The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-18
NEW ELECTRIC ROUTE
Work to Begin Immediately on
the Kentucky-Ayenue Line.
Presence of Mckee and Werner in the
City Starts Fresh RumOrs-The
Broad Ripple Deal.

Messrs. Werner and Mckee, of the Citi-
zens' Street-railroad Company. came over
from Pittsburg yesterday. and, after at
tending a meeting OF the directors of the
company, left late in the afternoon for a
few days trip to the worlds fair. At the
directory meeting the route for the new
electric line to West Indianapolis was Sc
lected. 1t was decided to convert the pres
ent line that runs out Kentucky avenue
into an electric one. The work of CONVEX
sion will begin at once. The matter of be-
ginning work on the new West Washing
IL was also stated after the meeting that
the affairs OF the employees brotherhood
were not considered. The capitalists think
General Manager Mclean quite able to
act without advice in any trouble of this
kind that may come up.
The presence of r. T. Mcdonald. of Fort
Wayne, in the city. and at the same hotel
where the Pittsburg men stopped. gave
rise to the usual rumors of deals and con-
solicitations. Mcdonald was at the confer
ence of the directors in the afternoon,
but it is not known what part he took in
the meeting, unless it was in regard to a
sale of the Broad Ripple park. Mcdonald
does not own one dollar of stock in the
company, although he has figured more or
whenever he and the directors get to-
Sether. Attorney w. r. Clay of Philadel-
phia, was also in the city yesterday. Me-
Broad Ripple park, and that the title will
probably pass to the Citizens company.
The directors considered the matter of
running road to the Ripple but took no
action, nor did they give any encourage
ment to some of the Broad Ripple people
who were waiting around the hotel to
find out what the directors did. Among
other reports was one that President Ma
son was TO be succeeded by another pres
ident. He was asked about this last night.
He said that he had not resigned.
''Do you know whether the directors
contemplate naming a new PRESIDENT
IF they do l know nothing of 1T. They
have said nothing TO me about 1t"
Was the consolidation OF the Citizens
and City company discussed at the meet
ing to-day?'
Have you heard of any overtures on
the part OF the City company
II have not"
companies you would probably know OF
itT'
IT suppose so. The gentlemen of thecom-
panies might have talked 1T over among
themselves. L do not know that this was
done, however"
HAS the Citizens company talked of OBJ
tanning the old Dudley charter in the event
the courts decide against the City COM
pany?"
II have never heard of any such talk"
Another rumor had it that Tom l.. Job
son.. of Cleveland, who had come into pos
session OF the old Dudley franchise, had
transferred it to the Citizens company at
a meeting in Philadelphia, and had taken
n big block of the Citizens company S
stock in exchange In 1887 the Council
gave Dudley a franchise to construct cable
roads. The company made a pretense OF
putting in lines in various parts of the
city, starting their work on the Circle
The old company enjoined them, claiming
among other things that the Dudley COM
pany was not laying a cable road. This in
junction was affirmed by the Supreme
Court, but the Council, in the interim
gave the Dudley company the right to
LAY electric lines. Considerable litigation
followed, the Council finally repeating all
ordinances given TO the Dudley company
The company, however, had been given
an extension of time on account of the lit
igation the old company set in motion.
As the Council repealed the Dudley fran
chises before the Supreme Court took final
action on the last case in the litigation,
the Dudley company claims that the action
of the Council was illegal. 1t has since
been claimed that the franchises would
become imperative upon the expiration of
the charter of the Citizens company. An
offer has been made to sell this charter
for $40, 600.