The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-19
GREAT THINGS
FOR RALEIGH
New Electric Railway Line
To Be Built.
A NEW ATHLETIC PARK
A NEW ATHLETIC PARK
TO BE BUILT NEAR THE CITY
ROCK QUARRY.
THE STOCK is ALREADY SUBSCRIBE
Terms Proposed by The CITY to the Electric
Company--A Cheap and Convenient
Method for Bringing Paving
Stone to the City.

There is a big street railway deal ON
hand-one that contemplates seyera
very important things.
The News and Observer some weeks
ago foretold exclusively a part OF the
story. Since then matters have been
shaping up between the city authorities
and the Raleigh Electric Company, and
a directors meeting will be held to-day
ut which the city's proposition touch
ing these important matters Will be dis
cllsSed.
ne new. scheme embraces a new line
of street railway to be built from the
intersection of Fayetteville and Har-
gett streets and to run out Hargett
street to the Smithfeld road and thence
to the. city stone quarry.
This section of the city at one time
had street car facilities, but not since
the electric cars supplanted the old
horse cars; and the people living along
the line are hoping that the conyeniences
may be restored.
But the chief object of it is to pro-
vide a cheap and convenient method Of
hauling stone from the newly opened
quarry TO all parts of the city for curb
ing and paving purposes.
The plans and propositions so far con-
sidered are about these: The city is to
build the car line-do all the necessary
grading, furnish and put in place cross
ties and rails. The street car company
is TO supply and put up the polls and
trolley wire, and furnish and operate
the cars. The city also obligates to do
whatever paving between and on each
side of the track is required of the car
company by the city ordinances. Then
all the passenger fares collected are TO
belong to the street car company and
the. line when the city is through with
it. is to be the property of TIE Raleigh
Electric Company.
In return for this the street car fine
is to haul, without charge, stone for pay
ing and curbfng from the quarry to any
point along its line. whenever called up
on to do so by the city authorities.
Another Iart of the scheme is to open
up o. new athletic park on the vacant
field between lakewood cemetery and
the Soldiers Home. 4isF4
The athletic park is to be owned and
managed by stock company, the stock
of (which has all been subscribed on
condition that the street car line is ex.
tended to the proposed park.
Still another important improvement
for Raleigh, to be commenced within the
next few days, is the replacing of the
old wooden rlilroa,. bridge on Lenoir
street with an mon structure, and the
widening of the street under the iron
bridge on South street.
At this latter point it is just thirty
one feet from one side of the embank-
ment or iron post to the other. All of
this space is needed for the driveway.
and there are no sidewalks or room
for any without making the driveway
entirely too Narrow. But Chairman
Drewry, of the Street committee, has
succeeded in getting the Southern Rail
way to agree to widen the space through
the embankment ten feet. This will cost
the railroad some $1,000, burt it is neces-
sary and will give ample space for side
walks and also for the large number
of wagons that pass through it.
Capt. j. ID. Dcdson. the general con-
structiIg agent of the Southern Railway.
was here yesterday TO inspect this bridge,
and he ut once ordered the above change
TO be made. He considers the present
arrangements dangerous and nc directed
Mr.. Wells. the division construction
agent, to begin OH it ut once
Tie other change ordered ly Capt. bod
SON. at Mr.. Drewry's suggestion, was re-
placing the wooden bridge over South
street with an iron suspension bridge
This is even more dangerous than the
I4enor, street bridge. The wooden pillars
now standing in the street are per-
petual menace to life. There is now a
damage suit in court against the city,
brought by young lady who was hurt
by being thrown against these pillars
while she was out horseback riding.