The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-17
ENFORCED DELAY.
The Motors for the Street Railway Com
pany on Slow Freight Work
on the System Progress
ing Rapidly.

Mr.. j. o. Davidson. as president of the
Wichita Electric Railway company, re-
| ceived a message yesterday stating that it
would be impossible to ship any of the
motors for cars before the 23d inst. The
motors are being made near Boston and,
! according to the rule, it will take two or
| three weeks for them to arrive, which will
! delay the service longer than had been an
tlcipated. Some weeks ago the order for
! twenty motors was placed and, according
! to the agreement, half of them were to be
delivered this month, five before the mid
die Of the month. This was done in order
TO be able to equip cars for the service as
fast as the track and line completed.
which would accommodate the public and
at the same time accommodate the com
pany with a number of interesting nickles.
The outlook for rushing the work along all
/ the extensions, as d result, is not
so favorable. And it is thought not good
policy to distrub the present service until
something else better can be substituted
in a short time.
The two additional boilers to be used at
the power station arrived yesterday Some
OF the electric machinery has also arrived
and no delay is expected to be forced from
plant machinery The brick work on the
power station building was completed yes
terday and roofing viii commence today.
The work on the station is going along
nicely and it will be completed before the
motors for the cars arrive.
The work oil the North Main street and
Topeka avenue north is practically COM
pleted. The track for the west branch is
Il 70,
street and the poles in for cross wires
to sustain the trolly wire The
trolly wire can be adjusted within
day or two and everything made
ready for service as far as track is concern
ed, but the absence of cars makes rather a
defective service.
Work on the East Douglas extension
commences today and on Main street from
Lewis to Lincoln the track is completed
The most noticeable trouble at present
comes from the condition of Main and
Douglas owing TO the improvements being
made by the company and also paving i'm
provements. 1t is thought North Main
viii receive finishing touches within "A few
days as work commenced Yesterday at
Douglas avenue paving the track space
1t can not be rushed along rapidly enough
20 complete the street in one day but will
be completed in a number of days and
the business men on the street are
hoping for the work to be completed as
soon as possible as they have suffered from
the disadvantages for many weeks, and in
fact, months The railway company also
are quite anxious for the track space to be
paved, as, while the work is being done it
will be impossible to run cars on the street.
AS soon as the work is completed regular
service Will be given to the north part Of
the city, Paramount and Riverside. The
to operate the cars over the street
not only inficts an inconvenience on those
depending largely on the service but is a
loss to the company of not less than $50 per
day
\ member of the railway company being
questioned on the matter said that he did
not understand that the company would
be compelled to assist in building the
bridge and as to the donation feature the
was expanding several hundred
thousand dollars and just at present out of /
the donation business. The company in /,
his judgment would fulfill an obligation |
to the public by getting ready to give IA
good service as early as possible and main /
tain the same