The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
NEWELL ID BEGIN GRADING AT ONCE ON B|G SPEEDWAY Contract Let Yesterday and Hundred Teams Will
 Go to Work This
 Week

Work on the grading of the Birnling- ham Motor Speedway will be started tomorrow morning.
 This statement was made in the of- fices of the Birmingham Motor Speedway company yesterday when it was announce ed that the contract for the grading and road building of the local speedway haa been let to the Nc--- r
 pany, a local e1neers Hrr 4
 sidered one of t. trsas gent it fne .,D r.
 The contract of daRdsn ds ellia aa E., Cincinnati, which Vaa i-5l. ago. did not incluc- .ne grading nor the building of the roadways.
 A hundred teams and scores of men will be on the ground tomorrow morn ing and will push the work to comple- ton as rapidly as possible. A. T. Newell recently made a trip through the norsn and east, accompanied by Solon Jacobs Selden MAddux and G. T. Brazelton of the Speedway company The different speedways were carefully inspected and a great amount of data was collected Mr. Newell came back to Birmingham enthused over the prospects of the local course and submitted bid on the grad ing yesterday morning, which was ac- cepted by the Speedway company
 In speaking of the contract MT. Newell said: T have visited most of the motor
 speedways in the country and have care fully noted every detail of their con- struction. After looking over the plans and specifications of the local course and knowing the location in which this speedway will be built, I came to the conclusion that Birmingham will have speedway second to none in the coun-
 try and it will be as fine success as
 any now operating. There will be no
 delay in the starting of our contract, and dirt will fly for sometime to come.
 have already taken steps to establish a. camp on the banks of the Birmingham
 Motor and Country club lake. Mules, teams laborers have been ordered to the
 job and work will begin in earnest inside of p hours. Engineers will be on the
 ground Monday morning and lines will
 be laid for the beginning of.operations''
 R. T. Totten was chosen as chief engf- neer, to represent the Birmingham Motor
 Speedway companys interests. MT. Tot ten stated that nothing could stop the progress of the owrk and that things
 would be pushed as fast as possible. Selden D. Maddox, superintendent of construction, who left for Indianapolis a. few days ago to secure further details in regard to foundations at the speed way there, will arrive in Birmingham tonight, ready to go to work
 The news of work being started on the speedway will be regarded with interest by Birmingham citizens who realize that this project will mean much to the dis trict. Dan w. Mccarthy, fiscal agent Of the Motor Speedway company, stated last night that he was gratified to note the enthusiasm of the citizens here. Every one seems to realize that the building of this speedway will be a great thing for Birmingham said Mr. Mccarthy. There is no doubt that it will do more good for this city than any other project ever put on foot. There is an abund- ance of civic pride among the citizens of Birmingham, and they are keen enough to know that the speedway will mean much to this community"