The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-18

and have not yet taken to the street cars. Owners of private cars car rled many who stood waiting for jitneys. forgetting that their service had enGed.
 Grant Fare Reduction.
 Shortly after noon Monday word was received in the city that the Alabama public service commission had granted the joint request of the city of Birmingham and the Birming ham Railway, Light and Power com pany for a reduction in street car fares, the cash fares being reduced from s to cents, and tickets from to 6 cents, when bought in books of 20 at S1.20 a book.
 Birmnghams city commission set a new record Monday, meeting at S30 o'clock to adopt a resolution officially adding the city's request to that of the utility, a copy of the resolution being certified and at tached to the joint appeal for lower fares undersigned by city officials and the receiver of the utility. Com missioner Mary Echols presided at the meeting, which considered no other business save that of the reso- lution The papers had been drawn Saturday making the action of the commission merely a formality.
 Commissioner W. l.. Harrison and City Attorney W. J. Wynn, as dele gates of the city, and J. s. Pevear, CO., receiver, and w. Nj. Rogers, of the law firm Tillman, Bradley & Baldwin, represented the utility. Immediately after the action taken by tue city commission the officials named took the 9:15 southbound Louisville and Nashville train for Montgomery, ap- bearing before the state commission. e1 f1,- IaFG xH-h malty of granting the lowering of the fares was gone through with.
 Lowered street car fares in Bir- mingham go into effect at o'clock Tuesday morning. Books of tickets will be placed on sale at more than 30 points in the city Tuesday, off cials of the utility announced. Settlement Completed.
 As far as its official provisions are concerned, all phases of the settlement ordinance are met, or will be with the inauguration of the re- duced fares Tuesday, and possible re- arrangements of paving provisions for First avenue in the Woodlawn and East Lake yicinities. The utility is ready to go forward, s arranged. with the First avenue paving. As the paving method has been objected to by an influential group of citi- zenSi there may De luilHeF ulSCus- sion of the matter.
 Weeks ago the jim parti- tions were placed in the street cars. All lines save the southside loops, Lakeview and Highland avenue, are provided with two man crews and separate entrances for white people and negroes.
 Orders have been placed and con- firmed for 20 additional s14,000 street cars. somewhat of the Tidewater line type, and these will begin arriving later in the winter. The utility of ficials announce the renovation of its surplus rolling stock and ability to provide accommodation for the re- turned patronage the Jitneys for merly deflected from the electric cars.
 It was semi-offieially stated Mon day that plans are ready for eXten- sions of gas mains and electric serv- ice to new and formerly unserved territory and this work will go for ward as soon as satisfactory financial arrangements are made.
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 Financial Situation.
 Heretofore, the Birmingham Rail way. Light and Power company, in the hands of receivers and running at financial returns, has