San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-29
RAPID TRANSIT LINES.
Over 40 Miles in Operation.
What San Antonio Has Done
This Year-The Mule Must
Co Splendid Electric
Car System - Rapid
Transit to all the
Suburbs.

Transit 10 oil the
Suburbs.
San Antonio has nearly fifty miles of
street car line i'll operation, forty-fve of
them electric motor lines. These lines
are those of the San Antonio Street Rail
way company; Alamo Electric Street
Railway, and the West End Rapid Tran
sit road To these must soon be added
the line of the Alamo Heights Improve
ment company, leading northward to the
beautiful heights at the head of the San
Antonio river.
The Old Mule car line, the San Anto,
MO Street Railway, under its present
management has made magnificent
strides. Owning valuable franchises, it
has during the past year pushed its con-
structions until it has now thirty-five
miles of track i'll operation Three
months ago there was not an electric
car on any of thu lines of this company.
Today they have thirty miles of electric
track equipped and OH most ofthis thirty
miles the cars are running regularly
The additional rolling stock will be on
the rails i'll this city before the middle of
February and mules will be no longer
seen on any save the five miles of Flores
street line This line will not be convert
ed into motor line until the work of
changing and paving that street has been
finished by the city. As soon as that Is
done the Flores street line also will be
changed to electric, and mule power on
San Antonio street car lines be thing
of the past. The entire work of relay
ing and double tracking this line has
been done this year, and eighteen miles
of new track built. You can now take
the cars of this line at Alamo plaza and
reach Government hill on the northeast,
the Southern Pacific depot on the east,
the cemeteries and South Heights on the
southeast; Arkansas Pass depot on the
south; I.akeview on the west and San
Pedro Springs and Laurel Heights on
the north and northwest.
ALAMO ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY.
This line is a new San Antonio institu-
ton, and a very vigorous one. Ground
was not broken for its construction until
August 9TH ofthis present year and on
he 24th of the following month they
mad their line ready for trial and ran
their cars over il the entire distance from
the Martin street terminus to the Fair
ground, a distance of three and one half
miles. The International Fair opened
few days later, and during its progress
the line carried 100 600 passengers with
out an accident. Cars now run every
ten minutes over this line its entire
length to Riverside park, beautiful en-
closure of 100 acres on the banks OF the
San Antonio river. A magnificent pa
vilion for dancing, banquetting or hold
ing conventions has been erected here
with a seating capacity of 5000; lovely
drives have been laid ont winding i'll and
out along the banks of the river which
is lined with huge pecan trees, large
groves of which are also found scattered
about the grounds. These grounds are
always open to the public without money
and without price, and the ride out, with
an after stroll through the grounds at
fords recreation to those who would es-
cape from the dust and heat of the city.
This road has also let contracts for line
to Beacon Hill, a beautiful and slightly
suburb about two miles from Alamo
plaza: also another line to what is known
as East End When these contracts are
completed the company will have ten
and a half miles of electric road i'll oper-
alton, equipped and furnished in the
same perfect manner as their Internal
tional Fair ground. and Riverside line.
The entire line will he in operation with
i sixty days
The West End Street car line will be
specially noted in the write-up of that
company, and their beautiful and extern
sive addition, with its lake, water pa
vilion and other attractions