The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-04
Car Track Ordinance
 Adopted. STREET CAR INSPECTOR
 MAKES HIS FIRST REPORT traction Co. Equipment Said to Be
 Inadequate.l . Reselntion Introduced te Put Police and Efre Department in Civil ser- vsee--Aldcrnsn Saul Grows caustlc--Petition Against
 Sunday Shows.

With innumerabie resolutions and speeches and sharp coiloquies. the meeting of the Council last night af- forded surprises. Matters, such. for instance. as the long mooted Perry Street trackage question. which had been expected to be the oratorical piece de resistance of the parliamentary menu. went down with more haste than speech, while other questions that seemed to spring with the unexpected the classic lovelipess of Aphrodite from the sea. held the Aldermen in long and earnest consultation.
 The number of measures introduced last night was probably the maximum for any one session. The number was lost. but the total may be cauculated from the fact that Alderman Parrish. who was not notably facile princeps in the making of grain for the legislative fmfll, but was closely followed by oth- CTS. gave the City Cerk not fewer than Fourteen papers. each with the preface ef Be it resolved or "Ordained." So many. were introduced that Alderman Moritz was merrily scoffed at because of his proposed preventive of just such a plethora
 Mir. Moritz's measure was to forbid any member Of the Council to intro- duce in one regular or special session of the Council more than two resolu- tions or ordinances. It came in the midst of the multiplicity which he helped his brothers to make. but as it was committed 1t was of no avail last night. and when Council adjourned at ii o'clock City Clerk John J. Farley had q table full of papers.
 Those present last night were Pres- ident Gunter and Aldermen Johnson, Kennedy. Lowe. Moritz, Parrish, Perry Ruth, who presided over the first half Of the session; Saul. Thompson, Toole, Tyson. John J. Farley. City Clerk. was secretary.
 ". N. Cox and N. Lobman, formerly Aldermen. were granted the privileges of the floor.
 The Perry Street cloud, thought to be cycone, was merely a bubble that burst with a sort of echoed laugh of triumph when 1t was pricked with an amendment.
 Alderman Virgin, sick abed sent word that he had been advised that not only the residents, but the prop erty owners of Perry Street between whom he had made both distinction and a difference desired the removal of the Montgomery Traction Company's tracks from Perry Street. and he with. drew all objection. The ordinance amended was reported for the Street Conamitteefby Mfr. Kennedy, it's chair man. and was adopted as amended.
 The ordinance provides that the com pany be required to remove it's tracks from East Jefferson Davis Avenue, be- tween South Lawrence and South Per ry Streets. and from South Perry be- tween Jefferson Davis Avenue and Eel der Avenue; and to relay them on South Lawrence Street from Jefferson Davis to Clanton. on Clanton to South Mc- Donough. on South McDonouEh to Eel der Avenue.
 The ordinance. if approved by the Mayor. allows the company ninety days within which it may begin the work.
 Car Inspection Report.
 Another matter Dearing upon the street car service was the report of City Electrician B. A. Blakey on inspection of street cars in January. Tom Doron, Mr. Blakey reported. commenced his duties as car inspector on January l. and had been vigilant in his supervision of cars and schedules and general ser vice.
 The cars inspected, Mir. Blalkey stated. show many defects, inclusive of faulty controllers. trucks in bad condition on account of loose bolts and nuts. and badly worn motor bearings on axles. gears and pinions; and faulty brake chains and fiat wheels. which last pair of defects have been corrected
 Significant in the report was the statement that the Montgomery Trae- ton Company has so few extra cars that 1t can not keep any car in the shops long enough to put 1t in ffst class condition. and for that raason cars that are noisy but safe. are per mitted to run. The company has CT dered several new cars. Tenders have been placed on all cars in service
 The very bad condition of the com- panys' tracks, MT. Blakey says. makes 1t impossible to keep cars In good shape any length of time.
 The report was referred to the Com mittee on Public Utilities.
 Still later in the session Alder man Johnson introduced a resolution that the Montgomery Traction Com pany be required to fulfill its duties to the public in regard to schedules. Mir. Johnson's resolution carried the sense that the hfteen-minute schedule re-