The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-17
ANOTHER ELECTRIC LINE
THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY co. CON-
TRACTS FOR 4 SMILE ROAD.

lhAOl0 FOX a S-MlLE ROAD.
To Run From the Market Through st.
julian, Price and OFT Streets to the
Southeastern Limits Of the City, and
to be in Operation By June 1-The
Road to be Built by the Edison Gen.
eral Electric Company of New York,
Using the Edison Patents Part of
the Material Already Laid Down.
The Electric Railway Company Of Sa>
vannah will have it's line from the market
down st. Julian aad out Price and east on
OFT street. in all three miles in length. in
operation by June /. The contract for the
construction Of the road was closed yester-
day.
The Edison General Electric Company of
New York will build the road. The con-
tract was made with Norris Slatsery, agent
Of the Edison company. who has been in the
city several days in conference with the
members OF the electric railway company.
The contract was made by the Savannah
Real Estate, Loaa and Building Company,
which has undertaken the construction Of
the road. The whole work Of building,
furnishing and putting in operation Of the
road will be done by the Edison General
Electric Company.
The road will be Edison throughout, and
all the machinery, dynamos aud motors
will be of the Edison patent. The contract
guarantees that the road shall be salts
factory in every respect before being ac-
cepted by the railway company.
The road will be furnished with all the
latest devices and inventions for the perfec-
ton of the electric railway system by Mr..
Edison.
THE MATERIAL ON THE GROUND.
All the rails, ground wire, crossties,
street crossings and tools to do the track
work necessary for the completion of the
road have already been laid down in Savan- |
nah and the work of preparing the rails for
the electric wire is already under way.
Rails have already been placed along the |
line fer a considerable distance.
j. s. Collins, president OF the Electric |
Railway company, and who is also Presi- |
dent of the Savannah Real Estate, Loan |
and Building Company, was seen yesterday |
by MORNING NEWS reporter. Mr.. Col |
Inns said that ground will be broken this |
week, and force Of so or 60 hands will be |
put on. The work will be carried rapidly |
forward until the line Is completed Mr.. |
Collins said that all the contracts had been |
made and nothing will interrupt the work |
upon the road until its completion. |
The engineer who will have charge of the |
electrical work was teiegFaphed for yester-
day, and will arrive in a few days
The Office ana works will be located be-
tween Lovers laae and Seventh street,
about 800 yards east Of the Belt Line office,
with the city's permission. This has been
selected by the company as the most avalla-
BILE site.
TO DEVELOP THE EASTERN SUBURBS.
Mr.. Collins said that the building of the
line means the immediate development of
the southeastern portion of the city. 1t is |
the infantiOn If fba 60 do
thing In its power to make that section a
desirable residence section.
Under the railway company's agreement |
with the city, TIE city is 20 open all streets |
running east and west through that section, |
beginning at Lovers lane and running up to |
Henry, Duffy, New Houston aud |
Waldburg. Bolton and Gwinnett |
streets are already opened through this SEQ |
ton. AL of these streets are to be graded |
and furnished with lights, water aud sew |
erage. The company has agreed to open |
OFT street, running from the Thunderbolt |
road to Anderson strest, at its own expense |
The city has under consideration a plan,
which viii probably be adopted, to open up
all streets running north and south through
this section.
THE BEGINNING OF A LARGE SYSTEM.
The new railway line is TO be three miles
In length, beginning at the market run
ming TO the southeastern limits of the city |
Mr.. Collins said that 1t is not the intention |
OF his company TO stop with the completion |
of this line, but to make it the beginning of q |
much larger system, which will be exteSded |
further out, perhaps as far as Thunder
bolt and other suburban resorts
The company expects to build other lines In
the city, to be run in connection with the
line now under contract.
With this end in view. the company will
c,Fs
necessary TO simply furnish the power for
the line under contract put in, and the
other machinery win be in the same pro-
portion, thus allowing the extension of the
system at any time without any additions
TO the operating power.
THE EDISON CoMPANY's PLANS.
1t is the intention of the Edison General
Electric Company, SO Mr.. Collins believes.
to make this railway line the very best that
the company can possibly put in, as it is
anxious to get footing in this part of the
country. The railway company believes
that there is large undeveloped field for
electric railways in Savannah, and that by
demonstrating the capability. the superior
ity, as they claim, of the Edison system,
they will greatly profit in the end, even if
the cost of building the presest line should
be greater than the price named in the con-
tract.
SavannGh's mileage of electric street
railways is increasing rapily. With the
completion of the Barnard street line and
the Electric Railway Company's line Savan-
nah will have nearly thirteen miles of cleo
trio railway in operation, and the double
tracking Of the Belt line will add several
miles more.
With the other proposed electric lines
now under consideration, the day does not
appear to be far distant when Savannah
will have twenty-five miles of electric street
railway in operation.