The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-17
AFTER RIGHTS OF WAY.
THE STREET RAILWAYS SEEKING
FURTHER FRANCHISES.

The City Council Committee OF the
Whole Considers the Belt Line and
the Enterprise Companies Applica-
tions for Additional Streets The
Matter Referred to the Council
Without Report-The City and Sub
urban and Coast Line Not in Favor
With the Council
The committee of the whole OF the city
council held prolonged session yesterday
afternoon. considering the petition Of the
| Enterprise Street Railroad Company for
the right Of way over certain streets. and
the petition Of the Belt Line road for right
Of way over additional streets. No final
action was taken, but the petitions of the
two companies were referred back to the
city council to pass upon at its next regular
meeting.
There was. it is understood, DISPOSE
ton not to grant Important franchises with
out corresponding favors to the travelling
public, or, more plainly put, the city coun-
Gil will not hasten to give street railways
what they ask for without knowing what
they propose to do to accommodate the
public.
THE grievances complained of by citi-
Zens of the conduct of the City and Subur-
ban have materially changed the views Of
members of council who were 50 literally
disposed as to permit the City and Subur-
ban, as an alderman stated yesterday, in
discussing the matter on the street, Ito
ride in on the shoulders of the Belt road in
their ordinance passed last week. They
now see how necessary it was that the petit
Nar-.rv
rately, and let each petition stand or fall on
its own merits.
THE CITY AND SUBURBAN NOT IN FAVOR.
"They realize what an utter disregard the
City and Suburban has shown for the pub
lie. 1t has Abandoned such lines as it
wanted TO abandon, and its equipments
have been and are now not such as they
should supply for the comfort of their
patrons, while they have collected and con-
tinue to collect two fares over portions of
their lines where they ought to be permitted
to collect but one. The Belt Line has shown
a disposition to deserve greater considera-
ton, for its roadbed is an excellent one, It's
carslwide and comfortable and it charges but
one fare from any point on its line TO any
other point. This is why its petition should
not have been handicapped by that of
anoter system that does nothing but what
it had to do"
1t is understood that at the next meeting
OF council the Germantown and SOuthlake
company will have in a petition for the
right OF way over certain streets and with
the right to put up the trolley system over
head wires to operate its proposed line by
electric motor power. 1t is said that
another inchoate company will also ask the
right of way over certain streets for its
proposed street railway.
THE ANDERSON STREET FRANCHISE.
The question of terminating the fran
chise of Anderson street, now held by the
City and Suburban, but which has been
practically abandoned from Abercorn
street TO West Broad and from the Ogee-
chez road to Laurel Grove cemetery, is
likely to come up at the next meeting of
council. The question as to the city's
power in the matter has been referred un-
der the Falligant resolution, to City Attor-
ney Adams for an opinion, and there is a
decided disposition on the part of the men,
bers OF council, if it is found that it is
invested with the power, to compel the
regular operation of the Anderson street
line or give the right to some company that
will give the people regular schedule over
that street.
AS long as the City and Suburban refuses
to operate the Anderson street route it can
continue to collect two fares to the
cemetery, one by its lines connecting with
Liberty street, ana the other over the West
Broad street line. When the Coast Line
and City and Suburban consolidated turn
outs were placed at Habersham and Liberty,
Abercorn and Liberty, and Whitaker and
Liberty. They were not, as it was thought
at the time, for the purpose of one-fare
schedules for regular travel, but for the
accommodation of these roads in excursion
travel.