Minutes Of The Proceedings Of The General Convention Of Universalists For The Year 1821 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Annual Convention, 1905 The convention was called to order by Hon. John V. Smith, president. The President. The National Association of Railway Commissioners will please come to order. I now take pleasure in introducing to you Hon. W. M. Drennen, mayor of the city of Birmingham, Ala., who will extend to you a welcome to the city during your stay here. Address Of Welcome. Mr. Drennen. Mr. President and members of the National Association of Railway Commissioners: It is a distinguished honor as well as a great pleasure that I, as the representative of the citizens of this city, welcome you here to-day. Birmingham has gained the distinction, honor, and reputation of being an ideal Southern city suitable for conventions to assemble in and transact such business as comes before orders, associations, and organizations such as you. After you have transacted such business as comes before your august body, and mixed and commingled with the citizens of our city, and have been shown the wonderful progress and developments of our city and county, I trust that your visit would have been so beneficial and pleasant that after you have gone you can cheerfully help us in maintaining our reputation, not only for our progress and great development, but for our hospitality as well. Birmingham is almost centrally located in Jefferson County, and in speaking of Birmingham it is necessary to include Jefferson County and the Birmingham district as well. I regret to say, however, that owing to our small corporate limits, we have a city with a majority of its population who call Birmingham their home, but who live outside of the corporate limits. In 1900 we had 40 blast furnaces that used coke for fuel, and we now have 53, of which 30 are located in Jefferson County, requiring about nine-tenths of the coke from 8,000 coke ovens to supply them with fuel. Although a strike has been in effect at a majority of our largest collieries since the 1st of July, still the output of coal for 1904 will exceed that of any previous year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.