The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
CALL IS MADE FOR
GOOD ROADS MEET
To Be Held In Birmingham
Next Monday
WELL KNOWN MEN SIGN
1t Is Hoped To Strike While Iron Is
Hot and Thoroughly Arouse
jefferson County on Good
Roads Question.
WELL KNOWN MEN SIGN

of the most representative men or every
calling, have issued the call for the or
ganization of the jefferson County Good
Roads association next Monday morning.
The call is signed by men who mean
business, and intend to make the associa-
ton a power for improvement and actual
accomplishment in the immediate future.
1t is believed that the meeting will be one
of the most enthusiastic ever held in Bir-
mngham, coming as it does at the high
tide of good roads enthusiasm. Here is
the call:
almost all civilized countries have de-
veloped systems of good roads. Sixteen
centuries ago the Romans constructed the
Appian Way, which still exists today, as it
is said that many of the fiagstones that
cover the roadway today were laid when
the road was originally built.
"In modern times, France, Germany,
Italy, Austria, England and Spain have
developed their country roads until the
highway running through the rural dis
tricts is as level, smooth and satisfactory
for the carrying of traffic as the city
streets. America is about the only great
civilized country in the world that has
not successfully developed a system of
roadways.
There should be built in the United
States and here in Alabama permanent
system of good roads that will be lasting
monuments and beneficial to future gem
erations.
1.-THE Alabama Good Roads association
is working along the lines of arousing and
educating the people up to the standard
of building great system of highways
and to have the state establish highway
commission, as well as to aid the coun-
ties in building a system of roads in ac-
cordance with the good roads amendment
that was Overwhelmingly adopted by the
people in the election last November.
Recently the Alabama Good Roads as
sociation convened in Birmingham, be-
ing attended by over 700 delegates from
all parts of the state. 1t decided to take
active steps to organize good roads as
sociations in every county in the state
and requested the advocates of good roads
in the various counties in Alabama TO
form themselves in county organizations
for the purpose of advocating and push
ing the question of good roads in their re-
spective counties and to assist the state
organization to perfect and carry out It's
policies and plans. We, the undersigned
citizens of Jefferson county, believing In
organization, hereby call d convention OF
the advocates of good roads to meet in the
auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce
on Monday, November s, at 10 o'clock a.
M. for the purpose of organizing JET
r. dc
which shall be a compact body to work
for the betterment of good roads and also
assist in the agitating of permanent high
ways throughout the state of Alabama.
EVERY citizens of Jefferson county who
is interested in this subject is invited
to attend and participate in its organiza-
ton.
1--WE urgently request that representa-
tives from every precinct in this county
be present
1.-THE question of good roads today
is the most important question before
the people of Alabama and the advo-
Gates of good roads should see to 1t
that no stone is left unturned to have
the next legislature enact into a law
the constitutional amendment that the
people so overwhelmingly adopted last
November.
Jefferson being the largest and most
influential county in the state, sh ould
organize and assist in this great fight,
80 we appeai - tta1a a. convention
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friend.
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Rountree, C. B. Rogers. Job Going, j. ID.
Collins, r. F. Lovelady, ]. b. Vines, M.
M. williams, Oscar Underwood, j. j..
Dedman. George q. CRAWFORD, a. H.
Ford, Frank Y. Anderson, J. Ed Haigler,
w. P. Gum, NJ. V. Joseph, Henry b.
Gray, John B. Burris, w. S. Brown Il.
w. Huffman, Lee Cowart, w. 5. Roun-
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w p Hickman, Percy Clark, G. I.
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