The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-02
MORE ROADS TACKLED.
ANOTHER SECTION OF A COUNCIL
COMMITTEE REPORT.
Notings in an Examination Of the Chesa-
Peake. Ohio g. Southwestern and
Louisville, New Orleans s. Texas Rail-
ways.

The APPEAL this morning gives another
chapter from the report of Messrs. d.
p. MADDEN and T. ]. Graham, Legisla-
tive Council committee appointed to inves-
tigate the various railroads, large and
small, in this city:
CHESAPEAKE, OHIO & SOUTHWESTERN.
This road has four tracks crossing Keel |
street, which street is open and runs to the
sawmil on Wolfriver. This road has closed |
the following streets: st. Andrews avenue |
and Sailarans street, and has. three tracks |
across where the streets should be, and |
has switches into the Hope, Globe and |
Gayoso oil mills and also have track |
about 800 feet long on Chickasaw street, |
which is the switch into the Globe oil mill. |
On all OF these streets the company parks |
its cars and allows them to stand tor weeks
at time. Your committee does not know
OF any rights this company ever had to
more than one track north OF Bayou Gay
oso, or to close up the streets named above
The bridge over Bayou Gayoso is pile
trestle, liable to be washed away any time,
and has been almost burned down several
times. This should be replaced by an iron
and stone structure.
this road has two tracks, and closes Green
law and Mill streets and Fulton street.
By what right the streets named are
closed or more than one track placed here,
your committee does not know.
This company has one track on Prone
made street north OF Auction street TO It's
main track about POO feet long, and we
are OF opinion that this companys rights
to occupy this street at this particular
point has been forfeited. There are two
tracks crossing Auction street; four tracks
crossing Market street; five tracks crossing
Exchange street two on Promenade street
and three on Fulton street,; three tracks
crossing Poplar street two on Promenade
street and one on Fulton street.; one track
crossing Washington street. two tracks
crossing Adams street; one track crossing
Jefferson street; one track crossing Court
street. one track crossing Monroe street;
one track crossing Union street; five tracks
crossing GayOso street; five tracks crossing
Hotel street; seven tracks crossing Mccall
street; about 500 feet OF track ON Clinton
street, east side, running north from Beale
street, and about $50 feet on west side OF
Clinton street, running south from Union
street.
These tracks on Clinton street have been
put down recently, and there is no au-
thority for them; and the closing OF Gayoso
street from Clinton TO the levee is not
authorized by their contract with the city,
and the city engineer should be ordered TO
pave ii at once, and the company COM
pelled 10 keep n hagman there aud an
electric light at night; otherwise, an iron
bridge over the tracks should be erected
The company should be made TO enclose
its yards by suitable fences, and put down
and maintain sidewalks from Clinton street
20 the levee, across their tracks ON Union
street, and from Clinton street 10 west line
OF the property they occupy on Beale
street, and ON west side OF Clinton street
from Bealc street 10 Union street. Good
sidewalks should be- laid by this company
on Front west side, from Poplar street u
Auction street, with guard rail next to the
bluh. Also good crossings should be pro-
yidOd on all streets crossing the lcvec.
There is one ilagman at Union street
crossing and Jefferson street, but none al
Court or Monroe streets, where they arr
badly needed.
The switch engines OF this company op
crate ~ follows: Ono from Beale street u
Elevator, one from Elevator 10 Auction
street, une from Auction street nvrth. Al
along this line there II fine manufacturing
property, and these engines are operated
with Kentucky coal, and being old ant
the grades heavy, and with many curves
they throw out sparks plontiiully, shower
ing the surroundings and rendering th'
liability TO fire along the tracks very great
Often at Union aud Monroe streets thu
crossings are blocked longer than the Law
allows. 20 the injury OF the immense rive
interests ccntered here.
This company has about five miles o
track within the city limits. They hay
four extra tracks used as switches to th,
compress aud saw mill In the navy yard
on Fulton street, which We do not thin
they are entitled 10. =.
Their passenger depot. opposite city hall
Is very poor excuse for such large col
poralion TO maintain, and the commitie
hopes that such steps will be taken ~ vi
insure the prompt and speedy erection {
the much talked Of union depot.
Also another feature worthy 81 mentio
Is that this company agreed some time ~
10 call their road the Memphis * NcwpO
News railroad, but they have sine
changed Il, aud Il should bc insisted thi
the word Memphis should appear in Il
nane somewhere.
LOUISVILLE, sgw ORLEANS TEXAS.
This road has two tracks on Tcnness'
street. commencing ut Bcale street ~
running south 10 Irczevant street abol
1900 feet, crossing Linden, Pontoio
Vance, Talbot, Huling and IIezeyaI
streets, with no 0agincn or electric light
safety gates or paving, and with the 9th
three tracks In this siicct II 10 useless i
any but railroad purposes. From lreE
want street 20 a point about $50 iect aoul
Of Calhoun street the track Is single. I'll
distance i about |, 200 feet just hero Il
switches 10 constructed that the switch q
zines with iraius are compelled 10 con
out on Tennessee street, aud not, on
block Tennessee street, but Calhoun sue
also, and when " N considered that the
arr two very important dcpois west OF u
point, and the only available street lea
log TO them being Calhoun, and also tl
Tennessee street NJ this point n q
leading thoroughiarc for tho pcoI
living southwest Of the city, upon Viii
10 street car line, and these people LA
very little option m 30 what street ih
will travel, being cut OF on the west
tho river aud on the north aud east
the railroad yards, Il Is therefore evidc
that TO operate a switch just ai this poi
ua very serious inconvenience II moi
positive nuisance. The remedy IL 10 co
bel the milroad company 10 remove The
switches entirely, and ~ arrange It's yal
that the tracks leading 10 these swiicl
NAV be reached by switches inside a
upon the company's yard proper. Thu