The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-28

is fertile and the people are anxious to have highway into Birmingham, the center of the south. No one class or clan will profit by the building of this high way. All the people of every degree of wealth, will be the gathers If the road is built
 q cannot imagine any reason why it should not be built. There can be no iii- surmountable obstacles in the way If there are any we citizens of Birmingham and Jefferson county should put our shoulders to the wheel and push them out of the way. I am for the project and am glad to say so."
 MABEN INDORSES IT
 J. C. Maben, Jr., said: "The building of a great highway to the Warrior river would be the best thing that could hap pen to this district Why not build an electric railway, while we are at it?
 With the wasted gas from the coke ovens we could generate electricity at a very low price and utilize it for the elec- tric system. Cincinnati built a railway line to Chattanooga, through the co-op- eration of the two cities and each coun- ty which the road ran through It has been phenomenal success for the city.
 Birmingham and it's district have more natural advantages than Cincinnati or any other city. We have just as many interests at stake in the building of this highway as any other community in the country, and we should get busy and put it through. This also applies to the building of an electric railroad. To be- gin with it would be the direct cause Of reduced freight rates in this district. Every man who owns foot of land close to the highway and railroad would be
 benefited greatly by the building of the road and highway. Birmingham would no longer be an inland town We would have the facilities to transport freight into this district at low freight and everyone would profit thereby
 ''The railroad end of it would pay through the passenger traffic alone. There is no doubt but what lots of people W ould go down to the Warrior each day and crowds of them on Sunday. The fishing and hunting on the Warrior are good, and 1t affords a fine place for gen. uine recreation. Let the highway be built well so that 1t can be used every day in the year. This will be necessary to make the road hold up under the heavy traffic it will be forced to carry. The building of the railroad and highway will be the greatest thing for the development of the district that can happen"
 WANTS SUBJECT AGITATED To the Editor of The Age-Herald: We hold that the use of the Warrior river should be continually agitated by the newspapers until entirely competed so that the city of Birmingham and the district will receive full benefit from the Warrior river. In our opinion the city should give careful consideration to the construction of a public belt railroad, such as they have in New Orleans with a line running to the river with proper l, docks and loading facilities. Kansas City, Missouri. only recently took ad- vantage of the Missouri river. For some time have had on my desk clipping from the Kansas City papers ill regard to what has been accomplished by the Kansas City. Missouri river navigation project. Perhaps you would like to have this information and am attaching same hereto. We must either bring the War rior into Birmingham or go to the War Iior with a steam or electric railway
 together with modern paved highway. Yours truly,