The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-25
ASK PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF ROAD ID THE WARRIOR RIVER Joint Committee From Civic Chamber Before City and
 County Boards PROPOSE TO DIVIDE
 THE COST EQUALLY Committee Has Been in Touch With Government Engineers and Has Considerable Data-Question Is
 Taken Under Advisement

For the purpose of persuading the board of revenue and the city commits sioners to defray the expense of a pre- this city to the Warrior river to be Used to connect Birmingham with that waterway, committee from the Cham Ter of Commerce appeared before the two bodies first named yesterday morning. The committee petitioned
 that the city and the county engage
 in that undertaking and after all was over the general opinion was that a marked impression had been made on
 the officials
 The committee pointed out to the
 members of the board and to the com missioners that Birmingham now pos
 sessed an opportunity of participating
 in the most wonderful of all recent
 developments here and that one of
 the most vital propositions was the construction of boulevard from this
 city to the water. The points were made that every taxpayer in the coun-
 ty would be benefited by the propo-
 sition, especially the taxpayers of
 ndlli, DtSSeIUer ana other DDlnlS
 to be touched by the proposed boule-
 vard It was suggested that the city
 of Birmingham and this county could
 we'll afford to divide that cost for the
 construction of road which would be
 of such value and service to this com munity
 The committee which appeared be
 fore the board of revenue and the com
 missioners was composed of Ershine
 Ramsay, Murray Brown, Conrad Ohme
 an engineer of wide experience; M. P
 Northington. President Crawford
 Johnson of the Chamber of Commerce and Secretary w. c. Radcliffe. After the committee had made known it's
 plans Mir. McGeever of the board oi
 revenue said that the proposition was
 one that appealed to him very much and that while he believed a bond is- sue would be necssary to get the plan through he thought the preliminary work might be authorized.
 The committee at a special meetins held in the Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions asking the city anC the county to make the appropria' tion and subsequently, called upon thu two official bodies. It was announced hat Senator O. w. Underwood hat placed members of the committee 1T touch with the government engineer l ing department and that considerable data had been secured on the plan. which have been outlined.
 | The committee making the call wal joint assembly of the good roads ant transportation committee. the railway and the industrial committee. Erskin' Ramsay and John w. Sibley both spok' | in the interest of the movement. The, l pointed out the great opportunity of fered to Birmingham by the opening | of the Warrior and suggested that thu I plan recommended by the committed was perhaps the most economical whicf could be arranged. President Johnson of the Chamber of Commerce expressed | himself as being in perfect harmon, with the plans. The board of revenu' referred the question to the county at torney to report upon the authority O. | the board, while the city commissioners said they would take the question un der advisement.
 ] In the meantime the proposition Il gaining advocates fast and it is be l lieved that the result will be the con struction of the proposed highway t' l the Warrior river, which. it is believed will provide an economical means o l transporting commodities from thi district to water navigation by mean | of motor trucks at cost which vii l be very much less than could be other wise provided.