Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-09
r,tm,,er0y TRACTION 90.

One of the Prospective Incorporators As
serts That the Company Is Not Atflintrn
with ANY Other Concern and Means Rust
ners. efas A
1.-THE Wilmington Traction Co.
means exactly what 1t says" remarked
Edmund Mitchell, Jr., one of tho pros
pectipe incorrorators of the company. |
yesterday week to reporter of
tho Gazette, while discussing trolley |
matters 1--WE have been accused Of |
being affiliated with some other COM
pany, but such is not the case. We are
in sympathy with all other railway
companies, but are connected with none,
either directly or indirectly. We want
to build system Of railways on streets
which arc not now occupied and operate
them.
"We have made application to the
Street and Sewer Department for per-
mission to lay tracks on certain streets
OF the city. Sixth street is tho only
one over which there is any contention,
and it is necessary for us TO use it
in connection with the system which
we hope to establish, being the most
convenient street not now occupied for
cross town line. We want to estnb.
lish general system of railways and
propose to give free transfers over all
our lines and make as good arrange
rients as possible for transferring from
our lines to the lines of ether COM
panies.
1--WE don't want to shut anybody out
| and will encourage suburban lines to
come into the city, as We believe
| they would make business for US and
for the city. They would be feeders
| fn lu tpn would nat
many passengers from them.
In mapping out our lines we have
| tapped sections OF the city which will
not interfere with any other company. y
Some people have expressed the
opinion that we would not build the
road il we got the, franchise. This,
however, is n mistaken idea. We do
intend to build the road and win get
to work as soon as the permission is
obtained from the Street and Sewer
Department. We have ample capital
back of us to build the road atonce,
complete and equip IL and operate it,
Ii the permission had been granted
when We first asked for it, some Of
the tracks would have boon down
before this.
''If the Brandy wine Spiines Railway
Go. wants to use Sixth street it can
make an arrangement with US whereby
the cost would be less by using our
tracks than il it laid its own tracks on
the street.
"Our charter has been approved by
the resident judge, which is necessary
T before we can make application to the
Secretary of State for articles of moor
poration. As all evidence of our good
, faith, we have shown TO the Street and
Sewer Directors certified check fol
! $4,000 which we will have to deposit
with the Secretary of State wher
| making application for articles of in
, corporation. Tho law requires $500 tt
+ be deposited for each mile of railway
TO be built, to be returned as the worl
is done. And as we propose to built
: eight miles we would be required tt
/ deposit $4,000. We could not afford Il
make this deposit, however. unless W,
! knew the Street and Sewer. Department
| would give us the right to occupy tn
streets upon which we want to built
] the lines, as there is no provision ii
: the law whereby we could get on
If the Street and Sewer Department
grants our request we will have tn
+ money in the hands OF the Secretar
4 | VI tpbbtc tic hCAb Aht UNA bVp W
charter at once, and after oIganizatio
4 proceed Immediately with the work. :"
IF Mr.. Mitchell declined to say who th
/. capitalists are back of the project, bu
:. volunteered the information that the
It had expressed willingness to furnis
tho money Mt once, even il the compan
should desire to build 20 miles of roa
instead of eight. The prospective il
d corporators thus far mentioned are MI
Mitchell, II. II. Billany, William T
If Head, Leighton 9. Mahoney an
" Charles Heritage. The routes specific
/, in the application are as follows;
ID Beginning at a point near Walnl
It street on Front. thence along Froi
y to Poplar, thence through and alor
d Poplar to Second, thence through ar
', along Second to King, thence throue
es and along King to Sixth, thence throue
a and along Sixth to Shipfey, then,
IN through and along Shipley to Nintl
1T thence through and along Ninth
b. Franklin, thence through and alor
10 Franklin to Pennsylvania avenu
to thence through and along Pennsylvan
id avenue to Riverview avenue, then
IN through and along RiverView avenue
IN Eighteenth STREET. thence through al
la along Eighteenth to Mt. Salem Ian
an thence through and along Mt. Sale
ty lano TO Nineteenth street, then
through and along Nineteenth street
Rising Sun road
'. Beginning again at or near the j
rts tersection Of Seventh and Buttonwo
streets on Seventh street, thence throu
is and along Seventh to Poplar, then
IA through and along Poplar to Sixt
is thence through and along Sixth
at King
in Beginning again at the intersecti
for of Sixth and Shipley streets, ther
he through and along Sixth street to I
ca. western city limits.
ley beginning again at the intersecti
ter of Second and King streets, ther
ut. through and along Second to Jetferst
thence through and along Jefferson
Thirteenth, thence through and ale
Thirteenth to Poplar, thence throu
of and along Poplar TO Seventh.
es- Beginning again at the intersect
ent of Sixth and Poplar, thence throu
the and along Poplar to Second street.
ion Beginning again at the intersect
the of Sixth and Franklin streets, the
through and along Franklin to Min
Beginning again at the interseot
Of Second and King streets, the
Who through and along King to Front.
Ia Beginning again at the intersect
oral of Sixth and Broome streets, the