The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-11
NAY GO TO ISLE OF HOPE.
THE BELT LINES REPRESENTA-
TIvES TAKEN OVER THE ROUTE.


TIVES TAKEN OVER THE ROUTE.
Two Available Extended Lines via
Thunderoolt Suggested - The Con-
tract Between the Belt Line and the
City to be Signed To-day, and the
Work Of Putting In the Electric
Plant to Begin immediately - The
City and Suburban and Coast Lines
Expected to Move Soon-Mr. Par
Plans for Warsaw.
The Savannah Street and Rural Resort
Railroad Company will this morning sign
the obligation in conformity with the ordi-
nance granting the company the right to
erect poles and construct an electric line Of
wires to operate its cars with electric
motive power. City Attorney Samuel B.
Adams drafted the paper yesterday after
noon.
President w. G. Cooper and Supt. Saussy
Of the Belt Line, Mr.. Isaac T. Rhea, repre-
senting the syndicate which controls the
company, and Col. j. H. Estill, president Of
the Savannah Investment Company, spent
yesterday afternoon at the Isle Of Hope. The
trip was made for the purpose OF giving Mr..
Rhea an opportunity of judging the bust
ness to be secured by the extension Of the
Belt Line to that point via ThunderbClt.
He was very much pleased with Isle OF
Hope, but was non-committal as to what he
will recommend to his associates in the
matter Of building suburban line.
One of the suggested routes is an extern
sion almost due east Of the railroad on
EstilI auanua n ThunderbOlt and fnpOca
across to the north end of Isle of Hope,
thence along the island TO the Ferry road.
Another route suggested Is to extend the
Liberty line southeast to Thunderbolt and
thence by the route as before indicated. OF
course it is simply question OF whether
such line will pay, and doubtless that will
have to be satisfactorily demonstrated be-
fore anything will be done. There is no
difficulty in successfully operating an cleo
trio road over the route designated.
A CONFERENCE TO-DAY.
Mr.. Rhea went down to Tybee last night,
but will return this morning and confer
with the local officials as to the general
plans TO hurry forward the work of getting
the electric plant in. The bids for the poles
will be opened tomorrow.
Capt. II. G. Cunningham says that the
work Of getting the line in readiness to be
operated by the new motive power will not
interfere with the traffic of the railway in
the interim. He says that the cars will
continue to be operated by horse power
until the company is ready to turn on the
electricity.
Capt. Cunningham was asked if motors
can be attached 10 the cars now in use, and
he replied that there will be no trouble to
attach motors to the Broadway cars, and
the smaller cars can be utilized as 'traIlers;n
that is. they can be, when necessary, at
tached to the motor cars.
In most cities where the street railways
are operated by electric power stops are
made only at street and lane crossings, but
Capt. Cunningham thinks il likely that the
Belt cars will stop wherever a passenger
desires to get aboard, as the cars can be
stopped promptly and with ease. or run
backward as readily as forward.
The wires supporting the trolleys will
cross the track and be attached to poles on
opposite sides of the track, while the con-
Quoting or electric wires will run parallel
with the track.
WHAT THE OTHER LINES MAY DO.
The City and Suburban and the Coast
Line railway companies will doubtless take
steI 8 soon to operate their lines by electri-
cal power but the local officials are not pre-
pared to speak positively on the subject.
Until Mr.. George Parsons. who owns the
controlling interest in the two lines, is
heard from, what action will be taken, and
when, are matters of con lecture.
Yesterdays MORNING NEWS, containing
the intelligence of the passage of the ordl-
nance granting the right to operate the lines
by electric power by the overhead system, |
If put in operation within one year, was
mailed Mr.. Parsons. From the MORNING !
News he will also learn what other streets |
the Belt Line has applied for, and the streets |
the Enterprise Street Railroad Company |
wants. A plan of the various lines, and |
the bearing they will have on the lines of |
the City and Suburban and the Coast Line,
will be forwarded him to-day.
Supt. George w. Alley Of the City and |
Suburban line said last night that some
thing will have to be done, which it is |
understood to mean that the horse car can |
not compete successfully with the electric |
car, and especially where the Belt Line is |
near aud parallel with the City and Sub |
urban.
The persistent fight made by Alderman |
Falligant to defeat the City and Suburban,
and the Coast Lines petition to be granted |
the right to operate tho two roads by |
electrical power, it is said, has spurred up |
the local officials of these reads, who want |
to show Alderman Falligant that the two |
roads can't be knocked cut by him.
WAITING FOR MR.. PARSONS TO SPEAK.
"A SlUy anu SUBURBAN OllClal said last |
night: Mr.. Parsons is slow about making
up his mind to do thing, but he makes up |
for it when 1t comes to pushing things. |
When he does get ready TO move, and if he |
decides to adopt the electric power system
to operate his roads, he will want the work |
pushed rapidly"
Speaking of Mr.. Parsons in connection
with Warsaw island the official said that
Mr. Parsons will have to build the extern |
sion to Warsaw, and when he determines TO
build it he will want to see it done in
double-quick time.
1t is reported that gentleman in the north
who imagined that Mr.. Parsons thought
warsaw island was an elephant on his
hands, wrote to him that if he wanted to
dispose of Warsaw, the writer knew a
friend who would take the property off his
hands. Mr.. Parsons replied by the next
mail very briefly, but somewhat pointeGly,
that he had bought Warsaw island for |
plaything, and hadn't yet tired of the toy. |
The gentleman who related the incident. |
added, "Mr. Parsons hasn't tired of the
'plaything yet, but will surely extend the |
road from Isle of Hope to Warsaw, and |
when he makes up his mind to do so, You |
will see some of the fastest railroad build |
ing ever seen in this section Why. the road |
will run for eight miles on Skidaway Island
which is high ground, and the most fertile |
of the sea coast islands, and the finest sea
island cotton grown on the coast comes
from Skidaway island
WARSAW MAvrOOM IT'D