The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-12
FRANCHISE REFUSED
NO CAR LINE ON THE REU
 BRIDGE ROAD.
Large Delegation of Citizens Ap- peared Before the Board of Revenue-county Will
 Buy More Mules.


 The petition filed before the Board o Revenue of Montgomery County weel | ago to extend the line of the Montgomer, Street Railway from Hall Street out thu Red Bridge Road to Gilmer Street, wal yesterday refused by the Board.
 The room of the Board of Revenue wal crowded with people yesterday morning l and the petition was taken up immedi ately as a special order of business. Sev
 erai petitions were re rea1 iron n,d res'dent' Rani
 peighborhood, praying that the, Board re | fuse the petition, alleging that their prop
 erty would be damaged by the laying o
 the railway on the road. Another peti ton was read praying that the petition be granted claiming that the property
 would be greatly benefited thereby. The Street Railway was represented by Col. A. A. Wiley. who addressed the | the developing powers of street railways for both farm and business lands and stated that property in the country which would be opened by this extension would
 be enhanced nearly two-fold Tor resi- dence purposes. He said that 1t had been feared by some that the running of the street railway out the Red Bridge Road would endanger the life of farmers driv- | ing teams to Montgomery. While not believing in this danger, Colonel Wiley street by which the farmers could reach Montgomery through private property to Pelham Street, ths1c to Washington Street and to Montgomery. Colonel Wiley was responded to Dy pr. B. s. Chapman, Mrs. Rosa Marcus, A. B. | Brasseli and others, who opposed me granting Of the franchise. W. D. Brown. member or the Board, moved that the petition be isid on the H. Barnes. On the call ef the question Messrs. Brown and Barnes voted aye, and President NJ. B. Houghton, mo. Mir. Brown arose to a point or oroer, saying that the President could not vote except in the case of tie, but his poiIs | was overruled by the President. | A second vote was called for and on this vote M. H. Hudson joined with the ayes" Dr. Thomas R. Duncan did not vote. and the petition was refused. | R. T. Goodwin, who was interested in | securing, the franchise said yesterday | that he did not know whether further steps would be taken to secure the fran l chise
 | H. H. Barnes reported that one of the mules of the force of County Overseer w. H. Rives had become unfit foS ser
 vice and urged that the county purchase | another animal.
 A similar report from Overseer Stacey was made by MT. Hudson. | The advisabiiity of combining the forces | was considered. but on account Of the stress of road work to be done during | the next few months, 1t was decided to | | of each overseer.
 1 Messrs. Houghton and Hudson were ap- pointed on the committee to buy the an- | imals.
 A committee of Messrs. Brown and Hudson was appointed to prepare com
 munication to the City Council of Mont gomery, asking it to grade and gravel
 Jefferson Davis Avenue to Holt Street. | The county will then take up the work and grade and gravel to the corner of Holt Street and Cleveland Avenue. thus making an additional opening from the Mobile Road to Montgomery. l The franchise of the Montgomery Trac- ton Company to go out High Street from | the city limits, which was protested
 against by the hty officials. saying that the wat tsrworks of the city would be 'damaged by electr Jlysls, was ratified, with 1 the proviso that the City Water Works | authorities DC consulted as to the posi-
 ton of their pipes and the track be laid l accordingly
 Fred s, Ball reported that there Is a
 stagnant pond at the corner of Noble Ave | nue and Perry Street. and requested that | the matter be remedi od.
 County Engineer J. M. Garrett was in- | strutced to investigate the matter.
 The Board then adjourned until Mon-
 day.