The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-14


on the Ground-Comp.ny Has TIL Next
May to Complete the work-Force to
be Increased
Work began on the new street railway
yesterday morning on Oak street. Al
most half black Of new T rails was put
down on the line that is 20 be built ID
Faimount. This line is 10 extend from
the the corner Of Oak and Main along
Oak 80 Piatt, north on PiaH TO Park
Hillside ard north on Hillside TO Fair
mount. The company IL securing is
supply % ties from Ben Mclean, and
Mr.. Mclean says the material is being
shipped as rapidly as possible.
Manager Sweet says the company
hasn't material to push the work very
r2uca as yet. There are only ties
enough on the ground 10 buili about two
blocks Of the Paramount line.
\ good many people are skeptical az
10 the intention Of the new company.
Every day the query goes up and down
he streets, Does the new street car
company mean to do anything" People
nave talked and asked themselves and
their neighbors the question till they are
tired and sill the query goes
The management is positive in its
declarations that work viii; be pushed
now as fast as material can be secured.
II will be probably two weeks before the
matter will be under fun way, and ii VIII
te well along in the winter before the
line % Paramount is completed. TIE old
road will not be taken up till the new
one Is tnished. The company has till
the frst Of next May to complete the
work.
Relating 20 rumor that branch line
Of the new road would run up North
Lawrence from Thirteenth street 10 the
packing house PRO Bond Puhlico" sub
mits the following pertinent suggestions:
TO the Editor Of the Eagle.
at is strange what freaks will come
over people. The circulation Of a petit
ton by some one, supposed to be in the
interests Of the residents on North Law
renee, are protesting against the build
ing of the street railway along that
avenue. NfNicu .t4lc tOIlbbSnE, tN q ~
years ago. commenced TO build the road
along Topeka avenue, a protest loud and
long went up from a number Of property
owners along the avenue. Great fears
were entertained as to the annoyances
that must come with It, damaging the
price Of the property, making the street
undesirable TO live upon, on account OF
the road. At that time Topeka avenue
stood third in ne race as resident
street. Today, with all the annoyances,
real and imaginary, Topeka avenue
sands firmly ahead Of any other avenue
in fine residences beautiful grounds, and
not a vcant house can be found Of any
kind on Il from Douglas to Thirteenth
street., mile and one-half in distance,
and it has staedly improved, new houses
being built and moved in upon its va
cant lots during the depressed condition
OF affairs of the country. No street in
Wichita has improved like Topeka ave-
nue. has since the street car lines was
built If street will improve with two
streaks of rust stretached along It's CEN
ter over which a bastard continuation Of
wood and iron passed over occasionally.
ana then occasionally not appearing on
the line for hours at time, what Will
il do with a good track. nice, new, hand
some cars and five-minute service.
THE modern cars are noiseless, and
strange as IL may seems. the residents
Of topeka acenue do not suffer any an
noyance from the old fat wheel, rattle
traps that now scoot up and down her
entire length from Douglas avenue north
TO the stock yards. and there is not
property owner on that street that would
be willing to give up the railway. and
be subject u the annoyance brought
about by traffic wagons, which now
avoid the street ana traverse the ave-
nues on each side Of il. If you want the
traffic driven from your streets. with all
its contingent annoyances, rattle OF
wagons. clouds Of dust, etc; II you want
all the other possible comforts Of quiet
street. free from triffic. dust. noise. con-
fusion. then support the street railway
proposition. PRO BONO PUBLICO.