The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-11
CAR BARN NUISANCE THE STREET RAILWAY AGREES TO
 RELIEVE SITUATION. City Council at Special Meeting Accepts Report of its Committee, and Alderman Sullivan Explains
 His Position.

The so-called car barn nuisance has been abated. The Montgomery Stree, Railway Company will no longer block up Bainbridge Street at night with cars and all cars belonging to the company will be properly housed as soon as the company can build bigger barn.
 This solution of the question brought to the Council by the residents of the Fifth Ward was effected at a special meeting of the Council held last night at 7:30 o'clock. The residents of that section of the city, 1t will be recalled complained that the barn of the Mont gomry Street Railway. which is located two blocks north of the Capitol. was a two-fold nuisance, first because Bain- bridge Street was blockaded at night and second because the employees of the company were loud and disorderly on leaving the barn and the cars at midnight.
 The complaint was given to the joint Committee on Streets and Franchises Alderman Jackson as chairman of the joint committee submitted its report The report, he said. was accompanied by an agreement. signed by the Vice. President of the company. In that agreement the company proposed to | cease placing cars on Bainbridge Street at night and if given six months it would build a barn which would be large enough to contain all the com pany's cars.
 The committee, MT. Jackson said. had gone into the matter with considerable care. They found that the complaint of the citizens was we'll founded, but the committee was of the opinion that If the Council would accept the agree ment submitted by the street car com pany the question would be solved. The committee thought that the whole trou- ble was due to the standing of the com: pany's cars on Bainbridge Street He recommended for the committee the adoption of the company's agreement Alderman Sullivan was unwilling tc let the incident close in that way Be sides that. he insisted on reading the agreement closely. After he had De. rused 1t carefully he rose for a few remarks. MT. Ragland the Vice-Presi- dent of the car company, he said, had had published in The Advertiser a card
 That card,'' said MT. Sullivan, con tained some errors, errors which I will not say were intentional, nor will I say they were unintentional but I do say they were errors. MT. Ragland. stated In that card that he had called Alder. man Jackson up during the last special
 
 him that he was on his way to the Council. but MT. Jackson had told him that 1t was no use to come, as the Coun. ell was about to adjourn.
 Now" continued Alderman Sullivan Alderman Jackson told me that he had had a conversation with Mir Ragland and MT. Ragiand had told him that he was headed towards the Council and MT Jackson had then told him he had better hurry down. as some of the AL dermen were 'hot-shotting' him. This matter is one that has no material con cern for me. but it is of importance to me that should be placed in the right light before the people of Montgomery So far as this agreement goes. all well and good If that nuisance Is abated l can shake hands with MT. Ragland and say, good.
 MT. Sullivan sat down. the report of the committee was adopted and the curtain dropped on the car barn incl dent