The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-01
LOCAL MEMBERS 0F AUTOMOBILE CLUB MUCH IN DEMAND Delegation Will Leave for Huntsville to Assist in Or ganiZing Club-Active
 for Highways

Members of the Birmingham automo- bile club are having a hard time just now finding delegates to go to all the places where their presence is de- sired. Last night President Thornton Estes headed party that went down to Bessemer to assist in the organization of an automobile club. Motorists of Bessemer have been working on the idea for several weeks under the leader ship of John A. Schneider The new club started with more than two hun dred and fifty charter members.
 Tomorrow a large delegation will take the train for Huntsville to show the autom obilists how to form a club and start them on the road to success. It has been planned to go by auto mobile but that Huntsville committee said that they wanted the Birmingham delegates to be in town as long as possible, as they were planning to show them good time and turn over the keys of the city to them. Among the events of the day will be a real old fashioned barbecue and every one is asked to bring a good appetite with him.
 These two clubs are the result of the efforts of the Birmingham club to get similar organizations in all the towns of the state, with the idea cf eventually combining them in a state automobile association with headquar- ters in Birmingham and branch offices in all communities where a club is organized.
 FOR MONTGOMERY
 New clubs are not the only things uyt, tn1 or hair otf ,knl 1.,vk club. It is working hard in the interest of everything advantageous to the Elc- torist. It had delegates in Montgomery working to secure the passage of the highway bill and tomorrow several of the members will attend a meeting Of the Albama State Highway Improvement association in Montgomery called by President F. j. Crampton to formulate plans for the campaign to insure the sue cess of the eco bond issue which the people of Alabama will be called upon to vote early in January. The local club will have charge of the campaign in North Alabama.
 The club has for some time advocated the passage of a federal law making tho mere theft of S1 automobile crime with a minimum fine of 5000 and one years Imprisonment. It has interested Senator Underwood in The question and a let ter received from Mir. Underwood yester- day stated that the Senate committeee on interstate commerce had agreed to the resolution and that it would come up in the Senate within the next few weeks for vote.
 CONDITION OF ROADS
 Any one who has gone to Montgomery recently knows the condition of the roads Largely as a result of efforts exerted by the Automobile club there is to be an improvement The following letter from J. w. Gwin, president of the board or revenue. is of interest to all motorists: ..Mr. Clarence Lloyd, Secretary Automo- bile Club, Birmingham. Ala. Dear MT. Lloyd: In reply to yours or the 18th, in regard to the Montgomery highway, will say that road is under con- 1 tract to the Southern Bithulithic com pany and will be made 24 feet wide, and anticipating some of the accidents which 1 you notified us about we have designated l 1900 foot guard rail for the various curves on this road going up the mountain.
 Yours truly,
 "J W. GWIN. President. ]