The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-14
SPECIAL SERVICE
 GIVEN BESSEMER Baseball Fans Receive Good Car
 Accommodation MANY ATTEND THE GAMES Election of City Engineer for eesse- mer One of the Livest Political
 Issues In the Marvel
 City.
MANY ATTEND THE GAMES

Bessemer, April Especial )-Bessemer that the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company has put on a special car for the ball games in Birmingham The first special car was run yesterday and carried over very large crowd of the enthusiasts
 The car today carried a larger crowd and it is expected that the attendance will increase as soon as the convenience of the special service is recognized
 The special baseball car runs over the North Bessemer line making better time and stops within a block of the ball ground at Seventh street and Third ave nue.
 This special service enables business men of this city to attend the game with out the loss of so much time and be- ing subjected to the many inconvenences attendant upon the regular daye service. Considerable time is lost in waiting for cars under the old plan and then the regular cars are usually crowded with ordinary travel, making it very incon- venient for those who like to go direct to the ball ground in comfort and re- turning to business after the game with out delay. It is believed that Bessemer will make it profitable for the company to continue the special baseball service during the season.
 Bessemer has many baseball lovers who enjoy the sport and will patronize the games well if they are given the means of reaching the play ground conveniently.
 Election of Engineer.
 The matter of the election of q city engineer to succeed Maj. W. J. Parkes, who resigned the position and left for his new home at Pine Bluff, Ark, April l, is still live issue in the City Council circles at Bessemer.
 At the last meeting of the council in March the election of MT. Parkes' successor was continued until the first meeting in April. It developed at that time that the contest would be very ex- citing and it was understood that con- siderable politics would figure in the race. It was announced at that time that d number of applications had been filed for the position.
 At the last meeting of the council the board went into executive session. when the matter of electing a city engineer came up and it was evident that there was something doing that would not look well to the public.
 The public which had been excluded  from the council chamber was sur prised" a few minutes after the calling of the executive session to see exactly half the members of the council boiling through the doors
 A remark dropped by one of the bolt ing members as he came out at the door explained the whole matter: "I guess they won't do anything without a quo rum" It is understood that the bolters were for the election of Hugh McInery, while those who remained favor the cleo ton of H. A. Lint, who is temporarily in charge of the office by appointment of Mayor Sullivan.
 It is the general understanding that the same tactics will be repeated at the next meeting of the council when the election is called though it is rumored that primary may be called to give the people a chance to settle the matter.
 The council will meet next Tuesday night and considerable interest attaches to the probable action of the board in this matter.