The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
MEET TOMORROW ID NAME DELEGATES ID. HIGHWAY MEETING
Jackson Highway Boosters Meet at Tutwiler With w. s. Keller, Who Motors
 UpFrom Montgomery

Alabama is going to get the Jackson | highway, because we can show the com
 mission that three-fourths of the roads along the proposed route in Alabama now comply with the government standard and we can produce affidavits-bonds If | necessary-to guarantee that we will | construct the other parts of the road 1 within a specified time limit"
 | The above is a statement made by w S. Keller state highway engineer, at ! a meeting called by the good roads con-
 mittee of the Chamber of Commerce at the Newspaper club last night. The
 meeting was for the purpose of devising
 means and getting a line on the num- Der of delegates from Alabama to the
 meeting of the National Jackson High way association, which will be held m Nashville next week. After addresses by practically all pres- ent, of whom many were visitors from Cullman, Chairman H. M. Beck of the Chamber of Commerce committee was authorized to call upon the city commits sion, the Business Mems league, the Board of Trade, the Wholesale Mer- chants association, the Rotary club, the Ad club and all other civic organiza- tions. as we'll as automobile dealers anc any others who might be interested in good roads, to meet with the Chamber of Commerce in the auditorium of that organization at o'clock tomorrow after
 noon for the purpose of naming delegates
 from Birmingham to attend the meeting
 in Nashville.
 Should Appear in Body It was the sense of the meeting that the Alabama delegation should appear
 in body before the commission which
 will decide the routing of the Jackson highway and show what Alabama has done and is doing in the way of con- structing good roads, MT. Keller in his address pointed out that the state could show 75 per cent efficiency, while Mis-
 sissippi could show not more than 10 per cent efficiency.
 MT. Keller advised that the delegation from Alabama get statements from the board of revenue of every county through which the proposed route will pass stat ing in detail what the county Is doing for good roads. and what 1t proposes IL do. He advised them to be ready to make bond if necessary to guarantee that roads would meet the specifications Ol SONeTHIHenl engineers John Craft of Mobile presided over last nights meeting at the request of MT. Beck. MT. Craft said in his opening re- marks that the Jackson highway had Its incipiency in Birmingham in the ranks of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution here. Since that time 1t has been taken up by other organizations, he said.
 and the project has been actively advo- cated
 Cullman Postmaster Speaks MT. Craft introduced s. J. Griffin, postmaster of Cullman, who also Is presi- dent of the Cullman Commercial club MT. Griffin said that Cullman was for Birmingham for whatever the Magic City wanted, and that the people of Cullman to a man were back of the
 Jackson highway movement and wanted it to come through Birmingham.
 A large portion of the Alabama dele
 gation will go from Birmingham to Nash vile via automobile, and invitations from Huntsville and Decatur were read inviting the delegation to stop over for entertainment en route. The Cullman
 visitors delivered an invitation in per-
 son. urging that the delegates stop in
 Cullman and they promised to make their
 stay pleasant. The delegation from Cullman last night were: T. J. Callahan. M R. Heflin, c. c. Copeland, c. A. Stiefelmeyer, D. c. | Fuller, O. M. Fisher and s. J. Griffin Among the speakers were John w. O'Neill, William c. Radcliffe, Judge c.
 H. Mandy, J. A. Millson, Jere Gwin. F. B. Shireman, w. s. Keller, Prof. G. N. Mitcham of Auburn, J. A. Rountree, F. c. Whaley. o. M. Fisher, c. A. Stie- felmeyer, D. c. Fuller and several others.