The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-10
Measure Introduced in City Ccun-
ell Ia Grant Company Privi-
leges in Additional Streets.
NEW BRANCHES ARE PLANNED.
Right-of-Way Through Forest Park
10 BE Extended cd-pcrmisSion
Asked 10 Use Tracks of
Rival Corporations.

councilman Carroll yesterday afternoon
! introduced in the City Council, by request.
bill TO authorize the St. Louis and Suhur-
nan Railway Company Ia construct new
electric lines and extensions. to acquire by
tease or purchase roads already built or 10
De hullt. to annex the privileges and fran
rhis'H OF systems that may he purchased
ana 70 extend the franchise limitations of
the ST. Louis and Meramec River Railway
company and the F!urissant Avenue Elce-
trio Railway Company. which are now a
part of the Suburban. to the year 1859. thus
TO make the franchise Of all the divisions
expire at the same time
The tenor of the bill. which is very
lengthy and replete with detail, suggests Il
practical reorganization Of the entire Sub
urban system. enabling the company to
enter into a wider competition, either by
constructing. purchasing or leasing adii-
tional lines or by arranging to operate,
whenever convenient or necessary. over the
tracks Of rival companies, Not only does
the bill include the right-of-way on streets
already In use. but even mentions privileges
on thoIoushfares that have not as yet been
opened As whole the document implies
that the company has I'm mind the construc-
tion in due course of time of further exten-
sions not enumerated.
The new routes contemplated were as
follows:
Along Twelfth street. from Locust street
TO Pine street; on Pine street TO Thirteenth
street; on Thirteenth street to Locust
street; on Locust street from Thirteenth
street to Twentieth street; on Twentieth n
street TO Chestnut street; on Chestnut street
TO Grand avenue: on Grand avenue to For
est Park boulevard. on Forest Park boule-
GfT md 10
tracks of the Meramec division 10 Mack
lind avenue.
Along Barthold avenue from the intersec-
tion OF Macklind avenue to Clayton avenue.
From Manchester avenue along King
highway boulevard 10 shaw avenue: on
Shaw avenue TO Macklind avenue; on Mack
lind avenue 10 Columbia avenue; on Column
nia avenue to Dalton avenue. and on Dali
ton avenue to Old Manchester road. When
ever Union avenue will have been extended
southwardly the company is to have a right
OF way through Forest Park
Along Theresa avenue. from Chestnut
street to Forest Park boulevard, If the
boulevard be extended that far eastwardly,
and along Forest Park boulevard, across
tinued west of Forest Park, the company
is TO have the right-of-way through the
park.
Along Goodfellow. from the present Sub
urban tracks to Ridge avenue, on Ridge
avenue to Hamilton avenue, on Hamilton
avenue to Garfield avenue and west on Gar
tracks.
Along Florissant avenue, from Bernays
avenue to the Tracy road. on Tracy road
to McLaren avenue, on McLaren avenue
to Halfs Ferry road and east on Halls
Ferry road to broadway: along McLaren
avenue westwardy from McLaren avenue
to the city limits.
Along Twentieth street from Wash street
to Pine street.
Along Manchester avenue from Macklind
avenue. to McCausland avenue. Nc
tdusland avenue to Clayton avenue, on
Clayton avenue to the Skinker road on
Sknker road to Delnar avenue and on Del
mar avenue westwardly to the city limits.
Along Twelfth street from Pine street to
Spruce street, Oh Spruce street to Fourth
street and north on Fourth street to Elm
street.
Provisions are made in the bill for the
remuneration which is to accrue to the
but the amounts are not stated. The Cl.~ses
are I'm the bill. but blank spaces arc left
for the insertion of the amount which may
he determined upon. According TO the ser Sc
of the bill. the privileges. franchises. right
of-way. remuneration and grants of every
sort stated. will. upon adoption of the bill.
make obsolete all similar agreements now
existing between the city and the ST. Louis
and Suburban Railway Company. the St
Louis and Meramec River Railway Company
ard the Florissant Avenue Electric Railway
Company. thus virtually readjusting the
system.
The company would be empowered to pur
chase. lease and acquire. not only electric
railways. but railroads operated by other
verted into electric railways the motive
current to be either overhead or under
ground.
The House Of Delegates also convened
yesterday afternoon. The business COM
prised few new bills from the Board of
Public lmproveme nts. providing for the con,
struction of alleys in certain districts and
Tor other minor improvements