The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
ARE NOW SATISFIED
THAT PEOPLE WANT.
VOTE ON BOND ISSUE.
Great Maiorities at Recent
County Elections Show Which
Way Wind Is Blowing In In
tereSt of Good Roads
by FRED II. GORMLEY
Montgomery Bureau, The Age-Herald
221-2 First National Bank Binding

~Ni-S ritSt NatlOnhl sank BuuuinS
Montgomery, May l5.-tSpeciall-Cc
vinced by the votes of great majorities
of citizens of Madison, Dale. Montgom-
cry, Mobile and Tuscaloosa counties in
favor of bond issues for road building
and other public improvements that the
people of the state are still for the 49,,
10000 bond issue for the construction
of a system of public highways. the Ala
hama Highway Improvement association,
the state highway commission and many
citizens~are preparing to make a formal
request to Governor Kilby for the con-
vening of an extra session of the leg
islature for the submission of the bond
issue again. 1t is probable the request
will be made within the next two weeks
Sentiment in favor of an early session
has crystallized rapidly during the past
few days, according to w. S. Keller,
state highway engineer, who has just
returned from trip through north Ala
bama In addition to personal obser-
vations in that section, MIR, Keller has
received reports from other counties, ana
these, coupled with the demonstration in
the bond elections this week. have con-
WINGED him that the bond issue will be
ratified by a great majority.
Every county which has voted on a
since the state bond issue was held to
be valid by the supreme court has given
a good majority in favor of the issue.
Mobile county blazed the trail. 1t was
followed by Tuscaloosa. Then came
Madison and Dale last Monday, Madison
giving majority of about Is to i in
favor of an issue of $4,000 and Dale
a majority of 716 in favor of an issue
of $4,000. The next day Montgomery
county gave it's authority for the issuance
of bonds to the value of 100000 for the
construction of new school buildings and
soc, 900 for the payment of floating obiI-
cations which were created in the con-
struction of public roads during the war
period Citizens of Colbert county IN
mass meeting have already called upon
the board of revenue of that county TO
submit a bond issue of 100000 for road
work.
Senator John A. Rogers, chairman OF
the state highway commission, is eA-
pected to make the formal request ror
an extra session of the legislature WITHIN
the next two weeks. He Is convinced from
replies to letters to members of the ies-
islature that a great majority are willing
to come to Montgomery, dispose of the
important legislation and adjourn. III
fact It is known that a majority of the
two houses of the legislature have en-
tered into an agreement among theih
selves not to take up any but the urgeh'
matters. including the road bond issue
and the soldiers poll tax amendment
In this connection it may be said tha'
the agreement was arranged by mem
bers of the legislature and that no per
son outside of the legislature has had
ANYTHING to do with it. The agreement
was made wholly by legislators amohi
themselves.
The general opinion now is that the
legislature will be brought to Mont
gomery during the latter part or July
or early part of August, ana that the
highway bond issue will be submitted
to the voters at special election Io
be held in November or December
Ninety days must elapse between the
date of the submission of the amend
ment and the date of the election
therefore the election could be held the
latter part of November, If the legls'
lature is assembled the latter part OF
July. Farmer members of the leglsia-
ture will have finished their work CT
their farms by the latter part of July
and will have no hindrance during th'
sc ssion
Governor Kilby has already beer
asked to call the extra session by com
mercial organizations of all section:
OF the state. Insofar as Is known, M
organization or board has voted
| against the proposal. Citizens of Col
! bert county in mass meeting two
weeks ago adopted a resolution re
questing the extra session, and asking
the governor to include in his call onl,
the bond issue and the soldiers pol
/ tax amendment. This action on tn
part of citizens of that county wa