The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26
Dr. Clark Says Official Jack son Highway Is Now Set
 tied for Good
THINKS BIRMINGHAM
 WILL BE BENEFITED
Bridge Across the Tennessee and the Muscle Shoals Plant Will Be Attractions to Draw Thou
 sands of Tourists

pr. J. M Clark of Russellville writes The Age Herald an interesting letter to show the wisdom of routing the Jackson highway through Florence, Russellville Hamilton and Vernon in Alabama.
 He contends that his route with its bridge across the Tennessee river and it's propinquity to Muscle Shoals Is more advantageous to Birmingham than any other could have been chosen. He writes To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 There seems to be a misconception fir some quarters as to results obtained at the recent Jackson highway meeting held in Louisville, Ky.
 It was definitely and permanently set tied there that the lakes to the gull road south of Nashville, Tenn, should be the old Jackson military road, run ming from Nashville through Florence Russellville. Hamilton and Vernon, Ala Columbus Meridian and Hattiesburg Miss, to New Orleans. There neither Is DOT can De, any other Jackson highway.
 DECIDE ON BRANCHES
 There will be an adjourned session of the Louisville meeting held in Birming- ham within 90 days the sole purpose of which is to consider whether there shall be extensions and branches. The Jack son highway begins at Chicago and Buf- falo on the great lakes, and coming to- gether at Louisville, continues by the water route to New Orleans.
 Birmingham should have branch ot the highway to accommodate Florida travel. The only question is: Where could such travel be best accommodated? The highway association should consider all things in answering the above ques- ton, that would appeal to the tourist and rebound to the greatest credit of ouI highway. If Florida tourists are routed down the Jackson highway to this place Russelville, and branch is added to Birmingham from here, they would have shorter route by several miles than by way of Huntsville, and would have the further advantages of the Florence bridge over the Tennessee river.
 This road by way of Haleyville, Double Springs and Jasper, lacks but a few miles in Franklin and Winston of being com plete now, and provision has been made to take care of these gaps
 MUSCLE SHOALS ATTRACTION
 In few years every tourist who starts south will have, as one of his obJectlves "the Muscle Shoals" No one will care to miss visit to this great project q am taking it for granted the nitrate plant will be located there), and that will be another great advantage the Jackson highway will offer the tourist.
 Birmingham, if she Is alive to her in- terests, will fight for this branch anc for its extension to Memphis Such eX- tension would only require little work in the Iuka and Corinth country, for with the completion of the Franklin and Winston county gaps, a splendid road will be ready for use to the Mississippi line just this side of Iuka.
 There are but two places for western tourists to cross the Mississippi river. Memphis and St. Louis The bulk of the travel will cross at the more southerly point, Memphis, because climatic condi- tions, taking the year round, will be bet ter there.
 I was in your city a short time since at the Memphis, Birmingham and Atlanta highway meeting, suggesting the chosen route for the "Bankhead highway" but was gloriously steam rolled" by the meeting. However, I still contend mine is the better route for Memphis Bir- mingham connection.
 J. M. CLARK. President Franklin County Military Road
 Association.
 Russellville, November 24. 1916.