The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03
NEW BUSINESS AND'
 ACTIVITIES SHOW JUNE LIVE MONTH
Hundreds of Thousands oi Dollars Set to Work Here In Dawn of ReaWakening
 Birmingham Activities

June was far rom DelHB uuii month in Birmingham. Recaptiula- ton of the activities of the district show many forward steps.
 Among others may be mentioned the formation of the Birmingham Purchasing Agents association, the opening of the city market by the Jefferson County Truckers associa- ton. arrangement of the Wholesale Merchants and Manufacturers asso- citation to cooperate with the retail merchants in entertaining northern Alabama merchants in the early fall and the activities of the traffic bu- reau in securing freight rate adjust ments.
 The Chamber of Commerce in its monthly summary of it's own activi- ties mentions the Hercules Powder company's taking over the Aetna Ex- plosives plant; the starting of the pressed steel car plant, and grant ing of the permit for the Alabama | building of Mitchell dam on the Coosa.
 District Activities
 brief summary of some of the activities in June is as follows:
 Purchasing Agents organization formed lin connection with Chamber of Commerce to foster the buying of Birmingham made goods. It now has 19 members composed of the leading purchasing agents of Birmingham corporations.
 Wholesale Merchants aand Manu- facturers' Association of Birming- ham Chamber of Commerce developed plans to cooperate with the Alabama Retail Merchants association for the Alabama Retail Merchants conyen- ton 60 be held in August, when 5000 Alabama merchants will be the guests of the two associations.
 Emergency relief office established ed in Chamber of Commerce to aid the unemployed.
 Jefferson County Truck Growers association formed through aid of the agricultural department, with about 125 members.
 Industrial Birmingham booklet, compiled by Chamber of Commerce giving a complete list of Birmingham and Bessemer manufacturers and mining com panies. It is shown that there are 546 manufacturers located in Birmingham and Bessemer and 146 mining companies who produce 1900 diversified products.
 Eleven new members elected. They are: Alabama Supply company, Braun Thornton Electric company Gill Piston Ring company, Gwin Williams Cigar company, Southeast ern Express company. Sundstrand Adding Machine company, Texas Law company, United States Cereal cor poration, Venables Cafe, w. & H Walker, inc, Standard Fuel and Ma terial company.
 The June report makes the follow ing notations.
 New interpretations, IS, with s316, 900 of capital; increased capital, two concerns, amount s54.000 compared with 13 new corporations in June 1920, capital $212,000 and one addi- tioi. to capital of $300,000.
 Building permits, 421 valuation, $S95 7s5, compared with 572 in June 1920; valuation, $263,190.
 New firms not listed under new corporations are. Austin Machinery Company of Louisiana; Actual Ad- vertising agency; Standard Candy company. Nashville; More-Co Candy company, purchasing the Harrison Spencer Candy company Hercules Powder ompany, acquired properties of the Aetna Explosives company Magis City Development company s2,0Oo.O .O00 proposed capital, not yet chartered
 Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Ca, company began operations of its pressed steel car plant June IS. Alabama Power company granted permit to build the Mitchell Jam or the Coosa river at cost of $7,000,- 900 to ss.000000.
 Traffic Burenu Activities Special activities of the traffic bu. reau during June were as follows: Appeared before the Alabama pub lie service commission under date o1 June 22 in the interest of securing reduction in the rates on velve beans and velvet bean products be. bama
 Appeared before the southerr freight rate committee in Atlants June zo to aSk TOT the eSldUllSllIncH of commodity rates on benzol from Birmingham to various points 1T Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, ant opposed increase proposed in some oi our present commodity rates.
 Secured docketing for hearing he fore the Alabama public service com. mission July IS the question of ap plying the same rates on mixed feet as now applicable on grain and grair products.
 Asked for the establishment ant realignment of rates on the follow ing commodities from and to various points: Cottonseed, coal, stoves hollowware. grates. hollow building tile, canned goods, hosiery yarn. un finished hosiery, imported tea, sant and gravel, candy, agricultural In plements. scrap iron, sorghum seed iron shipping boxes. cotton, cottor | linters.
 | Secured extension of life of eX pense bills on concentrated cottoi from July S1, 1921. to January l, 1922 Handled with the Mallory line fo publication of the same basis of rate northbound as now effective south bound.