The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-04
VII OBEY
 THE COUNCIL President R. D. Apperson Makes Promises. >- TALKS TO cfTY ALDERMEN Says Obstacles Have Prevented
 FulfilIment of Laws. Agrees to Carry Out Ordinances Of Leg islativer Bodies. Although .Jim
 Crowv Measures Is Im-
 practicable.
TALKS TO dTY ALDERMEN

For two hours yesterday afternoon. Montgomery aldermen listened to ar- guments by officials of the Montgomery Traction Company concerning improve ments in the street cs service. Then shs Ssys 5hey osa1 wHals tonight for the purpose of agreeing upon recommendations to be made to the City Council which will hold its
 The aldermen who met with the street railway officials were members of the joint committees on Franchises trol.. These standing committees have to deal with public utilities. and all street railway matters pending are re- terrea to these stna.. nresded over the joint meeting. Other alder men present were Messrs. Ryal. Sulli- van and Cox. Absent members of the committees were Aldermen Jones. Coins
 The Traction Company was repre- sented by President R. D. -Apperson burg. Va, General Manager W. H. Ragland Major R. E. Steirer and Ray Rushton; local counsellors. City At torney c: F. Mcintyre sat with the The real purpose of the meeting was to hear from President Apperson of the car company upon compiainfs that adequate facilities. violation of the or dinance requiring separation of the races on cars. the failure to equip cars and other matters that nave engaged the attention of the City Council since the consolidation of the two cars com panies over a year ago.
 It will be remembered that the Coun- cil about two months ago. losing pa- tience with promise made by officials
 of the Traction Company: passed an ordinance requiring separate cars for the races. When an effort was made to enforce this ordinance by arresting General Manager Ragland and all mo- tormen and conductors of cars. the com pany secured restraining order fro -l Judge A. D. Sayre of the Citv Court.
 on the ground that 1t was a physical impossibility to comply with such an ordinance on short notice.
 The order of Judge Sayre is still in effect although the city has filed a mo-
 Judge sayre still has this motion un- der consideration.
 Patience to be Rewarded.
 President Apperson was the principal
 speaker at yesterdays committee meet Steiner and MT. Rushton also pointed out the attitude of the car company toward the public service. 7.
 Promises were made by the street car men that the patience of the peo- pie of Montgomery would be rewarded MT. Apperson said his associates and himself are operating street car lines in Lynchburg. Roanoke and other cities. and that they are doing so successful ly. and with the full approbation of the ] public.
 | Since acquiring the properties of the | Montgomery Street Railway, he said. | the Traction Company had been beset
 with obstacles. One of the cnief draw l contemplated he said. was the delay Tn securing material with which to im-
 prove it's tracks. and also delays in SC.
 curing new cars. He announced that | five new handsome cars were being built for the compan" and that their | delivery was expected almost any day.
 He showed how he had had great diff l ficulfy in placing the order for these | cars with car builders on account Of
 the thousands of orders ahead of his
 one of the many that had stood in the
 way of the Traction Company in the
 improvement of its service.
 | The scarcity of labor Nand some ex-
 periments in minor officials were also
 assigned by MT. Apperson as reasons | for failure to meet the demand or the
 public, He specially referred t9 tn the e three superintendents in Montgomery. | He expressed high regard for Su- | perinIendent F. c. Royster, who IS now
 in charge of the operation of the lines, l and took occasion to allude In most com mplimentary manner to the adminls- | tartion of General Manager Ragland. | "Jim CrOw' Law Impracticable. | Coming down to the ordinance re- l duirtng separate cars, for the races, l Mr Apperson did not hesitate to ex-
 press the opinion that the enforce
 ment of such law was tmpracticable;
 although he said the company purposed 1 conforming to every law passed by the
 Council. He said the separation of the
 races was a matter of delicate hand 1 elsewhere He spoke of the system in
 use in other cities. referring to Birm-
 ingham, Mobile. New Orleans, Atlanta Richmond and Lshchburg.
 l With the exception of Birmingh m,
 he said, there was not a single city
 that attempted to enforce law for
 the operation of separate cars. In
 were used for the races on the inter
 urban lines only. These lines hauled | thousands of passengers daily. and | there was no inconvenience or hard-
 ship in requiring separate cars.