The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-09
USE STREET CAR
 FOR SHRINKING New Method Adopted By
 the City ON A MONTHS TRIAL Commission Hears Number of Peti- tions and Cleans Up Routine
 Calendars-Sewers at
 Ardis Heights
ON A MONTHS TRIAL

| The city-of Birmingham yesterday ac cepted a plan of the Birmingham Rail way, Light and Power company to oper ate an electric street car sprinkler. Fo 30 days the plan as outlined will be test ed, and if at the expiration of that tim it is producing the benefits claimed fo it the service will be retained.
 It is planned to operate the car 12 hour per day at total cost of $4s0. Of tha amount the city is to pay s2so, while tn, company will pay the remaining $2oo, pro vide the car, provide the men and work the service F hours per day.
 Street Commissioner Frank Gafford ap- peared for the plan on behalf of the street department and he said 40 miles of street per day could be covered and sprinked well, and that 1t was a good proposition. He said the proposition would double the facilities of the sprink- ling system and would provide relief from the incessant dust trouble.
 The car Is a new one recently patented and has been here only two or three days. It has capacity of COCO gallons of water and can cover an immense ter ritory. It is stated that the entire streets from curb to curb can be sprinkled by the cars, thus obviating the service of wagons on those streets upon which the street cars operate. However the commission has no intention of eliminat- ing the present water wagon service.
 The city can force the company to sprinkle their tracks and IS inches on o1I, ei5 the SerVipa takes care of the entire street it is be- lieved to be a most valuable contract for the city and also the company.
 The car will he started as soon as pos sible and those citizens of East Lake, Woodawn, Avondale and other munich palities who have been greatly worried by the dust evil will obtain large measure of relief.
 Y. w. C. A. Petition
 The foregoing action was the first taken by the commission yesterday. Commis- sioner Gafford pressed the plan forward l briefly and secured hearty concurrence from the commissioners. The commis- sioner received D. o. Whilldin, a local architect, who has charge of the con struction of the Young Woman's Chris tian association building. He desired permission to erect a veranda over the sidewalk on West Twentieth street pend ing the final construction of the build ing. He pointed out that the porch would be above level and would not interfere with the street.
 Give the ladies everything they want " said the three commissioners in one voice And immediately the porch was authorized with the usual qualification that the city engineer be consulted in the matter before it's completion. 4
 The petition of moving picture opera tors consumed some few minutes of the commissioners time, but was finally re- ferred to Commissioner Weatherly for a report
 Chief Bennett appeared before the com mission and urgently requested that a fire limit ordinance be drawn for East Lake, Pratt City and other outlying dis tricts. He pointed out the growing hazard caused by no system and said the ques- tion could not be settled too quickly. Commissioner Lane was requested to draw up the fire limit ordinance, and he said that he would do so immediately. He will confer with Chief Bennett rela- tive to the ordinance.
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