The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-27
STREETS FOR TRACKS
COMMITTEE REPORTED ON THOSE
THOUGHT AVAILABLE.
FOR ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
WHAT THE CITY WILL OFFER
THOSE WHO WANT FRANCHISES.

Committee ON Streets and Lanes Re-
WhoIe-CopIes of the Report VIII
Be Sent to Each Alderman and to
Each of the Five Petitioners.
Streets That Are offered Are East
Broad, Plant, Price, Montgomery,
West Broad, Burroughs, Cemetery,
Roberts, Bay, State, Charlton, Park
Avenue, Anderson, Thirty-sixth,
Thirty-ninth and FOrty-secOnd.
Franchises Won't Go for Nothing.
A report was made to the Committee
of the Whole of the City Council yester-
day, upon the question of available streets
for electric railway lines. The Commit
tee on Streets and Lanes had the matter
in hand, having been assigned the work
of investigation by the Committee of the
Whole, to which the petitions of five par
ties who want street railway franchises
had been referred.
The report of the Committee on Streets
and Lanes was not discussed at great
length in the meeting of the Committee
of the Whole, but it will be taken up in
time. Mayor Myers said after the meet
ing yesterday afternoon, that Council
will not act precipitately In the matter.
but will be careful to see that the rights
of the city are carefully considered.
To each of the aldermen will be sent
a copy of the report of the Committee
on Streets and Lanes, and the streets
adaptable will be clear to them all when
they gather for a discussion of the mat
ter of franchises. A copy will be sent
too. to each of the five parties who have
petitioned, namely: The Savannah. Thun-
derbolt and Isle of Hope Railway Com
pany. the Savannah Transit Company,
Mr.. J. S. Collins. Mr.. D. B. Lester, and
Mr.. E. A. Richards.
The following are the north-and-south
streets reported upon as available: East
Broad Plant, Price, Montgomery, West
Broad, Burroughs, Cemetery and Rob-
erts streets. The east-and-west streets
named in the report were: Bay, State,
Charlton, Park avenue, Anderson, Thirty
sixth, Thirty-ninth and Forty-second
streets.
On the wide streets the privileges of
two tracks is advised by the committee.
The narrow streets. however should
have but one track the committee thinks,
and that opinion is expressed In the re-
port In the case of Bay street, it Is
expressly stated that a franchise will
only be granted for the use of the street,
provided one of the tracks already laid
by the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle
of Hope Railway can be condemned by the
Legislature. The city. too, 1t is said,
Will interoose no objection to one petit
toner getting what he can on any other
street wherein a line is now operated,
provided condemnation may be secured.
The streets the committee reports as
available, 1t may be seen, would afford a
belt line about the city, together with
laterals. The committee believes that a
complete system Gould thus be secured.
1t does not offer the franchises free, nor
Will the city give them away Council
seems disposed to get what 1t can from the
petitioners. Mayor Myers said that it has
not yet been determined just what de-
mands will be made for the franchises
The question of disposing of them to the
petitioner Offering the highest price has
not been given mature consideration.
None of the five petitioners asked for
just what the committee reported as
available. In most instances, the request
was for a good deal more. 1t remains to
be seen if the petitioners, from the report
of the committee. will be able TO figure
out routes that they would care to Sc
cure.