The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
TWO MORE BLOCKS
 VOTE WHITE WAY Lower Third Avenue Mer-
 chants Interested WORKING TOGETHER A Permanent Organization Will Be ~ Formed to Look After the Well
 fare of Their Section of
 the City

A number of merchants and other busi-
 ness men, representing half of the from tage to be lighted, along Third avenue from Nineteenth to Seventeenth streets, unanimously voted to install the great
 white way in this section at a conference held yesterday morning at the Majestic theatre.
 Another purpose of the meeting was to discuss the organization of a Hustlers' club for lower Third avenue similar to
 the organization existing among the
 merchants of Third avenue from Nine teenth and Twentieth streets called the Third Avenue Hustlers." But this mat ter was deferred until a canvas of each
 property owner and business man on
 lower Third avenue has been made and then joint meeting of the entire terri tory from Twenty-frst to Seventeenth
 streets will be called to form either one
 Third avenue club auxiliaries to the
 Third Avenue hustlers.
 In response to a circular letter mailed
 out to each man interested by R. W. Ew- ing, president of Roberts & Sons Print ing company, the following men assem-
 bled: M. l.. Semon, S. N Sutton, Leo
 Loeb, T. c. Cairns, Colman Blach, Ma
 than Goodman. Carl Rittick, R. w. Ew-
 ing, and H. D. Herduvel. Three negro
 tenants of barber shops and drug store
 on the block between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets were also present and agreed to pay their pro rata share.
 The temporary chairman. Carl Rittick, Inf a n of he Toi int
 ed a committee to secure the signatures to contracts for the installation of the posts from the property owners and mer- chants. Those named were Robert Ew ing, Carl Rittick, NJ. L. Semon and T. c. Cairns. The work of this committee was begun immediately as those present head
 ed the list by taking care of 800 front feet.
 Every effort will now be made to have
 this portion of Third avenue ready for
 the opening of a great white way at the
 same time the upper section will first light it's posts, which are now being man ufactured in Annston. Should the move
 to have the two opened at the same time be successful, a ceremony or celebration is being planned to mark Birmingham's s first great white way
 The expressions from those conferling yesterday were very enthusiastic for the
 white way, especially in the theatre dis trict and every man seemed more than willing to do his share of the hustling to bring about the materialzing of this en-
 thusasfn. Colman Blach, who is mem
 Der of the Third Avenue hustlers, offered some valuable suggestions in regard to
 pushing the work forward and stated
 that he could not see any reason why
 the lower Third avenue merchants could
 not join the hustlers in making Third
 avenue one of the most traveled and pret- tiest down town boulevards in the city.
 Messrs. Morris and Maddox, representa-
 tives of the Union Foundry company of
 Anniston, who are the manufacturers of
 the white way posts, were, on hand 10
 quote prices, the former estimating the entire cost for the two blocks to be $2540, with the rate of 9.3 cents a front foot for the cost of the current. g, The adoption of the white way was made in the form of a motion and car ried unanimously, after which the meet ing adjourned to reassemble upon later notice to evolve an organization for the continuance of improvement for Third avenue.