Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01


rebuilding OF the main line Of the oid Nan.
sas city Gable Company from tho Union
depot 70 Eighth and Woodland, and also
these lines AN tbt wooden strincers and
girders viii be replaced Ry steel. and every
rails, 500 to0s being required The rails
for this have already be.n ordercd. and
the heginning OF the work of rebuilding da-
viii have 10 be done altogether at night
q block az o time, 80 as not to interfere
Stiil another extensive work which the
company has outlined Tor the coming year
from Tw,ntv.f6urth street ana tie SOUTH
west boulevard west 20 the stock yards af-
fordlne the people who live IN the southern
have long needed, a connection with tho
stock yards and all the western territory
without being forced 70 go away north any
petition fur this road has already received
Tho required majority Of sigma lures, and
1c introduced. During 1895 another extern
s.Nc and welcome. improvement Will he the
line 10 Euselale. making this a nrst-class
ine iu every particular. tt9rse t2rs VII
year. for as soon as the work OF grazing
Prospect avenue. which the hoard OF pub
lis works nov has under favorable cousiu%
pared to at orcc replace the present track
vith q hrst-cl9ss electric line. The ePuip,
mont having already been putchtS''i @ @AIll
every thing arranged. so that the change
could be made very quickly. This viii re
welcome news 10 the patrons Of the tros-
Hut tha biggest project that the COM
nauv has ON hand for next year Is the
power house in livcrylew, from which
rower VIII D. furnished for all the electric
lines west of Main street. including. the on
lire system ln kansas city. kas The plans
for this building are now being drawn. ahd
it is the purpose To- make ~ the finest ana
ruaet cafnulaia electric power house ever
built with O. ,apariiy that VIII serve 10
mglt an imants i2r years, 70 conc, ,,.u
wv .auhfCdly De- carried 10 completion our
'ne 1895, Tor building a connecting INK
.rHm i,iehth and Grand avenue to Elch.h
end WnH streets. crossing Main aud bela-
ware streets ON an elevated structure ani
Joining with the Elevated road. This VIII
allow a large number 0f the cars that NOW
20 over tn, Ninth street incline. to be run
t1 the depot throuah the Eighth street tun-
mel, and give a much better and quicker
service to and from the depot. Those are
only the LARGER of the improvements that
ont for the coming year. There viii be
lots of minor things in which changes AMI
Metropolitan system as the best and most
complete system OF street transportation
possessed by any city IN the country
benefits OF the Consolidation IN the estab-
lishmont Of an extremely liberal eystcm Of
ride from one limit of the city clear across
TO the other limit OF Kansas city, MAS,
for the ptyment Of a single fare and. in
fact, TO ride for miles IN any one general
direction for cents. The company has
established transfer points at many places
whore II was not compelled 10 allow them,
and II is the intention to still further eX-
tend the transfer system during the CONS
ing wear.
The Metropolitan company contributes
greatly TO the pleasure of the people of
Kansas city and surrounding territory by
keeping up two beautiful summer resorts
in washington and Troost parks, which
are visited daily 10y thousands Of people
during the summer and fqll months, These
two beautiful breathing places are the most
popular resorts IN or about Kansas city
ana 20 keep them up the company Is annu-
ally eNpguding large sums Of money.