Telegram-herald., 1889-08-27
4 NEW MOTOR LINE
The Line 10 the Soldiers Home AZ
Last Materzhzes.
TIE sOgTH PARK RAILWAY COgPlsY
Hsa- 4. Z. Comst0eA secures frsnehtse
for. Lise - the soldier hooe-lhs
Country North 81 Town 80 BE- De
sslSpxd The Pzrtleuials

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For a long time past AlT C. c. Com
stock has been looking mysterious and
dong = good deal ot work ia a quiet
Way toward the organization Of a new
street railway company, extending
from the northern part OF the city 90
the Soldiers Home. lie hssbeen hold
ing clsndestne meetings with james
BLAIR, George ". Thayer, snd other
prominent citizens, and about four
weeks ago the IELEGEAN-HEKALp he
came aware OF the fact aud called upon
Mr.. C0mst0ck for the details OF their
plan. Al MS urgent rcquestthenews has
been withheld from the public But with
the passage OF al ordinance granting
the company franchise over tie route.
the matter becomes public property.
4 track IS already lald through the
entire length OF IsylOI-st., and thc
franchise grants them the privilege to
run through the township Ia the Sol
diers' Home, and n0rlhward % the rs,ad
crossing the rlyeT above the Soldiers
Home.
The purpose Of the road Is 10 furnish
convenient communication and trans
portatiOm 10 and from the Soldiers
Home, and also 10 open up North
Park. scheme that has been
for years IN the mind of Nh.
C0instOck. Here. be declares. Is the
finest natural site for trottlng park
aud falr ground IN the state, and de
hghtful resort IS contemplated IN that
nclghhorhOOd that VIII rival Reed :
Lake iu popularity. All that has pre-
vented the rapid settlement OF that
part of the town between the Soldiers
Home and the city proper, has been
transportation or street car line, and
when tins Is once IN operation that part
OF the town viii have a boom. The
proposed line viii run nearly parallel
with the gravel road and about twenty
fiVe rods east of 1t.
The ordinance authorizes the North
Park Street Railway Company to CON
struct, operate and own street rail
way hue with single or double tracks,
with all necessary and convenient
tracks for turnOuts or Sidings. the line
10 begin ut the intersection of Taylor
t. and the north line of the city of
Grand Rapids. Tha limo OF the SAID
road Is TO continue IN a northerly
direction through private property on
Comstock' : plat, crossing FIRST, Second
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, seventh,
Eighth and Ninth-sts., and through
section seven of Grand Rapids
township, crossing the highway running
east and west on the quarter line and
81
sixth and through the Soldiers Home
property on line east OF the Soldiers
Home TO the highway running east and
west on the center line Of section s'x'h.
The company IS authorized To use
animal, or cable power, the latest nm
proved nOlSclcss steam motor or an
electric motor. The gauge of the road
ls TO be 1 feet ~ inches with a flat or
tram rall OF not less than thlrty-fvc
pounds to the ward or L rail of
not less than Thirty pounds to
the yard. The track IS to conform
10 the grade Of the street, and 81 the
crossings of the streets and highways
the ties are 10 be placed beneath the
level of the street. The crossings must
be plankcd for six feet each way from
the center of the highway, and outside
the raIl at crossings a twelve foot
str.ngcr must be laid. In case the
streets are TO be paved, the company
must pave between Its tracks. The
cars must be run rs often rs once IN
two hours each way between the hours
of a. IN. and p. III. during the
months OF MAY June, July. August
and September, and during the rest of
the year rs often rs once IN four hours.
On Sundays the cars may be run from
"a. II. to ! p. m. The ears must be
of the best quality. The company
Is also authorized TO run cars Tor the
transportation of building material
etc, tor their own use, and for tuel
and supplies for the Soldiers Home.
The fare must be , cents each way,and
the rate of speed must not exceed SIX
miles nm hour at the crossings of streets
and highways. The company must pay
the township treasurer - per year for
each passenger car IN daily Use, rs q
license for the use OF Grand Rapids
township. The company Is to be- rc-
spOnsible for an costs or damages 1t
may cause 10 the township. The entire
route must te built and operated, and
the time allowed for 70, completion ls
twelve months from tho date of the or
dinance. which is August -. lo.o.
The trustees and directors Ot the Sol
dlrr.' Home have already gwen Their
consent - run through the state
grounds on 4 Inc about fifty feet in the
rear ot the building, and the permit has
been igucd ly most of the officers.