The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-11
MADE ON PRESENT SITE OF
 THE COUNTY JAIL
Committee From First Pres byterian Church Presents Resolutions to Board
 of Revenue

A committee from the First Presbyterian
 church. representing the congregation. ap-
 peared before the board of revenue yes tetoay morning and presented d set Of res olutions that had oeen adopted by the
 church protesting against the maintenance
 of the county jail on the present site. Judge A. c. Howze. F. G. Mcconnell and
 John c. Henley, all officials of the church, formed the committee and made an earn est protest against the existing conditions. They contended that the jail was un-
 slightly and entirely out of place in the
 city, and that the shouting of the in- oates made il very disagreeable to the
 srrrot nding residents and property hold CTS. They strongly urged that the jail
 be romesed to more suitable site. The resolutions were received by the board aud the committee was assured that the board would give them consider
 ation. The resolutions were as follows; "The session of the First Presbyterian church of Birmingham. in a meeting az sembled. does hereby enter its protest against the erection and maintenance of
 the county jail In it's present locality, and particularly in its present condition. and Us grounds of said protest state the following:
 First Said jail is a serious hin- | drance to the use by the church of its property in the great work for which 1t was organized. The services of the sanctuary are often disturbed by the roisy singing and loud talking of the pris, ners. and the unsghtly appearance of the structure wing immediately in l front of the manse, and the unpleasant
 noises eminating therefrom are so dis l turbing and so repulsi9e that the church | is denied the use of it's manse by its pas l tor. and it is compelled to find home l for him in another locality where Ii is l inconvenent and expensive for him to reach the church and otherwise perform | his pastoral duties We feel that it Is
 great wrong to the church and almost
 an insult to the great Head thereof for such a structure to be maintained by
 the county authorities.
 l Second The women and children at l tending the churcnes and schools, and l the good citizens of the community daily passing thereby. have to look upon this l ul lsightly structure and to hear the un- | pleasant noises eminating therefrom We believe the moral uplift of the commun- | ity is menaced ther sby, and that said jail | is a blight upon the fair name of the l city. and is a particular hindrance to the l efforts of our citizens to create a city
 beaufifnl-such an effort in our opiniof 1 vill be futile until this 'carbunele' ir 1 it's very heart is removed,
 l Third. The value of the church prop l erty is seriously affected. being greatly l appreciated oy reason of it's proximity l to said jail No one would be willing to ! buy the same except at a price whicf | would entail a great loss upon tn, | church.
 "Fot rth We believe that as bust ness proposition 1t would pay the county | authorities to remove said structure ol l to so efface it as to change its presen appearance. for that 1t would largely en 1 hance the value of all property sur | ro unoing or adjacent to said jail to sucf
 an extent that the taxes on the increased l values of said property would largely pay any outlay which the county would
 have to make in removing said jail or re | constructing it in susn a way as to de l prive 1t of its present disa greeable feat uies
 l We hereby unanimously join in thi, protest and appoint Elder A. c. Howze | John c. Henley and r. G. Mcconnell
 committee to present to the board of rev
 enue of the county, with the earnest re
 quest that they give due consideration
 thereto and take such action as will rem | edx the present condition