The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-04
ALL ENTHUSIASTIC
FOR SEWER BONDS
Joint Conference Held AT the
Mayors Office
NEED is NOW IMMINENT
Citizens VIII Be Given Opportunity In
Next Election To Decide On An
Issue of 100000 In
Bonds.
NEED IS NOW IMMINENT

joint meeting of special committees
from the Commercial club. the Board of
Trade, the Birmingham Real Estate Deal.
ers' association and the Trades Council
Julian Kendricl1 yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of investigating the feast
bility of the proposed sewer construction
for which bond issue of 100000 will be
voted on May 4 Every committeeman
present gave expressions favorable to the
bond issue and the body agreed unanl-
mously to heartily recommend its indorse-
ment to the several organizations repre-
scented.
James Bowron was elected chairman of
the joint meeting and Robert W. Ewing
secretary, The following resolution, made
by T. H. Motion, and seconded by j. L.
Collins. was unanimously passed:
Be it resolved. That we, the representa-
tives of the Commercial club, the Bir-
mingham Board of Trade, the Brming-
ham Trades Council and the Birmingham
Real Estate Dealers association, after
thoroughly considering the present condi-
tons of our city from a sanitary stand
point, recognize the Overwhelming impor-
lance of providing additional and better
sewerage for our municipality, and that
we are OF the opinion thar tho only prac &.
tical plan for accomplishing this result is
that OF voting is.sde Of $4,000 of bonds
with which to provide the money to make
possible the construction Of the required
sanitary and storm ceMtrs necessary for
the proper drainage Of our city, and that
we regard the sar,c as essential to our
future growth and health; and
That we agree 10 heartily recommend
it's Endorsement by the several organiza-
tions which we represent.
JAMES BOWRON,
I. H. MOTION,
Committee from Commercial club.
]. D. COLLINS,
J. E. SHELBY,
ROBT. w. EWING,
Board Of Trade.
j. L. YANCEY.
w. B. LEEDY,
Birmingham Real Estate Dealers ASSN
ANDY MARX,
d. c. BALL,
Birmingham Trades Counri
Present at the meeting were Mayor
Ward, City Engineer Julian Kendrick anc
Street Commissioner John NJ. McCartin
Each Of these three city officials hearth.
Endorsed the movement. Mr.. Kendricl
stated to the committee that the sewer.
already built were all right at the tim,
they were constructed but that the city
had outgrown them and that the neeC
of a more extensive sewerage system wa.
imminent.
The fight for the bond issue had beer
a long one. More than a year ago AL
derman John c. Forney offered the orig
inal resolution, which started the pres
ent movement, and since that time he
has been active in getting the matter &c
the front. In every annual report fol
the past five years City Engineer Ken
drick has called attention to the need
of an extended sewerage system, and the
City Council has been called upon in the
annual reports of the Mayor for the pas
four years to back the matter up.
The council however, could not see
it's way clear to do this on account Of
the law which made it obligatory to as
sess the entire sewer costs against the
property benefited and it was evident
that the sewers to be constructed are sc
large that it would be impossible to as
sess the entire cost without a confisca'
ton of the property. The last legislature
however, changed the law so that the
costs might be assessed in whole or In
part against the property benefited, which
paved the way for plan to allow bono
issue to supplement other funds thai
might be raised for the construction OF
the sewers.
The plan has been widely Endorsed anc
the Jefferson County Medical society as
a body, and its members individually
have been especially active and insisten
that the work be put under Roadway az
soon as it can be done on a large scale
pointing to its necessity as a step to In
sure the good health of the general pub
lie. The matter will be voted on nex'
month and a final settlement arrived at
ADJUSTMENTS.