The morning call., 1893-10-05
CITY TRAMWAYS.
The New Ones Which Are
to Be Built.
SEVERAL OF THEM ELECTRIC.
All the Present Horsecar Routes VIII
Give Way TO That Motive
Power.

There:is naturally much interest mani-
festad INV our citizens as TO what action
the proDosed streetcar combine VIII take
in.the matter of new lines. ETC.. and a
CAIr ranorter Yesterday succeeded In D.
tojntng, same information on this subject
witch may be accepted as being as near
the contemplated plans as IL Is possloie at
this tine to give them.
1T is impossible. said the gentleman,
"for me TO give you our plans IN detail, Tor
the reason that they have not been fully
agreed. d..upon in some minor particulars.
and until all the companies sign the COM
napt il would be manifestly unwise for me
to make public anything which subse-
onently it might be necessary to refute.
HoWaver. 5 TO the lines which will be con-
structed in the near future, may give you
a LIST of those which have been practically
:daGided upon. OF course, we hold fran
.obisss for 8 number of others which may
follow in due course of time, but for the
rresant rhe only ones considered / here
give you"
Then taking down a carefully prepared
man Of the CITY. showing all the lines of
railroad. both constructed, now under con-
sfruction and cOntemp plated, be proceeded
m show the course followed by the follow
ing tive lines:
Zone of The most important of all those
v;bicf will be built is. | think, cross
town load running from Thirtieth street
n i0pe L hurch 10 Ridley, To Fillmore, and
=: ont-Filfm0re TO Lewis street. This line
. will u5aulfestly afford people living in the
- -JVesfprn Addito on of this city many ad-
yaiitages which they DO not now possess.
F6f Instance. when any of the residents of
that speNon wish TO visit any part Of the
= city.lvinr south of McAllister street and
. west:Of Van Ness avenue, they are ueces-
: saTjlt compelled to reach Polk-street car
and take a roundabout way. This line
will he in the cable system, as there are
too-maHy grades in it 10 admit of an cleo
trtc plant. some of them reaching one
Quarter pei. cent.
i.f.Ffe second tine will run on Devisadero
sfregt from North beach to Market and
Castro stIeeIs. All travel present going
TO tie park from the Castro-strest line
must come down Market street to Haight
and take tile cars there. This will also be
8 cable line.
.raAnother line will start from Market
street ont Seven teenth to Clayton, e.
Frederick and thence TO the park. This
.line will be an electric one.
THE fourth will start from Solano and
Kentucky streets, running to Connecticut,
by" Santa Clara, Kansas and Seventh
streets to Market. This will also be an
ELECTRIC line"
In conclusion the gentleman stated that
all the present system of horseear lines
would of course be discontinued, with the
possible exception of one or two "bob-
taif' Lines where travel was not heavy,
but still of too much importance to be en-
tiTely ignored. All the other lines of this
character he stated would be run by elec-
tTiG power.
In addition to the lines already men,
toned it was learned from another source
that cable line will be run along either
Third Qr Fourth street TO Kearny. to
Broadway. up 10 Powell and thence to the
peach. The Omnibus and North Beach
k1d Mission companies at present have
parallel lines running in that direction,
but they Will be torn uD and abandoned.
AIl.the old horsecar tracks are pretty well
wor3 out anyway. and the change will
really involve little loss In construction
material.
The monthly meeting of the Traffic Asso-
citation was held yesterday afternoon,
when various reports were read and at
tracted good deal of interest from the
members, particularly that OF Mr.. Leeds,
in which he thoroughly covered the San
Joaquin Valley railroad proposition. This
report was prepared for the annual meet
ing to be held on the 9th inst, and was
read yesterday simply to give the men,
bers an opportunity to cain some knowl-
edge~of its contents before it is formally
presented.
Speaking of the meeting itself, Mr..
Leeds said that it was the best held for
some time. The future of the Traffic Asso-
citation and the progress made in perpetu-
ating il we're commented upOE at length.
Our information is all OF an exception
ally favorable character" said he, land
q the lively interest manifest in the work by
all the members present give US bright
hopes for the future. I think. really. we
will be able to do good work next year.
ILlQoks to me as though the Traffic Asso-
citation. as an institution, were here to
stay. and that its mission in the future
would not be a futile one by any means,
Ia In hos n ar hoan in the mast -