The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
HUNTSVILLE PARTY HERE LAST NIGHT Are Pleased With Route Through Gadsden IN BIG RAIN New Route Was Taken Out of Guntersville Which the
 Visitors Declare Is Al
 most Ideal
CAUGHT IN BIG RAIN

The Huntsville automobile good roads party reached Birmingham. yesterday at 7;SO D. m. after most strenuous trip. The party left Monday morning at o'clock on their way to Birming- ham to boost the proposed north and south highway.
 | All along the trip the automobilists made speeches and distributed circulars arousing interest in the proposed state 1 highway. The delegates expressed themselves as being well pleased with the outlook.
 l It was proposed some time ago that 1 a state highway should be built con- meeting the state from the extreme north to the extreme south. h an ef- fort to build up enthusiasm the Hunts vile Good Roads association decided to send a delegation from Huntsville to Birmingham in an effort to boost the highway And accordingly the dele gation started their trip Monday morn ing.
 The party of 12. in three E. NJ. F. au- tomobiles, had just left Huntsville when great rainstorm overlook them at the Tennessee river. They were delayed six hours and on account of this acci- dent the party did not reach their des- tination on scheduled time.
 However. when the party reached the towns where they were scheduled to speak, large and enthusiastic crowds awaited them. Several members of the party made speeches telling of the pro- posed highway and of the plans for or ganization. The party stated that they expected much good to be accomplished by their tour, as much interest was manifested all along the pourney. The delegates made speeches in the following towns along the way: New Hope, Guntersville, Boaz, Springville, Albertville. Attalla, Gadsden and Bir- mingham.
 A partof the tour Was taken over new route. A road was taken out of Guntersville to Birmingham by the way l of Brookville Those in the party state | that this is the finest natural roadway that they have ever been over AL though the road is not in excellent con dition, they state that it could easily be put in the best of condition, as the material for building this highway is on all sides
 There are lime rock, gravel, clay and chert along the road, and with this con- dition. together with the absence of grades, 1t is said that highway could be built at the smallest cost. They state that tbis road is said to be the highway | which Jackson used when he drove the l Indians out of Alabama.
 | The party Is composed of Clarendon
 Davis, president of the associations; H. B.
 Chase secretary; Judge Joseph Ballen-
 tine, of the law and equity court; Judge F. w. Walker of the court of appeals H. C. Laughlin a prominent business
 man; W. A Connor a real estate dealer Sam Henry, prominent merchant of
 Guntcrsville: Fred Wright. Roy O'Neal,
 managing editor of the Huntsville Mer-
 cury: J. R. Cooney. c. NJ. Skinner and S. Overton.
 l When the announcement reached the
 city that the delegation would arrive yes
 terday afternoon, the executive officers
 of the Jefferson County Good Roads asso-
 citation held a nasty session and appointed
 q committee to meet them. Plans were
 made to meet the party about 15 miles
 cut of town and escort them to the ely.
 Upon thelr arrival it was planned to con-
 duct them to the Chamber of Commerce, where an informal meeting of greeting
 was to he held for them.
 Tine local committee tried in vain to lo-
 cate them. but did not succeed, and the
 visitors came into the city unescortcd. 1 The committee was very much disap-
 pointed, as they did not have an oppor-
 tunity to escort the distinguished visitors
 into Birmingham.
 The committee appointed was as fol.
 lows: Judge w. l. Grubb, John N.
 O'Neil, J. A. Rountree, Job Going, C. 3.
 Rogers, '. A. Whitehead, J. E. Dedman.
 George T. Brazelston, Attlcus Muffin,
 W. R. Starbuch, Victor Hanson. Hugh
 McGeever, Col. l.. W. Johns and Soion
 Jacobs
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