE auditorium is for the COM
munity' not any select few. Let that
be borne in mind. Being for the
community 1t must be big.
THE auditorium fund is sufficient.
We have the structural steel. ce-
ment. brick and hollow tile without
freight rate and lumber is at our
door. Things are much cheaper than
they were a year ago. We can build
the auditorium and build it big
enough with what we have. Let's go
to it,"
Enough Small Ones Now
''The auditorium should be built
! now and in some other location"
says h ID. Burnett.
THE present site is Objectionable
on account of noise and lack OF park
Ing space. : There were better sites
available and there are better ones
now.
"The auditorium should be large.
| In my opinion it should not have less
than 1900 seating capacity. We have
plenty of meeting places of smaller
capacity. What we need is one where
real crowds can get together whether
for musical event, for a big eonven-
| ton or for automobile shows and
things like that
Lets not waste energy by dupli-
eating whatwe already have and are
getting more of in 1900 to $500 seat
| ing capacity.
| "As for cost. 1 see no reason why
we cannot get the auditorium of
proper size with 100000. 1t has been
done in other places and II can be
done here. To wait on additional
funds means that much more delay.
sick of. 1t wants that auditorium and
in hand" M
| Jerome Tucker
1--WE expect to take up tho audi
| torium site matter at the next lunch
con of the Birmingham Real Estate
board" says Jerome Tucker. pres
ident OF the organization.
II have always felt that the selec-
ton of the committee as to site and
size would be satisfactory to me, but
prefer not to make a public express
sion, for as presiding officer of the
meeting which will discuss this, I
shall maintain neutrality"