The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-24
MANY ACTIVITIES SHOWN IN REPORT
 CIVIC ASSOCIATION
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tContinued from Page Frve) , deposits of the Birmingham district practically equal those of the great | Minnesota field in size the annual production of steel in Birmingham is only about 31z per cent of the United ] States total.
 More than year ago, the traffic and transportation committee of the Civic Association began to attack the fabricating -intransit discrimination, First they saw to it that the public | service commission of Alabama in 1 the transportation act of 1920 was given power to protect the citizens of the state against discriminations by 1 the railroads in favor of citizens Of 1 other states.
 Fabricn ting in Transit
 | After thorough examination of the l traffic of railroads in freight associa- | ton territory outside the southern states. the committee found that cer tain railroads serving the Birming- ham district were participating in arrangements by which competing 1 structural steel cities were given the valuable right of fabricating in tran sit Forthwith, the matter was car red to the public service commission | of Ala bama and, in accordance with the statute, that body gave formal notice to the carriers that a discrm ina ton existed against the Birming- 1 ham district. The carriers were re- quested to also give the manufactur- Hers of this district the transit priv l ilege and 1t was but few days be- | fore at least one of the carriers an nounced it's intention to confer the ! privilege upon the steel fabricators of this distrlct. In the opinion of the traffic experts of the association, the discrimination cannot stand the | tert or the courts and the public | service commission of Alabama, at the instance of this organization is ex- | pected to prosecute a complaint be- ] fore the interstate commerce com mission seeking to remove this han | dicap upon Birmingham steel unless the railroads yield
 | Semi-CentenniaI | 1. The semi-centennial commit tee resolved to put Birmingham on | the map on the occasion of it's fiftieth birthday. Accordingly, the Birming- ham Semi Centennial association was | formed, including representatives | from the various civic bodies. The | first event was the national bal loon race which was induced to start from Birmingham. The "Bir- mingham semi-centenniaL" which was entered by the Civic Association | won this race and will be the leading American representative in the inter national balloon race which will start l from Brussels this fall. But the greatest progress inathe semi -cen.en- nial programme was in the success | of the committee of the Civic Asso- House and there obtained the con sent of President Harding to visit Birmingham during the fall. All the events henceforth will revolve around | President Harding's visit and the permanent organization of commit tees is now proceeding with assured l success.
 M Moose Home
 | 2. There is much promise of sue cess in the unusual activity of the l committee seeking to have located tional Home for Aged and Infirm to be built by the Loyal Order of l Moose. The supreme secretary oe the l Moose has authorized the secretary manager of the Civic Association, as | sociated with an appropriate commit | tee to recommend the most suitable site that Birmingham has to offer | for this institution. The elimination has about been. completed and the secretary-manager notified that the committee authorized to purchase the site for the home will visit Birming- hain within the next few days. l Convention Bureau
 | 3. The convention committee of the association has been quite active during the year and with the city auditorium now in sight Is making a special drive to obtain convention for 1922. Although without full time executive In charge of convention bureau. Birmingham cannot hope to obtain its quota of conventions in competition with those cities main taining such bureaus. the Civic As sociation has entertained number of organizations during the past year. It expects. to entertain others during the years to come,
 The association brought to Bir- 1 mingham the merchants and the I manufacturers division of the Cleve-
 tertained{ them in fitting style. I brought to Birmingham approximate ly 400 members of the Fourth Estate comprising the National Editorial association. As result of this single | courtesy. which included motor trips over the city and dinner on the roof" pages and pages of national advertising were published in praise of Birmingham's resources and hos pitality The association entertaine ed the farmer boys from Texas and
 facilitated the annual tour of the technical students of Auburn in their week of study of the Birmingham district.
 Year Book
 | f. Numerous letters from cham bers of commerce and other civic bodies throughout the United States have brought pride to the staff of the association in the matter of the Year Book of Birmingham. This book, published and copyrighted by the | Civic Association in the fall of 1920, tr,l races a full description of in- dustrial, commercial and civic Bir- mir.yham. Months of labor by the staff labor put into the prepara ton of the statistics and the researches s represented in this volume. There were more than 1000 copies printed and distributed throughout the coun- try. Before the issuance of this year book, there was no such compilation of facts about Birmingham under a single cover.
 B. The public health committee has briefed the advantages of Bir- minsham for one of the general hos pitals to be constructed by the fed eral government under recent appro- priations of Congress for treatment of disabled soldiers. The committee obtained the consent of the city com mission of Birmingham to donate a site within the city of Birmingham
 and at the proper time inspectorl
 will be urged to examine the site.
 Air Mall Route
 (. After personal presentation oi
 the brief to the second assistant l Postmaster General at Washin rtor