The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-05-27
OPENING OF
NEW RAILWAY

Tho Sixth street bridge over the Balti-
/ more and Ohio railroad was completed
sufficiently on Saturday to permit the
laying of railway rails across it. A car
of the Peoples line was run over the
bridge on Saturday. Yesterday Il con-
| struction car of this line was run over
| the Sixth, Clayton and Second street
llncs. On the latter lines worl;m'l were
engaged in :dJuSting the over heal wire
work in or.er that the lines will he
ready for :he inspection trip tvnorl ow
| afternoon.
| A car wa> run over the line yesterday
| and the trip was II big success. The car
| left the uoM"rho,lSc at about II o'clock.
| 1t was run down sixth street to King. to
Water. back King to Sixth, TO Clayton.
to Rockford Park. Those on the car
wore General Manager Crooks. Division
Superintendent James Quill Contractor
William Quigg. Superintendent of Con-
strurtion William Pancol&t and General
Foreman George Hall. Manager Crooks
and the other officials were much pleased
with the trip.
Beginning on Thursday morning cars
will run over the Sixth street line. start
Ing at Wafer and King streets. running
up King to Sixth, out Sixth to Greenhill
avenue, along Grcenhll avenue t, Lan-
caster avenue, and thence over the old
RlAndywine Springs line to the park.
Cars will run on five minute 'hrduir
Z on this line and Il five cent fare will he
charged. There will be no deviation
from this fare unless the directors should
later decide to place workman's ticket
on sale at lower rate. Returning, the
cars will run over the same ront,.
On the Park line the cars will start at
/ Second and King streets at present, run
ont Second street to Clayton, along Clay
ton TO Fourteenth, thence to Scott and
to Rockford Park. At the beginning
these cars will be on Il 10-minlte sched-
nle: but after the Second street line is
pla"ed in operation the cars of the Second
street line will alternate with those OF
tn" other line and will give n fivc-minutc
schedule on Second street. The first car
on he Sixth street line will leave the car
barn ut Sixth and Hawlcy streets at 5.4j
a. H., and the last car at night will leave
Wafer and kink streets at 1850 Il. m,
AT the car barn force of men arc at
work putting the finishing touches to the
electric equipment of the cars, and all
will h" in readiness for starting at the
time named.
More cars for the company arrived Sat
urday. Transfers will be given on the
lines rs follows: East on Sixth, west on
Sixth. east and west on Second. north
on Poplar, north and south on Jefferson,
north and south on Clayton. As soon as
the Seventh street line of the Citizens
Railway Go. is completed, which line will
he a part of the Peoples system, cars will
he ron cast on Sixth and west on Seventh |
instead of being run both ways on Sixth. !
The other lines of the Citizens company !.
VIII hr biult as soon as possible. and |
chang" in the system will then be made |
to take in the new lines.
lhc laying Of double tracks on the old !
Wilmington and Brandywinc Springs line |
'h'* been romplrtcd for most of the dis |
tango and this will enable the company
TO civ" better service to the park. The |
FAR" from any part of Wilmington to the
park will be five cents. and this is ey-
pertcd to make travel heavier than ever
before. The park has been considerably
improved aud number Of now amusc-
m'nt features will he added before thc
season opens. a number of excursions
har" b""n already booked for the park
during the summer.
| II" trip from here to th" SPRINGS will
be made in thirtv-tiyp minutes