The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-09

from the outskirts of East Lake to Forty | first street. At the present time First avenue from the heart of the city to l Fotty-first street is paved. The purpose
 of the meeting last night was to take
 definite steps toward continuing this | permanent highway all the way out to
 East Lake.
 l Commissioner J. D. Truss called the meeting to order and made brief speech | in which he outlined the plan of paving
 the greatest link in the east and west | highway, which is planned to reach from l East Lake to Ensley. He told the prop
 erty owners that the estimated cost of l the paving under consideration would be 1 approximately S140,000. He specified the | exact amount in dollars and cents that l this improvement would cost to each 50- l foot property holder, and told of the great benefits that would accrue to each one of them by paying their share of the | work.
 DISTRIBUTING THE COST Every property owner on First ave-
 nue from Forty-frst street to the out skirts of East Lake will only be assessed ] $S4 for each 50-foot of property" he said. This means that to have the street upon which you live converted into mod ern boulevard will cost you the sum of | 70 cents per month for a period extending
 
 details of the advantages that would be enjoyed by the property holders once the street is paved.
 ] At the conclusion of MT. Truss speech, W. H. Walker was made chairman of the meeting Ellis Hollums, representa- 1 tive of the Ledger, was made secretary.
 Mir. Walker called on City Attorney Ull- man to make talk
 According to the plan just outlined to you by MT. Truss, the county will pay third the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company one-third, and the property holders one-third, he said "The city is to issue the bonds for one third of the cost and the county Is to enter into a contract with the city to reimburse them out of the bridge and road fund as the bonds come due." | Ross C. Smith was the next speaker l Tt is up to the board of revenue" he said, "They can help on this great for ward step and they should be glad to do so." He spoke of the good that would
 come to the property holders by their willingness to pay their share and stated that he was willing to come in with his share at once.
 w. w. Crawford made few remarks l in which he stated that he owned sev- eral hundred feet of property on First avenue and that he knew that il would be greatly enhanced in value by the permanent improvement
 WARD IS SPEAKER Commissioner Ward assured those pres ent that the commissioners were behind | the move unanimously and would do all in their power to aid the citizens of the eastern section of the city in building the highway. Commissioner Barber made few appropriate remarks and stated that he was always for improvement and believed in paved streets.
 n ,4,,r, <1f f1n 1a bama Good Roads association, spoke of the constructive work being done through out the country toward good roads. Upon the motion of MT. Crawford, it was agreed to appoint every man present as a member of committee which would appear before the board of revenue and ask it's support in the matter. The last speaker of the evening was
 Judge William E. Fort of the criminal
 court, who kept the crowd laughing with numerous anecdotes of sparkling wit.
 He told the crowd that inasmuch as he was a judge of the criminal court he did
 not handle injunctions, but he believed
 if any one attempted to get out an in-
 junction against the good work planned by the citizens present he would go on a fishing trip.
 Judge Fort made a great impression
 upon his auditors and emphasized the fact that patriotism was one of the strongest motives in the hearts of all Americans who wished to see this country
 go forward He spoke of the numerous laws now in vogue that should be changed by a constitutional convention, and stated that it seemed that the constitu-
 tion of Alabama hindered a great many
 progressive steps that should be taken,
 and had been taken, although the courts on account of the constitution had to
 rule against them. He referred to the recent auditorium bond issue and de- clared that the will of the people should be adhered to.
 There was an abundance of enthusiasm and of all the speakers not one registered complaint against the porject. Indca
 tions point to large and enthusiastic delegation of citizens appearing before the board of revenue next Wednesday morning to ask their support and CO., operation in the greatest good roads movement that has ever been launched in Birmingham.
 None of the members of the board of revenue were present.