Evening journal., 1900-11-23
CON NIROVERNARY
DOES NOT ARISE
West Chester Line AbandOnS
Boulevard
Wilmington City and The New Com
pany Each Ask for Use Of
Different Streets

What promised TO be an unusually
interesting meeting Of the Street and
Sewer Department at which argu-
ments by representatives OF the VIII
mington City Railway Company and
the Wilmington and West Chester
Company. regarding the use OF the
Boulevard for street car purposes, were
TO be heard by the directors, was held
this morning and ended in an amicab.e
manner
IL was understood at the last regular
meeting of the department that both
companies desired to lay tracks on the
Boulevard north from the northerly
approach of Washington street bridge
and to-day was set as a time when the
applications would be heard II. H.
| Hoifecker and Leonard r. Wales. rep
resenting the Wilmington and West
Chester line, We're present.. and Walter
/ II. Hayes and Joseph G. Lugar were
on hand in the interest OF the old com
pany.
/ ABANDONED ORIGINAL PLAN.
In presenting his application to the
directors, Mr. Hoffecker said that the
original plan of the company % lay
tracks on the Boulevard had been abln-
doned, and a new route taken up. The
desire OF the company he said, is TO
operate a line which, without conflict
ing with any other company, would
bring people from West Chester and
the surrounding country into Will
mington. He then presented a sched-
ule of the streets that We're desired "a
be used as follows: Beginning at the
intersection Of Fourth and Pine
streets. north on Pine 10 Twelfth, tc
French, 10 Sixteenth, to King. and frcn
thence to the northern approach of Mar.
ket street bridge over the Brandyw ne
Also for a second line beginning at the
intersection of Eighteenth and Market
streets and extending northwestern
along Eighteenth street to the cit,
line.
This route, said Mr. Hoffecker, woul,
not conflict with any of the presoa,
companies lines in the city, and It wal
not the purpose of the West Cheste
company to attefpt TO compete Will
other companies for city travel an,
that the original project of crossinj
: Washington street bridge had bsel
= given up.
President Simmons called the atten
ticn OF Mr.. HOffecker to section No. 70:
OF the general corporation laws of tht
Z State, which provides that no State
county or city board Of officials havi
the power to grant the right of way n
any street to one railway cOmpan,
which was already used by anothe
company. and asked Mr. Hoffecke
how he proposed to act in the matte
of crossing Market street bridge.
In reply Mr. Hoffecker said: wv
have considered that matter. and hav
not asked you for permission TO u.s.
the bridge. We do not propose Il
cross a bridge until we come to it,"
Ut is understood that when the vii
mingtcn and West Chester Compan-
iiled its charter with Judge Spruance
in which was a clause that include,
the use of Market street bridge Judg
e Spruance called attention to section 70
y Of the corporation laws, and held tha
s a bridge is a street. and that tn
bridge could not be made use OF by tn
new company in the manner desired
e II was then necessary to amend tn
charter before filing it. which has bee
done to comply with the statute.
WAS NO CONTROVERSY.
AS the proposed route did not con
fiict in any way with the proposed ne'
line of the Wilmington City Railwa
1 Company in Twenty-secOnd street frOI
the Boulevard to Washington strees
there was no contention, as expectet
between the two companies.
AS the meeting this morning was nc
called for the purpose of passin
upon the franchises Of the respectiy
. companies, but simply to hear argl
ments regarding the lines, the subje,
WAS carried over until the regular nnapl
ing ON Tuesday next, when it will I
considered. At that time the Wilminl
ton and West Chester Company wi
present a formal resolution asking fC
the use Of streets desired.