The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-02
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upon are to be tried upon those two | lines. There was also complaint of the ser vice upon the Court street i.ne but Manager Ragland announced that tn2 company had already let rhe contract for immediate execution. t"i the eH. , tension of this line. ;.. such manner that an additional car should be uscd there. wher. this was done, he thought the worst of the trouble there would be over. '.',. .@'e-
 If was pointed out very forcibly. both by Mir Ragland and by MT. Rushton. that the same rules. as regards the size of cars, the manner ana size oi their division, etc.. would not apply to all the lines of the city. as different conditions obtained on various lines. The same rule that would work admir- ably upon a residence line car would not apply at all to park car, or one running to a mill or institution of that kind.
 MT. Rushton suggested. though his idea did not meet with favor. that. be- cause of this necessity for diverse rules. the entire matter should be left to Committee of the Council and the com pany or to the Mayor and the Com pany, in order that particular needs of a particular line might be met in the best manner. The objection raised
 
 ordinance would be better, that the people generally would know what was expected of them.
 Mir. Strauss insisted that larger cars upon the two lines that had given the trouble in the past would remedy con ditions. to a great extent. and in re- sponse to an inquiry from Mayor Teague, Manager Ragland stated that larger cars could be put on the Wash ington Park and Highland Avenue lines. The four double truck cars that are to be used temporarily at least. on these two lines, according to the decision of the Committee, were used last winter on the Pickett Springs and Belt lines.
 Mir. Ragland suggested that 1t would he a real help to him, and to the com pany. If the members of the Committee would go out to the car barns, look over the rolling stock of the company and say that the company would best use this particular car on certain line. and other cars on certain other lines ~~....-.
 Both Mir. Rushton and MT. Ragland emphasized the difficulty of the race separation problem. MT. Rushton re- marking that If any one would solve the problem, he would do more thar had ever yet been done. and would earn the gratitude of the company here, and that street car companies else .
 
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 MT. Rushton offered, during the course of the evening. to take the members of the Committee. any time next week. to any nearby city. that the street car system there might be stud jed. and ideas adopted tha; would be of benefit here. Mir Holloway vetoed the proposition. however, saving that Mont gomery had its own problems to solve, and that conditions here being different than elsewhere. the problem must necessarily be different
 Manager Ragland expressed his opin- ion, during the conference. that nov able partitions would he much prefer able 10 fixed ones. but offered to carry out any suggestions the Committee might make, and to carry them out in entire good faith.
 MT. Tyson was perhaps the strong est adherent of the fixed partition idea. basing his belief. as did Mir Jones. upon the operation of the street cars in Birmingham.
 It was ultimately agreed. without objection on any hand, to experiment with both the fixed and movable par titions. upon different cars. relieving conditions on the two lines where the most trouble had occurred. and at the same time provide cars large enough for successful experimenting. by hay ing the largest cars of the company placed on the two lines in question. During the evening other features of the street car service were dis cussed to some extent. hut the par ticipsnts in the conference generally confined themselves to the question or the separation of the raree
 At one point in the discussion. Mir. Poster made the statement that none of the promises of the men at the head of the Traction Company. at the ! time of the consolidation. had been