The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-03
OPINION IS DIVIDED
MANY SIDES TO STREET CAR CON.
 TR0vERsY.
Some Go After Mayer Without cloves Others Defend Him and Say Un- pleasant Things Aoux the
 Traction Company

The tearing up of the Perry Street car tracks by order of Mayor Teague early Monday morning and the action of the City Council in "regretting and disapprovins" what he had done at the Monday night session was the sub- ject of much discussion on the streets and in office circles yesterday.
 There was considerable speculation as to what the final outcome of the affair would be but no one seemed to have line on the plans of either side. Those who criticise the action of the Mayor declare that the tearing up of the Perry Street line win result in leaving the people of the southern portion of the city without any street car service for an indefinite time and that he knew this when he ordered the tracks removed.
 The other side is emphatic in their declaration that the Mayor did exact ly what he ought to have done and that the street railway company simp- ly wanted to wait till 1t could use the Perry Street rails on another line with out trouble and that they would never have made move towards obeying the removal mandate of the mayor and council until 1t entirely suited their own plans and conveniences
 Alderman and Mayor r-elect Gunter, charged on the floor of the council Monday night that Mayor Teague had deliberately had men put to work on Lawrence Street putting tho grade fin such shape that a track could not be laid on 1t before he ordered the Per ry Street tracks taken up. His con tention was that the Mayor had pur- posely made it impossible for the sutI tIwr-na people of the southern section of the city a car service.
 Alderman Parrish In tht same meet ing declared that the Mayor had well and truly performed his duty and that the fight being made on him was A clear case of petty politics.
 Alderman Gunter evidently took this as charge against him personally and denied that he was guilty of play ing petty politics and cited at length the history of his position on the re- moval of the Perry Strict car line.
 Alderman Sullivan in the Monday nights meeting said that he did not believe that there was ever any in- tention of making a boulevard or any other sort of ward" out of Perry Street, that all there was to 1t was that a few rich men whom he could and would name If necessary had re- gently moved out on that street and that as the street cars interfered with their horses and carriages and auto mobiles they wanted them torn up and moved. This he said left the hum dreds of poor working people who live in that section without any car ser vice at all. He declared that 1t was a clear case of "the rich. they ride in shases; the poor. they walk. be Jases."
 Alderman Kennedy says that the Mayors patience in standing the de- fiance of the street car people as long as he did would entitle him to claim kin with Job. He said that the street railway company never wanted any thing except their own sweet time to do just as they pleased and when they pleased, and this they were determin- ed to have Mayor or no mayor, council of no council, law or no law.
 The Mayor simply says that he did what he was ordered by the council to do and what 1t was his sworn duty to do and that is all there is to 1t.
 The street railway company has Kiv- en no imtimation what 1t proposes to do The people who live in the southern part of the city and who according to Aldermen Gunter. Sullivan ct aI are heduled to do long distance walking act for the rest of the sum mer, or a good portion of 1t at least. have So far not been heard from in the controversy
 Tn the last analysis it looks like that the whole danger and excitement seems to center around the cit yhaII and that the dear people" whose in- terests are at stake and whose rights are In jeopardy are taking 1t easy.