The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26
WANTS TO ENTER THE CITY.
SAVANNAH AND ISLE OF HOPE RY.
ASKS FOR STREET FRANCHISES.

The Lease Of Its TunderbOIt Line to
the Electric Railway Expires Next
Month and Not Likely to BE Re
newed-The Company Decides TO
Extend Its Line Into the City and
Petitions the Council for Rights
of Way to the Cotton Exchange.
The Savannah and Isle OF Hope Railway
Company has petitioned the city council TO
be allowed to extend its tracks through
the city to the cotton exchange. on Bay
street.
The Savannah and Isle OF Hope rail-
way was built about four years ago by
a company. Of which Capt d. G. Purse
was the president, as he is now, and
runs from Savannah TO Thunderbolt. The
road was leased to the Electric rail-
way for three years. The lease Will ex-
pire next month. The rental was on
sliding scale, being for a small amount
the first year and increasing each year.
The Electric railway is now paying $50
a month rental for the road. The two
companies have failed so far TO agree
on renewal of the lease, and it seems
that the Savannah and Isle of Hope peo-
pie have decided to extend their line into
The petition asks that the company be
allowed to extend its line from the Wa
ters road through Anderson street 10
East Broad street, thence on East Broad
street to Henry. on Henry to Barnard,
north on Barnard to The market and
around the west side of the market to
Bay street, thence east on Bay 10 the
open area on the north side of the street
east of the cotton exchange, which IL is
proposed to make the northern terminus
of the line. or instead of taking the
route described, the company is willing
to run its line from Henry street down
Drayton street TO Bay street to the same
terminal point east OF the cotton eX-
change.
ed to use Drayton street." says the pc
tition. 1.-The Savannah and Isle of Hope
Railway Company would be willing TO
entertain the proposition as condition
to the granting of this latter route, the
paving of Drayton street with asphalt or
other material to be selected by the city,
free from cost to the property owners of
said street, the cobblestones to remain
the property of the city for use else
where"
The petition is signed by L. H. McLaws
Esq, secret ary of the company. Receiver
John r. Young of the Electric railway was
seen and asked about the matter He said
that the lease of the Savannah ana Isle OF
Hope railway to the Electric railway Will
expire next month and that no arrange
ment for it's renewal has been made. Mr.
Young was asked If the lease had not been
q DIOildDl6 Ollt 10 DOlll pdl NlNS anu At-
piled that the contrary was the case so far
as the Electric railway is concerned. The
Savannah and Isle of Hope railway did
not earn enough money to pay its rental
he said.
Judging from what Mr.. Young said a re-
newal Of the lease by the Electric railway
does not appear to be likely. In this case
the Savannah and Isle of Hope railway
would be left out in the woods, its present
terminus being at Waters road and Low
ers lane, near Anderson street. Unless 1t
should make a lease to its rival, the Sa-
vannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
railway, which is not very likely, the only
thing left to do is to build into the city.
This, in itself is not a very easy matter
to do, practically every available street in
the city running north and south being oc-
cupied by railroad tracks. 1t will be no.
ticed that the first route asked for is on
Barnard street, which would parallel the
route of the Electric railway on that
street.
The other route asked for is Dray-
ton street. and even the offer to asphalt
that street is not hardly likely to induce
council to grant it ON account of the mar
rowness of the street The residents on
the street would undoubtedly object and
some of the aldermen have already ex-
pressed themselves as unfaVorable to this
proposition. The residents of Henry street
would be pretty sure to protest against a
railroad through that street, which is one
of the handsomest drives and prettiest
streets in the southern section.