The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30
ACTUAL PLANS
FOR STATE AID.
TOPORT BEGUN
Harbor Board and Mobile
County Legislative Men,
bers Agree On Draft of
Proposed Bill to Get
Results

Beginning of actual plans for ex-
tending state aid to the Port Of Mo-
bile was marked Friday when the
entire membership of the state har-
Dor board and legislative represea.
tatives from Mobile county, at their
meeting in Birmingham, agreed
upon a tentative draft of the bill
which will. be submitted to the in
coming governor and then to the
legislature asking for certain state
aid for establishing shipping faeil-
tiles at the Port of Mobile.
The draft of the bill is not made
public at this time because it is of
tentative nature only and is in
tended to receive suggestions and
approval at the hands of Governor
Elect Brandon before being pre-
scented to the legislature.
Confer Through Day
The board and legislators spent the
Alabama members leaving Tor their
homes Friday evening. II. Key Mil
ner, Birmingham, chairman; Sidney
j. Bowie and George lGordon cfaw-
ford, Birmingham; Harry T. Hart
we'll, r. A. Christian and A. l..
Staples, Mobile, members of the
board, and Senator John Crafts and
Representatives ]. ]. Russell. E. ].
Groves and r. Z. Cunningham of Mo-
bile attended.
y Final draft of the bill will be
whipped into shape after submission
to Governor-elect Brandon ana con-
ferences with Him as to details and
an agreement all around as to the
tenor of the bill and its provisions.
Speaking of the effect of the
adoption of the seaport amendment
in its effect on destinies of Ala
bama's port, Chairman Miner said:
Effect Already Felt
Carrying out the prediction of
those asking the adoption of the sea-
port amendment that port facilities
automatically meant increase in the
ports business. we may already be
able to point to results following the
mere assurance that facilities are to
be provided.
Already three very large inter-
ests have made Mobile their port
of entry for imports, basing their
action on the certainty OF port inn
provements. They are the following:
The Barber Asphalt company, tie
largest importers of Trinidad and
South American asphalt. have an
nounced- Mobile as their permanent
port of entry for the tens of thou
sands of tons OF their annual impor-
tations.
THE French government has an
nounced making Mobile port of entry
for large importations of fertilizer
materials from Alsace- Lorraine--pot-
ash and the like. This also is very
large annual movement.
The aluminium company of Amer
lea has made Mobile its gulf port
of entry for importations OF bauxite
from British and Dutch Guiana, an
other very large annual movement
All these importations means the com
ing of many ships and the use of a
large amount of Alabama coal for
bunkerage purposes. The bunkerage
facilities are already there. the fed
eral coal terminal of 10000 tons
capacity having been completed this
year. while the federal fuel oil sta
ton completed last year Is there to
supply fuel for oil-burning ships"
The conference was held in the
office of Mr.. Miner in the Jefferson
County Bank building and was pro-
nounced by all present to have been
very satisfactory.