The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-07
PEOPLE ENTHUSIASTIC
FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS
Good Roads Found From Gadsden to.
Georgia Town Where Stop is
Made for Nieht-Gadsden En-
tertains Automobilists.
BY JAMES q. KEELING.


three cars of the northern squad of path
finders for the Birmingham-Atlanta route
arrived here tonight shortly before 9
O'Clock, having made the trip from Gads-
den, which place was left at O'Clock this
morning. Stops were made at every town
along the route and an effort made to In
terest county officials and merchants in
the subject of good roads.
Good roads were found all the way from
Gadsden to Marietta, with the exception
of stretches of a mile or two at long in
tervals. Etowah county has good roads,
while Cherokee Is also well equipped,
Commissioner G. P. Smith of the latter
county showing splendid development for
the district under his control.
Georgia Is especially well fixed, while
convicts are working this route
The first stop out of Gadsden was made
at Center, C. P. Ward of that town MAX
ing the trip from Gadsden to Center in
Brazelton's Buick At this place we met
Probate Judge ]. L. Savage and County,
Commissioner ]. L. Smith. They gave
us the assurance that they were in full
II sympathy with the movement to better
the highways, and that any improvements
which the pathfinders might suggest
would be gladly carried out
Meet Prominent Men.
We spent an hour with them ana
went into every phase of roadbulding.
Amonp the prominent men of the place
whom, we talked to were W. II. carther j..
g. Hale and judge Thomas Bradford.
The roads in Cherokee county are all dirt
,.oads hui with only a little work can be
~ a.. a,a.t of n,,xes The ground
'naoe in'o '''o .'i' -, ,,,al..
and lay Oh 'iie 's''o = n,t,ar, r,nt,,,s-
roadbuilding an easy proposilioh' h'n'n's
iasm for the Birmingham Atlanta route Is
,,,sh ond +be neople in Center are willing
a,o.+ a,vtbinp to have it brought
10 40 aiii'o''
by their piace- oa =,
From Center the patnnlluers 'nosoe ,,'oso ,,,at
4 to Cave Springs, Ga, wnere we "e.e nv,
by delegations from poth 'eud' .oNil -
Rome each anxious TO nave INC pawn
finders travel via their town.
Here we met Z. l. Iyier' .ne sen,a'
hotel clerk. who presided behind lhe resis- >.
ter at the Hillman and MOTIFS notels ~
birmingham for years. He received us
with open arms ana the Dust ne iao We
ours He has taken charge Oh the cave
Springs hotel the only one there' ana mas
made special arrangements for au,oiiophe
parties.
No matter which road is taken over lhe
northern route cars passing peeWeeh p
mingham and Atlanta will have to pass
Cave Springs The hotel has storing
room for machines and keeps gasoline. IL
is really one of the very new automo-
bilists' hotels in the south
~.l..+,.n DeIaoation
hoaaad
The Cedarto"n oeiesa'' itas d Jocv r
by Mayor X. =. ri,.s, ,,a' - % G,aar
p Burbank, j. c, walker u rsa,,,a "a r. rds dsee,'
j, y. 1ouspa', IT. IIalr,as T, 9 Iedbetter
"a, Douus, :" 6 D IIollovav w r Big
a. f. rs,,;ea r. knight q r.
Se,s' w. W. IIo,seal Dr e, Wood.
Io,,,as, - ana n Poberts
M, = De- ,oa+ NJ Tnmlin. president
",su Ss.,.aa,.oo c,a,,r+u A,,tomohile as
Oh tne onelohee oous rsar nne Of tbe
s'ns socia.'on' s'4' alu ,,,n,issiorers who is an
fioyo county coiniss .,4,,,'s;ast ana
extreme soou loau'
hqnioel oa 49,, caor,1a is doing ex-
floyo couii.s, 49, sc, n. Go,nor
cellent woIh on ler .,;ss.;e,ss .oaue ,,sa de-
stated tna' ,ne oo,liilss at - rat a' .ooa
cided thal .ne ..us pus. w. A. stretoh and
Toaos was W o.u - ,r,s a,ras 60 -
let the FARMERS see ~ -. n.a ~ sar
mer IN the county wou'u want ' 9'''o
In front or ms place
Following this luea .nes aae
Ing two exceiieh' sele'oi.s oa1
which, wnen coripie'eo' wiz pe a eeon9
to none Money IS ho' peiis spaieu
in buiioing then
wilson M. Harog. vice piesiprn, ,ii,, anu
business niahaser oi - ene na,,, =. III.
machine and buttonholed the pathfinders
to come by his town. He almost out
talked the Cedartown delegation and he
was not satisfied until the pathfinders
finally agreed to make the return trip
by Rome.
Find Good Road.
A splendid road was found all the
way from the Georgia line to Marietta
1t was found upon arrival at Cedar
seweray cars conta;ning The cadartown