The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-01
To Establish st. Louis Terminal for
Network of East Side Elec
trio Railways.
MERCHANTS BRIDGE THE LINK
Intention of Incorporators TO OBJ
tain Right TO Use This Struc-
ture to Connect the Sys-
tem-The Plans.

The bill introduced in the City Council
Friday evening by Councilman Eben Rich
ards, authorizing the St. Louis and Illinois
Electric Railway Company TO construct
and operate a street railway in this city td
connect with the Merchants Terminal
Bridge. has attracted general attention. The
names o! the directors and officers OF the
company were not given. and SIR. Rich
ards who introduced the bill by request
stated that he knew nothing more about
the scheme for the new street railway than
could be learned from a reading of the
measure.
1t was learned yesterday. however. tina,
the ST. Louis and Illinois Electric Railway
Company, which proposes 10 construct the
electric railway IN ST. Louis from the Mer-
chants Terminal Bridge in numerous
streets east of Broadway and between
Poplar and Mullanphy streets. and west on
Poplar street TO Eighteenth street.-the
Union Stations the company to which
the Secretary of State at Springfield, HI,
issued articles of incorporation about two
weeks ago.
The incorporators and first Board of Di-
rectors OF the ST. Louis and Illinois F.iCc-
trio Railway Company. incorporated in ILL.,
nois, are: Ferdinand Norwald. c. n. Ira
vOus w NJ. Warnock and George d. Bur
roughs. all of Edwardsviile. H.. and Fred
Kohl, Theodore +. Meyer and A. II. Smith
OF st. Louis The capital stock of the in
corporation IS $500 The principal office is
to be at Edwardsville. Ill. The object is
TO construct an electric railway from East
81. Louis. st. Clair County, TO Edwards
Vile, Madison County. 10y way of Collins
vile. Venice, Granite City and Horseshoe
Lake; with a branch from Collinsville 10
Belleville, branch from Venice to Ed
wardsvilie and Highland by way OF Glen
Carbon in Madison County. and a branch
Lebanon. in 81. Clair County.
One Link Misking.
A prominent railway official of this city
discussing the proposed new street railway
said:
There is missing link in the scheme
as l see it, The new company must con-
rect the lines of the East Side with ,ha
pioroscd Ire "'i '::fs side cf the river. in
order 10 work the scheme. In order TO do
that 1t must run its cars over the Mer-
chants Terminal Bridge.
THAT may be done in two ways: BY eX-
tending its electric line across the bridge:
or, by running its cars over the railway
tracks now in use on the bridge. | am
personally of the opinion that the Mer-
chants Bridge Company Will not permit
the new company TO construct an electric
line across the bridge. but IL is possible
company with the bridge company for
making the connection between St. Louis
and the East Side in the other manner I
have indicated.
THE project Is a big one. and we will
hear more of It before the bill has passed
the Municipal Assembly One cannot follow
The disconnected statements given In the
bill, but when a map Is made, i believe 1t
will show that the new line or connecting
lines will take in all that portion OF the
downtown section of the city lying between
the wharf and Broadway
Councilman Richards made the following
THE bill introduced IN the Council was
given to me by W. II. Warnock Of Ed
wardsvilie, who requested me TO introduce
1t. stating that when the proper time ar
rived he would appear before the Council
and explain the purposes and plans of the
new company. read the bill casually. and
hut would not pledge myself to vote for
Incorporation Warnock Explains.
Mr.. Warnock was seen last night and
made the following statement relative to the
new line: "Our company is incorporated
under the laws of Illinois. Our object is
10 connect the towns In Madison and st.
Clair counties with the metropolis and to do
household supplies. but this has not been
vet. There Is no scheme to
extend the line further than the limits fixed
IN the ordinance, nor to connect with any
ST. Louis railway now In existence. 1t Is a
plain business proposition. above board and
not in any way a conspiracy against any
thing or anybody. We have not yet made
arrangements for getting across the rlver
but We will get across We would. of course
Ike TO cross the Merchants Bridge. \
large number of st. Louis men are inter
ested IN the new railway, but do not think
ought to give their names without their
Mr.. Warnock declared that the company
had arranged to float bonds to the amount
Of 81 80 900. and that 1t probably would C
4uire the rights OF way owned by the Mis-
sissippi Valley Transit Company in St Clair
and Madison counties. George p. Heckei of
81. Louis, ex-Councilman. is the apparent
manager OF the transit company. Other St.
ouiSanS are Interested