1928: Birmingham Files Bill Authorizing Boston to Borrow $8M for Street Repair

Rep. Birmingham introduced May 5 a bill to authorize the city of Boston to borrow $8 million for the reconstruction of accepted streets in Brighton, Dorchester, West Roxbury, Hyde Park, Roxbury, South Boston, East Boston, Charlestown, and Jamaica Plain.

Birmingham sent a letter to Boston Mayor Nichols noting that streets in outlying sections should be made safe for automobile and pedestrian use.

in the letter, he said that some of the streets were so bad that firetrucks and other equipment were unable to travel over them.