The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
Lists of Delegates
For Large Contention

It is probable that a large number of
delegates will attend the convention of
the North Alabama Good Roads associa-
ton. which assemblies In Birmingham Oc-
tober II.
Lists of the delegates appointed from
Cleburne, st. Clair, Tuscaloosa, Pickens,
Blount and Jackson counties were re-
ceived yesterday by ]. A Rountree. sec
rotary of the association. They are as
follows:
Cleburne County-A. ]. Overton, Hefin;
w. II. Barnes. Muscadine; s. l., B. Blacke,
G.. W. Roberts, J. w. Bennett, Frulthurst
J. NJ. Jones, Hopewell; ]. R. Rain, Hehin;
Robert Maddox Palestne John A.
Brown, Bell Mills; A. NJ Turner, Fruit
hurst; w. M. Striplin, Hehin and J. c..
Bean. Helm.
Piclxens County-Dr. @. B. Kimberley, j..
NJ. Pratt, Walter d. Windham, G. S.
Youngblood. c. Shirley, ]. A. Glass. ]. H.
Coleman, It. J. Hancock, M. I. Harper,
]. W. Hollingsworth. S. w. Hood. ]. T.
Hunter
st. Clair County-J. X Eusey, H. N.
Avondale and 1t was feared that the track
was washed away. Construction crews
went to the place and repaired the track
so that 1t was possible to operate the
cars on that line yesterday afternoon.
The track will be further repaired to-
day.
A bridge on the North ,Ensley line near
East Thomas was washed away and traf-
fic on that line from thaE point was tied
up. Cars were operated over the South
Ensley line. The bridge will be repaired
today and it Is expected that traffic can
be resumed.
Village Creek.
Village creek was on a rampage 1t was
higher than it has ever been, even In the
memory Of the oldest citizen" and it
carried away several bridges and trestles
1t was over 200 yards wide at some places
and. in others it was twenty feet deeper
than usual. 1t was reported that a man
and woman were drowned in the creek
at North Birmingham, but the rumor was
not confirmed. More than one person was,
however, rescued, the Birmingham firemen
rescued one entire family that was ma
rooned In the center of this overflow.
Reports received yesterday afternoon IN
dicated that scores and scores Of the coun-
ty bridges had been either washed away
or badly damaged by the water In the
streams and creeks in the county It will
require some weeks and considerable
money to repair them. 1t is stated. Water
in all these creeks and streams was high
er than it has been in years.
The rain fell in torrents all day yester-
day, but it was heaviest in the morning.
The Easements of number Of stores in
the business portions of the city were
flooded with water and the fire depart
ment had numerous requests for engines
with which to pump the water from the
cellars. These requests were refused By
Chief Bennett for several reasons,
The storm sewers were inadequate to
care for the immense volumn of water
that fell, and In places the water was
more than a foot deep In the streets.
making it exceedingly difficult for people
to go about. Boats were almost necessary
in number of places.
The openings to the sewers were blocked
in some places by things that were fioated
down the cutters and in these places the
water rose higher than in others. South
Twentieth street at one time looked like
a solid sheet of water south of Avenue
b and north of Avenue II. In all the low
parts of the city the water was high and
1t had not all drained off last night.
Record Breaker.
The previous record for heavy rain
was on February and 8, 1903, when 6.6S
inches fell in "a hours. That record was
beaten yesterday by one inch of rain In
the same length of time. The record OF
7.55 inches in As hours, made between
o'clock wednesday and the same hour
yesterday, has never been equalled 1t is
probable that when the storm is over 10
inches of rain will have fallen
The wind Thursday night between 800
o'clock and 9:25 o'clock reached velocity
of so miles an hour, which is the highest
on record in Birmingham. Between
o'clock and O'Clock Thursday night the
wind varied from SO to A miles an hour,