The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-31
MANY INTERESTS INVOLVED.
BAY STREET FRANCHISE VIEWED
FROM ALL SIDES.

and Alabama Railways, the Street
UaiIrord Company, and Protecting
Property Owners on Indian and
Williamson <treets-A Diversity of
Views Pre~ented-Vice President
Essn Declines to Enter Into Il
Joint Arrnpgenent-Is Willing for
the &. 4 4. to Build the Track
with She same Conditions rs Are
Now Imposed Upon the Central on
River street-street Railway Has
It's Little say.
The cay Council met yesterday
afternoon in Committee OF the
Whole. and heard from che various par
ties interested Ia the proposed tracks on
Bay street and on other streets neces-
sary in making the approach &, the Bay
IN spite of the rairsform tnz meeting was
fairly well attended representatives. Of
the Central and Georgia and Alabama
Railways the street rail way company
business men on Bay street and the pro-
testing property owners on Indian and
Williamson streets being present
There were more members OF Council
than at any meeting since the early sum
mer Mayor Myers, Aldermen Tiedeman,
Mills Bacon. Dixon, Thomas. Haas. GA
ham, Schwarz and Williams being pres
ent.
Among the interested parties were Vice
President Egan and Capt. Il. c. Cunning
ham, representing the Central of Geor-
gia Railway. MessrG. w. w. Mackall and
J. r. Anderson of counsel for the Geor-
gia and Alabama Railway; Hon Pope
Barrow and General Manager Il. NJ. Lof-
ton representing the street railway Mr.. A.
b. Palmer and Mr.. w. II. ". Schley, rep
resenung business and property interests
on Bay street: Mr.. J. Ferris Cam. repre-
senIing The protesting property owners on
Indian and Williamson streets, ard sew
eral of the property owners, who signed
the petition against granting the rights
Of way on these streets. Owing to she
general interest in the matter 1t was de-
c.ded that the meeting should be public.
The petitions were read first The Geor-
gia ard Alabama having submitted an
amended petition this was first taken up.
II recited that in lieu Of the former petit
ton for permission 10 lay tracks on West
Broad. Bay ana williamson streets. the
company desired to make use Of another
route drought West Boundary. Indian
Williamson and West Broad streets, with
a spur track on Water street from River
street double track along the strand TO
the City Exchange with a spur track
from the strand 20 Jefferson street and
track east and west on Bay street between
East Broad and West Broad. blue print
accompanied the petition showing The plan
Of the tracks as outlined
In addition to this the petition stated
that the company did not ask for exclusive
privileges on Bay street. 1t recognized
that Bay street is not wide enough for
special grants to each of the lines enter
In q ha ait nd hn NJ WILLING IN
the rights asked for granted to it jointly
with the Central of Georgia, the Plant
System, should IL desire to enter into tho
arrangement and any other railway COM
panY which may hereafter enter the city.
and which may be willing TO bear Is share
of the cost of construction, maintenance
and operation. II was also slated that
the petitioners had submitted a PROPOSE
ton to the Central of Georgia for a joint
undertaking.
The petition of the Central was next
read. 1t asks for permission to construct
a track from Waters street along Indian
street crossing West Broad street 10
Williamson street, along William
son street 10 the strand with
double tracks along the strand
to the City Exchange, with a spur track
along Bay street from Barnard to West
Broad street, and with the further right
10 extend along Fay street to East Broad
street provided the property owners east
of the Exchange should desire such an ex
tension.
the petition of the merchants and prop
cray owners oii Bay street west of the
Exchange, fayoTing the granting of the
Centrals petition as 10 the best interests
of al concerned was read. 1t is signed
by practically air OF the business houses
on West Bay stIeet
Tho protest OF the Indian street properly
owners entered very decided objections 10
the placing of a railway track on that
street They held that there is already a
street railway track there, and the addl-
ton OF steam railroad track would not
or-y block the street for traffic, but would
greatly damage the property Of the petit
TONERS, who are for the most part persons
of small means. \ similar petition was rcai
from the property owners on Williamson
street The petition urged chat William
son street is too narrow for railroad
track being only twenty feet wide its
mouth on West Broad street, and its
greatest width being only thirty feet That
the buildings on the street are chic "
smad residences whose foundations are
likely 70 he injured by The Earring of pass
ing trains Among the signatures to the
Petition was that Of Capt John Fjannery.
A telegram from Mr. J, -. Weed. repre-
resenting the Hardee- estate. opposing The
track on Williamson street. was read An
other telegram from Mr.. John l. Stoddatd.
protested against any railroad track on
East Bay street.
After the petitions had b. en- read Mayor
Myers inquired II there were anyone pres
ent who desired to be heard in The mat
ter. Capt ]. +. Cam, IN behalf of the
Indian street property owners, entered a
strong protest against allowing a railroad
track on that street. This petition he
said, had been signed by nearly every
property owner on the street with the ex-
ception of two large corpora ions the Sa-