The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-02

ate sprinkling cars on all lines. Their cars certainly raise lot of the dust. West End, when it was municipality, sa wto 1t that the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company used the sprnkling ears there and there is no good reason that I know why the company should not do as much for Birmingham.
 The city ought to have more sprin- klers and the ground should be GOV cred oftener. We must reduce the dust. The health of the city is largely affect ed and the material damage from dust is simply enormous My store alone loses up in the thousands yearly in damaged goods. The merchants can hardly calculate their loss and 1t is an evil that affects every man, woman and child in the city,
 C. M. Powell
 Sprinkle the streets with crude oil. That is certain relief from dust" said C. NJ. Powell general manager of the Stow CTS Furniture company. 'I have lived a good deal in the west, and have seen oil used effectively there. You can get on the Southern Pacific at San Antonio and ride into New Orleans and you will not inhale as much dust as the Birmingham citizen does in 15 minutes. The western towns sprinkle with crude oil. My home town. Lexington, Ky, also uses oil on the streets. As rule one application in the spring does the work for the dust season. I am heartily in favor of sprinkling Bir- n1inghams streets with oil.
 Dust is constant menace to the health of the community and 1t means thousands of dollars lost every year in damaged merchandise"
 Residents of the suburban portions of Greater Birmingham are also keenly in- terestcd in the dust problem, and a num- bor of well-known citizens discussed the situation yesterday.
 Prof. J. R. Walker Prof. J. R. Walker of Ensley said: "The dust Is about as bad in Ensley as 1t Is in the city. Something should be done to suppress 1t but l do not know the best remedy outside of a good ran. By the way, it will rain before the end of today or during the night. How do l know? have the best sign in the world. The hair on my head will not lie in place"
 Roy Mccullough
 ''The people of Woodawn are suffering greatly from the dust nuisance said foy Mccullough It seems impossible to Vsep 1t down by individuals sprinkling in Front of their places. The city government
 
 nuisance. Though rain brings temporary relief there should be no let-up In this campaign until arrangements of some sort are made to take care of the dust in dry weather"
 Hughes B. Kennedy
 "Woodlawn is suffering perhaps more than any other one of the suburban places In Birmingham said Hughes B. Ken nedy. ''There is lot of traffic on the fo, cf Woodlawn and many of the finest homes ara on that avenue. It Is simply im- possible to keep the dust out of the houses. It is not only dangerous to health but works serious damage on property and the furnishings of every home.
 J. B. Gibson
 sFirst avenue leading out through Avon dale Woodlawn and East Lake is one of the most largely travelled highways leading out from the heart of the city. said J. E. Gibson. More cars automo- piles and other vehicles probably pass this way than along any other route leading out of the city. The dust problem out that way is a very serious one. The dust is especially bad in the vicinity of Sloss furnaces and some provision should be made to remedy the condition at this point. People living along First avenue in Woodlawn are moving back from the main thoroughfare to save their lives and furniture from the dust menace
 R. DuPont Thompson
 R. DuPont Thompson of Woodlawn said Dust and what to do about 1t? We'll it seems to me that If the board would run that aidermanic steam roller over 1t once or twice 1t would be an effective remedy I have known of few other public questions in Birmingham in which this remedy has been used to great eff feet and the subject thereof perpetually 'squelched.' In my town, before annexa- ton, the subject was very admirably handled on the principal thoroughfares by requiring the street railway to sprinkle along its tracks. There is absolutely no reason so far as I can see why this requirement. should not be imposed in the city of Birmingham and a long-sufering public to large extent thereby relieved from the great dust nuisance. The street cars are the principal dust raisers, and they should be required by ordinance. rig idly enforced. to manifest an equal amount of interest, both in behalf of their passengers and the housekeepers along the streets traversed, in settling It."