The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-08
V|ADUCT AGREEMENT
 NOW SEEMS ASSURED
Joint Conference To Be Held
 This Morning
MEET IN MAYORS OFFICE
At sevier's Request Special Committee From Council Will Meet Railroad Men Now In
 The City

Tine City Council last night granted the railroads an extension of time un- der the ultimatum issued at the previous meeting on the Viaduct question and at 10 o'clock this morning there will be a conference between the representatives of the railroads and corporations con eerned and the committee of the City Council
 It is believed that this means a final settlement of the viaduct question. In a letter l.. Sevier, for the railroads, ex- presses the opinion that a satisfactory agreement will be reached.
 The matter came up in the shape of communication fromf Mayor Bxum. At his suggestion the council voted to au- thorize the legislative committee with the Mayor and Chairman Walter Moore of the railway committee. added, to meet the railroad men this morning. The ac- tiop on the ultimatum was reconsidered and further time granted. Following is the communication of the Mayor, with the letter of L. Sevier appended;
 Birmingham. Ala. December ', 1910. ''To the Honorable, the City Council of
 Birmingham
 Gentlemen: I herewith transmit for your consideration letter received from MT. L. Sevier, chairman, and recommend that your honorable body reconsider your action of November 16 in making De- cember the final day for report from the railroads.
 s'I further recommend that this com munication be referred to the legislative committee with the chairman of the rail- ways committee added, to meet the com mittee representing the railroads in the Mayors office at 10 o'clock, a. m. tomor- row, December s. this committee to go into the matter thoroughly and whatever agreement is reached to be placed be- fore the City Council either at a special meeting or the next regular meeting, at the discretion of the committee. Yours very truly, C. EXUM Mayor" To the Honorable, the City Council of the
 City of Birmingham, Ala;
 Gentlemen-In reply to the communi- cation of your body submitted through your city clerk with his letter of Novem- Der F with reference to the viaduct mat ter accompanying which was your res olution of November 16. I beg to say, as representing the GdllTUdu COlHpdlitCo eIhd corporations interested, that before now it has been impossible to get a meeting Of the executives to whom this matter was referred. Such meeting has now, however, been arranged, and the execu- tives are at this time in the city and will be here tomorrow, but it has been impracticable today to give the matter the full consideration which 1t merits Therefore I respectfully request that the City Council refer this matter to some committee charged with the duty Of meet ing the executives at 10 o'clock tomor- row morning at such place as you may designate, giving to such committee full power to act in the premises.
 If this action be taken l have every reason to hope that some solution of the question can be arrived at which would be satisfactory to all parties directly ln- terested and beneficial to the whole com munity. Yours very truly,
 l.. SEWER.
 The lines represented and their repre- sentatives who will attend today's meet ing are as follows;
 Southern-Mr. Spencer and L. Sevier.
 Alabama Great Southern-L. Sevier
 Seaboard-W. L. Seddon, chief engineer
 Louisville and Nashville w. l.. Ma bother. vice president. end T. E. BrooKs' superintendent at Birmingham.
 Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
 Col. J. |. Maben, president, and J. w. McQueen, vice president