The morning call., 1893-05-31
CREATED A STIR.
A New Street Car Line
Established.
North Beach Company Denies the
Changes Made Are in Behalf
of the Electric Road.

The appearance OF a gang of men at
work, making changes in the track of the
| horseear line at the corner of Market and
Third streets yesterday afternoon, about1
o'clock, caused considerable excitement. A
| large crowd of spectators quickly gath
cred about the men and began questioning
to learn the reason for their work.
The workmen declined TO furnish any
| information, and it was at once surmised
that another effort was being made by the
Omnibus Company to establish an electric
line along Market street, the effort made
on Sunday morning still being fresh in the
minds of the public. .
The workmen Iaoored with haste, and iB
short time one portion of the track had
been torn up and another track was being
put down. 1t was not long until a switch
had been laid, connecting the Eighth-street
branch of the North Beach and Mission
Company and the Third-street line.
Some one who is opposed to the building
of an electric line on Market street and
knowing that the Omnibus Company has a
controlling interest IL the North Beach
and Mission line at once suspected that the
changes being made were in some way to
be used to aid the Omnibus Company, and
Immediately summoned w. w. Ackerson
Superintendent of the Public Streets.
Upon Mr.. Ackerson's arrival he found
Superintendent Sicily of the North Beach
Company in charge of the wOrkmen. He
informed Mr.. Sicily that he had failed to
secure permit to do such work and he
| must desist.
Superintendent Sicily replied that the
! work he was doing was in connection with
horsecar line and not an electric road,
and he had a perfect right 10 proceed
| without permit. 1t was finally agreed by
the two gentlemen to summon Mayor
| Ebert and lay the case before him. After
| the Mayor arrived and was informed of the
| facts he decided that the work could pro-
! coed without a permit Within one hour
the changes were made and cars were
| running as usual.
Superintendent Sicily when asked for
information last night said: "These
| changes we have made were not made in
| the interest of the electric line, but for
| the purpose of making our hoTsecar sys-
tenn more satisfactory to the company and
| to the public.
sixth street to Eighth on Folsom, from
Eighth to Market, thence to Kearny and
| California and from there to the ferry
called the Folsom-street route.
Now, for the convenience of our pat
rons we propose to follow the same route
until we reach Market and Third streets,
where, instead of going up Kearny street,
we will go direct to the ferry. An indie
pendent line will be run from the ferry up
California street TO connect with the North
| Beach line.
1--WE have NO charter of our own to run
down Market from Third to First street,
so we have leased the track belonging to
the Omnibus Company now laid and used
| by that company. We placed switch
connecting the Eighth-street line with the
| Third-street line, and another switch con.
meeting the Third-straet line with the line
owned by the Omnibus Company, thus
giving a direct route from Eighth street
| down Market 10 the ferry.
| Hereafter the Omnibus Company will
! discontinue the horsecars they have been
running, and will transfer passengers to us
without expense. We will also transfer
passengers to points formerly reached by
our line. and to the Omnibus line at Mont
! gomery street.
"We have not gi7en up our inten ton to
| have an electric line on Market street, and
in accordance with a stipulation between
the city and our company we will make ap-
plication for an injunction restraining the
city from interfering with the construction
of the new road The matter will now
| have to be settled by the courts"