The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-20
BUTTE News.
NEW STREET CAR LINE
1t Has Some Inexplicable Turns
and DetourS.
VIEWED BY THE ALDERMEN
Objections Made to the Dublin Gulch
Plans-The Street Is Too Narrow
and the Line Does Not Elk
tend Far Enough.

The city council yesterday accompa-
MED Manager Wharton OF the street.
railway company over the proposed
route of the new line TO Walkerville. or
rather over that portion of the line
which is in the city limits. The party
Included Mr. Wharton, Mayor Harring-
ton and Aldermen Muntzer, Bryant. Do
rails Paige, Cannon. Leggat I-jubibra-
itch Heilig knowlton and Rowan.
The start was from the corner OF
Quartz and Wyoming streets On the
supposition that the party followed the
route of the new road faithfully and ac-
curateIy, there are some inexplicable
turns and detours in the new route to
Walkeryille. For example, at the very
start the new street car line, if the aid
ermen followed the route correctly, en-
tiers the front door of the Butte brew
cry passed in front of the bar then
turns around and comes out by the
same track. Thence the route proceeds
up the Dublin gulch road as far as Fer
gusons saloon, where there is another
turnout into the saloon. Pat Lagein's
saloon is also favored With a turnout
and there is a switch also into Ryan >
saloon at the point where the road
switches off from the Dublin road into
private property at the north. The delay
rendered necessary by following the new
route faithfully in and out of these sa-
looms used up some time. but these lit
tie detours were not regretted by the
mem bers of the party.
The first objection which struck the
aldermanic party was that the Dublin
gulch road or Dublin street. as ii Is
municipality termed, is too marrow 10
permit a street car track on II. When
Mr. Wharton, however stated that he
would plank the space between his
tracks SO that ii would be better for
teams than il is now, even alderman
Paige withdrew his kick The street is
only 20 feet wide and the street car
track win be on the. east side of the
street.
There was a general desire expressed
to have the line extended another block
Up Dublin gulch. which would bring ii
to the Parrot gate. Mr.. Wharton said
he would he very glad to do il and had
expected to run farther up the street
originally, but If he went up another
block he would have to get right of-way
over a corner Of the odin lode claim.
He could not obtain this right 4of- way
for less than $4,000 and this price had
forced him to change his original plan
and leave Dublin street farther down
the hill. where he could traverse ground
to theswest Of the Odin.
The odin is owned by Jack SteWar
and others but is under lease and bono
TO Heinze. Mr.. HeinZe, IL il understood
viii take up the bond and buy the prop
erty, having struck rich ore. Mr.. Heinz,
claims that all the spare space on TIL,
odin will be needed for a dumping
ground, but some of the aldermen Nert
of the opinion that the street car linz
could pass over corner of the 0dir
and still leave plenty of room for 1
dump.
Immediately on leaving Dublin stree
the route makes a great big 5. which
Is also rendered necessary by the desire
TO get as cheap a right of way as posi-.
BILE. Passing in front Of the SteNar
hoist. the line then turns west and rum
in nearly a straight line To Main street
which IL crosses at Il point about 1O
feet south of the power house. Thu
only objections offered by any of the aid
ermen To the route selected by Mr.
Wharton is that il does not go ia
enough up Dublin street and 1t makes
such curve after leaving the street
Some of the aldermen thought that tn
line ought To be Strengthened out before
1t is approved by the council.
Mr.. Wharton said he had done N
best he could without paying fabulous
prices for right-of-way. If no agree
ment could be reached in regard To TIL
Dublin gulch route he proposed to con
tinue his west side line up from the Vol
unteer addition TO Centeryille and Walk
q VINE II 10 fioA iHOuSliA ludl AHefe 4
any danger of this, as passengers 70
centerville are not likely To go clea
west to Excelsior avenue in order To -
carried up To their town.
People from the Volunteer addition
We're kicking yesterday because of tn
delay in getting the street car line =
running to the Volunteer addition, an,
they are trying to get some means {
compel Mr.. Wharton to start the line
A number of people have recent,
built in the Volunteer addition on tn
understanding that there would b
street-ear facilities into that section n
once. 1t is a long walk from the Vol
unteer addition ~ town and the peepl
are tired of walking and want the prom
ised street cars.
Mr. Wharton says that the delay
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