Evening journal., 1900-09-28
Celebrated Victory With Dis
play Of Fireworks
POWER HOUSE IN EISMERE
Cars Will be Run at Brief Intervals,
and the Park Will be Greatly
Improved

Work on the Peoples Railway Com
pany's new lines will be begun at once.
Last night conferences were held be-
tween the officers and General Mana
ger Crook, and 1t was decided to gol
ahead with the work Immediately
General Manager Crook went to Phil
adelphia this morning where furtherI
plans for the building Of the lines will
be mapped out The material for
building the lines will be hauled as
soon as it can be obtained Some Of
the material is already stored and
ready for use. Representatives Of the
Diamond State Steel Company which
will furnish the rails, were busy last
night calculating on how soon these
can be delivered.
In celebrating the victory gained
over the Wilmington City Company,
General Manager Crook had a pyro-
technic display at Eighth and Union
streets last night. which ended In the
explosion Of several large dynamite
bombs.
Work will be commenced shortly on
the power house Of the new system,
which will be located In Elsmere In
stead OF near Greenbank, as was origl-
nally intended when the Wilmington
and Brandywlne Springs railway was
built Much Of the machinery fer
the power house Will be large enough
to furnish power for both Of the lines
and have considerable to spare.
General Manager Richard w. Crook
of the Wilmington and Brandywine
Springs Railway Company AMI the
Peoples Railway Company, was asked
this morning wnen he would begin
building the belt line OF tro, ley
through this city He said:
Il expect to get TO work by MONDAY
morning Some Of the material Ia.
bsen hero for four OF five months II
anticipation Of the decision rendered
yesterday by Chancellor Nicholson. w
have been paying demurrage on i, al
that time. We intend to start wcrl
et both ends simultaneously and con
struct along the following route:
beginning at Gresnhiu avenue ang
Lancaster avenue. up GreenhiA avenue
60 Sixth street, IN Sixth street to Pop
lar. up Poplar to Seventh
east on Seventh TO tn
p. W. & B. railroad, which will bo tn
terminus. Themes back en- Seventh q
Poplar along Pop ar to Thirteenth
along Thirteenth to jefferson. alon
jefferson to Second, along Second T.
Clayton, along Clayton L
Sixth where 1t intersect
the main line. There Will b
a spur extending from Sixth and Clay
ton streets up Clayton to Delawar
avenue and Dupont streets to the b. I
o. station at that point, and anothe
spur from Sixth and King streets dow
King to the p, W. & b. railroad withi
one square OF the railroad station. An
other spur win extend from Sixth an
Poplar streets to Front and thence .
Front and Walnut and the p, W. & I
station. 1t will be completed With
six months. The rails used will b
nine-inch girder, fuli-grooved, weigh
ing 10 pounds to the yard, and wi
be one of the best rOadbeds in tn
country. We win close with the con
tractors at once.
Our power plant will be at Els
mere. 1t will be 1 1000 horsepower an
Of the latest pattern. We shall have t
set from twenty-five to thirty me-
cars to operate all those lines. We in
tend to run our cars on quick sched
ule OF from one TO five minutes, aC
cording to the demands Of business.
anticipation of next seasons rush o
Brandywina Springs Park am alread
having built many artistic column
which Will be part of a beautiful
decorated and lighted court Of homo
extending from one end Of the park t
the other. with triumphal arch at th
park entrance