The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
EXPERT ID HELP LOCATE WARRIOR HIGHWAY U. $. Engineer CrOssland to C0-Operate With Local
 Highway Engineers PARTY TO INSPECT
 PROPOSED ROUTES At Meeting Held Yesterday It Was Decided to Decide on Route at Once and Begin Construction
 at An Early Date

Government Engineer w. M. Crossland, accompanied by State Highway Engineer w. S. Keller and County Engineer George H. Clark, will leave Birmingham this morning at o'clock in an automobile to look over the two proposed routes for the Warrior river highway that are being considered by the board of revenue.
 The party will go over each route care fully and the government expert will as- sist in choosing the most practical route for the proposed highway that will put Birmingham on the Warrior river.
 Government, state and local engineers, the board of revenue, and a committee from the Chamber of Commerce met in the office of the board yesterday after noon at 2 o'clock to confer on plans for beginning the proposed highway. It was decided to put the cooperating engineers in MT. Clark's hands for the time being and let him carry them for trip over the routes and confer with them regard ing the plans he already has drawn up.
 READY FOR WORK
 Mr. Crossland came to cooperate with the board of revenue in the building of this much desired highway as a result of the activities of United States Senators Oscar w. Underwood and John H. Bank head. He stated that he had been detailed to confer with the board and give any assistance it might ask, and that he was ready to go to work. MT. Crossland ar- rived in Birmingham Monday at noon from Montgomery and MT. Keller arrived from Tuscaloosa.
 The meeting of the corps of engineers with the board of revenue Monday after noon was informal and but little discus sion was entered into as the plans had already been discussed by local members and it was thought best to have the vis- iting engineers go over the routes and learn the lay of the ground before going further into the discussion of plans.
 That Birmingham will be put on the Warrior and not just near it is almost as- sured. The board, cooperating with va rious committees and with the assistance of able and experienced engineers in road building has decided to go into the mat ter fully and take such steps for the immediate construction of the proposed highway as it deems best.
 We are not familiar with the economic benefits that will come from the building of the road, but the state highway de- partment is only too glad to cooperate with you in the work of planning and constructing the road to the Warrior river" said MT. Keller. tI think it best that MT. Crossland and myself go over the routes with MT. Clark and then we will be better able to assist him in thresh- ing out his engineering difficulties
 ENGINEERS TO ASSIST
 City Engineer Julian Kendrick and Conrad H. Ohme, engineer from the Chamber of Commerce, will also lend their assistance in completing the plans suggested for the highway. They were present at the meeting with the county board yesterday and expressed their will lingness to cooperate in any way sug- gested.
 The gathering yesterday afternoon was enthusiastic and seemed anxious to begin actual work on the project that has been so long before the people of Jefferson county. Committees from the Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations have helped the county officials thresh out the problems of constructing the road
 MT. Keller also spoke enthusiastically of the plan to build an electric line by private subscription to the Warrior river and on to Jasper by way of Cordova "It MT. Keller Every time I go to Jasper the trains are crowded and the proposed electric line ought to obtain much pas senger revenue, more so because the route is shorter than the railroad route The plan is good one and I am very hopeful of it's success