The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-26
FOR new CAR LINE
TIE ROUTE PLANNED BY THE
COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
FRANCHISE WITH A STRING.
CITY MUST GET AT LEAST $4,000
FOR PRIVILEGE.

Committee on Streets and Lanes Has
Made ZIP It's Report, which VIII
BE Submitted to the Committee OF
the Whole at "A Special Meeting o;
Council This AfternOOn-New
Route Starts at Bull and Best ana
Runs to Montgomery, to Bay, to
Price, to EstiII Avenue md Back
to BulI-OppOsitiOn to Special Re-
port.
If the plan proposed by the Streets
| and Lanes Committee of theCity Coun-
Gil is accepted by the Committee of
| the Whole, there will not be another
trolley car system in Savannah for
of Council has been called for this at
| ternoon, and at that time the report
of the committee will be heard.
The route, as set forth in the spec
| ial report, makes a belt. and is as fol-
| lows: From Bull and Best streets,
west on Best to Montgomery south to
Bay east to Price, north to Estill ave-
nue., and west back to Bull and Best.
For the spur, or second line it is pro-
posed to have the cars run from Mont
gomery street east, on Park avenue to
Waters road, then south to Estill ave-
nue., and west to Price street. For this
line, the person purchasing the fran
chise would have to get right of way
from the county on Waters road and
on Estill avenue. The committee
agreed upon $4,000 as the minimum
a he fraf1 oh ha i0b act
bidder to get the streets for car tracks.
The franchise which the Streets and
Lanes Committee wants to put on the
market for $4,000 is not a perpetual
one, but the term of years named in
the report is not known. Mayor My
ers has stated that he does not favor
the granting of a franchise for period
longer than thirty years. The several
stipulations in the report of the COM
mittee practically make second street
car line prohibitory at this time. 1t
may be that when the report is read
in caucus that the Committee of the
whole VIII not accept the plans, and
indeed, this is not at all improbable.
Some members of the board desire to
see competition and do not favor
shutting other companies out by offer
ing franchise with a dozen strings
tied to it. To use Bay street, from
would have to begin condemnation
proceedings for one of the tracks of
the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of
Hope Railway Company. This could
readily be done in the Legislature, but
1t is probable that some fight would
be made on the use of Price street I'M
der an agreement made by a former
Council with the Savannah, Thunderbolt
and Isle of Hope Railway Company,
a lice 1fx1af Inc trof 1Aol III
petitive lines.
The plan is for the Committee of the
Whole to go over the report of the
Streets and Lanes Committee and then
for the matter to come up in open
Council. Mayor, Myers stated yester-
day that he is not in favor of per-
hitting any of those who are seeking
franchise to speak in caucus. but
that if they desire, they may address
their remarks in open meeting. 1t had
been the intention of one of those who
is seeking the franchise to go before
the Committee of the Whole and spring
a plan that might change the situation
materially. The promoter, however, is
not disposed to make his plans and
schemes public, and stated that he will
not go before Council in the Long
Room. He will unfold his plan to each
alderman and let him ponder over sug-
gestions that he will make.
The meeting this afternoon promises
to be an interesting one, and the dis
cussions will probably be animated.
Only the matter of the franchise will
come up, and it is not probable that
Council will be called in special ses-
sion again before the next regular
meeting on Wednesday.
Five petitions for street railway fran
chises have been before Council for a
long while. The petitioners are the Sa-
vannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
Railway Company, the Savannah
Transit Company (prospective), d. B.
Lester, E. A. Richards and ]. S. Col
Inns, not one of whom, 1t is believed
commonly, would think of offering as
much as 5000 for the franchise.