The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-23
ALL OBJECTIONS ARE
QUICKLY VOTED DOWN
Effort to Have Price for Rights of
Way Raised and Protest of
Belt Railway Are
Futile.
xzM BIRMINGHAM will soon have a
x new railroad. The petition of
- the Seaboard Air Line will be

- new railroad. The petition OF
- the Seaboard Air Line will be
granted and work will commence at
once.
The judiciary and street railroad
committees of the Board of Aldermen
met last night in the council chamber
and unanimously decided to recon-
mend favorably to the next meeting
of the board an ordinance granting the
Seaboard Air Line the rights of way
through the city asked for by It's petit
ton presented to the board ednes-
day night.
The Seaboard Air Line will be re-
quired to pay the usual blockage Of
500 block to begin work within six
months and complete its line to the coun-
ty limit within two years, barring strikes
and other delays.
The only objection to granting the fran
chise was interposed by Mr. Lee Bradley
as attorney for the Birmingham Belt Rail-
way Company, which he said desired to
see the Seaboard enter the city, but that
giving them the right of way asked for
would injure the value of his clients
property and he did not think 1t fair
or Just to his client for such rapid action
to be taken In the premises.
VOTED DOWN OBJECTION.
The committees, however did not see
nj of
the motions of Alderman Altman to have
first $500 and then $500 and 5000 charged as
blockage, 1t voted to make a favorable
recommendation for the Seaboard. Action
on this ordinance will come up at the
next meeting of the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen to be held two weeks from
Wednesday or at called meeting before
that time and 1t is very probable that the
ordinance as recommended by the COM
mittees will be passed without change.
If this is done, the Seaboard will at
once begin work on its new lines and Bir-
mingham will have new and independ-
ent system of railroads.
The committees last night realized that
1t was good thing for the city and had
1t not been for established custom the
rights of way would have been granted to
the Seaboard without any charge what
ever for blockage.
Eight out of eleven members of the
two committees were on hand, those
present being Aldermen Altman. Thach.
Jones, Copeland Cd. r.. Linnehan,
Wheeler Harrington, Moore and Mayor
Drennen.
Representing the Seaboard Air Line
were Vice President ]. M. Barr and At
torneys Walker Percy, William A. Walk.
er, John P. Tillman and Nat L. Miller.
Attorney Lee Bradley was present repre-
senting the Belt Railway. Several other
lawyers were present but did not take
part In the discussion.
STUDYING THE MAP.
For a while it seemed that the commit
tees were at school studying geography.
A map OF the city was spread out on a
table and the committee crowded around
this and for two hours studied the loca-
ton OF the proposed route and familiar
lied themselves with the streets desired
by the seabcard.
These, as 1t set In it's petition. are ave-
nues A, part of avenue B, Thirty-second
street end Tenth avenue, North. The
road proposes to come In from the east
along avenue A as far as Fifteenth street,
then turn south into avenue B and pro-
coed west along this street to the city
limits. They also want a right of way
southwark parallel with that of the Lou
isville and Nashville. The right of way
on Thirty-second street is desired so that
they can go north and thence turn west
into Tenth avenue and proceed westward
along this until the right of way of the
Frisco system is reached. The Belt Rail-
way now has a track on Tenth avenue
and it opposes other tracks being put
there.
UNDER TIE BRIDGES.
The meeting began by Alderman Jones
reading slowly and carefully the pro-
posed ordinance granting the Seaboard