The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-09

dermen under suspension Of the YulCS.
Sidewalk Paving.
These resolutions approve the as
ing streets:
North side of Alabama Street, from
Decatur to cambridge.
o.. wilkinson Street. fronN Montgomery
Columbus Street. froh> Lawrence to
North McDonough street from JEFF
Holt. from Mildred to Clayton:
scott from Lawrence to Hull.
Jenerson Davis Avenue. from Court
Decatur. from Scott to High.
amanda, from Mildred to Jefferson
Davis Avenue.
Jackson, from Pelham to Madison.
Ferry, from Jefferson Davis to Julia.
Robinson. from Holt to Oak.
SON Ea Isl $685. side Of Lawrence. from Jeffe'
Mobile. from Goldthwaite to Mildred.
cambridge. from Washington to Ala
Virginia Avenue, from Mildred to
Jefferson Davis.
Decatur, from Washington to scott.
Mildred. from Sayre to Amanda.
lawrence. from South to Jefferson
Mildred, from Mobile to Holt.
North side Of Jefferson-Davis Avenue.
from Court to Perry.
to Court Gsra.t from %,t Jefferson Davis Avenue
East side Of sayre Street, from South
to Jefferson Davis Avenue.
South. from Court to Sayre.
Washington, from cambridge to
Jefferson. from Cambridge to Ripley.
Monroe from Bainbridge tS Jackson n
mer.h Of aearsa f fra% JEFFERSON
West side of North Perry, from JEFF
ferson to Pollard.
East side of North Perry. from JEFF
fersOn to Columbus.
South side of Pelham. from Irwin
to- Hilliard.
Martha, from Goldthwaite to Holt.
North side of Martha. from Holt to
Short
North side of Randolph. from Court
to Decatur.
South. from Lawrence to Hull.
Grove, from Lawrence to Hull.
whitman. from Clayton to Bell.
Clay. from Goldthwaite to Hanrick.
High, from Lawrence to Decatur.
Moulton. from Church to Clayton.
The assessment or street paving
sayre street, from Clayton to Jeffer-
SOUTH Hull street. from Washington
to South.
Mildred street. from Holcombe to
HeASW8e 1FOm MayOts
As soon as this matter had been dis
posed of, President Gunter, who was
on the floor. with Alderman A. l.. Ty-
son in the chair. asked unanimous con-
from the Mayor with reference to the
ordinance requiring separate street
cars for whites and blacks. Without
to the Council by the Clerk as follows:
ITO the Honorable City Council of
Montgomery. Montgomery. Ala.
Il am reluctant to disagree with
your honorable body concerning the
wisdom of theenclosed ordinance. en-
persons. firms or corporations operat..
Ing street cars for the carriage of
passengers in the city of montgomery.
to provide separate i accomm modal ms
cure such accommodations, and to de-
fine the duties in the premises of of
street railways. andt provide> penal
ties for all violations Of this ordi-
nance. but cannot consistently con
cur in the arrangement proposed by
the ordinance mi Is present form.
ITO provide separate cars for the
two RAGS would entail an unnecessary
hardship upon the Montgomery Trac,,
ton Company-unnecessa because l
feel certain that It would not return
rons of the company and the people
given the matter careful thought =, and
R @oaPIa Se speed f found i to be impracS
ticable and unsatisfactory. Mature de-
Would 10 be Wholly Of jectionable and
that a storm Of protest and criticism
"'p'O Obstacles to overcome.
IF separate cars were. to be pro-
vided for the two races: 1t would ne
practically. doubling the number of
cars now in service. which to an ex-
tent. at least must interfere with the
schedules and it should tss
present schedules were adhered to as
nearly as possible there is neverthee..
less. another .weighty objection. If
is largely increased it will have ten
dency to block the streets and obstruct
traffic. especially at street crossings.
a. contingency to be avoided as far Is
1T may be contended that trailers
for heroes might follow the cars
provided for whites: but b litle RE
belt lines having loop. On other
lines having a terminus which does
return trip, the trailer would neces-
sirable, advisable nor safe.
"While I realize fully the desirable
itv of segregatinng the two races.
cIes in the way Of a satisfactory So
luton of this problem. New Orleans.
and other Southern cities. have con-
tended with the same problenL and a
leans which might be adopted. with
advantage, in Montgomery. The. street
cars of that city are equipped with
a marker, or sign, with the words.
this side Cor seats) for whites. only
,and this side Cor seats) for color.ed
people, only, plainly lettered on its
Unstable and can be moved at will,
hence the conductor is able to divide
accommodations according to the
needs of passengers of both races.