The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-06
STREET RAILWAYS
More Electric Lines Are
to Be Built.
WORK WILL BEGIN SHORTLY
South San Francisco Is One of
the Points.
ANOTHER ON EIGHTH STREET.
Noe and Eureka Valleys and the
Mission Street System Are to
Be Connected Immediately.
ANOTHER ON EIGHTH STREET.

The secretary OF the Market-street Rail
way system. George ". Willcut, is au-
thority for the statement that the company
has determined. as part of the improve
ments that are TO be undertaken and COM
pleted in the near future. TO build a branch
of the Mission street Electric line TO begin
at Twenty-second street and continue
along Dolores, Chattanooga, Twenty
fourth streets and terminating for the
present at Hoffman avenue, about four
blocks west of Castro street. Eventually,
as the district develops, this branch will
be extended beyond The hills and will only
terminate when the beach, al OF near the
vicinity of the old Ocean House, is reached.
The part that is to be Immediately con-
structed is about one and half miles in
length aud will place the \ oe and Eureka
Valley residents in direct communication
by rail with the ferries.
The erorts of the people of these valleys
which embrace within their limits some of
the most desira bic residence sections of
the Mission has finally been crowned with
success. They will have as good street
railroad facilities as any other portion Of
the city, and rapid increase in building
operations Is now assured. as many people
who own lots in this part of the Mission
'have been prevented heretofore on account
of lack of transportation. With water,
gas, fire apparatus, schools and street rail
WAYS Noe and Eureka valleys can offer
every inducement for large population.
The Market-street system will put on q
barge force of men at once, aud the extern
ssOn will be completed in the shortest pos
Sible time.
The work of the construction of the
Bryant. street line is progressing with
great rapldity and in a month the company
promises that trains will be run from the
ferries via Second and Folsom streets to
TweBty-sixth. The line is to be electric
and equipped in every respect equal to the
Mission line.
The residents of Butchertown and South
San Francisco Will rejoice to learn that
the programme of the Markel-street COM
pany embraces an immediate extension OF
The PotrerO line from the present terminus
at the bridge to Sixteenth and Railroad
avenues. 1t was stated by Mr.. Nillcut
that force of graders would be put upon
the rOadbed at an early day, and that rs
soon thereafter as possible trark-layiUg
would begin. The necessary repairs to
Fourth-street bridge have delayed the ap-
pication OF electricity for propulsion in
place of horses on the POuero line. but
fast cars Will be substituted as soon as the
line is clear. The extension to Sixteenth
avenue, South San Francisco, involves the
construction of one and one-half miles OF
new track.
Aside from the Kearny-street improve
ments, which are all but completed. the
new line beginning at Eighth and Mark et
streets, extending south over the new fill.
ing to SolanO street, thence to Ken tucKy
will be the next considerable improvement
10 be undertaken by the Market-stree1
Company. This line traverses a new dis
trict very sparsely populated, but in which
an immense amount OF grading and thu
opening of new streets have been accom-
plished in the past two years. The re-
gion is elevated and healthy, and only
lack of communication has deferred
large population from concentrating there
The plans OF the Market-street Syeten
involve the construction of nearly fly,
miles of new track and mean the employ
ment Of a considerable force during Thu
dullest portion of the coming winter.