ERDINGTON DISTRICT COUNCIL
[…]
The ordinary monthly meeting of the above body – which, owing to the annual vacation, did not assemble in August – was held at the Council Offices, The Park, Erdington, on Wednesday evening last. Mr. Councillor F. B. Ludlow, J.P. (chairman of the Council) presided, and the other members present were Councillors W. Smedley Aston, J.P. (in the vice-chair), Jas. Rollason, J.P., Dr. Paget Evans, C.C., W. Edward Lee, R. B. Batty, A. V. Ingall, J. Wilton, W. J. Adams, J.P., T. O. Williams, W. Thurgar, J. Towers, Chas. Smith, and H. Bown; with Mr. W. Ashford (clerk), Mr. J. Harvey (deputy clerk), Mr. J. Ireland (accountant clerk), and Mr. H. H. Humphries (surveyor).
[…]
Tramways and Electric Lighting Committee.
The above committee reported:- Extension of Time for making Tramways: That they had applied to the Board of Trade for an extension of time for the making of the tramways at present unlaid in Erdington and authorised to be made by the Erdington Tramways Act, 1902, and the department had granted an extension until the 23rd July, 1909. – Tramway Shelter: That they had obtained tenders for the erection of the proposed tramway shelter at Salford Bridge, and now recommended that the tender of Messrs. Davis and Son, of Sheffield Road, for the work at the price of £112 be accepted.
Dr. Paget Evans moved the adoption of the report, and also that the tender of Messrs. Davis and Son, of Sheffield Road, for the erection of the proposed tramways shelter at Salford Bridge, at the price of £112, be accepted, and that the clerk be instructed to prepare the necessary contract and bond, and affix the seal of the Council thereto. They had received, Dr. Paget Evans said, a number of complaints about the want of accommodation for waiting passengers at this place, which, they knew, was the terminus of their line at the Aston boundary. It was a cold, bleak, exposed spot, and, in wet weather, there was no protection whatever for the public.
Mr. Councillor Thurgar: Will there be anyone in charge of it, or will it be open all night for tramps and others to go into?
Dr. Paget Evans said the shelter would be in charge of a man at the Wharf, and would be locked up at nights – i.e., after the trams had stopped running.
Mr. Councillor Williams testified, from his own observation, to the necessity which existed for the shelter, and the motion was unanimously agreed to.
Dr. Paget Evans then moved the adoption of the report, and said that steps would be taken, especially in the shape of additional, or, at all events, more effectual checking of the times – perhaps by placing a “recorder” at the top of Silver Birch Road – to prevent the present obstruction which occurred by the stopping of two cars together for that purpose at the Chester Road corner.
Mr. Councillor Thurgar: You don’t propose to have another “recorder?”
Dr. Paget Evans: It is only a suggestion. If we have excessive speed we must check it.
Mr. Councillor Smith said they would all be very much gratified if Dr. Evans could give them some idea of when they were likely to get rid of two “beastly” cars (whose numbers he specified), about which there had been no end of complaints, and to obtain two up-to-date cars in their place. He also suggested that it was time to take up the question of Sunday traffic – to see if they could not do something to relieve the Sunday traffic.
[…]
The report was adopted.
(Erdington News, Birmingham, 7th September 1907)
Our Family 2 