The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-13
LANE AGAIN RAPS THE B. R.;,L. &P. CO. Would Investigate Plans for
 Municipal Plant SPRINKLE THE TRACKS Thinks the Company Should Be Re- quired to Sprinkle All Tracks
 Over Which It Oper-
 ates Cars
SPRINKLE THE TRACKS

ates Cars | Commissioner A. o. Lane turned loose | two rapid-fire guns on the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company yes- terday by introducing resolution look | ing to the citys utilizing the North Bir- mingham light plant, and again when he said the street car company should be required to sprinkle between It's tracks over Greater Birmingham. | The resolution of Judge Lane follows: "Be it resolved by the Board of Com-
 missioners of Birmingham. that the three members of this board be, and they are hereby appointed committee to investi- gate and report the feasibility of sup plying the city of Birmingham and it's citizens with electric lights and electric current together with the cost of expen-
 ditures. using the plant at North Bir- mingham as a nucleus"
 Judge Lane gave as his reason for the resolution the fact that Birmingham paid during the month of March $43S.S9 for electric light current. s37.2O for power our rent and $3S6O.97 for street arc lighting. The total amount for the month of March
 was s43S6.5S. Judge Lane said in speaking of the revenue paid to the street car company by the city, that in twelve months the
 average would aggregate $52,0Ss.72, taking
 March as the average.
 Judge Lane explained that he had con- ferred with a competent engineer, and he had figured on the light plant at North
 Birmingham. He said the expert was gurate the system.
 | The commissioners voted for the resolu- | ton, and it was adopted. Just when the matter will be taken up again is lproblematical President Ford Notified l President A. H. Ford of the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power company, who has been vigorously opposed by Con- missioner Lane on street car fare and the lighting and sprinkling, was acquainted with the resolution yesterday afternoon He was intensely interested in the new
 
 to make any comment upon the situa- ton further than to say:
 "In my letter to the commissioners de- clining for good reason to lower the car fare to cents from Ensley, I said they
 could hurt this company and that badly. I have no sufficient reason to change that opinion.''
 The entire city was astir when the ru-
 nor spread that Judge Lane had taken another turn at the street car company. The opinion was frequently expressed that the differences would be amicably
 adjusted, and the former cordial rela- tions would prevail between the company
 and the city commissioners.
 Sprinkle Between Tracks Commissioner Lane after introducing the electric light resolution, intimated that
 an effort would be made shortly to require the street car company to sprinkle be- tween Its tracks in the city. The com
 pany at this time, according to President
 Exum, pays a gross amount into the treasury for street sprinkling. The ques- tion of whether the gross sum is a bet ter bargain than the individual sprinkling will be taken up by the commissioners
 and threshed out The company does not hold the opinion, according to an official, that the commissioners cannot make them
 sprinkle the streets regularly where they operate cars. However, the company s
 former trade was for contract sum,
 the city performing the labor. hoe hAon trio out in this district and the company is responsible for that work. Frank w.
 Smith, mayor of Elyton, required the company to sprinkle in that part of Bir- mingham before the consolidation. West
 End, Woodlawn and other suburbs re- quired the same service. The result was that the company operated sprinkling cars through the complaining municipali- ties.
 sprinkling proposition, and the company will undoubtedly put on the service if or dered to do so.
 On Viaduct Question The commissioners listened to a talk yesterday of John W. Altman relative to the viaduct situation. He was advised by Judge Lane that ample notification would be given all persons interested to come to the hearing, which will be pub lie. The commissioners approved some pay
 rolls yesterday, granted several charity licenses and attended to a great amount of routine work. However. nothing of
 special importance came up or was in-
 troduced except the street car company
 questions.
 The commissioners, after, being in ses-
 sion. adjourned until Monday in order
 that some personal work could be done by
 the members.
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