The record-union., 1893-12-13
STREET RAILWAY IMPROVEMENT.
Plans for EnIarging the Central Elec-
trio System.
Double Tracks to Oak Park and East
ParK-New Branches and New
Double-End Cars.

For some two weeks past G.. P. Kings
bury, who is to be Superintendent of the
electric railway system in this city under
the new management, has been here look
ing over the company's property and
tamiliariZing himself with its workings.
Mr.. Kingsbury was resident of Sacra-
mento in early days, but went back East
in 1860, and did not return until he re-
Gently came out TO take charge of the
interests of Messrs. Livermore and Gala
tin in this city. OF late years he was
superintendent of the Rapid Transit
Electric Railway, operating between
Duluth, Mimi, and West Superior, Wis.
lie is an old telegrapher and electrician,
and comes hither with an excellent repu-
tation also for executive ability.
In conversation with Mr.. Kingsbury
yesterday a RECORD-UNIoN reporter
learned that the new company will as
sumo control of the electric railway sys-
TEN on the lsJ of February next, at which
time all the new branches of road re-
Gently constructed will be put into oper-
aJion.
! Cars will then be run out X street and
across Fifteenth to =, thence to Twenty
! liISt, ana along lD6 1dLI6E street 10 L .
! Regular service will also be inaugurated
| OH the and II street lines to East Park,
making a seven and oue-half minute
! service on ) street from the depot to
| Twentieth street.
| The j and Twenty-eighth street line to
/ Oak Park will in the meantime be double
| tracked all the way, as will the H-street
/ line over to East Park. The Second and
| Third street tracks to the depot will also
- l. Id 1 L
| all be done before the transfer of the
property.
| Mr.. kingsbury says the new company
| will put on a number of new cars of the
double-end or cable-road pattern, which
are so popular in other cities, and grad
ually all the present cars will be retired
and those Of the new pattern substituted.
/ The latter will have seating capacity for
about fifty persons, but their full capacity
Will be much greater of course.
The service will be increased about
| One-third to begin with, adding some
! thirty employees 10 the one hundred that
are now on the payroll.
| superintendent Kingsbury is a very
! conservative man, and cautioned the re-
! porter against painting the matter in too
glowing cOlors. He said it was impos-
sible to tell at this time Just what will be
done TO improve the service, and he did
/
! possible Improvement that the business
will warrant will be made.
Instead OF a seven-and- -one-half- minute
service on j street, from the depot tc
Twentieth street, he hoped to have q
three-minute service. The tracks will
all be made as solid as possible, AS the
double-end cars will be nearly forty feel
long and have double trucks. The COM
pany expects to eventually run all three
lines-J, NJ and P streets-through to Oak
Park, and across Twenty eighth street tc
East Park, making a complete circuit be-
tween the depot and these suburban re-
sorts.
"All these things cannot be done al
once" said Mr.. Kingsbury in conclusion,
but we will keep going ahead as rapidly
as possible, and Sacramento will have
one Of the best electric railway systems
in the country. 1t is already good, but
the new company's plans are to enlarge
and improve it where possible"