The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
Letter to The Editor
PERRY srREEr,s FUTuRE.
The Imperative Importance of Remoy-
 "s acvn Cofnpanyss Tracks, r.,,or rs hight Now.

The Imperative Importance of Remo,.
 ing Traction cenpanyss Track..
 Editor The AdxsEEi, dTlEht ,s.S Now.
 AS a pioneer in. the development of our southern suburbs ana nrdbai,iv ths largest individual land owner there submit to the City Council and Ma yor tn tolIowing reasons for removing the 'raTKs Firs, ron rerry Street. right now. chises are seldom voluntarily abandon ed by street railway companies. The Traction Company does not want to abandon Ferry Street, If 1t did, It since the ordinance ordering 1t to do so was approved three months ago.
 It IS now or never. because it IS now within the power of the City Council to compel t. and 1t may never be 50 alton of vaiuabIe franclases. the Trao- tion Company reluctantIy made con tract with the City Council to move off Perry street on ninety days notice. If the CltS Couneil now repeals the or pany will doubtless, claim that the contract in that particular has been waived. If not so waived, 1t would be considered such injustice to make ii and ie the company has changed % ssn it's Hs" raiis relaid its track and paid for its usual portion of the paving, that almost any Council would expressly waive it. So
 Second It should be moved because Montgomery should have at least one direct unobstfucted driveway from Dexter Avenue to the southern city limits. and Perry street is the only Streets are barred by the tracks from Dexter Avenue to Jefferson Davis Ave. nue. Of course, these tracks will not De abandoned. as they connect with nue lines. Only by moving the tracks from Perry Street Is such a driveway possible. s6t& -
 Third A beautiful, well-kept drive way Is impossible on ae street of its middle. Peachtree Street in Atlanta and part of Euclid Avenue in Cleyo- land. have been marrsd by such tracks. which are Q constant interference with driving. If the street is paved wiss rails are constantly working up, be- coming unsightly and rough;, If with gravel the rails are seldom level with the driveway, and on most grades they are generally exposed to the cross. ties. making the street between and on either side Of the rails almost im- passabie and useless. For illustration. look today at the gulieys on Perry elanton. and on South Lawrence bs. tween South and winn,. streets: or at the. condition of the brick paving on Dexter Avenue and Court Street where if Is broken up at almost every. Joint and cross tie. Sometimes the rails are below the grade. as at the foot of Thig- pens Hill. where the roadway Is at least a foot above the rails. The same conditions may be found where ever there is q grade. switch or curve It may be said that Hull Street is an exception. It Is. ner yet--wait lt- tie while. and the brick there will be worked up. Compare Sayre and Car" line Streets where there are no tracks ]. Again trolley cars call for unsfEntly poles, trolley wires. and guys, and b one can ind slightly trolley pole in Montgomery he should have al prtzH
 Fourth. Perry Street IS the logical boulevard of the city. It Is recognized ss the show street.. Its lots are most valuable and 1t contains more hand. some homes than any other. Its grades are easy and 1t Is we'll shaded. 1t con- nects with Fielder and Fairview Ave. nues leading to the best southern drives Cleveland Avenue. Court street Road, Norman. Bridge Road. Woodley logical way to Cloverdaie. Fairview, inc Country Club and the Methodist College. It should be made the boulH' yard of Montgomery. ...
 Fifth. This Is not local. but ' general municipal question. The May sor and City Council should treat it az such. It should not be decided by . ''counting of Perry Street noses. A track on Lawrence or, Court street VII give Perry Street ample convenience. frontage on the tracks once pehtioned for it's removal. many have been Tn duced to sign counter petitions ano some persons have signed every ohs presented, simply to accommodate thS people presenting them. EVeryoody who
 aea pAFFU kfTAAf nersonaIIy interested. Let the Councp and Mayor take a look into the future and decide the matter for the good o1
 Sixth. The City Council should plan the street car system for the future growth of the city Running south from Dexter there are tracks on Court. Tawrence and Hull Streets. every other street--the first two to Jenerson psVls Avenue and the latter almost to FeideF This seems an ideal arrangemeut lor conyenienee. Why should ii not be con tinuad south of Jefferson Davis Ave me? In a few years that district Wlh be built up and will need ines on Law renee and Court Streets. There IS hC prospect of a line between court ,, an" Goode Streets, and that district would la hest served by Court Street iinA ii both are not now needed. let the franchises be granted Tor ootn ana the tracks laid on one now ana the othsT when needed. To most per Court Street line. possible of extension far beyond the city limits. would seem attractive to the Traction Company It is we'll known that it cannot nope to 70 farther on Perry Street. as the property owners have reserved con troi. and neither city nor county can grant a franchise. Court Street oners the best grade to the south.
 Seventh. The women of Montgomery are entitled to this driveway. Before Perry Street was ruined by the Tract ion Company hundreds of buggies ana carriages drove out Perry Street, which now seek other unobstTueted and less S''' "O''' Fred S Ball.