The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-04
CARLINES GETCONCESSIONS
Radical Changes in Savan-
nah's Street Railways.
DOUBLE TRACKS THE RULE.

chiseS-The "Outside Belle Drawn
in to Anderson Street-Price and
Duffy, Part of Montgomery street
the Southern End of the "Big Belt"
and the RObertsviIIe Tracks to BE
Taken Up-The Price Street Track
Removed to Provide a Driveway,
But the City May Sell the Fran
chise For the Present Company
When it Gets a Chance For
So a FoOt-NO Definite Require
lie Convenience.
The report of the street and lane com
mittee upon the revision Of the street rail-
way system of Savannah was adopted by
the city council last night by vote of
10 O. Aldermen Wylly and Guckenheimer
urged further consideration before def
nitely passing upon it, bud were over
ruled.
The report was not read or discussed in
council, the statement being made that
At had already been read before the COM
mittee of the whole. AS council remained
in caucus over two hours before. going
into. open session, it is to be presumed
that the subject was fully gone into.
When the report was submitted. Alder
man Wylly moved that Its acceptance be
postponed, that it be laid on the table. and
a copy furnished to each of the aldermen.
He and other members of the board, he
said, had had no opportunity to give the
matter consideration. The question is an
important one, and there was no necessity
TO act upon hastily.
Alderman Guckenheimer took the same
position as Alderman Wylly.
Alderman Smith moved the adoption of
the report The yeas and nays were call
ed for with the following result:
Yeas-Weil, Charlton, Davis, Reid,
Owens, Krouskoff, Smith, Hull.
NaysLWylly, Guckenheimer.
The substance of the report, as adopted,
has already been given by the Morning
News. The new system is to consist, first
of a double-belt, to be known as the
Whitaker, Barnard and Abercorn belt"
commencing at the intersection of Aber-
corn and Bay streets, and running west
along Bay street to Barnard, south along
Barnard to Second, east along Second to
whitaker, south along Whita-
ker street extended to Tenth, thence
east along Tenth street to Abercorn,
north along Abercorn to Bay. then from
Bay street on Whitaker south to Second.
Abercorn will be double tracked from
Bay to Tenth. The tracks on Bay street,
between Abercorn and Barnard win re-
main as at present.
The Outside belt" will run along Bay
to West Broad from East Broad, along
West Broad to Anderson, then on Ander-
son to East Broad, and back to Bay. The
new belt will be double tracked, taking
the place of the present big belt"
The Liberty street line will run from
West Broad street along Liberty to Ran
dolph, up Randolph to President along
President to East Broad, connecting
there with the Outside belt"
The Battery Park spur" will run from
the intersection of West Broad and Ander-
son streets to the Ogeechee road, and to
Battery Park.
The Montgomery Street spur" will run
from the intersection of Anderson and
Montgomery streets to Twelfth,
The Indian street spur will run from
/. the corner of Bay and West Broad along
the latter to Indian, and along Indian
street to the bridge over the Ogeechee ca
nal.
The "Habersham and Broughton streets
lines" commencing at the intersection of
Seventh and Habersham, will run down
Habersham to st. Julian, along st. Ju-
liam through the market to Montgomery,
south on Montgomery to Broughton and
on Broughton to West Broad. 1t will
then run east on Broughton to
Habersham, which will be double-tracked
the entire length.
Commencing at the intersection of Boil
ton and Abercorn streets, the Bolton street
line will run east to the city limits.
The Gwinnett street spur will run on that
street to OFT and along OFT to Henry street.
In order to carry out the plan of the
new system the following tracks will be
removed: Roberts street, from West
Broad to Cemetery street and on Cemetery
street. Montgomery street from Liberty
to Anderson; Duffy street, from Cemetery
TO Price; Price from Duffy to St. Julian;
st. Julian, from Price to Hiabersham; Hab-
ersham, from Seventh to Estill avenue
Estill avenue, from Habersham extended;
TO Bull, Best street to Montgomery; Mont
gomery, from Best to Twelfth; Montgom-
cry, from Burroughs to President, Presi-
dent from Montgomery to West Broad
and Second street from Whitaker ia
Abercorn.
Inc tufnOutS, or switches, on whitaker
street, between Bay and Second will
also be taken up. Some changes in the
iutesest of public safety will be made in
the tracks in front of the Central railroad
passenger depot.
Additional trackage is to be laid, as fol-
lows: Double track on Tenth street. from
Whitaker to Abercorn; double track on
Abercorn, from Tenth to Second, and
double tracking on Abercorn completed
including the squares. Single tracks will
be laid on Second street, Whitaker to
Barnard, Barnard, from Anderson tc
Second; Habersham, from Broughton ia
st. Julian. Anderson street will also be
double tracked between East Broad and
West Broad.
The railway company agrees to reim-
burse the city for the cost of opening Bar
nard street from Andersen to Second
TO bear one-half the expense Of opening
Tenth street between Whitaker street ex-
tended and Bull street; agrees to procure
from the City and Suburban railway a
conveyance of 2s,960.S square feet Of
land owned by that company ir
Barnard street extended, to the city
to give a conveyance to the city of al
the right of way owned by il in Boltor
street from the Savannah Florida ane