Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-28
IN FORBES STREET.
Charter Granted For a Railway
Along the Popular Drive
Asst END PROJECTS STARTED.
hey May Be Connected Up as One Con-
tinuOus Railway.
Ew SCHEMES FOR ALLEGHENY CITY


ouncement that three charters had been
-apted for passenger railways for the East
nd, covering routes over Forbes, Hiland,
artou. Sheridan avenues and other streets
tade quite stir, especially in connection
ith the project announced sometime ago of
charter for an electric railway on Diamond
rect, when the latter erthoroughfarei is opened.
he prevailing supposition is that it is in
lew of the incorporators of these several
mes to operate them together. The same
lterest, and to some extentthe same names,
eiDg represented on the list of charter
lembers gives color to this presumption,
nd was taken as indicating that, before long,
night cars be had from the city there may be
mother continuous line 60 the East
md Following is the report from
harrisburg in an evening cotemporary:
The East End Railroad Company of Pitts
urg, capital SS6, ooo has been granted charter.
he route will be six miles long beginning at the
orner of Washington street and Ellsworth ave-
ue, by Washington street to Sheridan avenue,
hence to Broad street to Riland avenue, to Ellis
forth avenue, to Barton TO Forbes street, to place
fbeginning The directors are H. s. A. stewart
ohm f. steel James A. McDevitt, Charles h. Nc
charter was also granted to the Forbes
treet Railway Company, of Pittsburg, capital
X.
'orbes and Boyd streets and extending along
Norbes street to Barton street. The directors are
= L. Magee. George /. Whitney. George Rice, b.
q. A. Stewart and f. L. Stephenson.
Also TO the Hiland Avenue Railway Company,
iiles long, Beginning at the Hfland avenue reser-
OR and extending thence along Hiland avenue
glenn avenue, Directors: George Rice, Chas.
l. Mckee, Il. L. Stephenson, T. e. Hutchinson
nd George L. Whitney.
1t was not an easy matter for the reporter
Who sought information as to the details of the
1n1l. 1xr
o the Forbes Street Railway, which begins out
Il Boyd street. The presumption in regard to
hat was that if the electric line on Diamond
itreet succeeded IN getting rights along Dia-
nond and Forbes, it would connect with the
others at Boyd street, and that all would be
merged into one large corporation.
ALONG FORBES STREET.
''It will be good thing for the East End"
said one gentleman concerned last evening, ',as
he more communication the better. People
1on't seem to like to walk in these days even
short distances, and this bringing of East End
property so close to the business part of Pitts
burg by different modes of communication can
1ot but help it if the scheme can be carried out.
Many people will be drawn TO the East End
from the farther suburbs"
There were others, however, who were not 60
confident of the enterprise getting through. A
resident on Forbes street said there would be
active and organized opposition TO the grant
ing of the right of way on the ground that one
unobstructed highway from the East End to
the city should be left open for driving pur.
poses. Other opinions were in rather funny
conflict in relation to the standing of the
Pittsburg Traction road with respect to
the move. One man held that the
lines if built separately, without communica-
tion, to the business part of the CITY, would help
the traction by operating as feeders TO it: but
that if united with a road from Diamond street
would greatly diminish the fractions source of
business. There were, on the other hand, re-
ports that the Traction Company was inter-
ested in talking up the possible competitive
route. but these apparently had no foundation
whatsoever, as an officer of the traction said
last night that the company had no part in the
charters, and that mere charters did not confer
right of way anyhow. The general impression
among those who are familiar with the local
passenger railway interests is that continu-
Gus new line from the Market House is IN view
but that the getting of the rights Of way from
the city will occupy too much time, if it indeed
be feasible, and that so many objections would
have to be met that no active operations could
be looked for during the present year. Mean
while. from all the signs the further evolution
OF the plan will be looked for with keen In
OTHER RAILWAY PROJECTS.
Mayor McCallin yesterday approved the Or
dinances granting the Pittsburg Oakland and
East Liberty Passenger Railway the right
over certain streets in Oakland and East
Liberty. He also signed the ordinances grant
ing the Pittsburg Bridge Company and the
Pittsburg Incline Plane Company certain rights
of way.
A new company is buying rights of way for
electric railways over the Evergreen plank
road and the Butchers Run plank road. in the
suburbs of Allegheny. The purpose is to reach
the West View and Perrysvile regions, which
are fast building up. The electric road in
Allegheny now run by the Pleasant Valley is to
be met by this projected line at the forks of the
upper and lower PerrysVllle road, or, as is
locally known at John Born's
The publication of the Allegheny Traction
Company's plans in The DISPATCH started
much gossip yesterday. The alleged consoli-
dation of all Allegheny lines inferred from the
traction plans, now embraces The Pittsburg
Allegheny and Manchester, the Allegheny
Rapid Transit Company, the City Bridge Com
pany, the Trans-Allegheny Passenger Railway
Company, the Transverse Passenger Railway
Company, and last. but by no means least. the
Federal Street and Pleasant Valley Passenger
Railway Company. Commodore Kountz is a
heavy stockholder who is said to be not yet in
favor of the consolidation.