The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08
THE TROLLEY LINE
PLAN FOR CONVERSION Of THE SEA-
COAST RAILROAD.
The Electric Plant Of the Wilmington
Gaslfght Company TO be Made the
Power station Proposition to De
velop Wrightsv1lle Into a Pretty
Town.
Town.

The Messenger on yesterday noted
the arrival in the city of DR.. W. l.
Robb. of Providence, r. l., the electri-
cal engineer, who came here to ex.
anime the road with the view Of report
ing on the practicability n economy
Of converting it into an electric rail
way.
Yesterday the data of the survey OF
the road made by Captain Walter G.
MacRae. civil engineer, vas laid be-
fore DR.. Robb and accompanied by
Captain MacRae and Mr.. Hugh Mac
Rae, he went over the road to make
! a physical examination of the property
in connection with the survey and maps
| made by Captain MacRae. He spent
the afternoon getting all the informa-
ton necessary in connection with the
terminal facilities and the facilities af-
forded by the electric plant of the Will
mington Gaslight Company with a view
to its being made the power station IL
the road is made a trolley line.
DR.. Robb left last night for New York
to prepare his information and will then
submit his report to Mr.. William w
Randolph, of. New York, consulting en-
gineer of the company. Mr.. Randolph
will then refer the matter to the stock
holders of the road for their action.
The owners of the property at
Wrightsville are deeply interested and
enthusiastic in the scheme to made the
Sea-Coast roa a trolley line and are
anxious to promote the enterprise in
every possible way. Yesterday some of
the prominent property owners held a
meeting at the court house and DR..
Robb, Mr.. Hugh MacRae, and Mr.. NJ.
F. H. Gouverneur were present.
The object of the meeting was to en-
courage the enterprise by uniting the
property owners in an effort to develop
Wrightsville into an ideal resort. In
order to do this it was agreed 20 get an
engineer to survey the commons around
the community, lay off avenues, parks,
and lots and offer the latter at reason
able prices in order to induce parties
70 erect summer cottages or permanent
residences on the sound 1t was the
sense of the meeting to have some COM
petent architect draw plans for pretty
cottages and that they should be alike
as near as possible. This would make
WrightsvilIe a beautiful town and by
inducing people to build there by sell
ing lots at nominal prices 1t would
be a sure means of ultimately benefit
ting those who already own property
there and assure a patronage for the
trolley line.
This idea of developing Wrightsville
took we'll. AL the property owners ex-
pressed themselves as favorably i'm
pressed with the plan and agreed to
adopt it if the trolley line is built.
Of course. the people of ummer
Rest will join in the plan, and this part
of Wrightsville is specially interested
as it is pretty we'll settled that the state
is going to put the State Guard encamp-
ment grounds there in thorough order
for the permanent e~ncampment Of the
state troops.
Since there has been talk of a trolley
line affording a thirty minute schedule
for the cars to and from Wrightsvllle
Beach and Wrightsville. it has been a
popular idea that Wrightsville will be-
come a permanent residence for many
people doing business in the city. NO
doubt if the electric system is adopted
Wrightsville will get on such a boom
as was never dreamp. of by the most
enthusiastic lovers of tnat delightful re-
sort