The Progress., 1892-06-18
STREET RAILWAY MIDDLE,


from the City Railway Company,
and annulled that Of the Shreve-
port Railway and Power Com
pany entirely. This action of the
city fathers elected many com
ments from both the press and
people of the town, in the course
OF which Justice was apostrOphised
and the law in such cases, ex-
pounded so freely that every child
now thoroughly understands 1t
and can talk it and look Solomonlc
to the queens delight.
As to the law on the question,
The PRooREss will have nothiDgto
say. This, because Judge Taylor
will in all probability render bis
decision on it, and we are free to
confess that it VIII have far more
weight than our vaporings. But
as to the question of right, we
have no hesitancy in allying our
selves with the council. The rail
road companies may win III the
courts. but for all that, the coun-
Gil is right.
Almost from the completion OF
the Belt Line, the City Railway
Company has been making great
promises about what it was going
to do. Why, the mighty works
which the old line was going to
accomplish were painted in such
glowing colors, that our citizens
could almost see their beautiful and
majestic electric cars gliding over
Texas street, out Texas avenue,
and around the suburbs over their
road, which was. under their fran
chise, to be extended through
Allendale, and goodness knows
where else, SO extensive was the
course mapped out. But what
has been the outcome OF all this
talk' Simply continuation OF
the old mule system, with Num-
Der of old vehicles called street
cars, which are a disgrace to civil
cation almost. The line itself, as
it nd1 rnppears, and the conven-
fence it affords, is but parody en-
street railways.
And this new company, whose
charter was published, telling of
great deeds that it was going to
perform, of the manifold blessings
that it was going to heap upon
Shreveport in return for the privi-
lege of using certain streets for its
tracks. 4 would wind around the
suburbs in an opposite direction
from the city road, and would thus
bring people who dwelt some
what afar of in easy access to the
town center by the means of its
cars Oh, we tell you, the populace
was thrown into a fever of enthu-
siasm over the burning words of
the promoters Of these two enter
prises, and already visions of
Broadway in mineature were seen
through Futurity's vista, because
these two lines would make our
city great, filled with a multitude
nous population. But what did
this organization do? Simply
nothing. 1t did lay about 200 or
800 yards of track on Southern
avenue, simply a sufficient amount
to hold its franchise and there it
left us. The suburban part of It's
road, that part of it, the building
of which induced the citizens
lit not the old counciD to agree to
its being allowed to parallel down
Texas avenue) the old track, will
be allowed to go by default. and
1T will do no more than run its
road down Texas avenue and
Milan street to Market or
Spring, for what purpose, the bng
under the chip could tell if it
could be located and induced to-
speak.
To date. both of these compan-
les have made plaything of the
city. They have as effectuallv
acted the dog in the manager as
.Esop was able to describe it.
They have retained in secret places
the franchises granted them
neither putting them in operation
nor allowing any one else who
might be mind to, do it. It'll
smacks very considerably at an at
tempt at deal by means of rights