The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
untoWn lrIelLAt Omeea

The result of the tight made by tne city to force the railFoads lhto eS1aD ,, a ciean-eut victory for every railroad eenterInE in Montgomery, except ths Louisville and Nashville. !, ,1
 At the meeting of the Counell MSnl Sna day night the local railroads succeeaed in not only getting out of having to es- s Ia bIish an uptown ticket ohlee, Dut nl having the license remain }nst Aa V was before the agitatlon,Ekapv, rstI- roads to establish uptown ticket ohces had an adroit amendment taeked ga 10 1t, which most efRectualiy pnlled EtS fangs in the ordinance ana alsowea sil usie ness in precisely the same manner tna a mas been their custom from time imne- morial. And the city license is JuSt
 Pretty neat way we got out of 1t, said a local railroad man yestefday as ho soiemnly winked the other eye; l..
 But the Louisville and NashYilie IS the only one of the roads to hold LRs bag. it will either pay the Sl.oOg license or establish an uptown once, While it has not been decided yet II is understood that the Louisville a1, anu ger office long before the pFescfiDe thirty days limit of the City couneu' .
 The substance of the ordinance phss. ed by the Council Monday gisat nt anv as v"of of the local offices for through tickets; the agent in charge of that office shall immediately send a messenger 10 ths tIon ana procure the ticket wanted.
 Why. ali of us have been doing this for years" said a local railroad man yesterday, and ] personally nave 1l1.as HlaaS thousands of trips to the union ticket office whenever any of the patrons or our road wanted through tickets. ,..
 To sum pP the Of oniy ibs resait tv 6d Sd tbs & fu ka haaN tO HAmneI the I0UfHs ville and Nashville to establish an up town office. Not the slightest interfei ? ence or change In any way IS made ID the uptown engagements Of the othher thsg have always been. ,., .,-
 The ordinances A in full with the , amendment (SecHen 5l, as passed py 'the Council Is as follows: ,o....,
 'sTo provide for a centrally located un-town union ticket agency or place where railway tickets are ssoid' r,ouno,,
 ''Be 1t ordained by. the City Councli of Montgomery as foloWsi ,
 "Seetion l. That the several rah' roads entering the city of MontgomeC:' 7 ba and they are hereby required 70 es located point in the business section Of tbfs eIty. a union railway ticket OHiLe for the sale of railway tickets r,..,
 "see. 2 lBe it further ordained, Ina. Lhat in the event that the several railway con,nanies do not. within thirty days from the passage of this ordinance; es- tablish such union ticket agency, theh each railroad company entering ana doing business in the city of Montgom ery. be and is hereby required to estapS Usb and maintain an office at a cen traily located point in the business see- tion of the city, for the sale at reason able hours, of railway tickets.
 6gec. Q Be 1t further ordained That the license for those railroads that es- tablish and maintain an uptown ofhcG for the sale of railway tickets be and the same is hereby fixed at $500 per
 asec. 4 Be it further ordained. That said railway comDanies 90 estahlishina uptown ticket offices. in pursurance oi l te keen ticket cases. provided they arC prepared ta fuvnlsh and do furnish tickets. other than local tickets, req sanably pramptlv after reqnest."
 A Rival to No. 8g.
 Fer the pest few Years rImoER haHl