The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-28
MIR. PATERSON HERE
PRESIDENT OF TRACTION COM PANY LOOKING INTO SITUATION.
Declines to Say what VIII Be Done in Way of Improvements UntH He is Better In-
 formed.

whether or not the citizens of Mont gomery are to have the Improvements, or some of them, which the City Coun- ell has been seeking from the Mont gomery Traction Company, without further pickering. Is matter which may be decided during today or tomor- row.
 R. D. Apperson of Lynchburg. Va, President of the Montgom- cry Traction Company, is in the city,, and during the greater part of yester- day and last evening he was in consult tation with General Manager w. H. Ragland and his attorneys, regarding the present status of affairs between the Traction Company and the Council, Mayor Teague and the public
 Approached yesterday shortly after his arrival. MT. Apperson said he could not give any definite statement at that time as to the attiture of the company in the future toward the city ordi- nances calling for Improvements of the street car system. He would be better able to talk, he said, after he had gone over the situation with the general manager and his attorneys. When called upon at the Exchange Hotel last night he declined to be interviewer on the subject. The greater part or the evening he spent with hls attor- neys,
 whether or not the decision which the President of the Montgomery Trac- ton Company reaches after he has gone over the matter is to be made pub lie is another matter He may give out a statement that he will accede to the demands of the Council. and make the improvements called for-and he may not He may.s after learning thoroughly what General Manager Ragland has done, decide that the man. ager Is competent to handle the affair without any interference from him Yesterday, in the offices of the com pany at the new car barn. he express 1 ed the greatest confidence in Mir. Rag 1 lands Judgment, and said he had felt 1 implicit faith that the General Man l ager had been equal to the occasion. The visit of the President of the street car company has been awaited with great interest by members of the Council and the public. During the freuuent tits between the local man agement of the street car company and 1 the Council the impression has been received that the Council and citizens need only walt until the arrival of President Apperson. when everything which has been the cause of complaint would be rectified. President Apper- son is now here. and an announcement from him as to the attitude which the company will adopt toward the city is eagerly looked for.
 President Apperson, accompanied by Mrs. Apperson, reached Montgomery yesterday from Little Rock, Ark, arr irving in the city on the belated morn" ing train from Birmingham shortly after 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Af-
 ter registering at the Exchange Hotel he at once put himself in communica. tion with General Manager RagIand by telephone, and shortly afterward went to the car barns, where part of the af' ternoon was spent by the officials con- ferring on the present strained situa~ ton of the company
 During the last two weeks" he said to a reporter, T have been completely out of touch with Montgomery, and consequently cannot make any state ment as to what we intend to do in the present uupleasantness. I have beenitleaving everything in Mir. Rag lands hands, confident that he would be able to handle tho situation" You have heard, I presume, that the l Mayor has directed the company to comply with the fender ordinance, Will you say what the company will do in regard to that phase of the situation T'
 Well, I shall have to talk every thing over and get better idea of how things stand here" he replied.
 You know that an ordinance has been passed which, if enforced, will re- quire Improvements in your rolling stockT
 ''Yes, had heard of that, but can not give out any statement until have talked with my attorneys. I ex- pect to remain here day or two, and may have something to give out before I leave"
 Other queries met with the same re- sponse. Later in the evening he de- clined to be interviewed upon the sub ject.
 Mir. and Mrs. Apperson are on their return to Lynchburg, Va, from Arkan- sas, where they have been attending the funeral Of MT. Apperson's mother
 St. Nicholas Notes.
 Reproductions of drawings by ReRi- nald Birch, who has been absent abroad