The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer. January 21.-(Special) An adjourned meeting of the Jefferson 1 county board of revenue was held here 1 this morning at which a number of important matters were discussed. The ! rental of the offices for the various branch offices of the county officers
 was agreed upon. A number of peo- pie appeared before the board during ! the morning with petitions and com plaints which were acted upon The most important matter brought before the board at this sitting was the one introduced by George Ross as president of the Bessemer Commercial club, in which he stated that he was acting for committee of 50 repre- sentative men from all over the coun- ty appointed at a mass meeting held here last night to go before the board and ask that it designate route No. 9
 as the official route to the Warrior rlYer, He said that it was the opinion of the club and the gentlemen of the committee that this route, which is through Hueytown, Dolomite and Tay- lor's Ferry, was the most practicable
 of the ones surveyed. He told the board that the Commercial club had gone fully into the matter and had taken it up with the people through whose land the road ran and had se- cured their consent to give the county ] the additional land to widen the road
 up to go feet
 1 Cal A. Dabbs spoke at length to the 1 toard as a member of the committee
 and pointed out the necessity of hay l ing the road to the river. He stated | that the improvement on the river cost
 the government s15,0OO,0OO and that
 there was not decent road in the
 county running to it.
 | John D. Martin said this end of the 1 county expected a road 30 feet wide | on per cent grade and as straight
 as it could be made to the river and | thought the number of people to be
 the county to expend the money thai would be required to build it.
 "'The matter all resolves itself into
 question of money. The county has ! just so much money for roads. I think 1 the matter will be thoroughly and fair ly adjusted, but it will take some lit ] tie deliberation because the board does | not want to erect to its memory a mis- 1 take. I think a chert road is the quick l est way to offer relief and this road
 will cost $100,OO0. I think also that | too much importance cannot be at. tached to the road to the river and 1 that bond issue is probably the best
 and quickest way to secure it. The board is glad to have this expression l of opinion from the committee and will
 consider it carefully The matter of selecting the route will not be hard 1 to settle as these things are left large
 ly to the engineers and we have not l had time to study MT. Clark's report l Bessemer won't be treated like a step child at all in this natter Judge Sam T. Huey of the inferior
 court appeared before the board and
 asked that his court be given an addi- | tional room for the use of the constable l and his deputies and this was done. The l board then selected offices on the third | floor of the building and will at once
 start furnishing them for the clerks
 of the county officers. The meeting l then adjourned.
 1 mass meeting of the citizens of Bes-
 semer was held last night in the city l courtroom. George Ross, chairman of the | committee of city and county affairs o1 | the Bessemer Commercial club, presided 1 The purpose of the meeting was stated 1 by MT Ross, after which short talks were made by MT Howton of Oak Grove l Prof. P. M. McNei, l. E. Hafner of the Bessemer Soil Pipe company Sheriff
 1hcmas J. Batson, John D. Martin Thomas T. Huey and c. L. Dabbs. The route to the Warrior river via Hueytown Oak Grove and Taylor's Ferry was in dorsed
 l While at work at the by-product plan
 at Woodward this morning Jim Siniart
 was badly scalded and was removed tt the Elizabeth Duncan hospital where h'
 received medical attention. His arm
 and limbs were badly burned and while very painful his injuries are not consid cred serious He is reported to be rest ing as well as could be expected to night
 The fire department answered a cal to Second avenue and Eighteenth stree this morning about 7:30 o'clock to tn, home of H. c. Grisby. The fire was O the roof variety damages being nominal Another call came in about 1920 o'clock to 2015 Carolina alley, where house oc cupied by negro was on fire.
 
 Registrar Ben F. Ray will set in Bes semer Saturday for the purpose of regis terng all those who can meet the qualifi cations to become voter of the city county and state. MT. Ray states tha all young men who will come of age be fore the general election to be held No vember 1916 can register and participat in the spring primary for county of ficials. This rule also applies to thos
 who have moved to Alabama from an
 other state A failure to register Sat
 urday will disqualify a man for tw' years.
 Col. and Mrs. A. T. Goodwin 0 Montgomery are the guests of MT. ant
 Mrs. Gardner F. Goodwin on Fiftl avenue.
 Miss Imogene Kincannon is at the Eliz abeth Duncan hospital where sine vii undergo an operation tomorrow.
 Mrs. Ray, who has. been i'll at the Eliz abeth Duncan hospital for several weeks has been removed to her home at Huey town.
 Mrs. Jake Stein, who has been thu past two weeks, will leave Monday fo Ter home in Mississippi.
 Miss Alma Stamps is improving after { recent illness at the Elizabeth Duncan hospital.
 l J. Marks of Chattanooga is the gues of relatives in Bessemer for few days Mrs. Alfred Dupuy of Birmingham i the guest of Mrs. Kate Waller on Seven teenth street.
 Mrs. w. c. Kilgore of Birmingham wis