The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-21
OBJECT TO RAILWAY TRACK.
EIGHTH STREET. RESIDENTS WILL
ENTER 4 PROTEST.


The street l. Too Narrow for Rail
way Track and. Resides. Has no
Lance. They say. and che Result
would ne 90 Damage and Iniure
Their Property a. Well a. to
Greatly Inconvenience Them-Have
All the street Railway Facilities
They Want Now. Anyway-Let Mr..
Coliius Put Ht. Line on seventh. or
Tenth. or EsuiI Avenne. They say.
The prupsrty-owners on Eighth street
are preparing 40 register decided
protest against the granting % fran
chisc Tor street railway on that street 10
Mr. j. s collins or any one else. Tho res
dents and l0t-owUcrs on Eighth street
thought there was some mistake when the
Morning News announced few days ago
that the route asked for included that
street, the original petition having named
a different route. but when this announce
ment was confirmed yesterday morning
they realized that their time had come
TO object petition vii be circulated
among the residents and lot-owners On the
street, protesting against the granting Of
the street. TO De presented az the next
meeting Of Council.
Tho Eighth street residents believe they
have good reasons for ohlectiug to a rail-
way track They point out that Eighth
g. very narrow street. probably the mar
rowest south Of Anderson. In addition TO
this che lots fronting on the .street have
a
for alI purposes. Il Is easy to see TO what
Inconvenience the residents would be put
with street ears passing frequently in
front Of their door sat intervals Of every
fcw minutes.
Eighth street csst Of Bull street has
built up more rapidly in the last year or
two than any other street in the south
side. The people who have gone there
bought their lots built their own homes
ana occupy them with their families
There are few rented houses OF the
street. They have taken considerable
pride IN improving IA. ir premises and a.
,he lots are small ana there are no
squares in that section the street Is used
as q playground for the children. which
would be impossible with railway oper-
ated on the street
I'VE have no need for a railway on
Eighth street" said resident there yes
tcrday we have all the street railway
facilities we need already. The street Is
intersected hy street railway lines at
Abercoru. Whitaker. Barnard and Mont
gomery streets. furnishing ample trans
ortation facilities. and We shall soon
have MT. Herman Winters automobile on
Bun street. Mr. Collins evidently wants
Eighth street because q IS open all the
way from the Waters Road across 20
Montgomery street and there would be no
difficulty about rights OF way. There Is
also considerable population On the street
east Of the Plant system Railway which
would doubtless furnish patronage for the
line. The people who have invested their
money and built their homes on Eighth
street are entitled to consideration at the
hands OF Council however. They have
considerably increased the taxable value
OF the property in that section. to say
nothing Of more weighty arguments In
their favor.
a more unsuitable street for street
railway purposes than Eighth street
could not have been selected. Seventh
street. just % the north. Is i've times
as wide but perhaps MIR Collins feared
that che influence u the wealthy residents
there would prove too much for
him Tenth street just two blocks below.
B. oven better suited Tor street railway
purposes and besides already has dou-
BILE track from Abercorn TO Barnard
streets As Mr.. Collins evidently proposes
TO use the trucks of the present company
for several blocks on Bay street. there Is
no reason why the line should not make
use Of the same oompany's tracks for
four blocks on Tenth street. Better stu.
let him put his line on Estill avenue. The
city Is building IN that direction and "a
larger population would be reached by
that route"
The Eighth street people are very posi-
tive m their objections. the more 50 be-
cause there seems to he "A pretty well
grounded suspicion that the Council IS
looking favorably upon Mr. Collins petit
lion. and that a is expected that action
upon a win be- taken az the next meeting
OF Council The petition favoring the
granting Of the franchise asked by Mr.
Collins h. still being circulated. and IS
being numerouely signed by citizens Of all
classes who have no objection to new
street railways without regard TO who
builds them or what streets they occupy.