The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-16
CONFERENCES LAST NIGHT

Preliminary conferences were held last night by the members of the various dele cations that are in the city and a plan of action decided upon. This morning a party of 20 will arrive by motor from Montgomery. Vice President R. F. Sprag- ins of Huntsville; w. T. Sanders of Athens, and L. c. Irvine of Mobile, exec- Utive committeeman from Alabama of the Jackson Highway association; w. S.
 Keller of Montgomery, state highway engineer, are among those that will be in attendance from other sections of the
 state, while a large local delegation consisting of the men who stood sponsor for the Jackson highway, will be in at tendance.
 The purpose of the meeting is to i'm prove and build route through Ala
 bama from the Tennessee to the gulf and to have the road entirely completed by the time the "pathfinders'' make their final trip over the Alabama and Mssis- sippi routes when the route will be of ficially designated. It is understood that the central portion of the proposed high way is practically complete, that is from the county line of Blount through Jeff ferson, and on to the boundary line of y county roads is maintained, but it is the northern and southern ends of the pro- posed route that need attention.
 The members of the Jackson Highway association from Alabama state that the association as a whole is from Missouri and will have to be shown positive suits in the way of actual building of the county roads along the proposed route through this state, and it is said some of the sections will have to prac- tically build entirely new roads There is also the question of bridging the Ten nessee and Tombgbee rivers to be con- sidered. From advices received yester- day the boards of revenue of Clarke and Washington counties, which border the Tombigbee, have agreed to guarantee any company that will build the bridge , per cent interest on the investment for five years. It is stated that with this proposition the bridge will be paying investment and it's building is practically assured.
 consideration, but those interested in the route have made provision for ferries crossing the river at one of the points suggested by the people on the border lines of the state.
 WAS STARTED HERE
 It may be of interest to known that the Jackson Highway association was started in Birmingham. In response to call issued last July from the Cham Der of Commerce a meeting of the per- sons interested in the proposed highway was held in the auditorium of the Cham Der of Commerce. It was attended by leaders of the movement from all sec tions of the state and from adjoining states and a tentative organization was formed with P l.. Atherton of Louisville president At later meeting held at Nashville permanent organi- zation was effected and the election of MT. Atherton confirmed.
 Among the local business men who stood sponsor for the Jackson Highway association and the proposed Alabama route are the followin:
 J. H. Barr, J. K Flemming, w. w. | Crawford, Louis Saks, w. J. Rushton, l Thomas Hopkins, Edward Crawford, Mitchell Williamson, Robert Jemison, Jr., | Hill Ferguson, Rivers Carter. Herman i Saks, II. K. Miner, Louis Joseph. H. P.
 Heflin. eLo Steiner, w. M. Rosenstihl, 1 Carl Steiner Dr. J. H. Phillips, Henry
 Badham. Sol Caheen, Ferd Caheen. Dr. 1 George Morrow, T. O. Smith, J. J. Smith | A. Latady. John Bradley, Cleon B. Rog- CTS, ex-Senator Frank S. White, George 1 B. Ward, A. o. Lane, James B. Weath- erly, Scudder E. Ryall. Leroy Jacobs, J. s. Williamson. Dr. R. F. Lovelady. Hugh McGeever, R. R. ! Bivins, T. M. Bradley, Louis V. Clark, 1 George II. Clark. John w. O'Neill. John Yeatman, ,J. D. Baugh, Frank S. Address, Ira Chapion, w. B. Yielding, w. ]. Cam eron, Harry c. Orr, J. w. Adams, Fred B. Shireman, Mr. Sims, J. Burrall, M. l.. | Pointer, w. c. Agee T. T. Ashford, J. | Fred Lawrence, c. J, Lawson, Morris | Loveman, F. P. Glass and Thomas D. Jackson.