Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-22
Street Cars Viii Now Run to
10th Street.
GOING TO BLOODFlELD NEXll.
Hallway Company viii Run "a Line Down
Ivy Avenue TO Hampton Roads. The
Double Track system. Th. COM
bineh !aterests.

By tomorrow night. in all probability.
he cars, of the Newport News and
|old Point Railway and lslectrict Com
pany. will be running on the new sec
ton of the Washington avenue line.
above the shipyard. This piece Of
track extends up .WashinSton avenue
from the shipyard bridge to Forty
sixth street. where it runs ever to La
fayette avenue. which it follows to the
|c3mpany's terminal Il. Fiftietf street.
The tracks in question have been
down for some time and the trolley
has been put UP and yesterday the
work OF connecting it With the o,d
Washington avenue line was com
nenced and. unless there is an UNI
expected delay. the entire line will be
ready for use this afternoon.
The work on the double track sys-
TEN between this city and Hampton
is progressing rapidly and the new
sections of track Will be ready for use
in {, short time. Yesterday worEn1en
who are employed on this part Of the
guy Wires across the tracks on the
long switch between Hampton Roads
and Hewin's Crossing. The trolley
wires will be put up today and the
switches iat the ends CT the new
stretch of track will be Fut. in this
week. making it possible to use the
track by the end of the week.
1T has been Il question for some
time which of the tracks OF the Pen
insula Railway Company would be us
ed, now that the Newport News and
Old Point Railway and Electric Com
pany has virtually gotten control of
Tooth systems, and, although the mat
ter has not been entirely settled. it is
known that some of the proposed
lines Of the Peninsula Company will be
abandoned while others Will be used
TO the best advantage Of the old com
panN. #8
| On Lafayette avenue the tracks Of
both of the companies will be used,
making Il double system on that
lthoroughfare. This has been decide d
upon and will undoubtedly be done.
Which Of the other. proposed tracks of
the Peninsula company will be used
has not been given out and no decision
has been reached That some OF them
will be used there can be no doubt and
the matter will be decided in the near
future.
The Peninsula Company, when it was
building its system. started the line to-
ward Hampton and did a great deal Of
track laying. The line started on
Lafayette avenue at Thir1y-ffth street
ard Went out that thorouglrfare to the
CITY limits. When the property was
sold the line had been constructed
laid past the cemetery out in
| beyond doubt.
The old company has i line Of JEFF
ferson avenue from Thirty-fourtll
street TO Twenty-tifth street and their
franchise extends along this street to
the city limits ut Twentieth street At
TwentS-tifth the line, which has been
laid. turns toward the river and runs
70 the River Road where it turns and
goes to the Chesapeake and Ohio
passenger depot.
1T is the plan OF the company, ard
NAV. H.,
be put into effect in the tear future
! to run the jefferson avenue line on out
| past the city limits through Bloodfiell
on IVY avenue to the shore Of Hampton
Roads. 1t is possible that it will be
continued from there down towar q
| on the beach Of the Roads. Although
| the question has not been finally de-
c.ded upon, there is little doubt that
! this will be done.