The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-16
FAIRFIELD BEGINS
CONSTRUCTION ON
100000 R0A D
Link Connects Fairfield And
Bessemer - Completion
Will Be Rushed
FAIRFIELD BUREAU |
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Construction started Friday morn
ing on paved road reaching from
Fairfield to Bessemer which will
cost $2SS,000. Newell Brothers are
building the link. This announce
ment will occasion widespread inter-
est in Fairfield and other sections
that will be enormously benefited by
this construction. Work on this road,
1t will be recalled, has been held up
something like Is months by reason
of the injunction secured against the
Dunn contract, which resulted in re-
advertising the work and its being
let to Newell Brothers on May Is.
The contractors pitched camps at
both terminals of the road at Fair
field and at Hueytown. They have
gathered together very large force
of men and mules, and expect to
handle the construction in record
breaking time. 1t was stated Friday
that the builders would occasion Just
as little inconvenience to travellers
as possible and would undertake to
keep driving space free on the sides
as best they could while the work is
under way Only in. this fashion
could business be carried on between
Bessemer and Fairfield, as the COM
plete blockade of the road would
work very terrific hardship on a
great many taxpayers.
The completion of this work dur
ing the early fall will connect the
two ends of jefferson county with
adequate roads that are paved, for
some time. At this time it is be-
lieved that the road through West
End to Bessemer coupled with the
road via Fairview and Fairfield
through Hueytown will prove ade-
Quate for present traffic.
The road will also be the means
of providing Jefferson county with
paved highway from the Tuscaloosa
county line to st. Clair county line
in the northeastern part of the
county.
MERCHANTS DISCUSS PRIZES
meeting of several Fairfield
merchants was held Friday night in
the Keith Furniture company store,
where the matter of initiating an
other series of prizes for those trad
ir & in Fairfield was discussed. The
contest which closes on Monday has
proven so beneficial that the mer-
chants are in mind to continue this
merchandising plan. Nothing defi-
mite was concluded as to the meth
DDS to be employed, although the flu
ture contests will be along similar
further details are to be worked out
which may change the awards bene-
ficial to the patrons of Fairfield
stores.
AS an aftermath of a speech de-
livered in Fairfield by j. S. Revear,
president of the Birmingham Rail-
way. Light and Power company, rela-
tive to street car lines. there is
considerable speculation here as to
whether the company will build a
line ACROSS Flint Ridge to connect
with the North Bessemer line at
Vinesville. Mr.. Pevear said that such
line would obviate the necessity of
routing cars through Ensley past
Fairview to Birmingham and would
save lots of time, Mr.. Pevear, it is
known among his friends. has for
aome time thought such plan would
be the best possible way of shorten
ing the time between Fairfield and
Birmingham, and many times it has
been reported that the company
planned to construct the cutoff. 1t
is believed this problem will be one
of the first tackled and there is said
TO be very little doubt entertained
here but what the cutoff will be
constructed.
That Prof. +. d. Graves of Fair
field. former superintendent of
schools. was being considered for
the presidency of Judson college was
the interesting information received
In Fairfield Friday. 1t was stated
that the Baptist board, which con-
trolls the college, has under+consider-
alton the former superintendent OF
the schools here. 1t was also stated
that the board would reach definite
conclusion within short time.
| The banquet of the Mems Bible
class OF the Fairfield Methodist
church was held Friday night, hav-
ing been postponed from Thursday on
account of the Looney- Brown we'd
ding. T. ]. Mccoy presided and intro
duced several members. who spoke
| briefly of the interest in the Bible
class. There. were several features of
the program which proved interest
| ing to the attendants.
Employees of the Fairfield works
will receive their pay Saturday aid
the merchants of Fairfield and Ems