The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-08
OWNERS
ON PAVING MATTER
Residents of Highland Avenue
Hold a Meeting
QUESTION OF MATERIAL
Committee Appointed to Visit NASH
Vile, Memphis, ST. Louis and Other
Cities to Inspect 5ltumlnous
Macadam creosoted Blocks.

About fifty owners of property AUDITING
on Highland avenue from Twentieth
street to the eastern limits of the city,
attended the meeting which was held
yesterday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in the
Commercial club rooms for the purpose
of passing upon the bids received re-
Gently by the street committee OF the
city council for paving the thoroughfare.
As a result of the meeting a committee
of citizens is going shortly on tour
of inspection to Nashville, st. Louis,
Memphis, indianapolis and probably 9TH
er cities to inspect two classes of pave
ment-bituminous macadam and cresoted
wooden blocks.
The committee which will go on the
inspection trip Is composed of A. L. Full
enwlder, David J. Fox Otto Marx. John
NJ. Caldwell. Dr. ]. S. uillespy. L C.
Thompson and City Engineer Julian Ken
drlck. The funds with which to pay the
expenses OF the committee will be raised
| by public subscription among the prop
erty owners interested in the proposed
improvements. The committee will report
at another general meeting of the eltil
zens of Highland avenue, which will be
/ held in the Commercial club rooms, on
the first Tuesday In July. This meeting
will probably in turn appoint a commit
tee to go before the street committee of
the city council and make known the
wants of the property owners with ref
erence to the class of material desired.
Mr.. Tillman the Chairman.
John p. Tillman presided at the meet
ing yesterday afternoon and ELI p. Smith
acted as secretary. e. II. Cabiness adj
dressed the meeting. telling of an inspec-
/ tion of the bituminous macadam pave
ments in Nashville Mr. Cabiness stated
that he conferred with officials OF that
city and that they expressed entire sat
isfaction with the pavement Robert
Jemison, II. K. Miner, N. l.. Miller. T.
C. Thompson and other property owners
interested made short addresses. Mr.
Jemison thought that macadam made a
splendid pavement. and that this has been
proven in Birmingham.
The street committee of the city coun-
Gil at it's meeting last Wednesday opened
bids for paving Highland avenue from
Twentieth street to the eastern limits of
the city, the contract calling for about
10000 yards of pavement. Bids were ask
ed for on bituminous macadam, vitrified
brick, asphalt and cresoted wooden
blocks, but only two bids were received
one of these being from the Nashville
Roofing and Paving company for laying
bituminous macadam and the other from
Dunn & Lallande Brothers for furnishing
cresoted wooden blocks.
Bids for Improvements.
The bids of the Nashville Arm was 81. IS
per square yard with a ten year guaran-
tee, 1t being left with the discretion of
the company as to whether or not the
present foundation shall be used, or
$3.50 per square yard with a ten year
ton. Their aggregate bid for the entire
contract amounted to s66, 300
Dunn & Lallande Bros. bid 50 per square
yard for creosoted wooden block pavement
with a guarantee, the aggregate for the
entire contract being sS0,24O
| 1t Is almost a certainty that Highland
avenue Is to be paved and that the con-
tract will be let sometime during this
summer. A majority of the property own
ers favor the improvements. At the
meeting yesterday afternoon letter was
read from Col. T. G. Bush to the effect
that he preferred bituminous macadam
as the material to be used
The Highland avenue and the Lake
view cars run the entire distance of the
proposed Improvements and about one
half of the distance Is esplanaded, and It
Is understood the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company intends to
plant grass, flowers and shade trees in
the esplanades when the avenue is paved
which will make 1t one OF the most beau
tiful drlveways to be found anywhere.
Mayor Drennen, City Engineer Julian
Kendrck Alderman c. c. Heidi OF the
Seventh ward, John u. Donelson repre-
senting the Nashville Roofing and Paving
company, and Treasurer Armstrong of
the creosoted wooden block paving con-
Germ were present at the meeting yes
terday