The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-10
NEW CARLINE DEAL.
6L OF II. RAILWAY TO oPER-
- ,rE 5. $. COLLINS PURCHASE.
LEASED 1T FROM COLLINS.
,-xTv COMMISSIONERS ASKED
FOR LEAVE TO COMPLETE 1T.

,pnb, ThundcrbOIt and Isle of
uo,,e hallway Petitioned the Coun-
=. commissioners for n Right of
M on waters Avenue, Between
uorrv and Anderson streets-Win
o,,erate This Line Ina Connection
,,,,h the Purchase of MIR. Collins,
% Rench Dale Avenue Fair
crounds-OId story RetoId-Other
waters Before Commissioners.
The mystery which surrounded the pur-
.t,so of the old Savannah and Isle of
lone Railway by Mr.. ]. S. Collins was
-,,yad Yesterday, when the Sa-
,.arr,b. Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
RAILWAY. in a petition to the County Com
u,issioners. announced it's intention of US
mo line line to reach the fair grounds on
Dale avenue.
Mr. Collins purchased the line of
railway. which formerly connect
Cd the oity with Thunderbolt,
and even now runs devious. and
Uncertain course, broken by the depre-
d.+ions of wire and iron thieves, in that
direction. Some months ago, when
NJ D. B. Lester had a petition
before Council in which he asked for the
,,ss of certain streets in Savannah, for
The establishment Of system of street
railways.
Mr. collins, at that time, an
nounced that he, too, wanted
n establish system of street
,ailvays that he had bought the line to
Tbunderbolt for the purpose of giving his
city lines a suburban outlet, and that his
system was 10 be operated Independently
nj everybody in general and of the Sa-
vapnah. Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
Railway in particular.
Mr.. Collins choice of route
for his proposed system, followed
substantially that which had been out
lined by Mr. Lester, and he urged upon
Council that he had as much right to
these streets as anybody else.
Between the conflicting claims and as
pirations. Council was greatly perplexed.
A franchise was offered Mr.. Lester, but
under such conditions that it was not ac-
cepted. 1t turns out that the Collins line
IS now to be operated by the Savannah,
Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope.
In the petition 10 the County Commits
sioners. the Savannah, Thunderbolt and
Isle Of Hope Railway asks permission to
rebuild the line on Waters avenue, be-
tween Henry and Anderson street, and to
operate it as a trolley line when complet-
ed 1t ayers in addition that the short
connecting line to be built will be operat-
Il IN ,faff, = he
Isle of Hopes line to Dale avenue and
the fair grounds. The petition was re-
ferred to the Committee on Roads and
Bridges, with power 20 act. 1t is under
stood that under some restrictions and
regulations, it viii be granted.
number of property owners In the Sec
ton reached and traversed by the Grove
Point road filed a petition with the Com
mssioners, asking them if they would
be good enough to have something done
with this highway, now through long
neglect become practically impassab1e~
The petitioners are principally rice plant
ers on the Ogeechee river. They said
practically nothing had been done to the
road for five years. The petition was re-
fered to the Committee on Roads and
Bridges, with power to act
There was a petition filed for the con-
suuction of a road between La Roche
avenue, through Sackville to the Waters
Toad, distance of nearly two miles. For
the construction OF this road the petit
toners offer the right Of way, provided
It Is completed within six months. The
natter viii be investigated by the Com
miUee on Roads and Bridges and report
made at the next regular meeting of the
commissioners
The report of Superintendent of Public
Works Chaplin showed that during the
month OF April 1850 linear feet of road
way mad been surfaced, and 5000 feet re-
graded on the Louisville road Il, 665 lin
car feet of canals and bitches had been
Jug ana $3.50 linear feet of canals and.
~'cAes slushed The percentage of sick
ness among the convicts was only one and
haf per cent.
me clerk read a communication from
inc secretary of the Union Society, IN
I'osing a copy of the resolution adopted
Wy lhe society at the celebration of its
oAe hundred and firty-first anniversary
III "hlch the commissioners, among other
pomlheht guests of the occasion, were
Bnce
a number of applications for oyster
'e'ses are now before the commissioners
auu 10 these an even number of caveats
nave oeen filed. A special meeting of the
SSo.nnissloners will be held to hear evil
'epce and arguments on this subject.