The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
Ass-Herald
 Ensley Bureau General Events Phone Ensley s2s
ENSLEY PAVING
 T0C0ST Sl5O,OOO
Orders Issued To Stop Parking On Nineteenth Street As
 MsS Safety Measure
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 ENSLEY. Ala, Feb. "A paving program involving over $150, 900, to be , laid by the property owners of Ensley, has virtually been agreed upon and will be presented to the city commissioners within a short time, according to in- formation in Ensley Saturday.
 The program has been outlined fol- lowing the study of the traffic situa- tion which has occasioned grave con cern and in the study of which the paving of many blocks has been agreed upon as the best means of eliminating the dangers that infest the streets.
 The program includes the paving of Seventeenth street from Avenue D to Avenue J, connecting there with the present Eighth avenue road: From Seventeenth street to Twentieth street on Avenue D is likewise to be paved, and also Twentieth street from Avenue D. to Tuxedo Junction. At this point one block will be paved, which will be an extension of Ensley Avenue to Eighteenth street.
 The Immediate effect os this program as it applies to traffic. will be the op- portunity that all motorists will have of entering and leaving Ensley by three separate routes, instead of one. it is pointed out.
 By distribution of traffic in this way, it is b1%ved the situation will be materially helped. It was stated that the entire amount of the improve ments will be paid by the owners of property in the area involved and that after careful survey only one com plaint had been made. The largest property owners in the territory in- volyed are Ramsey and Mccormack and the Ensley company, the latter owned by the former, and the total cost to them was roughly estimated at between S10,OOO and $2O,OOO. Despite this, it was stated that Mir. Ramsey and Mir. Mccormack would be glad to see the work initiated by the city and assessed against their properties.
 The proposed paving has come about through the published statements that traffic was to be routed in Nineteenth street and out Twentieth street. How ever, this plan has developed strong opposition, it was stated, so that an other solution must be found for the problem. This is said to be the first link. It is stated that another means of freeing the cOngested area now would be for the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company to replace its block signals from the present location on Nineteenth street and operate the signals at Avenue c and Twentieth street
 1t was~ understood Saturday that prominent residents of Ensley would invite the attention of the Ensley As sociated Merchants to this way out of the present difficulty and report the plan to the Kiwanis club at its meeting next Thursday.
 Forbid Parking
 / Acting upon orders issued by Fred McDuff, chief of police, all automo- bilists were forbidden to park on Nine teenth street, Ensley, between Avenue l and Avenue c, effective Saturday morning. The police department, act ing upon 2 petition signed by hundreds Of citizens, issued orders that the ordi- nance passed years ago prohibiting park ing on Nineteenth street be strictly en- forced. The department having also received many complaints, issued the instructions, which were being carried out Saturday. Officers Eddins and El- lis were engaged in warning motorists
 
 and not make any arrests until reason able measures have been exhausted, it was stated. However, indications were plain that Nineteenth street must be kept free of parked automobiles and trucks. s 2s
 The street in question is narrow and contains street car tracks. Motorists attempting to pass street car with anp loVLyA yA1 ntn ,k, have in many cases been obliged to turn into alleys, hit telegraph poles and in one instance run into the sidewalk, inflicting serious injury on high school girl.
 To Complete Highway
 The Eighth avenue highway, which is being completed after many years or delay, is being pushed rapidly to- wards completion, and it is stated that unless bad weather interferes the line will be ready before May l. The en- tire mile has been plowed up and will be carried forward as rapidly as pos sible. The mile being completed is the last link of the Eigth avenue highway, which will provide this section with a new paved street to Birmingham. Mir. Lawrence III
 c. w. Lawrence of Pegram and Meade is i'll at his home in Ensley Highlands. He was downtown Mon day but it is stated his indisposition Tuesday and he has been there ever since. MT. Lawrence's many friends here hope he will soon recover suffi- ciently to return to his office.
 To Discuss Traffic
 Fred McDuff, chief of police. and Capt. w. w. Brent, in charge of traf- fife, will be in Ensley Monday morning to inspect the general traffic situation and possibly make some changes in the regulations now in force in Ensley. It is understood that the question of traffic tower for Ensley similar to the one at Third avenue and Twentieth street, Birmingham, will be discussed.