The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-05

gomory Irhot1ou CompNny was repro sented by Major R. E. Steiner and Ray Rushton, its counsel. General Man. ager W. H. Ragland and Superintend- 1 ent r. B. Royster.
 7! Major Steiner presented the case for I the Traction Company. He said the traction Company realized It's selfish l interest demanded that it furnish ade- auate service and equipment, and that | it was doing It's best to satisfy the de- | mands of the public upon whose good will 1t relied for existence. Some of l the company's ears. he admitted, were not in good condition, but they would be repaired as soon as substitutes, which had been ordered, could be de-
 livered by the railroads.
 PrOmises Better Schedules. One of the i've cars ordered. Major Steiner explained. would enable the company to furnish a ten minute sched- uie on Court Street. others would be operated for the improvement of sched- ules of other lines. The uncleanly con- dition in some cars was unavoidable, but as soon as the compressed vacuum air cleaning apparatus, parts of which had already been received, could be as- sembled, the evil would be eliminated. The company employed the best mo- tormen and conductors 1t could. Major Steiner stated, but necessarily some of them were inexperienced; unlike poets
 they were not born. but made. su- l perintendent F. B. Royster is a strict disoiplinarian, and will have the finest personal service possible.
 The cut-in at Five Points. the at- I torney continued, had been completed and the operation of cars on Mobile Street had been discontinued. The company would begin to remove the
 track from Mobile Street in ten or if- teen days.
 Tn regard to equipment Major stein- CT reiterated Mir, Apperson's promise that the cars would be provided with push-buttons at each seat, so that pas- sengers could signal the motorman to stop the car without having to attract
 the attention of the conductor. The Council was at liberty to select what ever kind of lenders 1t preferred; Ma jor Steiner recommended the kind now used by the Montgomery Traction com- pany. All the best car lines used them,
 he said.
 Air Brakes Too Heavy. Continuing to speak of equipment, he
 said that air-brakes upon single truck cars were not practicable because they were too heavy. Later, upon motion by Alderman Sullivan, the committee de- cided to recommend that the Council should not require the company to equip their singie-truck cars with air. brakes.
 Major Steiner next spoke of the se- gragation of the races in the street cars. using the arguments which had upon the day previous been advanced by MT. Apperson in his informal con- ference with members of the commit tee. He recommended the adoption of what were termed 'The Ryan Sugges- tions," which were theories Alderman Ryan had proposed for practice. The suggestions are that at least two whole benches in the front of the car be reserved for white persons, negroes not being permitted to use them even when there are no white persons on the car. When these benches are occupied, other white persons take the seats nearest the. front. Negroes take the vacant seats nearest the rear end of the car. This method, 1t was contended. would provide, with competitive equity. | for the needs of each race. When
 there were excursions to picnics. base ball or other attractions, special cars would be run. to be used exclusively by the members of one race.
 Major Steiner asked that the com pany be allowed to experiment with the method.
 ''why haven't you experimented be- | fore?" asked Alderman Tait. You have kept us hitched out for forty days! we wish to know where we are. Last | HDIIn& yOu mGAd d5 uP " sfeANNA~b AS~ 1t is our season of the year." ! If the Traction Cotnpany had llv- cd ub to It's promises" queried Alder man Jones, would there have been any I trouble?'
 T see in it." he went on. after an Interruption, "a plan to give the ne- groes as much accommodation as the
 whites. On the Oak Park Tine. the ne groes have seats and the white men n,a xrta An 2XnAfimHn1 might succeed on Court street." Sullivan To the Rescue. Alderman Sullivan then explained the uroposed system. MT. Ragland," he cohcluded, Ifs our football. and I've
 footed him myself. I've knocked him with big hammers, but he is all right.
 He is handling this old junk of the
 duty by the company and they will be
 all right"
 After a brief but enthusiastic discus
 sion of baseball prospects, about which
 Major Steiner was questioned and cross
 questioned with relentlessness and the
 ''Montgomery 1910," movement was
 heartily endorsed as the final possible
 encouragement of the sport, the Ryan
 suggestions were again brought out,
 and Alderman Jones expressed oposi-
 tion to them. He said that the High
 land Park schedule required thirty
 minutes for a trip nc could walk in
 twenty-five. He named other objec-
 tionable features.
 Finally, however, City Attorney Mo-
 fntyre was instructed to draw up an
 ordinance embodying the Ryan sugges-
 tions. and afterwards. when lenders and
 air brakes had been discussed, 1t was
 recommended that the company be not
 required to equip its single truck cars
 with air brakes.
 The committee last night also acted
 upon an ordinance recently vetoed by
 the Mayor The committee decided to
 recommend that the Council permit the
 burglar alarm system to have license
 without the proposed franchise tax Of
 one per cent, and that the company be
 not required to place its wires under
 The committee. at s:sO o'clock, ad"
 journed.
 safurday Matinee Auditorium Rink.