The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-11
MORE NEW TROLLEY LINES.
Montgomery Street May Be Covered
With Wires.
The Sixteenth.Street Line, From Market
to the POtrerO, Will Next Receive
Attention.

Arrangements are now being made for
changes TO be made in Montgomery street
which will radically alter the present for
bidding aspect of the pavement of that
thoroughfare.
The initial work will be the putting
down Of bituminous rock between Market
and California streets, and the plans may
also result in the establishment Of an
electric line upon the street.
II. 81. Taylor, the agent of D. o. Mills,
has interested himself in stirring up the
business men and pr0perty-owners and
awakening them to recognition of the
Importance Of adopting measures which
are essential to aprOtection of the business
now done along the street. He states thai
he has met with gratifying success, and
that the work of paving the street will be
done in the spring.
This work will not cost the city penn y,
but all the expense will be borne BY the
propsrty-owner S. 1t is not only Montg0m-
cry street to which this Improvement will
be applied, but Bush and other thor
oughfares in the lower portion of the city.
Mr.. Taylor says that with q very few ex-
captions all the parties owning property
on Montgomery street have siEni1ed their
willingness to bear their pro rata portion
of the expense entailed.
AS TO the electric railway portion of the
proposed plans. that is still In an en-
bryouic state. Mr.. Taylor. in speaking of
the matter, said that the appreciation in
the value of property on KearDy street and
the increase in business since the electric
line vas opened had been very marked,
and it had had the effect of opening the
eyes of Montgomery-street properiy-hold-
ers as to the needs of that street.
''The Market-street Railway COMPANY"
said be, has agreed 10 fix up its tracks
and to put down between them the same
character of pavement that is used on the
outside" He believed that the introduce
tiUn of the trolley system would have the
same beneficial effects that are noticeable
on Kearny street. and Is warm advocate
of establishing line of this character.
The proposition 20 have an electric line
on Montgomery street has Dot yet devel-
0ped sufficiently to cause the street rail
way company to prepare plans for the
same. H. E. Huntington said yesterday
that work already outlined for the COM
pany in the way of construction would pre-
vent the undertaking of anything addi-
tional for some months to come.
There are three new pieces Of construc-
ton work which will now receive the at
tentiOn of the Market-street company. all
of which are electric lines. The first, and
the one which will probably receive i'm
mediate attention, is that when will be
built under what is known as the Hollis
franchise. The line will start ou Solano
street, at its intersection with Kentucky,
in the Potrero, aud proceed to Connect
cut, thence to Santa Clara, to Kansas. to
Sixteenth, and on that street 10 Market.
The second line is on Fillmore street en-
tirely, and extends from Market 10 North
Beach. The third line will fill IN a gap
on Kentucky street, between the carhouse
and Railroad avenue, from which point
On ine is already bnllt.
There is strong pro liability that a very
pretty fight will develop 10 the new
Board of Railway Commissioners before
an organization is effected. The gentle
men comprising that body held caucus
yesterday, it is said, but found that they
were far from being of the same mind a 5
to who the officials shall be. Stanton All
La Rue. the two Democratic members, ar e
the ones who are c0ntendiHg for the privi-
lege OF naming the secretary and othe r
minor officials, while Taylor is keeping in
the background and takes no part in the
discussions.