The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-23
EXPERIMENTS IN
STREET PAVING
Chattanooga viii Have Street
of ebert and Coal Tar
JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM
City Judge VIII Try Judge Ben Lind
says Plan Upon Boys of Chat
tanooga-New City Hall
Building Is Criticised.

Chattanooga, July 22.-(Special.)-A an
experiment for layin gthe dust and at its
own expense the Chattanooga Gas COM
pany will coat the ebert paving on
Eleventh street, between Gas House and
dust will be swept from the surface of
the roadway and the tar preparation ap-
piled and rolled in with sand The COM
pany proposes to do the work at its own
expense, and, If successful, will make an
offer to the city to so treat all of It's
ebert roadways. The ebert roadways are
very dusty and wear out quickly, and
1t Is thought that a coating Of the tar
preparation will prevent the dust and thus
lengthen the life of the pavement Ths
preparation has been used very success
full in many of the cities of the north
and east. Permission is granted the gas
company to close UP the street and apply
the preparation by the board of public
works. The company has already begun
work
City Judge Martin Fleming is In cor
responoence with Judge Ben Lindsay of
the famous Juvenile court at Denver,
Col, witt view of establishing at least
portion of Judge Lindsay's system In
the local city court. For many years the
need Of an effective system for youthful
police court incorrigibles. both boys and
girls, just getting a start on the down.
ward path, has been felt in the city
court The reform schools are kept full
to overlooking all the time and cannot
take care of more than a small section
of the number; the whipping room, where
the children fined In court have their sem
fences meted out to them from parents
or guardians, proves totally ineffective and
a residence in jail with older criminals
tends to increase rather than diminish
the depravity OF youth.
AS a result of quiet visit of inspec-
ton to the new city hall building Mayor
Crabtree Is of the opinion that the floor
ing in the building does not by any means
come up to Specifications, and that the
building as whole is not a 10000 job.
The specifications for the flooring call
for flrst-class, rib-sawed, heart pine The
mayor however, does not think that the
flooring comes up to specifications either
in quality or workmanship.
Charley Young, after "a hours confine-
ment in the city jail, refused to tell where
he procured whisky, and Judge Fleming
finally had to give in. After hesitatins
for a few moments Judge Fleming con-
cluded that the evidence of Young would
be of but little benefit, and accordingly
gave up the contest with the boys stub
bornness. Although unable to apply both
sections of his rule in regard to dry-town
drunks Judge Fleming assessed fine OF
$40 and costs on the drunkenness charge.
and Young went to the detention station,
where he will remain until his fine is
worked out.
Within 90 days tho new Terminal station
will be open and trains running into 1t.
If the Alabama Great Southern railroad
avails itself of the franchises granted
1t by the board of councilmen Monday
night. The ordinance passed grants the
road the right to construct one additional
track across Missionary avenue, two
across Rossville avenue and two across
Main street. The opening of the station
within 60 days was made provision of
the ordinance. 1t is also provided that
the grantees are forever barred frona
doing ordinary switching over the tracks
authorized.
Twin ordinances, designed to regulate
the sale of near-beer, are on their way
to passage by the councils. They are new
ones. One, in the lower board, sets the
license to be paid. while the other merely
places regulations around the sale. 1t Is
now given out by a competent spokesman
of the brewers of near-beer that they will
aid in the proper regulation of the trade.
This they will do by declining to sell to
any person who resists payment of the Ii
cense as prescribed by the council, and
also to persons who are found inclined to
violate the regulations.
The lower board of the city council
passed q resolution Monday night pro-
viding that the bond of the city treas
urer be increased from $4,000 to $4,000.
This action was taken in response to a re-
quest from the mayor and from the city
treasurer, Mr.. C1eage, also. The bond
of the city treasurer was originally placed
at $4,000, but as a compliment to T. ].
the former city treasurer, It
was reduced to $4,000
Walter G. Kirkpatrick. who was select
ed by the water works commission lsf +
month for the purpose of preparns til
preliminary plans and surveys for ne-y
plant, will be in this city Friday and set
urday of this week and begin work at
once. Mr.. kirkpatrick will establish Al
office In the city and personally sunsr'r-
tend the work. 1t Is expected that il WI
take about 90 days to prepare the mans
and estimates and advertise for bids.
Missionary Dies In Toxic.
Toxic, July 22.-Rev. e. r. Woodma',.
rector Of Trinity Cathedral in this city.