The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
ATTACKS
THE AGE-HERALD


sand, nine hundred and fifty eight miles
(3,05S). Six hundred 'f600) miles of
this system have been built, there. is
now under construction seven hundred
600 miles. Deduct thirteen hundred
miles (1,300} from three thousand,
nine hundred and fifty-eight (3,95S)
miles, leaving two thousand,s six hun
dred and fifty-eight miles (2,65S) miles
yet to be built. egS-s $50.
Federal Aid Due
money which is due Alabam is one
million, one hundred and ninety
thousand dollars ($1,190,OOO) match
this by the state. and there are two mil
lion, three hundred and eighty-thousand
dollars ($2,3S0,000) to build roads. The
cost of a. concrete road is more than
thirty-seven thousand dollars ($ST,O 00)
per mile. With two million, three hun
dred and eighty thousand dollars
tS2,3S0, 0O0) used in building concrete
roads, Alabama could build yearly
sixty-four and three-fifths .(64 3-5)
miles of road. Divide two thousand,
six hundred and fifty-eight@ (2,65S),
the number of state and federal roads
yet to be built in Alabama, by sixty
four and three-fifths {84 3-51, the result
is forty-one (41) land a fraction, the
number of years it would take to finish
this system if the plans proposed by
The Age Herald Should be concurred in
BY Commissioners Rogers and Suite.
n l;fe.fimei Men md wamen ofIAla-
bama, do you want to wait this long
for your roads?
Under the road program for 1924,
proposed BY Commissioners Rogers and
.Sutfle, work viii be started in every
county IN Alabama that has not had a
road and second projects begun in forty
other counties. ny following the
methods indorsed by Commissioners
HTse e,, anu ao suit Lui;y oVsIer sehs III
az a., es eya -, sea.s a ~ Ia. mS a,s VIZ
% ~ soo 9 toaue .hs
o''eAAoa "nuoH Aa''on'
moi Lose Une dollar
. The policies OF Commissioner Rog-
ers and Suite Will not. cause
Alaoama 10 lose one doiar OF the
tederai AID, Tor IL all the twenty
i've million dollar road bonds are sold
and used, the income to the highway
more than match yearly all the federal
road funds coming to Alabama.
We believe The Age-Herald is either
interested lin the Cement Trust or that
the Cement Trust is interested in The
Age-Herald. Ky.
The c,ament Trus+ "a a g;oon+;, oo,,,-
b;nat;on that soeks 10 grer,sIa Nth lie
=. -, RI
~ MouiI ueslrVy whvin ~ eahnot USE
vampire ela"s the pubic purse.
1t has broken up highway commis-
sions an several states. OF the union and
caused the downfall of many honest
engineers.
1t has put millions in the hands of
its agents for advertising, seduction and
corruption.
Can any o+ber oonc,,s;ons hs arovr
from tho read;no of tbe e5;fnr;sls IN
The ASe.Hersld than thar this nsnsr
is the avowed champion of an octopus
whose Shiny tentacles would strangle
all competition and choke the life out
of anyone who stands in its way.
There is no intention to blacklist
the Portland Cement company or any
other company that furnishes material
for the construction and maintenance
OIL nlsnways' nsnessr 20 hlsnway
uepas umenss nseas anx ns.e LOT lne
snams and .ho pn..Iand Ca.,s ~ Us,
nanv or The Aae-Herald can furnish II
to the hiehway' department az cheap
mr. cbeaner than aI5v other marty. snch
material will hessnnrchased from the
Portland Cement comnanv or The Aye
Herald. Inf the highway department
does mot propose to assume or be
driven into a position that will compel
it to- construct or maintain the high
ways OF this state out of any one par
ticular material, which is manufactured
or furnished only by the Portland
Cement company or The Age-Herald
company or any other one company.
It is u law, of econamies that COMPETE
ton is the life of trade and the high
way department proposes to observe
this law as well as all others.
God Help Alabama"
The nnisoned nrona aanda Of The Are
miasiorars Rooers and Suttle EnS;naers
KAMA ma McCalIa and renlace them
bv liz RES tures Should this he done.
rood hive small counties. God helm Ala.
hama
Co., u:,:e:s, - xo.,. - z,.s.,
Ill. 800. ~ I .So. y. anu III aa.a ,:Sa
~ e,s -. ialu " Oe"i' Ou' iAie
i'seil issa }.raseoy.
Every public official who tries to
walk the highway OF the right and keep
the company OF his self-respect, may
expect TO become the target OF calumny.
There mas been ana there Will always be
those who would destroy him to gain
their own selfish ends.
We are battling to preserve to the
counties nf Alabama the monev voted
~ the citizens of these counties to build