The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-10
BIRMINGHAM MAN
 ID BE SUGGESTED
 ASGENERAL AGENT
Manager Brent and Local Business Men in Accord on Needs of Warrior-Con-
 ference Held

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 E. Wilkinson, Henry T. DeBarde- leben, ". D. Nesbitt, Charles A. Moi fett and W. D. Tynes constitute the committee representing the Chamber of Commerce and the Birmingham Traffic Bureau. who will make selec- tion Of the man to be recommended for general agent of the warrior barge line at Birmingham.
 The appointment lies with Theo Brent, manager of the Mississippi Warrior barge system, and Mir. Brent has signified his desire to CO., operate with Birmingham business men in installing here the man proper for the place.
 Among other names mentioned fos the position are those of A. D. Ldghtner, superintendent of the Southeastern Express company; E. W. Rouser, traffic manager of the sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company; Solon Jacobs, former railroad traffic man, and Vernon L. Whitaker, su- perintendent of the Atlanta, BirminG- ham and Atlantic railroad.
 The matter was brought to head at a conference between Manager Brent and his official staff and chamber and traffic bureau repre- sentatives held in the chamber yes terday. Among the prominent ship pers and others present and taking part. in the conference were: ". D. Nesbitt, J. D. Moore, R. A. Brown, IT T,,ftr Auli IN DeBardeleben, W. D. Tynes c. ". Cary, M. P. Northington, Charles A. Moffett. F. Wilkinson, E. H. Crane, Harry W. Coffin, L. Sevier, J. M. Dewberry Walter Moore and others.
 Local Man Wanted
 The meeting was called to order by J. D. Moore, who expressed the i'm portance of having qualified man to succeed Henry T. DeBardeleben as manager of Warrior transportation and also the importance of having a man acquainted with the district. He said 1t would take an outside man a long time to get acquainted. Bir- mingham, he declared, should have in charge of the Warrior the same talent as rail carriers have in charge of their affairs in Birmingham.
 Tribute to DeBardeIeben
 Mir. Brent, replying to Mir Moore, said 1t was impossible to fill the position held by MT. DeBardeleben as MT. DeBardeleben had made the postions was the position, but he would do his best. Herealized the importance of the position and agreed that the man appointed as general agent here should be familiar with freight traffic in the south eastern states. He fully appreciated the value of the tonnage originar- ing on the Warrior and he thought the public had failed to grasp what the Warrior means.
 Cars and Barges
 He recounted the fact that the Mississippi end of the barge lines had carried 650,0o0 tons of freight last year at saving to the public of $s5O, ,000. River barges are usable 50 per cent of tho time in profitable occupation,- while It Is an acknowl- edged fact that a railroad car is profitab1y operative on the average of 10 per cent of the time.
 Need of Equipment
 MT. Brent said the Warrior was woefully lacking in the amount of craft needed and the proper kind of craft. The wooden barges do not
  attention to the fact that these wooden barges when loaded with coal cannot go further than Mobile and when cargo is destined for New Or leans, must transfer cargo at Mo bile. He said business men of Bir- mingham should realize this need of equipment and get behind the War rior management in seeing that it IS secured. He had no fear of the War rior eventually proving itself.
 On the Job
 E. wilkinson, president of the Bir- mingham Traffic Bureau, said the or- ganization had been 100 per cent be- hind the Warrior barge line from the start and that 1t would. continue to be so long as there was prospect that it can be made the public ser want that 1t Is capable of being.
 Henry DeBarde1eben was called On to acknowledge the high tribute that had been paid his management. He said that his retirement from official connection with the Warrior did not mean that he had lost interest in 1t, but, on the contrary. he intended remaining on the Warrior job as shipper and believer in the Warrior until that job was finished. He earnestly advocated as general agent at Birmingham a man familiar with the needs of the district.
 L. Sevier, president of the Ala bama Manufacturers association. joined with other speakers in stress ing the importance of an able traffic man in charge at Birmingham and one familiar with the district. It was on Mir. Sevier's motion that the committee of five to suggest a suit able man for the place was named by Chairman Moore.
 A Good Investment
 R. A. Brown, president of the Steel Cities Chemical company. declared that his company had subscribed to the Port of Birmingham building fund a considerable sum of money. Already the river had declared dividend on that contribution in the