The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
NEW FLUSHER WILL PROBABLY BE PUT
 MUSE NEXT WEEK
Machine Cost S5O0O-Oper- ated by Electricity May Buy Another If First Is
 Satisfactory

The latter part of this week the big new street flusher which costs approx imately s500o, Is expected to arrive in the city and will be in use next week This machine is operated by electricity and the stream Is controlled by auto | matic pressure
 City Commissioner James weatherly stated yesterday that if the machine proved satisfactory, as there was It. tie doubt, another like 1t will be im- mediately ordered. MT. Weatherly and l Street Commissioner Frank Gafford state that two of the machines will easily talSs care Of ell the paved streets l In the city. the downtown section being flushed every night and the residence paved streets once or twice a week. accordine to their needs. The new machine is absolutely the | latest improved street flusher and the company making 1t has made extrava- gant claims for 1t. The commissioners believe that 1t Is going to be entirely satisfactory but the second machine will not he ordered until the first has been given a thorough trial. Commissioner Wcatherly stated yes
 
 impression to get out regarding tho new system of street paving he was | cons dering.
 l We are going to fix up Third ave- nue to the ball park" he said. You may rest assured of that. but we probably will not place the new pavement on its entire length until we have thor oughly tried it ous. The street depart ment Is new working on that thorough :, fare. leveling 1t up and getting 1t in shape. We nope to keep it free from | ruts and free from dust and we are go- ing to have 1t ready by the time the baseball season opens. too, I hope. "In regard to tte new paving, how ! ever, somo of our engineers are in doubt. They state that there is some reason to believe the wearing surface will not be sufficiently durable. that 1t will creep unde, heavy traffic and then break up. We are going to try #, however, probably on a small stretch on the ball park boulevard and also on the avenues I mentioned in North Bir- mingham and If. after thorough trial. 1t proves satisfactory. we will probably use considerable of 1t.
 
 paving plans for the summer laid out and we will then make them public in detail. But until then everything so far is merely tentative and experimental and besides I don't know how the oth- CT commissioners are going to feel about 1t for I haven't talked to them on the natter"
 Mir. Weatherly suggested that he might consider scheme to pave First avenue if the new paving is successful. at the expense of the city. He explained this by saying that the thoroughfare was used more than any other in the city by the general public and yet was very sparsely settled In some places. It Is probable the other two commission CTS. however. will not consent to such a scheme.
 Its a matter w. ought to go slow on and get some expert advice" was all President Ward would say. "I am opposed to it absolutely" said Judge Lane We haven't got the money to pave any streets ourselves and be- sides I dcnt think 1t would be fair to other property holders on other streets who pay for their paving"