Evening journal., 1890-12-31
RAPID CITY TRANSIT.
PERMISSION GIVEN 10 LAY NEW
STREET CAR TRACKS.

Eighteen Months win See the End ol
the Present snaiI-Pace System oi
Horse-car Railways-Rivai compnnie,
Want the Same Streets.
Permission has been granted to The
Wilmington City Railway Company tc
lay street car tracks on several streets IN
this city. That there was to be an ex :
tension of the street car railways has
been understood for some time Previous
to the purchase Of the Front and Union
street line by a syndicate it was rumored
that this line would amalgamate with the
Wilmington City Railway, and new tracks
would then be laid on several other
streets In this city. Two weeks before
the purchase OF the Front street
line communication was sent by Preston
Lea, chairman of the extension COMMITTEES
of the Wilmington City Railway, TO
the Street and Sewer Commissioners,
asking permission TO lay tracks on several
other streets in this city. The subject
was laid over for two weeks, but was
taken up at last nights meeting and
discussed. resolution was adopted
giving the Wilmington City Railway
authority to ''locate, extend, construct,
and operate. in connection with its lines
now In operation" branch street rail ways
or extensions from its tracks at the
foJt of Fourth street along Bridge street
to and over Third street bridge, and along
Ghristiana Ave to their intersection with
the c!ty line Westerly along Fourth street
from Market to the city line, connecting
along Union street from Fourth to Fifth
rrrtA h hnf 81 Al
Fifth street from Philadelphia, VIII
mington and Baltimore railroad to
French street. connecting with the
Fourth street llne from the intersection
of Delaware avenue and Dupont street,
along Dupont to Eighth street, connec-
ting with tie Eighth street line, along
Monroe street from Eigh to Maryland
avenue, along Maryland avenue to the
city line"
The department will also require the
| company to pave between the tracks aud
two feet on each side Of the track with
whatever kind of paving stones the
Street and Sewer Department decides
that they shall use They are alse re-
quired to keep the tracks in repair. The
| department also stipulates that the work
shall begin within four months and be
completed and in operation before eigh-
| teen months.
Although the company has not yet de-
cided what kind of motive power to use
electricity will probably be tried, as 1t Ii
considered TO be the cheapest and best
Work on the Fourth street line viii bs
begun at once
1t is said that the Front and Union
street line also contemplaies laying tracks
on several streets of the city. According
to the provisions of their charter, the,
are not compelled to ask permission o
the Street ard Sewer Department to Ia,
street tracks, but can do so at once, ans
without notice On streets not occBpie,
by other tracks Before the purchas
of the line by this syndicate, the exten
sion of the track out Maryland avenu
was contemplated, and it is thought tha
probably the Front and Union Stree
Company will anticipate the others B.
| laying track on MaryianI
avenue and some othes streets now
There will probably be scamper betweei
both companies as TO which shall gai
possession of the streets first, and probd
bly, litigation before the question Is set
tied. In any event eighteen months NOR
will see the end of the present tard
transit, and system of railway simila
to that now in use in Boston in operation
hare