The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
MUCH ENTHUSIASM AT MASS MEET|NG0N JACKSON HIGHWAY Prospects Bright for Big Delegation to Nashville
 Next Week COMMITTEES NAMED
 TO ARRANGE TRIP Senator Underwood Says He Will Go With Visitors, as Will Huddle-
 ston, Frank S. White
 and Others

Great enthusiasm was aroused at the mass meeting in the interest of the Jack. son highway. held yesterday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce, and indica- tions point to a strong delegation, headed by Senator oscar Underwood, Senator Frank S. White, Congressman George Huddleston, and others, will leave next week for Nashville to make a fight for the routing of the historic highway through Alabama via Birmingham and Montgomery to Mobile.
 To bring about this end a special com mittee was appointed by Chairman F. F. Glass to work with the other committees having the matter in charge. to inter- view every automobile owner in the city and district and induce him if possible to join the auto party that will tour through the country to Nashville A number of cars have already been secured for the trip, including cars from the city of Bir- mignham, the board of revenue, the Chamber of Commerce, Motion hotel, E.
 Brownell,, Richard Randolph, D. H. Williams, R. D. Burnett, Dr. J. E. Ded- man, Thomas Watson, Wallace Johns, H.
 
 others have been promised.
 Committees Named
 The chair appointed the following as a general committees: Dr. J. E. Dedman, chairman; Solon Jacobs, Oscar Turner, Louis Gelders, Hubert Drennen. The other committees are: Good roads of Chamber of Commerce; H. M Beck, chairman; P. B. Thomas, Hugh McGee- hr afl1 gene Fies, J. l. McCants; Rotary club, H. K. Milner, Colon Jacobs, Sid Lazarus; Real Estate exchange, H. D. Williams Richard Randolph; Publicity, Oliver Cox, John c. Henley, John Sibley. All the committees will work to secure a big del- egation for Nashville.
 The tremendous advantage, commercial and otherwise, of having the Jackson highway pass through Birmingham was strongly emphasized by the several speak CTS, with the result that the citizens of this district will be urged to send the strongest possible delegation to Nash vile to counteract the delegation from Mississippi which, it is understood, is going to Nashville a thousand strong, in- cluding Senator Vardaman, to present the claims of that state for the routing of the highway.
 A representative gathering was present when H. M. Beck, chairman of the good roads committee of the Chamber of Com merce, called the meeting to order and the crowd was considerably swelled be- fore the meeting was concluded. MT. Beck called on Frank P. Glass to act as chairman, who stated the purpose of the meeting and pointed out the many advan- tages to Birmingham that would result from the routing of this great highway through Alabama.
 Senator Underwood promptly respond ed to the call for volunteers, and stated he would gladly join the delegation. Re- ferring to the great progress made in the good roads movement, he stated that were not the Jackson highway routed through Alabama it would only be a question of time before great highway would be built running north and south in Alabama, but he pointed out the fact that the name of Jackson was a great as- set to the highway. and as Alabama was so rich in historic incidents connected with the great warrior for which the high way is named, that it would be a great loss to the city and state to have it routed through another state He pledged his earnest support to bring the highway to Alabama.
 Motion Late But Enthusiastic
 T. H. Motion stated he was a late con vert to the Jackson highway proposition,
 
 highway pass through Birmingham. Re- ferrng to the increased automobile travel. he stated the highway meant much to the city as the building of another great trunk line railroad He urged that a stl eng delegation attend the Nashville convention.
 John c. Henley stated that he had just returned from Montgomery. where he attended meeting of the Rotary club. He said that Montgomery was rcd hot for the highway. and that they would concentrate their efforts with those of Birmingham in securing the routing of the highway through the state.
 Clarendon Davis of Huntsville said his purpose in attending the meeting was to ask that Birmingham and the delegations from the lower parts of the state keep hands off in the fight for the proposed roads from Birmingham via Huntsville and Decatur. He said that Mississippi would make a strong showing for the highway, and that should Mississippi be eliminated, then the rest of the Ala bama
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