The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-09-08
COUNCIL is AFTER
FIVE CENT FARE
Committee viii Call Upon the
Railway Company
J. R. ACUFF RESIGNS
New City Code of Ensley lie Adopted,
and City Clerk Is Instructed to
Advertise for Bids on
Printing.

regular meeting the city Councu Oh
Ensley tonight put the matter of a five
cent fare on the electric cars between
this city and Birmingham up to the Biz
mingham Railway. Light and Power
company. IN the words of Alderman Du-
puy. the boards is going after it"
On motion of Alderman Owens the
street railway committee was instructed
to call upon the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company with petit
ton and request that the five-cent
fare be granted. The city attorney was
added to this committee for the purpose
of seeing to 1t that all legal forms be
complied with.
No threats were made nor was the
council disposed to make demands upon
the company, 1t being understood, as an
nounced in the meeting, that the council
had been assured by the railway com
pany that If the people of Ensiey desired
the five-cent fare it would be granted.
Most of the session tonight was taken
up in the hearing of reports of officers,
auditing accounts and other routine mat.
ters. number of complaints in the
way of bad street and sidewalk conditions
were heard and referred to the proper
committees for action.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
city attorney to frame an ordinance to
pave sidewalks on Twentieth, Twenty
first and Twenty-second streets from
Avenue C to Avenue 1.
A resolution was passed providing for
the serving of legal notices upon con-
tractors who had suspended certain work
on Avenue II to resume work within a
legal time or the contracts would be
cancelled.
j. r. Acuff, sanitary inspector, rendered
his resignation to the board, and 1t was
accepted to take effect September 10. In
explanation Mr.. Acuff made the statement
that the double work which had come
under his supervision on account of the
special care necessary for the health of
the city for the past two months had
taxed him severely and 1t was impossible
for one man to do the work satisfactorily.
The judiciary committee reported on
the new city code which has just been
completed by Attorney Frank Deedmeyer
and City Attorney Ramaine Boyd and
a resolution was adopted instructing the
city clerk to advertise for bids for the
printing.
flNe-Cent = are waiter.
Just as the board was preparing to adj
journ Alderman Settle introduced the
matter Of five cent fare on the electric
cars on the two Ensley lines to Birming
ham.
The matter created considerable dis
cussion and 1t was reported that when
a petition bearing over 500 names was
presented to the company requesting that
the reduction be given the official APP
preached had said that 1t was impossible
to make the reduction in fare at the pres
ent time.
Mr.. Settle replied that Mr.. Jemison of
the Birmingham Railway. Light and Pow
er company had promised the council
that if the business men of Ensley want
ed the five ceent fare it would be granted.
Mr. Settle said, 81 am sure that every
member of the board wants the reduction
and the petitions that have appeared in
dictate that the people want it, and l
feel that the city council should 90 some
thing"
Alderman Dupuy spoke at length on the
proposition, stating that if the people
wanted the five cent fare they should
have it.. He spoke of the Determinations
that had apparently been made against
Ensley by the railway company and
pointed out the fact that other sections
were growing in population to the loss
of Ensley on account of the discrimna-
ton.
On motion of Alderman Owen a resolu-
ton instructing the street railway COM
mittee together with the city attorney to
call upon the Birmingham Railway, Light
and Power company with request that
the fare be granted passed unanimously.
All members were present except ]. M.
Donaldson. who was absent on account
of the death and burial of his half broth
er. r. r. stobut.
Notes and Personals.
W. L. Allen. who was shot by John
DUNCAN some time ago, is reported to be
steadily improving at his home in this
city. He was brought home from st.
vncents hospital last Monday.
]. NJ. Donaldson attended the funeral
of his half brother r. r. Stobert, in Bir-
mingham today.
F. d. Smith, Jr., of the Smith Hard
ware company of Blocton, was in the
city yesterday and perfected final ar
rangements to move the store to this place
October l. He also made arrangements
fer home for himself and and family.
City Clerk A. L. Arnold has purchased
home at Tuxedo and will move his
family here from Blocton next week.
Miss Gerome and Miss Sadie Rogers
are expected to arrive from Portland,
Ore, in a few days. While in the west
they visited the Lewis and Clarke AK