The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
WEATHERLY HAS NO
HESITATION ABOUT
PRAISING COMPANY
Terms Will Have to Be Agreed Upon
But He Is Frank to Say He
Admires the Way the
Tidewater docs
Things"


o'clock by the Tidewater railroad for
the street railway franchise as an
nounced in The Age Herald yesterday
morning.
A letter addressed to President Gull
pepper Exum from G. !. Brown, general
manager of the Iidewater line, con-
tained the statement that the company
was ready to begin work Immediately
on the lines and the favor of a prompt
conference was asked. The letter and
proposed route were taken up. A spe-
cial conference will be held to consider
the matter, whereupon the details will
be threshed out.
Forney Johnston. attorney for the
Tidewater street railway, said yesterday
that his clients would cooperate fully
and completely with the progress of the
city in constructing this new street car
line.
He added that a promising part of the
request and proposed route was the fact
that absolutely new territory would be
developed which is now unserved, that
the city would reap great good from
this construction, and the people would
have a system in Birmingham that
served territory now needing service
Letter to Commissioners
The letter to Mr.. Exum, signed by
General Manager G. l. Brown of the
Tidewater, as delivered yesterday morn
ing, follows:
Birmingham, Ala, January 7, 1913.
&C. Exum, Esq, President Board of
Commissioners of the city of Bir-
mingham:
Dear Sir: The Birmingham, Ensley
and Bessemer Railroad company, having
practically completed its trunk line of
electric railroad through the city of
Birmingham is desirous of extending
its service within the city, and to that
end, requests the grant of proper fran
chises over the streets and avenues
enumerated on the schedule attached
hereto
The company is ready to begin work
Immediately on the lines indicated and
respectfully represents that operation
over these lines would not only develop
rapidly the area served, but would ma
terially enlarge the benefit to the public
of the company's inter-eity trunk line
service.
Tentative drafts for this franchise
have been prepared and your considera-
tion of and acuqn upon the matter is
requested. Respectfully,
BIRMINGHAM, IsNSDEY & BESSE-
MER r. r. CO.,
by G. l. BROWN, General Manager.
The Routes Asked For
The streets and avenues upon which
the line is to go are enumerated as fol-
lows:
Twenty y-eighth street north from Ave-
nue. ID to the right of way reserved for
street railway purposes and steam pipes
in Highland boulevard. with the neces-
sary connecting curves and switches.
Highland boulevard and Twenty-ninth
street from the above mentioned right of
way to the north boundary Of the Bir-
npgham Realty company's fourth addi-
ton to the city of Birmingham. with the
necessary connecting curves and switches.
''Stout's or Cheek road from it's in
tersection with the eastern right of way
line of the Frisco railroad near Twenty
tnnd avenue to Thirty-nfth avenue.
''rhrty-fifth avenue from Stouts or
Cheek road to Twenty-sixth street.
Twenty street from Thirty-fifth
avenue to rwenty-ninth avenue.
''rwenty- ninth avenue from Twenty
sixth street to Twenty-fourth street.
'',Twenty-fourth street from Twenty
ninth avenue to intersection with Hunts
Vile road.
Huntsville road ana Huntsville ave-
nue from its intersection with Twenty
fourth street to Twentieth street.
Twentieth street from Huntsville ave-
nue. to Eleventh avenue.
Eighteenth street from Eleventh ave-
nue. to Fourth avenue.
eleventh avenue from Eighteenth
street to Grace street. lying one-half
block east of Thirty-eighth street.
"Grace street from Eleventh avenue to
Thirty-sixth street
'sThirty-sixth street from Grace street
to Twelfth avenue.
Twelfth avenue and the Vanderbilt
road from Thrty-sixth street to the right
of way reserved upon Highland boulevard
for street railway and steam pipe pur-
pcses with the necessary connecting
curves and switches.
Avenue d from Forty-first street to
Eighteenth street.
Eighteenth street from First avenue to
Avenue +.
Avenue F from Eighteenth street to
the Montevallo road.
"Montevallo road from Avenue f to
Eln,wood cemetery gate.'