The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-10
MAY PUT UP THE WIRES.
THE OITY COUNCIL PASSES THE
ELECTRIC MOTOR ORDINANCE.


System of Electric Wires - The
Amendments to the Original Ordi-
nance-The Enterprise Compsny's
Petition for the Drsyton Street Right
OF Way Stirs Up a Protest-The
Fight Against the City and subur-
bans Petition.
The city council passed the ordinance
yesterday granting the Savannah Street
and Rural Resort Railroad Company. the
City and Suburban Railway Company AID
the Coast Line Railroad Company the
right to operate their respective lines by
electric motor power by the trolley or
overhead system of electric wires.
A MORNING News reporter Immediately
after the passage OF the ordinance had an
interview with Isaac 7. Rhea, one OF
the leading members OF the Nashville syndt-
cate which has succeeded to the Belt Line
property, and Mr.. Rbsa said that work will
begin at ones to get tho limo equipped 30
that it may be operated by electric power
after the contract has been signed between
the city and the railroad company, and it
is unde rstood that City Attorney Sam b.
Adams, representing the city, and II. Z.
Cunningham, ESQ.,, representing the Belt
Line, will draw up the papers to-day.
Mr.. Rhea says that il the ordinance had
been passed promptly when the Belt Line
petitioned for the right the work would
have been half done by this time. This, he
says, will probably result in delaying the
completion Of the change until about Oct. l
next The machinery has been con-
ditionally ordered, and the engine and
boilers will now be ordered at once. The
plant is to be located on the site Of the Belt
Line property now occupied by the stables.
Bids for the poles will be opened on Satur-
day, and the work of putting them up will
begin as soon as they are received.
THE ELECTRIC ORDINANCE"
There were some changes in the ordinance
as published in the MORNING NEWS after
its first reading. The amendments adopted
were five in number, three introduced by
Alderman Carson and two by Alderman
Cam. The amendments by Alderman Car
son provide: First, that but one guard wire
shall be used under the overhead electric
wires. instead Of two, as in the original ordi-
nance. Second, that the city may not
terminate the franchise on the complaint
that the system is dangerous until the
council shall have heard the complaint by
regular trial of the case. In the ordinance
as first drafted the council could have
terminated the franchise without a trial,
and this was the most Objectionable feature
OF LDb ORDINANCE W bue Delb L4lIlb OblullhuNs
Third. A provision was added TO the ordi-
nance that the roads which have been
granted the right to use electricity as mo
tive power shall have their lines In opera
tion within one year from the passage OF
the ordinance.
The amendments Of Alderman Cam are,
first, that the electric poles Of the railroad
companies may, also, be used by the city
for fire alarms and police signal wires, and
second, that any damage to the fire alarm
and police signal wires by the electric
wires of the street railway companies,
whether through accident or otherwise, shall
be borne by the railroad company where
wires shall have caused the damage.
A GRANT TO ALL LINES
Alderman Falligant tried hard to defeat
the grants to the City and Suburban line
and to the Coast Line. One of his amend
ments was to strike them from the ordi-
nance, which was lost. He next sought TO
pass an amendment providing that no
privilege shall be available to the City and
Suburban and to the Coast Line until the
City and Suburban shall re-establish and
operate the Anderson street line from Aber-
corn street to Laurel Grove cemetery and
to construct and operate line south of
Hall street from West Broad TO intersect
the Whitaker and Abercorn street tracks
and the Coast Line depot, and that passen-
gers should be hauled on both these lines
from any other part Of the City and Sub
urban line and the Coast Line to the ceme-
terry or the Coast Line depot for one fare
This amendment did not meet with sec
ond, and was therefore lost
Alderman Myers, while not favoring that
part of the amendment with reference TO
the Coast Line depot, thought that some pro-
vision should be made to compel the opera
ton Of the Anderson street line, and q
motion was made again by member to
ALL - II
the City and Suburban and the Coast Line
railways, but the point of order was raised
that the motion had been voted upon, and
adversely, and that it could not
again come up except ON mo-
ton to reconsider, which none Of
those who voted in the affirmative were
willing to make. 1t was, however, plain to
be seen that council is not satisfied with the
abandonment of the Anderson street route
by the City and Suburban, except to shift
its cars for its own convenience, and that
it will yet take such action as viii be justi-
fled by the report Of City Attorney Adams,
which will shortly be presented to council,
under the resolution of inquiry by Alder
man Falligant adopted at the previous
meeting.
THE BELT LINES PETITION.
The "Belt Line, through Lawton & Cum
ningham, presented a petition, which was re-
ferred TO the committee of the whole, asking
for the right OF way over other streets than
those now covered 10y its lines The Ian
guage of the petition is as follows:
The petition Of the Savannah Street and
Rural Resort Railroad Company respectfully
shows:
That it desires TO add to it's present line OF
street railroad in the city and is DESTROYS of
laying and operating its said railroad on the
following routes through the streets In said
city, beginning at point on it's present line st
the intersection Of Montgomery and Jones
streets eastwardly through Jones street 10 East
Broad street, connecting with its lins on East
Broad street.
In addition to the above route il Is DESTROYS of
laying and operating it's line from the intarsec
ton OF Barnard and Bay streets along Barnard
street to Bryan street, thence around the west
side OF the market to st. Julian street. thence
along 81. Julian street 20 jefferson street
thence along Jefferson street to Liberty thence
east over Liberty street to Barnard street
thence south on Barnard street to the southern
corporate limits of the city.
THE ENTERPRISE CoMPANY's ROUTE.
The Enterprise Street Railway Company
by William B. Stillwell, president, had In
petition which was also referred to the
committee of the whole. The company
wants the privilege to use electric motor
power by the trolley or other systems, or
by horse power, and they want the right
of-way over the following streets:
From northern end Of Bull, south to
Bryan, TO johnson square and around