The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
Tuscaloosa Avenue To
Be Paued at Early Date
City Commission Hears Del
egation From West End
and the Automobile Club.
Much Business at Post
pOned Meeting

Tuscaloosa avenue is to be paved at
an early date.
This was the hope held out to a large
| delegation from West End and other
portions of the city that appeared be-
fore the city commission at its meeting
yesterday afternoon.
Commissioner Henry P. Burruss, after
| listening to talks from a dozen citi-
zens on the necessity of the paving, told
the committee of the newest plan of the
i city commission by which the city is ito
lend to the Birmingham Railway. Light
and Power company sufficient funds to
do that part of the paving they contract
ed to do in 1917.
Following a conference of the commits
sioners held yesterday morning, the mat
ter was turned over to the legal depart
ment and Forney Johnson, special coun-
sci for the city, to be worked out. DR..
N. A Barrett declared yesterday after
| noon that Lee C. Bradley, receiver of the
street railway company, had shown
every indication of being anxious to CO.
operate in every way with the city IN
constructing the paving. DIR. Barrett
also declared that the people of West
| End had been most patient, and had had
much to contend with in the matter OF
| bad streets.
| The delegation from West End was
headed by A. C. Montgomery. Another
delegation from the Automobile club,
| headed by Thornton Estes, president, also
urged Immediate action on Tuscaloosa
| avenue Among those who made short
! talks were Mr.. Montgomery, who de-
clared that property in West END mas
deprecated in value from $50 TO soV,
and in some cases $1,000 lot because OF
the bad roads. Mr., Estes, Dr. w; -
Gewin, p Y Whitman, Frank e. But
| Ter, Horace Hagood, Dave Williams J.
Lee Hugh Seals, A. j. Arrant, DIT. Z.
| w. Shropshire, C. Hodges and the Kew.
Freeman spoke on the proposition.
ONE VOICE FOR DELAY
OF these Mr. Hagood was the only
speaker who voiced opposition 10 tne
work. 1--WE have waited patiently all
this time and I think we might wait an
other wear or so,' he said Il think the
work should be postponed on account OF
the high cost of material, and l enter
nv solemn protest against the action.
Mr.. Estes told the commission that
the $40 members of the Birmingham Au-
tomobiIe club appealed to the commis-
sioneis for the paving.
Mr. Williams said: 1T lis up 10 the
delegation why it does not act. we all
would like to see at least one good road
through West End
During the discussions the speakers
spoke of the cost to car owners IN urV
| ing over the rough roads in west hho
and the disadvantages the community
! is suffering.
| EVERY sneaker who advocated the paw
inp expressed a desire to Cooperate
| With the commission in every way pos
sible to expedite the paving.
On behalf of the commission Mr.. BUR
russ replied to the delegation. seteihs
| forth the present situation
| II am in sympathy and harmony with
90 ner cent of what you have SAID, ne
| dacI.red ..You have indeed been patient
Tha citv commission has done all IN
| tic mower to get the paving DONE anu
think we now are about to bag tne
| GAME, We are most anxious 10 &c.
Tuscaloosa avenue paved Your proves
! is fine. Not a single member OF tnis
l,.,ission ;s going to lay down on the
job" rr;+h Mr.
prodlev and his spirit of cooperation,
and declared he believed the matter VIII
be carried through soon.
THREE MEMBERS PRESENT
| mr. barrett presided at the meetihs.
| Commissioners Brown ana hoih"o'
\
| The council chamber was Hiieo WIZ
| tho allegation from West End.
- Decker. mayor of Falrflelo' re-
Sod the commission to continue COL
| Iecting garbage until OCTOBER IN .na
| saction of Fairfield that was III Dii
mingham until recently me reques,
was granted. Mayor Decker eApl.Sseu
a wish that there De the and
operation between BIRMINGHAM anu
| Fairfield. which was seconded ny mem
bers of the commission.
| Alexander c. Birch, attorney, re-
ouested that Mr.. Alexander, VINO mas
had a restaurant concession at Has'
Lake during the summer season not pe
required to fulfill his contract with the
citv whereby he was to pay $1,000 for
the concession, but that the amount De
| raduced He said that the dance re-
! strictions put on by the commission IN
,terfered with the restaurant business
The matter was referred to the presi-
dent of public utilities :,
A petition from property owners IN
that section to ebert Cherry street he
tween the Bessemer boulevard and
Hamilton avenue and to ebert Hamilton
avenue from Cherry street to South
Park road was placed before the com
mission and referred to the commission
err of public improvements.
The commission granted request OF
Mai. j. X. Gluck, IN CHdTSe VI lHC MN
tary work at Central High school, tina,
the high school cadets be permitted &c
use Nineteenth street between Avenue
+ and C as drill grounds three days
in each week.
An ordinance was approved providing
for the construction of a sanitary sewer
from the end of the present sewer In
Third alley South, Al feet east OF the
east property line of Thirty-fifth street
thence west along Third alley, South
to a point Al feet east OF the east prop
erty line of Thirty fourth street The
estimated cost of the sewer is $515.
The telegram received by the presi'
dent OF the commission Wednesday from
, the mayor of Corpus Christi. Tex, ask
ling for financial aid for the storm
lstricken populace, was passed over unit
the return from Montgomery of Com
missioners Brown and Hornady
The Moulton Realty company was
granted permission to remove two tree:
from the front of 1904 Fifth avenue ant
to remove six trees from the corner o.
Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street. A
business building is to be erected OF
the southwest of this corner
CONTRACT AWARDED