The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-27
CITIZENS, COMPANY AT WORK.

Building the Old Broad Ripple Roure-Ad-
vertisiug for Moro Laborers.
At an early hour yesterday morning q
force of men with picks and shovels began
to break dirt for the proposed improve
ments of the Citizens company. as was
published yesterday. At the corner of
Delaware and Washington streets q six
horse team hitched to a plow started q fur
row north, which was enlarged until an ex-
cavation the width of a street railway
track was made. and long before that
was done heavy wagons delivered
tine rails which will be laid. These
rails are the best and the most
expensive that have ever been put down
in this city. They weigh about nInety-ive
pounds To the yard. and cost not less than
Sl.25 o foot. They are even heavier and
more expensive than are used for steam
ay g, and they indicate the course that
is to be pursued by the company In all OF
its work. A large force OF men was also
put 20 work on Bellefontaine street and
the other end of the Delaware street route
doing similar work. aud the rang that has
been employed on Shelby street for several
days il still 1T work. This Is all that the
company has at work at present, but In a
few days it will be most materially in
creased.
uOul6 NlCNhllt, U Il ltt0OuIk
is the man VINO has the work in charge, and
he has been advertising for q week or more
in the daily papers for men. They Will be
employed as fast AS they appear, providing
they prove themselves to be- competent.
and the work On the improvements and
the extensions will be hurried forward as
fast as possible. The Citizens core PAM
has not yet decided what sy stem OF loco
motion it will adopt. butt may be inferred.
by reason OF Mr.. McDOnalds connection
with it that it. will be the Ibompson-Hcus-
ton. Be that as it may. it's officials say
there is a certainty of one thing. and that
Is hat 1t Will be Of the most improved
kind.
Thepeople and the city ~officials have not
yet gotten over their surprise in tho move
made by the Citizens company. The off,
ciais are exceedingly pessimlstic in their
views of It. While they say that IT the
plans promulgated are follo we'd out they
will be a great thing for the city. They say
they never would have seen the light
OF day had 1t not been for the fact that
they were forced into 1t by the letting OF
the charter TO the other company. One of
the city officials remarked that the Citi-
Zens' company always had TO be bull
dozed into whatever improvements 1t had
made. and that the present ones were being
put In because they had been frightened
into il. The fact remains, however. that
the plans which were submitted to
the city on day before yesterday
were drawn MP and had been accepted by
the company 1uliy six weeks ago. ana tnat
they have not been devIated from O hairs
breadth. They were contem plated before
the agitation of the renewRl of the charter
was thought of. and before the opinion of
the city attorney as TO the longevity of che
present company's rights had been asked
tor.
The Citizens yesterday puts car on South
Pennsylvania street. running from Wash
ington to South street. Ii will be operated
by mule power, aud will give transfers to
any of the lines which it connects with.
This is done under the provision OF the
grant which says that the company owning
1t shall run q car over its lines at an In
terval of not less than twenty-four hours
or lose its rights to the tracks II leaves va
Gated.