The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-29
SCORES DELAY OF
 ROAD SURVEY IN
 JEFFER s o N
(Continued from Pare oneJ

Of JetferSOn would be glad to furnish another engineer if the illness of the man already employed had stopped the work and urged action on the surveys.
 The maintenance engineer was au- thorized to secure supervisors for roads in Walker, Lawrence and Col bert counties
 Contract for erection of the Flint river bridge in Madison county was awarded the Smith company of Bir- mingham, it's bid of $24,67S.53 being the lowest over three competitors. Contract for paving a small section of road in Colbert county for $12,- 25267 was awarded the Southern Roads company of Birmingham. An underpass required on that section of paved road is to be erected by the Southern railroad, should their offer of three months ago hold good, at 6 cost of $500, one third of which Should the railroad withdraw it's of fer, report is to be submitted to the commission at it's next session.
 Prof J. A. Callen of Auburn went on record as favoring the present commission compiling a summary of achievements during their in- cumbency in office, with the aid of State Highway Engineer w. S: Kel Ter, inasmuch as the legislature was about to reduce the personnel of the commission to three members. The commission signifying their unani- nous approval of such action, Chair man Rogers appointed Commissioner Callen, Thomas Orr and Mir. Keller as members of committee to report at the next session of the commis sion.
 The commission heard again from c. B. Green of Mobile, in the matter of his ri ght, to erect lighting signs hi |, h. 1Qi ed that he had been granted permis- mison to do this, and that later contract was entered into with the Highways Advertising Company Of Birmingham. giving that company the exclusive right to erect such signs. The matter was decided by allowing signs already erected by MT. Green to remain and refusing him the right to erect more.
 Gwin Gets Contract
 The commission awarded the con tract for the DublinOrion road in Montgomery county, the contract for the road which is to cost $159. .69S.6S going to J. w. Gwin of Birmingham and that for the bridges costing S4O,- 2515S to w. c. Mccoy of Lafayette The road is 32 miles long and or gravel type. Considerable discussion took place over the award of this CL, Gwin has been allowed to amend his bid after all bids had been opened, It developed that when bids were opened J. R. and J. B. Miller, Georgia concern, had been low bid ders, with MT. Gwin' slightly above them. After this Mr. Gwin sought to amend his bid by reducing it by a sum which would place him some what below the Miller firm, and so o ha Miller company. It was claimed by MT. Gwin that his bid was reduced as a result of lower freight on gravel recently applied in Montgomery county. After considerable discus sion on the ethics of the matter the commission accepted Mr Gwin's bid as amended by unanimous vote, the acceptance of this bid being re- commended by the Montgomery coun- ty board of revenue.
 The commission authorized com pletion of plans for a road in Bar bour county to connect Clayton and Louisville, this section being taken after a delegation including Lieuten- ant Governor Charles s. Mcdowell, Senator G. Ernest Jones and Judge J. s. Williams appeared to urge it.
 A letter was read from Governor Brandon expressing preference for construction of road in Fayette county to connect Fayette with TuS- caloosa in advance of the road to connect Winfield.
 A letter request was received from the Civitan club of Fort Payne re- questing that DeKalb county's second project be from Fort Payne via Val ley Head and Mentone to the Georgia line. Attention was called to the inn portance of Mentone as a Baptist assembly point.
 It was stated that secohd project for DeKalb county must wait until other counties which have had noth- ing get a first project