The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-20
JemisOn Cites Contract to Show Car Service Cannot
 Be Discontinued
PEVEAR SAYS HE HAS NOTHING TO ADD TO
 FOMER STATEMENT
Jemison Claims Contract Was Made With A. H. Ford to Keep the
 Car Line in Operation

J. s. Pevear, president of the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power company, had no comment to make when told of the statement of Robert Jemlson, Jr., to the effect that the Mountain Terrace car serv- ice could not be discontinued on account of the terms of a contract between the land company and the car company.
 MT. Pevear stated that he had nothing to say regarding the situation and could not add anything to the statement he issued yesterday morning.
 In formal statement issued yesterday by Robert Jemison, Jr, president of the Mountain Terrace Land company, there is no danger of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company discontinuins the service to Mountain Terrace.
 CONTRACT WITH FORD
 MT. Jemison announced that the terms of the contract entered into in 1910 dur ing the time A. H. Ford was president of the car company, expressly provided for the maintenance of service IS hours per day, and in consideration of this, the Mountain Terrace Land company had made regular payments to the car com pany.
 MT. Jemison expressed the opinion that the announcement that the service would be discontinued was made by the pres;- dent of the car company without being fully advised as to the terms of the con- tract But aside from the obligations of the agreement, MT. Jemison was of the opinion that the company, as a mat ter of public policy, could not afford to discontinue service merely because it was r,nt o n O the people, on the implied agreement that the car line would be operated, had built homes and made their investments.
 JEMISON'S STATEMENT
 The statement issued by MT. Jemson follows:
 'I haven't the slightest fear of the car service on the Mountain Terrace car line being discontinued or impaired and I think that a mistake has been made with out being fully advised regarding all of the details surrounding the operation or that line.
 "On April 25, 1910, the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company, through it's president A. H. Ford, executed con. tract with the Mountain Terrace Land company, whereby the street car com pany agreed to give an 18-hour car service to Mountain Terrace, in consideration of which the Mountain Terrace Land com pany was to make certain payments. We have been making these payments regu- larly, and are still continuing to make them, and we think our contract puts us in position to assure our friends who have bought lots and built houses in the Mountain Terrace district that this car service will be continued as it has in the past, and that if any changes are made it will be such as are entirely satisfac- tory with the people of the Mountain Ter race district.
 we confidently believe, however, that there will be very active period of home building there in the next few years which will make the Mountain Terrace car line a paying proposition.
 But even if we had no contract with the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power. company, and even if the district were not destined to grow so as to make the car line a paying proposition, we don't believe that the company. as mat ter of public policy, could afford to dis continue service to its numerous patrons in the Mountain Terrace district who have built homes and made investments on the strength of the operation of the car line"