The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-22
PROPOSED REROUTING OF
CARS SUBJECT OF LIVE
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY
Big Crowd of Citizens Met With Commission About Matter
Speakers Indulge Heated Arguments and Personalities
Are INDUCED in-No Decision Reached by Commits
sioners Who Take Proposition Under Amusement

, account of agitation by the citizens, con-
ternplated having a terminal at Fourth
avenue and Nineteenth street, but did not
carry out their plan on account of the
high property values He said that IF
the cars were routed from Woodlawn
to West End in one continuous route the
traffic would be tied up on both lines
If a car ran off the track at either end Of
it. Accidents would happen and the fire
department would be deferred from get
ting to a fire quickly if a number of
cars were routed on Fourth avenue" Mr..
Stewards argument was heated at times.
When General Clark asked him who he
| represented, Mr.. Stewart replied II am
a citizen, a tax payer and d man with
ar office in high building. don't want
to see the fire department slow in COM
ing if fire breaks out in my building.
l am for street car service convenient
for the people as whole. l am repre-
sentative of the common people,
General Clark said that he had con-
sumed 20 minutes time in going from the
Woodward building on a Loop car
through the congested district and then
back to the Woodward corner.
Z. B. Irwin stated that in his opinion
| so per cent of the people came to town
to shop and not to continue their journey
on the cars. George M. Cherry, manager
of Kress Co., said that he was in a
| business whirlpool and was going to stay
there. He said the Second avenue mer-
chants made it and they were entitled TO
| it, T. S. Smith said he spoke for the
| Elyton and West End people and that
they were satisfied and did not want any
| change in the street car routing. Her.
| bert Steiner spoke about the new post
office at Fifth avenue and said there
would be necessity for cars at this point
upon its completion.
j. r. Tindall, in the course of his
argument for retaining the present
routing, said: About the only thing
| the citizens of Birmingham are salts
| lied with at the present time is the
way the street cars run downtown"
BROYLES FAvORS NEW PLAN
Mr.. r. B. Broyles, in the course of
his remarks, mentioned the Peerless
| Saloon Corner" repeatedly.
The men around the Peerless saloon
| corner seem to have ii all their way.
l am here for selfish motive / want
| to see more cars run up Second avenue
above Twenty street. He dis
cussed high rents and mentioned the
fact that he paid lot less for his
store on Second avenue above Twenty
| second street than he would have to
| pay in the congested district. 1--WE fell
lows pay more taxes on upper Second
avenue than you fellows on the Peer
less saloon corner" said Mr.. Broyles.
| M. j. Gregg spoke for the present
routing and leaving things as they are.
| lie read letter from w. B. Leedy in
! which the latter said he thought it was
| time to sign an "armistice" and cease
all agitation. Mr.. Gregg stated that
| Birmingham was losing instead of
gaining population and said that the
main thing wrong with Birmingham
| was that there is a tendency on the
part of a lot of people to destroy and
not build up He said the present con-
| d1tlon or Birmingham could be attrib-
uted to "kickers' His talks was de-
| cdedly spicy. He contrasted the spirit
| of Atlanta with Birmingham and there
| by caused r. B. Broyles to jump to
his feet and say that the biggest
| knocker of all was the gentleman who
just contrasted Atlanta with Birming-
ham. l don't know him, but he is a
| knocker himself" Mr.. Weatherly then
introduced Mr.. Broyles and Mr.. Gregg.
while the crowd laughed heartily.
Commissioner Barber announced that
the people of West End were peace
| able. with the exception of myself
there are no kickers in West End. They
are the best people on EARTH" he said.
| c. w. Green asked that there be no
change and told of the alleged hard
times at present existing mere. w. Il.
i Cox said all cities had some street
that was congested and that most of
| them had street where all cars could
| be caught
Maj. ]. B, Elliott made some remarks
about the Leeds highway.
Lee Wesson said that he wanted to
see the car lines extended.
1t was $50 when the meeting adj
| journed and everybody seemed to have
heard all the argument on the sub
! ject they desired.