The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-05
DOOM OF J|TNEYS
WILL Be OUTCOME
of Sc 7 ELEMENT
Seven Cent Cash Fare And
Six Cents For Tickets Pro-
Vided In Settlement
Continued From Page dne.)

L. Harrison. w. E. Dickson and w. B.
Cloe were first to gather at the aft
ernoon meeting in the consultation
ficials joined the conference.
O O o
Means Lifting Receivership.
Direct results of the settlement,
as pointed out recently by Lee c.
Bradley, co-reeeiver of the B. R., l..
& p. Co, chiefly based on the abol-
ishing of the jitneys, which will be
the effect of the drastic regulations
promulgated, will be to place the
street car company and it's subsid-
iary services in position to emerge
from the receivership. With the jit-
ney competition eliminated, the pub
lie service institution is in position
to collect an additional income rep
resented by $500, 900 minimum an
nual sum. which. officials point out,
will go a long way to bringing OPP
Grating costs and receipts to a point
so near a parity that there is hope
for the successful negotiation of fl
nancial betterment.
The car fare matter is to be han
died on 7-cent cash fare basis, and
tickets sold in lots of 20 at the rate
Of cents each, which would be
s120 a book, if books are sold
As the patronage of the Highland
avenue, Lakeview and Twentieth
street loop cars is almost exclusively
white, and negroes who use these
Gals being in nearly all instances
employees of the WI tie residents who
use these cars. little or no objection
was raised to their remaining in
service as they have been run of
| late.
On the other lines of the city
trailers or single cars with full par
| titions viii he used, each car having
a conductor as we'll as motorman
| Separate entrances will be used for
white people and for negroes.
VIII Eliminate Competition.
Provisions prohibiting the Jitneys
| from using streets on which the
electric cars have tracks, and the
| placing of each jitney under a 5000
bond, is generally believed sufficient
| to eliminate the competition of these
vehicles to an extent that will pre-
vent their infringing on the fran
chise of the electric cars.
The Birmingham Railway, Light
and Power company is now making
additional rolling stock, dozen or
! so cars.
With the improvement of First
avenue in the Woodlawn section and
other reaches needing attention,
| sum between 100000 and $500 900
will be involved in paving better
ment. the kinds not yet decided on.
No noticeable change has been
made in the lighting contract re-
Gently negotiated by Commissioner
Harrison. its main interest centering
i in the fact that the city will have
its first written and signed agree
ment, binding in character, that Biz
/ mineham has had since 1915. This
/ agreement calls for the installation
| of 700 additional street lamps to be
installed in lots of minimum of
| loo each as the city may require and
as they can he purchased and put
up without undue hardship to the
contracting company. Many of the
lights will be the largest metropoli-
| tan arc lamps. In all instances they
will be placed where the light in
| spector believes them to be most
/ needed. and attention will be given
| each petitioning neighborhood as
/ each case demands.
The addition of more street cars
to the present service is mostly
matter of providing replacement
| euuipm ent and is question purely
of company economics with the Biz
mingham Railway, Light and Power
company. the city merely insisting
that the service be kept up to stand
ard requirements for each neighbor-
hood and line served,
Praise Receivers.
President McLendon and other city
officials gave warm praise to the
spirit of cooperation and interest
shown by President j. S. Pevear of
the Birmingham Railway. Light and
Power company and to Lee C. Brad
ley. co-recelver and attorney for the
company, saying the requirements of
the city have been met as fairly as
the eXigencies of the situation allow.
Mr.. McLendon has already stated that
he expects full approval from the
Alabama public service commission
for the agreement reached. President
y. G. Patterson having told him the
commission stands ready to cooper
ate as far as it may, in any satisfac-
tory and fair settlement reached.
Unless something unforeseen de-
veiops Saturday. the ordinance as
prepared Friday is due for formal
consideration at the meeting of the
city commission Saturday morning.
and adoption then Is said to be most
probable. though it may so over to
later meeting tor final approval. At
the city hall Friday it was stated that
expectations were that the instru-
ment would he ready for presenta-
ton on schedule time.
Ends Trying Period.
The indicated closing Of the subject,
ends city officials say, one of the
most trying periods in Birmingham's
development. The condition into
which the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company was
thrown by refleXes of the war period
and it's long submersion in receiver
ship have been a great detriment, in
that the condition of the company de-
tracted from Birmingham showing
in its efforts to draw new industries
and other investments here. The in
definiteness of the situation has re-
tarded development in many sections.
These things are expected to be
speedily relieved through the pend
ing settleme1.
1t has been officially stated that
the National Power and Light COM
pany, owner of the great majority of
the common and preferred stock of
the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company. will shortly take the
necessary steps leading to the emer-
gence of the institution from its pres
ent control. and thereafter take such
steps as available looking toward
better financing and building to-
ward satisfactory financial basis.