The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-17
STREET COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW Will Take Up Highland Avenue
 Paving Matter JOHN E. D0NELS0N TALKS Bituminous Macadam Is Highly Re- commended - Street Committee
 VIII Report to the City coun- ell Wednesday Night
JOHN E. D0NELS0N TALKS

The street committee of tho city coun- ell meets tomorrow morning at Il o'clock in tbc office of the mayor for the pur- pose of taking up the matter of paving Highland avenue. Property owners along the thoroughfare will attend the meet ing and will let the committee know their wants with reference to the im- provements contemplated.
 The matter of paving Highland ave- nue has been 0 live issue with the street committee for some time past ma jority of the property owners favor the improvements. but they are divided in the matter of selecting the class of ma terial to be used.
 Bids were asked for several months ago for paving the avenue with bitumi- nous macadam, and with creosoted wooden blocks. Since that time the mat ter has been pending before the street committee. Whatever action is decided upon tomorrow will be reported at the regular semi-monthly meeting of the city council Wednesday night for ratification
 MT. Donelson Talks.
 John E. Donelson, representing the Nashville Roofing and Paving company in speaking of the matter last night, said
 Twelve blocks of our pavement has already been laid In Birmingham and the property owners along the thoroughfarea improved by bituminous macadam pave ment are loud in their praise of the class of material selected by the street com mittee of the city councii.
 Tn Nashville, St. Louis, Boston, Que bee, Canada, Seattle and sixty-five or more other cities this pavement has been laid and it has proven highly successful. "I refer you to the following letter, which was recently send by the Road Drivers association of New York to our Boston representatives:
 "At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Road Drivers association, held at the Hotel Rossmore, March IA, report was read by George A. Coleman, l chairman of committee that was ap- l pointed to visit Boston to investigate the pavement made by Warren Brothers Co.,, known as Warren's Patent Btuminous Macadam Waterproof Pavement. After hearing the report, which was favorable to the pavement In question, 1t was re- ceived and unanimously adopted, and the secretary was instructed to send notices to this effect to the proper parties. Yours truly
 ALFRED REEVES, ec.-Treas. JOHN r. COCKERILL. President.
 Similar letters of recommendation have been received, these coming from all over the country. A contract has recently been closed with the municipal authorities at Shreveport which pro- vides for 100000 yards of pavement. which is equivalent to twenty-nine city blocks. Last Thursday we closed the contract for eight or ten blocks of bitu- minous macadam in Ashland, Ky.
 Many Sign Petition.
 "Out of sixty-two property owners along Highland avenue, thirty-nine have signed a petition asking that the thor oughfare be paved with bituminous mac adam. In every city where contracts were secured for our pavement we have made additional contracts. In all w have contracted for 100000 yards of thu pavement this year.
 gro use the words of George Coleman chairman of the Investigating committee of New York. the paving is provlni quite satisfactory, and 1t has received general commendation from our citizens The surface, while similar to asphalt, af lords a good foothold and Is not slippery in wet weather; during the winter tho ordinary macadam was found to be more slippery than the bituminous macadam Appropriation has already been made for more of the pavement in Brocton this year."