Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-04
TO BUILD A BELL LINE.

Peoples Railway Co. to Have q Trolley
system Reaching Various Sections of the
City.
The Peoples Railway Co., which is,
backed by the same people who are
back Of the Wilmington & Brsndywine
Springs lire ard lie practically 40 OK
tension thereof is making arrangements
for the construction Of belt line, that
is, system of trolley roads reaching
all sections Of the city between the
Brandywine ond Christiana Rivers.
The route will be as follows: From
Lancaster and Greenhill avenues M the
latter thoroughfare to Sixth street
along Sixth Co Poplar, up Poplar 10
Seventh, along Seventh TO the p, W.
& B. railroad, which is near tue
entrance to the plant of the Jaot son 4
Sharp Co. Under the grant of the
Street aud Sewer Department, which
was made on May 10th last, the road
Is to be in operation within six months,
but Manager Oluok expects it to be in
operation much SCORER. Everything
Is to be done to hurry the work: A
bridge is to be built across the B. Il o,
railroad at Sixth street, over which the
line will pass.
An impression that the taking Of an
appeal by the Wilmington City Railway
Co. from the Chancellor's decisiot
would act as bar to the work, PROV es
to have been erroneous There is no
power to prevent the construction o.
the read. The only way to prevent its
operation will be TO secure a reversal OF
the Cbancellor's decision.
1t was learned at the office of the
Wilmington & Brandy Springs Co.
| Friday morning that the Peoples com-
pany is going to build the other lines
for which it has grants from the Street
and Sewer Department, and work on
them will be begun as soon as the Sixth
street road is completed, with the IN.
tention of having the entire system in
operation by next spring The routes
for the other lines are as follows:
From Sixth aud Poplar streets, down
p, w. & b. railroad station is located,
| On Second street from the Poplar
street line to Grant avenue, thence tc
Sixth, to connect with the Sixth street
line
beginning at the Brandywine Spring.
line at Seventh and Lombard streets
up Lombard to Thirteentn, thence
along Thirteenth TO Jefferson, t.
Second, to connect with the Secont
street line.
Beginning at the King street inter
section of the Sixth street line, dowr
King to Water, which is one block from
the Market street STATEN of the Bal
timure & Ohio railroad.
Beginning at the Clayton street IN
tersection of the Sixth street line anc
running north on Clayton to Sixteenth
and west on Sixteenth TO du PoDt
which is near the Delaware ayenu
station of the Baltimore Il Ohio rail
road.
General Manager Crook says there /
nothing to prevent going ahead witt
all OF this work rs soon as the Sixtl
street line is ready for use, as til
Chancellor's decision gives the rign
to cross other trolley tracks and wires
Under the grant of the Stieet au,
Sewer Department, all of the liae
mentioned in the grant must be com
pleted within two years but Mr.. Croo
expects to have everything runnin
long before that time
: The same restrio ions havo bee
placed on the company by the Stree
and Sewer Department as apply to th
Wilmington City Go. 1t is to pay
: between its rails and three feet eac
side thereof and must sprinkle alon
: its lines when required to do 80 by tb
(; department. Gropycd rails are to b
, laid on all lines east of Broome stree
and ON other streets rails suitable fc
t vehicular traffic will be used.
As soon as possible the erection of
large powerhouse will be begun at Ell
a mere for the accommodation of bot
! the Peoples and Brandywine SpIins
} companies, and it is expected to hay
it in!operation by next spring. The ide
OF having the rowerhouse at Greer
Q bank, as was, originally intended, hi
q been abandoned.
Large double-truck cars are to
used on all of the lines and will
4 run as frequently as business will wa
|, rant. The cars will be painted ysllo
k and green. A system of transfers is
be inaugurated with the opening
q the oity lines. The fare between Wi
a mington and Brandywine Springs wi
Il be five cents each way.
! A new hotel is to be built and 9th
!. extensive improvements made
o Brandywine Springs Park before Il
e opening of the seas m next year.
q The decision of Chancellor Nichols
i. was important not only in its showil
IS that the Legislature has the power
j, revocation of charters, under the nc
II Constitution and through the Gener
Incorporation act based upon it, b
also that the Incorporation act Civ
authority under which city railw
10 companies may be created. This W
J. the first case calling for decision
e the railway sections of the new gener
- law, and although the law is found
!. be not very specific az 10 city railway
!, yet the Chancelor's decision interpre
II the act as giving due authority.
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