The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
WILL BE SUBMITTED
 TO COUNTY BOARD
 DURING THE WEEK
Chamber of Commerce Spe- cial Committee to Confer With Board Tomorrow. Hotel Men of Birmingham Enthusiastic Over the Proposed Highway

With a large majority of the citizens of the county, including the members of the board of revenue, in favor of the con- struction of a highway from the city of Birmingham to the Warrior river the long cherished dream of a gateway from this district to the Gulf of Mexico seems about to be realized. While delayed a few days to complete minor details, the report Of County Highway Engineer George H. Clark is about ready and will be sub mitted to the board of revenue in the early part of the week. With the adop- ton of this report will follow the selection of a route and the nature of the material of which the highway is to be built.
 All the members of the board of reve- nue have declared in favor of the high way, and that on the submission of the report of the county engineer they will get to work as soon as practical on the proposition. It is understood that the engineer has made a survey of two routes and will submit the result of his findings with the board, including estimates of the cost of construction, availability of ma terial and other matters connected with the highway. Both the routes surveyed are started at Ensley, one going out by way of Fairfield and Dolomite, passing close to Hueytown, through Piney Woods to Rock Creek bridge, and on to the river at a point near Taylor's Ferry. This road is about 30 miles from the courthouse and is completed up to point about mile beyond Rock Creek bridge, leaving about nine miles of road to be built to the river bank.
 TWO ROUTES PRACTICAL The other road surveyed by the engineer also starts at Ensley, going out by Wy lam, Mulga, Vines Gap, The Elbow, on to Short creek and the river. This road is about 9 miles from the courthouse and is completed up to a point near the Elbow, leaving about F miles of road to be built to the river. The two other routes proposed, one along Valley creek, the other leading from Mulga to Palos, are practically out of the question at this time, as it is said that at neither point is the river navigable the year round. It is estimated that the cost of con- structing the nine miles of road on the Taylor's ferry route with chert as the ma terial will be about $6000 per mile, or about $54, 900 to complete The road from Ensley to the Rock Creek bridge is said to be in excellent condition and it is stated that for the above amount the highway to the Warrior can be comp eted, thus giving the district fine chert road from the city limits to the Warrior. The cost of paving this road with hard material will approx
 I<1l1, tio of cost of construction applies to the Short creek road where 12 miles of road must be built.
 Tomorrow the special committee from the Chamber of Commerce, headed by John w. Sibley, will hold conference with the board of revenue in reference to the immediate construction of the high way, and it is understood will advocate the paving of the road with hard ma terial from the city limits to the river. This committee has had the matter un- der consideration for several months, and appears before the board in the spirit of cooperation. The members of the committee are J. w. Sibley, Erskine Ram say, Murray Brown, M. F. Northington and c. IT. Ohme.
 HOTEL MEN ENTHUSIASTIC
 The hotel men of Birmingham are en- thusiastic over the proposed highway. Some of the expressions heard yesterday follow:
 Fred Shireman of the Tutwler: T am like all the rest of the Birmingham peo- pie when it comes to the indorsement of the Warrior highway which has been dis cussed so much lately. l believe the move for an excellent road to the Warrior is a very good one and should have the sup port of every man in Jefferson county.
 So much has been said in regard to the advantages that will accrue in the event the highway is built that it is hard for anyone to say much that has not been said already. It should be built. and I believe it will be: the sooner the better. II have heard many travelling men stop ping at this hotel discuss the merits of the highway, and from what I gather from their conversations the issue is d live one in many of the southern states. There be no doubt that its construc- ton would do more direct good to this community than anything that has ever been started. think everybody is going to pull together on this proposition and