The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
BOARD OF REVENUE
 ID IMPROVE MAIN
 COUNTY HIGHWAYS
Bito-Slag to Be Used to Build East and West High ways of the City and
 County

The board of revenue will begin work ] Monday on the paving of Third avenue from Rising station mp to Sarah avenue, connecting there with the road to the
 fairgrounds already improved. This Is the first of several road improvements contemplated by the board, according to President Jere Gwin, and will be rushed through to completion in time for the fair
 "we are planning to spend about s15o,-
 900 on three of the main highways or
 artery streets of the city and county" said MT Gwin, and as soon as we get through with Third avenue we are go- ing to tackle First avenue and that North Birmingham job According to President Gwin First ave-
 nue will be paved from LaCross station
 to wauhoma street, the work to begin
 sometime next month Bito-slag, a pat
 ent material. will be laid 10 feet on
 each side of the car track all the way
 out It is pointed out that practically
 all the traffic can be handled on road
 way of this width.
 Property owners of Woodlawn met
 with members of the commission last
 Wednesday night and discussed the ma ter of operating the expense of the ad- ditional work needed to bring the paving out to the curb, but owing to the short age of material and the governments 8 position on construction at this time, it was though best to postpone action. It is understood that the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company has been ordered by the war board at Washington not to make any more Improvements un- til further notice.
 In discussing the proposed work on First avenue Dr. Barrett said: II be- lieve that the expenditure by the coun- ty of S3S,000 on First avenue will mean
 much toward eliminating the dust situa tion in Woodlawn. Blto-slag, I am in formed will last for more than 15 years, and makes as satisfactory a road as some of the more expensive materials.
 Later on I hope that the city, the Bir-
 mingham Railway, Light and Power company and the owners of the adjacent property can get together and finish up. the job.'
 When informed that the board of reve-
 nue would soon improve First avenue
 Walter Moore became enthusiastic.
 "Coming in from Roebuck Springs in an automobile now is just like riding over
 No Mans Land The shell holes of a
 battlefield can't be much worse than some of the washed out places on this highway I was thinking of getting
 gas mask to keep out the dust, but if the board of revenue is going to pave,
 why that's different. Of course, I would
 like to see a permanent highway all the
 way to East Lake, but this is fine start
 and maybe we'll get the balance after
 the war.
 The city fathers in considering the First avenue work discovered that the city
 had no title to that narrow part Of the avenue running from Avondale up to LaCross. so they decided to leave this unimproved for the time being. Although the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company has a right-of-way along this part of the road, the commits sion doesn't anticipate any trouble in getting title by common usage. North Birmingham residents will share
 with Woodlawn and Third avenue citizens
 the joys of dustless days, for work will
 also commence on Twenty-sixth street
 within a very short time. The board
 plans to take the paving on from Eff
 teenth avenue up to Twenty ninth ave-
 nue, thence going over to Twenty-sev-
 enth street and finishing the permanent
 road from Twenty-ninth avenue out 10 the county line.