The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
WOMEN MAKE CITY COMMISSION AGREE ID PR|NKLE AVENUE
Put Matter Up to MT. Truss, Who Urges Appeal to the Board of Revenue to
 Pave First Avenue

The city commissioners of Bir- thing very forcibIy in the past two
 weeks. and that Is that they can not turn the women down. It
 therefore behooves one who is in- terestcd in getting action at the city hall to engage the services of the women. Just get committee
 with good spokeswoman, let her present the proposition, and presto, you have what you asked for, and | the ladies for calling.
 Yesterday morning newspaper men were awed when they approached the sacred premises of the office of the president of the commission, for it was hard to get through the line or ladies in waiting, at flee of MT. Ward. the scribes asked in one voice, What is it all about?" for MT. Barber was quiet, Mr. Weatherly looked nervous, MT. Hornady was almost hidden in one corner, and Mr Truss seemed to want it all over with, while President Ward was minus his usual "howdy boys"
 Everything was as quiet as a graveyard, until thet ladies came in. Their mission was plain; they were there to settle something, but until Mrs. R. A. Clayton. the spokeswoman of the party had con cluded her argument, no one would have ever dreamed even, that it was merely a matter of dust.
 TONS OF DUST
 Mrs Clayton declared that dust, such dirty dust, such tons and tons of dust as one endures who lives on First avenue in Woodlawn, was not only annoying, but that it would cause them to wilt away and die just as their flowers and gardens that they have planted in the front yards of their homes are doing
 The only time that we do not have dust is when it rains, for not a drop of water ever gets on this street until it does rain, and, of course, we don't know how to keep it raining all the time, so we appeal to you gentlemen to settle this question by settling the dust somehow, right away, for what we want is relief, so we can live. for it has gotten on our nerves now and you know what that means for all women have nerves, and you have all heard about it, too," said Mrs. Clayton. And we will do anything we can to help you, if you will help us, electioneer, if necessary she concluded.
 Men have nerves, too,' said Mr. Weatherly. timidly, "and I think it is about tie on that subject
 MT. Weatherly then moved that the matter be referred to MT. Truss, since he lived "out that way" and he would settle 4l,a Iol l.< 4 Mir. Truss phone number, too before you leave" said MT. Weatherly.
 UP TO BOARD OF REVENUE
 After having the buck passed to him, MT. Truss took a new grip on himself, stood up and said: Now, I will tell you what l will do; I will see that your street is sprinkled, every day just as much water as you need if you will go before the board of revenue, right now while you are all together, and see what you can do to get them to pave First avenue will put the motion, and all of you in favor of it say say aye and there was not single dissenting vote. So, with their thanks expressed to the commission off they went to the courthouse to see the board of revenue.
 And MT. Truss was complimented by his colleagues upon having passed the buck that MT. Weatherly had passed to him to the board of revenue.
 MT, Ward announced that the city had held a conference with President Pevear of the Birmingham hallway. Light and Power company, and he had agreed to sprinkle all of the streets in the city where the streets are not paved, if tra- yersed by the lines of the Birmingham- ham Railway Light and Power company, using the company's tank cars, if the city would furnish the water This the city agreed to, and in this way the streets, including First avenue in the Woodlawn through to the city limits, will be sprinkled