The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-06-11
new LINES
PROPOSED
Pittsburg Projectors Are
to Hold a Meeting.
WORK TO Be PUSHED
Main Line May BE Built. From
Pittsbure Business District
to Williamsburg This Year
--ljnes tucorpopated.

TO Williamsburg This Year
--Lines incorporates.
! Pittsburg, June 10.-The frst meet
ing Of the incorporators Of the new
Pfttsburg elevated railways will be
held today, and it is probable that the
IA rapid transit companies will be or
ganized by tho election Of Thomas s.
Bigelow, president, and Richard X.
Quay. treasurer. The projectors stat
ed yesterday that no decision had
been reached as to detailed routes or
as to the time when ordinances for
street rights will be introduced In
Plttsburg councils. 1t may be decided
at today's meeting to introduce the
measures at this afternoons council
meeting. This was considered i'm
probable yesterday. The projectors
have practically decided to make the
Penn avenue route the main stem Of
their system and to build 1t to Wilk-
insburg this year. The discussion Of
routes may form one Of the most i'm
portant features of today's meeting.
President Bigelow yesterday an
nounced that the companies intended
pushing the work forward as far as
possible and that the feature Of the
pensation for franchises asked for
would be introduced with the ordi-
nances.
Lines Chartered For Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, June 1O.-Chief among the H.
eorporators OF the proposed elevated roads
Incorporated ut harrisburg are Henry W.
Oliver, George 4. oliver, Richard X.
Quay and Thomas s. Bigelow. Fourteen
charters for elevated railroads in PIttsburg
Allegheny ipl f,ar any.
ring ~ $40 miles, and specifying the fol
Third Avenue Elevated Hallway COM
llstnut Street Elevated Railway con-
Allegheny and Pittsburg Elevated Rail.
Eastern Allegheny Elevated Railway
company.
snrrndeld Street Elevated Railway com
Belt Line Elevated. Railway company.
Western Allegheny Elevated hallway
Fort Pitt Elevated Railway company.
East End Elevated hallway company.
Penn Avenue Elevated naiiway company.
Liberty Avenue Elevated Railway COM
Williamsburg --Ievated Railway company.
Butler Street Elevated RaiIway com
Forbes Street Elevated Railway COM
There are 81 Mellon charters. They fol.
low: Roser Avenue and Monessen street
hallway company, Blair and Portyue
Street Railway company, Duquesne and
Greek street Hallway company, California
and West Side Street RaIIwuy company
Dravosburg and Riyeryiew Street Railway
company, springdaie street halfway com
pnny, SwissyaIe and BradGock Street Rail
way company, Miikinsburg and Glen Ave
Rawsy de eea eomaanT mw"y EsS9mpany Ann street
and Rankin Street saiiwa" company, %
Wllkinsburg and PEBBLES street halfway
Hallway company, swlssvsie and Mcclure
street Railway company, Court Street
halfway company. Mingo Street Railway
company. Murray Avenue and Shady Ave
nue street Hallway company, Homewood
Avenue Iunue and IRWIN Avenue Street Hallway
company, Maple Park Street Railway com
Rany, Wilmerding and broadway. Street
Gsr fSSinp1nyR S4Tlst kn01v,e snd Lower
Greek and yarona Street Railway com.
psny, forward Ayenne. Street Hallway
s,ras, sS,a,iMay SGlnpany, Portvpe and yankirk
Tur,ls rgfs Ha,.TAy srasx sSgmpSny Wn.ensburg and
katchez Street Railway company, Grsnd
view Park Street Railway cpnIpany,
soui Heights street Hallway coTiiany,
Railway COMPANY South View Street Ratl
way company, South Side and second
sn1s ShS wstes steee' sE1lSay ss%psny,
Smlthncid and Anderson Strept RailWiyyr
Rs.p9Iy,:s First Avenue and Ferry Street uSe
2nd Avenne Street hallway compsny
Shady Avenue and Homestead Street "'pRpaly. Ral,.,
eorpsD3 com sop'pahy, oin M,yer Trout street Railway
Street hallway compsnv. 'hsa anI sa,,tSsIGSe h,dSe
UaTdersround halfway company. ''''"s'ue
named aSore nre the M Same tho eomraaics
= yhoPPR.sn; /, 6; foods. {. II! Marsh, sIs b.
Rsiiway comH"-". drsnt and Banm Street Street
Halfway cnFn"nny. Beccbwond Avenue and
s.ysnis 9l59p sTsnt Rssiwsy s,,y scmpsny, and the
For the last fc1r compaaIes tho incornors.
Tors Tors named are II, r.. uarn,an, p. r. Srerc.
sn5 sr,s w N a. Vert, Raymond Fritchcr
anu W. L. Fhrnswortb.
Lines For Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, June 10.-Chs,,e-s
were issued by the secretary of the
commonwealth, at Harrisburg. for IL
Ph.lsdelph.a street railway companios
under the terms Of the Focht-Emery
acts.
Tho capital fo- these companies az.
gregatcs S7376000.
The proposed roads are thus classI.
ned: Elevated. s; underground, i.
surface, Z. -
One hundred and eighty miles OF
streets VIII be occupied by surface
five miles By underground and about
70 miles by elevated lines In oil
about 2o5 miles.
Select council will meet today TO re.
eeive ordinances. by the passage n,
which the charter franchises will be
made available. Select council will
meet daily until the measures Are
pssssd. Common council will meet
sThursday to concur with select coun
III In passing the ordin ancss.
City Councils have the power IA
compel the Union Traction compsny