The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-29
FEW GOOD ROADS

Joe Smolian, general manager of Piz1tz department store: ''I heard MT. Pizitz say
 this morning before leaving for New York that he thought the proposed plan for permanent highway from Birming- ham was a great thing to agitate. l agree with him and all the rest of the citizens in boosting the proposition"
 How many good roads are there in Birmingham and suburbs today that are in good shape? Not many If there is l would like to be shown them. I go about or these roads great deal, and the most noticeable thing l see Is that the roads are not kept up well. If they were really built in a proper manner 1t would De simple to keep them up in the proper manner. and little expense would be nee essary. Let's have the highway, but let's have it right I am for it; everyone l have talked to is for it, and I am sure we can get together and build it.
 UP TO CITIZENS
 Harry White of Odom, Bowers & White: Today is a rainy day Can you tell me what road in the vicinity of Bir- mingham outside of the few paved streets in the heart of the city are in good con- dition? I daresay you cannot name single road of any length that is good
 enough to travel in safety tonight or to- day You may say, Oh, well, this is
 bad day, and the rain has made the
 roads miserable Rainy days should have
 nothing to do with the condition of the
 roads If they were built on a concrete
 base and good surfaces of some excellent
 material every day would be good day
 to travel from the country to Birmingham or vice versa.
 ''We haven't the roads we should have,
 and the reason is that the citizens have not demanded them. ] believe the War rior highway is one of the finest things that can be started for the benefit of Bir- mingham and I am sure everybody feels the same way. It will reduce our freight and add to the pleasures and advantages of having a good highway. I hope we will be able to start this road immedi- ately. It will help every man, woman and child who lives anywhere near this city, and every man in any line of business will benefit by the rural trade that will flock here. I believe all mer- chants as well as others in every line of business are for it."
 GOING TO PUT IT OVER Ben Reynolds, of Reynolds Haberdash- cry: T consider the proposed highway from Birmingham to the Warrior river one of the finest things that has hap pened for this community. I favor it., everybody should favor it. and think we are going to put it over without any trouble at all. The Alabama people and the citizens of Jefferson county es- pecially are of the progressive sort who can do things if they have any co-opera- tion at all.
 "Co-operation is what is needed and that is what they are going to have. am sure all of the citizens will pull to- gether and build this great highway. It's benefits will be lasting and result in one of the greatest achievements of the Bir-
 mingham district Let's have it and have | it right away. Other states have good roads and all of them are built in a scientific manner. and with a view to their durability. I know we Alabama people can do the same thing and the time to start is right now.'
 QUICKER THE BETTER M. P. Warrington: Everyone is agreed that a road to the Warrior river is the best thing we could have. The thing now to do is get it. As to the ma- terial used in it's construction, I know little about those things. That is up to the engineers. We need a road to the Warrior, and we ought to have it. The