The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-09-29
These replies read as follows

ment that this trip would be made.
Letters from Counties.
These replies read as follows:
Mr.. G. T. Brazealton, Secretary Birming-
ham Motor Club. Birmingham, Ala.
My Dear Sir Replying to your letter Of
the oath inst, ] shall be pleased TO CO.
operate with you in securing the New
York-Atlanta highway continued into Bir-
mingham.
We are, of course. anxious to have
Talladega on this line, and in reply to
your question as to whether or net We
will give you as good roads as will the
adjoining counties through which you will
pass, 1 Will say that II you will bring
this line through Talladega we will give
you a better road than will the other
counties
l am not prepared today to tell you
which would be your best route through
this county in order to come through
this place, but there are four or NV FER
ries crossing the river, and you would
have no trouble in getting a route sat
isfactory TO you, and the roads We will
give you after you strike our line will
be second to none.
We have good roads in this county, a
large part being graveled. and we are
now spending a good amount of money
on them. I have just appointed % dele
gates to the good roads convention, which
convenes in your city on the 14th prox.,
and think there will be a good attend
ance from this county.
We have a number of road machines
and all necessary equipment and next
year will further improve our roads
OF the present board the term of two
will expire next year, while the remaining
two will hold for two years longer, and
the address of the present board is:
James A. Harris, Eastaboga E. A. Ham
Cxr1a a Jones R9ntT0e.
b. Stapp, Talladega- Yours very truly,
j. e. CAMP,
Judge of Probate.
Birmingham Motor Club, Birmingham
Ala
Dear sirsi I notice from the daily pa
pers that your club Will start SIX cars
for Atlanta on October 5, two by Cave
Springs and Cedartown, two by Piedmont
and Cedartown and two by the lower
route.
The Cedartown Auto company is anx-
eious to extend its courtesies. and If you
will advise me about the time the TWO
will reach Cave Spring a delegation OF
automobiles will meet them there and con-
duct them to our city and render any
other help it can toward mapping out
the route from here to Atlanta. very
truly yours, r. o. PITTS, Mayor.
Admission, September %, 1909.
Mr. G. IT. Brazealton, Birmingham, Ala
Dear Sir. | have your letter OF the -lSt
inst. 1 note with pleasure that you think
we'll of coming by Admission on the route
to Atlanta. A friend of mine, who IS
acquainted with the roads from Birmlng-
ham to our county line, suggests that the
following is the best route; BirminS-
ham to Springville, st. Clair county
thence to St Clair Springs; thence to
Montevallo road; thence to Greensport
and across Coosa river there; thence via
Pecks Hill and Alexandria in Calhoun
county.
If you will let me know when your
would be glad to meet them at Alexan-
dria. Yours truly.
M B. WELLBORN.
Ragland, September 25 1909.
Mr.. ]. B. Babb, secretary Commercial
club Birmingham.
Dear Mr.. Babb: 1 notice that there Is
some talk of an automobile route being
located between Atlanta and Birmingham.
l would be glad to see this route come
through Ragland, as when road is conf
pleted which is now under construction
and will be completed in a few months,
there will be straight graded route
from Fombys ferry on Coosa river
through Ragland to Ashville and from
there 1t is already graded through Spring.
VILE Argo and into Birmingham. This
will give a straight line into Admission or
Jacksonville, on to Cedartown and to At
lanta. This is the only good route that
will have a graded road across the noun
tans If you are interested in this mat
ter would be glad to have you to encour
age this route all that you can. l am
yours truly. III. I. BROWN.