The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-15
AUTOMOBILES START SOON.
HERMAN WINTER SAYS BE WILL
uAVE THEM N THREE MONTHS.

~ winter Has Returned From
Trip North. which Resulted an "a
sttuht Change of Pian-wtn Use
Gasoline. Instead OF ELECTRICITY,
~ a Motive Pover-ChanEe Neccs-
.ttates New Permit From Council.
expected a. win he secured Next
Eyedncsday-The Coaches, Ten OF
Them. 80 Be Here in Three Months.
PROTECTOR Enthusiastic over Pro-
posed line.
Nh Herman Winter. protector OF the
puu street line Of automobile. has re
,urred from a business trip North en-
,hua 4 With the practcabii,y Of his plan
Ae ordlng to Mr.. Winter there IS 70 be but
a brief waiting season before the auto
mobiles are here and in operation.
NJ Winter said yesterday thai q
change that his views on the subject I'M
derucnt while he was North will involve
some small change Ia his plans and some
DELAY in their completion. lie deter
mined. after an inspection Of the various
t,-t,as of machines suitable for his gen
era purpose. that gasoline engines wouli
BE- ereatly preferable to those the mo-
tive power or which Is electricity.
TIE permit from Council to operate the
line does not authorize him 10 use gaso-
limo engines as motive power and It will
be necessary, he stated. TO have the per
NIT enlarged. 30 as 20 authorize the car
ryins into effect OF his present views on
the subject. His petition 20 Council will
H...-
when the next Council meeting Will be
held Mr. Winter believes there viii 10
but nire difficulty IN having the ne ded
change iu the permit made
''This change in the permit from Coun-
ell" said Mr. Winter is all that delays
the signing OF the contracts. They were
prepared before l came South and a. soon
as Council meets aud acts favorably they
Will be executed.
'"rhe contracts coll fo- the delivery IN
Savannah. within three months time, OF
ten gasoline automobile coaches. They
are of very pleasing ana handsome d.
sign and each Of them will Accommodate
twenty passengers. AS soon as they are
shipped and arrive here. they viii be
placed in operation and ! think ] can
prom S. the people OF Savannah a line
or automobiles in little more than three
months
During his trip North Mr.. Winter made
several visits Of inspection 10 cities IN
which lines Of automobiles are 60 success
fGl operation. He said that Ia every city
he had visited on this mission he learn
a thlt the people had taken with avidity
tn the new method Of locomoton. and
that the coaches did everywhere good
business.
The coaches will run from the inter
session OF Bull and Bay streets. on Bull
rs CASTOR. on CASTOR 20 Drayton. on
prayfon to Park avenue on Park avenue
10 Bun. ana on Sun 20 Forty-second. Two
10 the coaches will be operated on Dray-
on street exclusively. on both lines u
proposed 10 give a schedule OF ten
minutes
The people need feel no uneasiness.'
said Mr. Winter. about the completion
a. the project and the successful opera
B GA OF the automobiles. We are going
-l have them and we are going 20 make
t3cm a success Indeed I think the peo-
re will give them all the needed patron
axe Go make the enterprise proetahle.
70 regret that the change in my plans.
u uutng gasoline Tor electricity as
ve power. involves some delay. but
a delay only. The line Is sure to
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