The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
FAVORS
CONCRETE ROADS
|. AS BEST OF ALL
IndOrses Tuscaloosa $780,
600 Bond Issue For
Highways
FOSTER DESCRIBES
ILLIONIS HIGHWAYS
Concrete Found To Stand
Up Better Than Any
Other Material
[ TnsealoOsa Bureau)

IUSCALOOSA, Ala ApTh To-
Tuscaloosa county's six hundred thou
sand dollar good road program to build
four concrete highways was heartily
Endorsed in the opening campaign at the
luncheon at Terrace Garden Saturday,
In which representatives from every
district in the county were present.
Governor w. w. Brandon spoke at
length. and during his remarks said
that he was converted to concrete
roads, believing they were the best. He
declared good roads were OF vital i'm
portance to the schools, to reach the
market and would do more for the
farmer than anything else.
Judge Brandon stated he Endorsed
the Tuscaloosa county road program
and that he and Mrs. Brandon would
send their votes for the bond issue
May 10.
J. Manly Foster, who went to Illinois
especially to study the road problem,
stated that he visited the highway de-
partment at Springfield. He was told,
he said, that Illinois had $500 miles of
concrete roads, and that they cost an
average of $26,500 per mile. Expert
ments were made by the highway de-
partment of that state during the past
two years on 63 road building ma
terials, he said, and that concrete stood
aip better than all the rest that were
tested and is now being used exclu
sively in the construction of highways
there.
If the 100000 bond issue is passed,
Tuscaloosa expects 81 100000 from. the
state and federal governments to aug
ment the amount of the bond issue.
The roads to b. concerted would be
the Birmingham road from the eleven
mile post to the Jefferson county line;
Greensboro. road to the Hale county
line; Eutaw road to Greene county line
and the Columbus road to the Pickens
county line.
Probate Judge Woolsey Finnell and
the Board of Revenue favor the con-
crete road project which, it is believed,
is the best and most practical road ma
terial to be placed on the county thor
Oughfares.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala, April 49,
Governor w. W. Brandon was the
principal speaker at the opening of the
campaign at a luncheon at Terrace
Garden Saturday at noon. in the in
terest- of the 5000, 900 good roads bond
election in Tuscaloosa county May 13,
Governor Brandon heartily Endorsed
the bond election and promised his sup
port for better roads in the county.
Judge Fleetwood Rice presided and
outlined the object of the meeting, and
was followed by j. Manly Foster, who
told of trip to Illinois and Missouri,
where he went to study the road ques-
ton. Probate Judge WOoley Finnell
spoke on the standpoint of an engineer.
A number of famers from all sections
of the county and candidates for the
board of revenue present promised their
support in the coming election. Six
teen roads meetings in the several pre-
cincts of the county to be addressed by
prominent speakers will be held be-
ginning next Saturday.
Easter Exercises SPECIAL Easter ex-
ercises will be held Sunday night at
the First Methodist church by the Sun
day school. Among those to make adj
dresses will be Governor W. w. Bran
don, who with Mrs. Brandon, is visiting
in the city, In the morning the
Knights Templar in full uniform will
attend in a body to hear a sermon by
grand prelate Of the grand commandery
of the state, Sir knight Claude O'Rear,
pastor of the church, whose subject will
be. IF We Be Resurrected With
Christ" In the evening the annual
Easter offering will be made. Last
Easter $4,000 was given. !
Plan Open FOrum-The Tuscaloosa
Chamber of Commerce meeting will
take the form of an open forum Mon
day night for discussions of the various
problems in the interest of Tuscaloosa.
There will be no set program, no
speeches or stunts and the meeting will
be open to men and women who have
to. say in regard to the needs
looking toward the progress of the city.
O'Rear to Speak-Grand prelate of
the knights Templar of Alabama, DR..
Claude OSRear of Tuscaloosa will de-
liver the annual sermon at the sixty
fourth cOnclave of the Knights Templar
at Huntsville next Wednesday. The
cOnclave will be in session two DAYS.
Grand Commander WoOlsey Finnell of
this city will preside.
Revival POstpOned-The series of
meetings to have been opened at the
First Baptist church Sunday have been
postponed on account of the illness of
DIR. j. j. Wicker, who was to have con-
Quoted the revival. The church has set
June l to hold the revival and has
secured DIR. Hobbs and Professor Scho-
field of the First Baptist church of
Birmingham to conduct the meeting.
Legion Plans Revue-Farley w.
Moody Post of the American Legion
will put on a theatrical revue at the
Elks theatre May 8.