The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-14
CAR COMPANY ENDOWED
LIGHT FIGHT OVER NEW LINE TO
 ELECTRIC PARK.
Montgomery Street Railway Secures Temporary Order from Court Re- straininE Traction Company from
 Building It's Tracks.

The effort of the Montgomery Trac- tion Company to build a car line into Electric Park yesterday met with legal resistance by the Montgomery Street Railway and a temporary injunction was secured against further efforts or the Traction Company to enter the pop ular resort.
 Another chapter Is thus recorded Tn the history of the strenuous fight Waseu s by the two street railway companies or Montgomery to secure the immense number of cash fares that are paia daily for transportation to the park, where electric lights and the "spielers hold forth.
 It will be remembered that several weeks ago a petition was filed py tne Montgomery Traction Company in the Probate Court of Montgomery county to condemn certain property in order that the company might secure risnt of way from Capitol Heights to Elec- tric Park.
 The proposed right of-way entered the park on the west side and the pro- posed terminal was between the ca- rousal and the dancing pavilion. This effort was defeated by Propate Judge J. B. Gaston, who ruled that the Traction Company could not have It's terminal on private property, If owners of the property objected. This prop erty is owned by Mrs. B. L. Wyman and was leased by her internationally 10 Francis E. Ayres and by MT. Ayres to the Montgomery Amusement Company, operators of the park
 The Traction Company then played its trump card by securing right-of- way, entering the park on the east side on the property owned by Mrs. Hal T. Walker. The property was leased oy Mrs. Walker to MT. Ayres and by MT. Ayres to the Montgomery Amusement Company, but the lease contained the proviso that any street railway com pany might secure a right-of-way. After securing this right-of-way, w. H. Ragland, General Manager of the | Montgomery Traction Company. dn' nounced that the work would be speed | lily pushed and that the Traction Com | pany would be operating cars into Electric Park in thirty days.
 This effort was checkmated yester' day by the filing of a bill petitionins | for an injunction against a further et' | fort to extend the line into Electric | Park The petition was filed in th' | Chancery Court and a temporary in. junction was granted by Chancellor w L. Parks.
 The bill alleges that by piratical pol icies, the Montgomery Traction Com I pany ana w. H. RaBlauus It's 1ehoAu u Manager, are endeavoring to encroacf on the properties of the Montgomery Street Railway and attempt to reaI benefits from an institution established by the Montgomery Street Railway 1T conjunction with the Montgomery Amusement Company. It further al leges that the Traction Company ha.
 marred the beauty of Electric Park bJ placing on the grounds, rails, cross-ties
 etc., and has in addition torn dowr part of the fence erected around Flee trio Park by the Montgomery Stree
 Railway.
 The bill ayers furthers that th' Street Railway, in conjunction with thu
 Montgomery Amusement Company spent large sums of money, amounting
 to over $75,000, in beautifying Electri' Park by placing thereon large ant
 elegantly fitted buildings, amustmen devices. electric lights, gravelled walks
 flower beds, etc., and that the Mont
 gomery Traction Company, without ex
 pense to itself, expects to reap con
 Jointly with the Montgomery Stree
 Railway the benefits of the place.
 The bill further alleges that botl
 the Montgomery Traction Company ant
 W. H. Ragland are insolvent, and pray
 that the injunction be made perpetual
 The matter has not been set dowl
 for a hearing.
 The Montgomery Traction Compan! expected such a move by the Montgom
 cry Street Railway, and 1t is understood
 that the work of laying the line up t'
 the boundaries of Electric Park vii
 be pushed in order that no time ma!
 be lost by reason of the litigation.