The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-20
no REARRANGE ITS TRACKS.
STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM TO BE
ENTIRELY REMoDELED.

Reureseutatives of the Railway Com
pany to Confer WA Ia the street and
Lame Committee Of Council To-
day-ConsiderableR Portions of the
Big Belt and Price treet Belt 80
Be Taken Up and New Belts Form
ed-DoubIe Tracks to BE the Rule
on Nearly All streets.
A conference will be held tonight be
tween the street and lane committee Of
council and the representatives Of the Sa-
vannah, Thunderbolt and isle OF Hope
railroad, for the purpose Of considering a
rearrangement of the street radlway lines.
AS has been intimated by the Morning
News. a number of changes in the street
railway trackage Of the city is eontem-
plated. The properties acquired by the
purchase of the Electric railway are 70
be thoroughly amalgamated with the Par
sons lines Some Of the present lines are
to be abandoned and new belts formed.
The big belt line it is understood, is to
be shortened and drawn in, the line being
abandoned from Tenth and Montgomery
streets around TO Habersham and seventh
streets The Montgomery street track is
10 be taken up from Liberty street south
to Anderson. and an additional track aid
on West Broad south to Anderson. From
Anderson street south to Tenth the Mont
gomery street line will be used.
A double track will be constructed on
Tenth street from Montgomery to Whita-
ker, north on Whitaker to Seventh, east
20 Habersham and north to Anderson,
connecting there with the present belt line.
The Price street track is to be taken
up, and the Habersham street line will be
run north to ST. Julian street The pres
ent St Julian street track from the mar
ket TO West Broad street. by way of
Montgomery and President streets, will
be taken up, and a shorter connection
made around the water tower in Franklin
square to West Broad street,
where connection wis be made with one
of the double tracks on that street. The
Broughton street track will also be con-
nected with the West Broad street tracks.
This is said to be for the purpose of max
ing a loop by which the Habersham street
cars Will go north to st. Julian street,
thence west through the market to West
Broad street and around West Broad
street into Broughton, running only west
on ST Julian and east on Broughton.
The line of the Price street belt on Rob
erts and Cemetery streets Is to be aban-
doned and the cars will run on West
Broad street instead.
East Broad, Habersham, Abercorn, Bar
nard and West Broad streets will all be
double tracked. Whitaker will be the only
single street track running north and
south. The double tracks are so arranged
that the present Whitaker and Abercorn
belt can be continued or the Whitaker
street line can be operated as a belt with
Barnard street. This will very likely be
done. Cars may be run one way on Whit
aker and the other on Barnard and thus
forming a continuous belt.
A connection will be made between the
Barnard and Anderson street line TO East
Broad street, probably for the purpose
of operating a belt. Duffy street is to be
double-tracked, from which it is judged
that two main belts will be operated, an
inner and an outer one Duffy street be-
ing the southern boundary of the inner
belt, and Tenth street of the outer belt
This is understood to be about what
Is proposed by the company. The con-
ference with the railroad committee may
develop some changes and very likely will
when the Use of the streets ia considered