The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-04
SUBURBAN AND WEST ENDS TRIALS
Council Objects to More Tracks Near
the Market.

There was a lively discussion in the city
council last night over the question
whether the Suburban and West End
railway should be allowed to extend its
track to the market along West Broad
and st. Julian streets or by any other
route.
The permission to extend to the market
was granted TO the company several
months ago, when it agreed to remove its
track from Railroad street. then about to
be paved. Recently some of the members
of council walked up to the fact that
more railway tracks in the neighborhood
of the market were undesirable.
1t seems that Mr.. Lazaron, represent
Ing the Suburban and West End Com
pany, and the street and lane committee
had already locked horns over the
matter. The question came up
on resolution by Alderman Smith to re-
woke the grant 10 the Suburban and West
End Company of the right to extend its
track on West Broad and st. Julian streets
to the market.
Mr.. Lazaron promptly took up the cud-
gels IN defense of his company by permits
sion of council. He said that the right of
way had been granted on certain conditions
which had been complied with by his
company The motion was unjust, he
commended, and violated the understanding
on which the company vacated Railroad
street. The contract to complete the road
to the market had been given out. Bonds
mad been issued upon the road
and the money raised for
this purpose. Mr.. Lazaron made a strong
statement of the position of his company.
Alderman Davis said that Mr.. Lazaron
had made some extraordinary statements.
1t had been provided that the track should
be constructed under the supervision of
the street and lane committee, and yet
this committee had never given the COM
pany a route while Mr. Lazaron had
| stated that a contract had been given out
to complete the road to the market. Mr..
Lazaron had asked him recently, he said,
to name a route in order that the COM
pany might make its contract. The Sa
vannah Thunderbot and Isle of Hope
railway had offered the Suburban and
West End railway every facility to come
TO the market, he said. The Savannah,
Thuuderbolt and Isle of Hope was about
TO abandon its track on President street,
and the company could get that track.
The market is fenced in on
every side, except the west,
by railroad tracks, he said,
and if another track were laid on ST. Jul
liam street the carts would be practically
shut out from the market. He did not see
how the railway company could be per-
mitted to get to the market.
Alderman Krouskoff held that the city
should live up to its agreement granting
the railway company the right to build
to the market. At the same time 1t was
Objectionable that the road should run
through FRANKLIN square.
Alderman Smith said that the Suburban
and West End company did not come off
Railroad street at the solicitation of coun-
Gil, but to escape a paving assessment of
hA 1Ar,ar had haa oil cd 10
select some other route, and ever since
the representatives of the railway COM
pany had been before council at every
meeting on some point or other, and coun-
ell was getting heartily tired of it. 1t was
entirely out of the question that the COM
| pany should be allowed to build it's track
through Franklin square by the water
| tower. g.
Alderman Davis said that he was heart
| lily tired of the whole matter, and begged
| to be relieved from any further duties in
| this connection, except as a member of
| council.
| Mr.. Lazaron said that his company had
! Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
railway to buy its track
on President and Montgomery streets and
was informed that the company had no
road, or part of road, to sell, although it
! had been announced that it would tear
up its tracks on these two streets.
| Mr.. Lazaron contended that the squares
in the best part of the city were inter-
sected by railway tracks, and he saw no
| reason why such objection should be made
to track in Franklin square. Meth
er could he understand the objection to
| paralleling the track of the other company
on St. Julian, a street 70 feet wide. BY
moving the present track from the center
there would be plenty of room for both
tracks and twenty feet on each side
| the tracks for wagons and horses.
The matter was referred to the street
| and lane committee with a view to reach
| ing an amicable adjustment, Messrs. Da-
Wis and Smith voting in the negative.