The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

but owing to the lateness of the hour
and a previous engagement the meeting
did not materialize Illinois has two
state Good Roads associations. A Wom-
ans Good Road association with many
prominent club women as members,
and Chicago Is the headquarters for
the National Good Roads association.
They have taken up as their work the
Lincoln highway. but that does not in
the least interfere with the work of the
jackson highway. Hon. Carter Harri-
son, mayor of Chicago. is on the COM
mittee of the Alabama Daughters of
1872 and has enthusiastically indorsed
the north and south highway.
Your chairman went over the highway
between Birmingham and montgomery
last and found that 1t is not as dead as
many would have it. Shelby county Is
rapidly filling in the space connecting
with jefferson county, which for some
cause has failed to build its four miles
promised. Chiffon county is building an
east and west highway. The north and
south will follow. Through the courtesy
OF Mr. Nicholson of Thorsby, the chair
man met with 20 of Thorsby's progress
sive women workers. All were enthusiasts
tic for the jackson highway. Several
jokes were told about the town being
decorated. especially for the Daughters
of 1872 u H. in big letters, made of
white carnations, welcomed the Ledger
Scouting party, last year. The Daughters
of 1879 were not included In the Ledger's
invitation list to the reception at Thorsby
Inn.
The citizens of Clanton and Verbena
want and are willing to help build the
Jackson highway. Montgomery county
has beautiful roads. The chairman is
much Indebted to Hon. Thomas Nj. Owen
for many courtesies shown her while In
the city of Montgomery, and also to the
Jr
automobile ride over some of Montgom-
ery's beautiful roads.
That a lakes to the gulf highway Is
a most important one, history and statis-
tics prove. The trend of trade and COM
merce in the United States is north and
south That the name of this north and
south highway should be jackson High
way" and that it should connect Chicago
with New Orleans. splitting the middle
basin, coming down through the states
of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky. Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana as
the most feasible route, is conceded.
On the 7th of August tri-state good
roads meeting was held at Huntsville,
Mr.. Price, editor of the Nashville Demo-
crat was the leading spirit A sociability
run was made from Nashville. This route
was from Nashville by way of Murfrees-
boro- Fayetteville to Huntsville with
general discussion that in selecting a
route for tourists that it be continued to
Chattanooga, Atlanta and on to Jackson
Vile. This tri-state meeting did not in
dorse the work of the Alabama Daugh-
ters Another tri-state meeting was he'll
In October at Mammoth Cave. where
lakes to the gulf association was fe
The route of this associations highway
has not been practically defined.
| The secretary, Mr.. II. L. Ramsey,
| of the Lakes to the Gulf association,
| in an article in the Louisville Times
of November 16, prints map show
| ing the routes of the eight natural
| highways proposed in Congress and
calls attention to the fact that Louis
| vile was left off of the line of the
proposed highway II is astonishing TO
the chairman that man of Mr.. Ram