The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-07
26 STREET LIGHTS
ORDERED INSTALLED
BY COMMISSIONERS
Widening of Street Brings
About DisCuSsion-Flag->
man Asked for Rail-
road Crossing

Twenty-six street lights were or
dered installed in the various Sec
tons of the city yesterday afternoon
by the members of the city commits
sion on recommendation of Com
missioner w. L. Harrison of public
utilities.
Commissioner Harrison stated that
he had received large number of pc
titions for street lights, and that
these had been investigated and ali
were badly needed. However, he
stated that it would be necessary for
some pressure to be brought to bear
on the Birmingham Railway, Light
and Power company to have them be-
gin installing these street lights
Only six lights were installed last
month, Mr.. Harrison stated, and about
200 lights had been authorized by the
commission, but had not yet been in
stalled This is most important, be-
cause many of these are in the sub
urbs, where there is little or no po-
lice protection" he said, 'and we
should at least be able to give the
residents the protection of street
lights"
fire plug was ordered installed at
South Park road entrance to the new
state school for girls.
Asks for Flagman
Roger w. Snyder appeared before
the commission and asked that a
flagman be placed at the crossing of
the Southern railroad and the Monte
vallo road near Elmwood where the
automobile accident occurred Thanks
giving Day which resulted in several
people being killed. He also spoke of
the condition of the grade crossing of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic railroad at West End and asked
that the road leading up to the cross
ing be widened. This matter was re-
ferred to Commissioner W. E. Dick
son.
A. representative of the Railroad
Grade Crossing Danger Signal com
pany appeared before the commission
and asked that speedbreaker or
concrete be erected about rs feet from
the railroad track on each side OF
the track. He stated that this speed
breaker had railroad crossing
danger" in white letters and could
be seen for quite distance. This
was also referred to Commissioners
Dickson.
Widening Street
M. A. Dinsmore brought up the
matter of widening OF Thirty sixth
street at the intersection of Twelfth
avenue, north. and Commissioner
Dickson, who has made an investiga-
ton into this matter. reported that
the street was very narrow and rec
commended that it be made 10 feet
wider.
/. c. Beatty of the Birmingham
Realty company was present and stat
ed that he thought the street was
adequate and that in short time a
large portion of the traffic on this
street would be on Twenty-seventh
street.
George S. Hunt, who lives on
Twelfth avenue, north, stated that
he had counted the number of cars
passing this intersection on various
occasions and there was an average
of from 1875 to IT'S every two hours,
and on some Sundays there had been
as many as 99S in two hours. Dur
ing the past two years there has been
nine serious accidents there, he said.
Mr. Dinsmore then stated that the
lOTHeF cOHlillSSlOH nstu nelQ up Oii
the franchise of the realty company
for several months because the COM
pany refused to give the 10 feet to
make the street wider. The matter
was re-referred to Commissioners
Dickson. 4
Recommendations of DR.. j. d.
Bowling, city and county health Of
ficer, that w. p. Brodie be elected
sanitary inspector at salary of 500
for three months and after that date
he was to receive S125, and the APP
pointment of Mrs. Mary MacNaul as
private secretary to the commission
err of health and education at SAL
airy of S120 per month and Miss Grace
Steel as clerk at a salary of $500
per month were referred to Commits
stone EcholS.
On recommendation of Thomas
Christian, assistant chief of police, the
licenses of John Chamberlain, who
operates a cafe and rooming house at
21O1s Twenty street, north,
were revoked. Mr.. Christian stated in
his letter to the commission that the
man had been arrested several times
for violating the prohibition law ana
had been convicted in police court.
Medical Service
The proposed contract of the city
with the Norwood infrmary for med
ical service for the members of the
fire and police departments and 20
per cent reduction for members OF
the families of city employees was
referred to w. J. Wynn, city attor-
ney.
Resolutions authorizing the city to
pay the expenses of the health officer
to inspect the milk supplied Birming-
ham at the dairies In Mississippi and
Tennessee were passed.
Fifteen hundred dollars worth OF
public Improvement bonds, which
were never sold, were burned. These
bonds were dated September l, 1921,
and paid interest at the rate of per
cent They were apart of the $115,-
600 worth of bonds issued on that
date, maturing September l, 1881. but
owing to collections made it was not
necessary to issue them.
An adjourned meeting of the COM
mission will be held Thursday morn
ing at IL o'clock, at which time the
commission will consider and adopt
the license schedule for 1922.