The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-05-28
SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF STREET
RAILWAY PROGRESS IN NEW
ORLEANS.
FROM DOUBLE DECKERS" WITH
THREE HORSES TO MULES
AND THEN SUCCESSFUL
ELECTRICITY.
Tn All OF Which the New Orleans and
Carrollton Railroad Co. Has Led
the Way.

The New Orleans and Carrollton r;
r. Co. was the drst street railroad
operated in the United States. It's CHAR
ter was approved and signed on the 3th
OF. February. 1888. By Alcee Laorancne,
Speaker of the House OF Representa-
ives. c. Derbigny. President Of the
Senate A. e. Roman. Governor OF
Louisiana. The FIRST Board Of Directors
composed of the following gentlemen
l.. MilaudOn NJ Lizard, Joachim
Kohn. Peter Laijlaw, y. +. Burthe,
Thos Dixon and Fl. g. Schmidt. Com
missioners Of election We're Maunsei
White. l. Linton. sam I.lverman. and
Levi Pierce. On the 23rd Of April the
board met and elected y. F. Burthe
president and l.. +. Generes secre airy.
The committee appointed TO procure an
office. buy furniture. clocks, books, etc.
reported progress. and also reported
that they had made arrangements with
the Mercantile Advertiser and the Bee
fer publishing al advert i7ements for
The year and furnishing the board with
Il daily paper. The AdveI Users charges
will be $50 per arnum and the Zee Qn
French and EngliSh) for so The first
resolution passed by the city council
on The 21th OF February, 1898. reads as
follows and is like a dream compare
/" the verb.age Of the present day res
olutions:
"Be ii Resolved, That the New Or
leans and Carrollton r. r. Go. be. are
hereby authorized TO place one single
rail track. from the lower limits OF the
Nuns plantation. down Nyades O1w 81.
Charles aNcnuel. across "lfvoii" place,
down Triton Walk (nOW Howard ave-
nuc). and Baronae street 10 the point
where this las street meets with Canal
street BE il further resolved That
~ any time hereafter the ma Oriiy of
tn Inhabitants and property holders
through which the road passes should
complain thereof as a nuisance the
lsF
notice from the mayor Of the city.
sbdll cause said railroad track removed
ard toe street pUt 10 the same order ls
Z was before (uote: it was dirt street
and tie CarrOlitcn T. H. co. had the
whole street paved with cobb,e stones
at IFS OWN expense. on the 18th pf
January. 1884. the engineer % the road
reported that the passenger cars'
ltaen drawn ny three horses on Ba-
rome street were now running aud re-
qLcsted fne board tic fix tho price oC
passage" On motion, resolved. That
he price OF passage shall Dee 1913 GEMS
from Canal street to the Circle N4ee)
and 1854 cents TO the head OF Jackson
street
Those must have been splendid times
or they lid not have any such kickers
as at the present age, Now tue people
ride eight miles III iine electric cars at
the rate OF - miles an hour for cents
and are still not happy.
The New Orleans aud CarroIlton r. r.
Co. has been the pioneer Of every new
invention ana style OF running railroads,
and has paid dearly for their expert
ence all other roads have been careful
and wise In nos following her example.
until she struck electricity when AT
cried bonanza. and followed. If the old
lady has made Il mistake, there is one
consolation, she has some mighty good
company to sink OF swim with her but
the old company Intends to swim until
time shall be no more. The Carroilton
Company has a fine brick power mouse,
occupying q whole square, a the head of
Napoleon avenue, equipped with four
powerful Coriiss engines and six boil