The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-09

The board of aldermen were called to
a special meeting yesterday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock by Mayor WaddeII. The
mbe in attendance were Aldermen
Won Claim, Skinner, West, Bailey,
Spencer. Maunder and Johnson. Abb
sent, Aldermen Harriss, Parker and
Mann.
Besides the aldermen there were
present Junius Davis, Esq, attorney
for the Wilmington Seacoast Railroad
Company, and Mr.. VI. F. H. Gouverneur
representing Messrs. Hugh MacRae &
Co., bankers and brokers, through
whom the recent sale of h Seacoast
Railroad was made a few days ago and
who are promoting the scheme for its
conversion into a trolly road. Mr.. A.
B. SHIELDING, general manager of the
Wilmington Street Railway, was in at
tendance to look out for the interest of
his company. A number OF spectators
were also present.
Mayor stated that the meet
ing had been called at the request of
Messrs. Hugh MacRae & Co, to receive
a petition from the Wilmington Sea-
coast Railroad Company, which petf-
ton ne read, accompanied by the fol-
lowing ordinance which the petitioners
asked the board to adopt, viz:
3 1t ordained by the mayor and
board OF aldermen of the city of Will
mlngton, North Carolina, as follows:
That the Wilmington Sea Coast
Railroad Company shall have and is
hereby given the right and privilege to
lay tracks, erect poles and string wires
for an electric railroad, and lay con-
dutts and run it's wires through, over
and upon all the streets of this city
upon which its present tracks are laid
and situate, and also the following
streets: From Tenth street connecting
with the present tracks of it's road on
Tenth street. along Chestnut street to
Front street; from Chestnut street
along FOurth street to Ann street;
from Fourth street along Ann street
to Tenth street, connecting with the
present tracks of said railroad, and
also from Chestnut street along Second
street to Red Cross street, together
with all necessary switches and turn
outs:
Provided, That all such planting Of
poles, laying of tracks or %conduits, and
running or s%tringing of wires shall be
done in accordance with the police
and health regulations of the City Of
Wilmington and subject to the super
vision of the city engineer, and provid-
ed, that said company hall keep in re-
pair all that portion of the street oc-
cupied between said tracks and one
foot on each side of the same in the
same order and condition as the rest of
the street on either side thereof, n
that all such repairs of said street shall
conform 10 any and all uch changes
and improvements as may be hereafter
made by the city and that the tracks
shall conform to the grade of the
streets"
ANOTHER FIGHT ON.
T-- 49, e ~ $1,000 -
rdinance the mayor asked HI was the
pleasure of the board and if any one
had anything to say.
Junius Davis, Esq, attorney for the
Wilmington SeacOaSt Railroad Com
pany. asked for and was granted the
privilege of addressing the board in be-
half of the petitioners. He said the
privilege asked for in the ordinance
submitted by his company was abso-
IuteIy necessary TIC the scheme to con-
vert into a trolley line ne present
steam road of the Wilmington Seacoast
Railroad from Wilmington to Wrights-
Vile beach. They wish to do more than
that. They wanted the privilege Of build
ing lines and to run their electric cars
into the city in order to enable his COM
pany to take up and carry
them through to the Oun and beach.
Their purpose in asking the privilege
of constructing a line from along
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the business people and the public down
town the opportunity of taking the
cars at Front and Chestnut streets any
hour of the day. so they could go
straight to the sound and beach. They
also desired to construct a line from
Chestnut street down Fourth street to
Ann and along Ann to Tenth street in
order to give the people in the central
and southern parts of the city the same
opportunity of a trip to the beach For
the convenience of people in the north
ern part of the city they wanted a line
from Chestnut street along Water and
Mutt streets 70 Red Cross street. These
lines would give the people of m
ton facilities to get on the cars IN the
city and go clean through to h beach
on one fare for the passage he IN
formed the board that his ompany
rOposes to construct these lines SUB
ject to the health and police regula-
lions of the city and undo the super
vision OF the city engineer He then
explained the proposed ordinance IN
full. and asked the board to adopt it.
Mayor Waddell asked Mr.. Davis il
his proposed to charge fare tc
transport passengers from one part OF
the city to the other, or if they would
charge the full fare to the beach, say
40 cents, for any passengers who goI
on their cars. He said he asked these
questions to eliminate any opposition
LlLCIS pO OA
tition with the Wilmington Street Rail
way Company,
Mr.. Davis stated in answer to the
MAYOR that his company proposed tt
collect only the full fare OF passenger;
bound out of the city on their line
That they would not take passengers
bound from one part of the city to an
other. Necessarily, however, thert
would be some competition with the
Street Railway Company but not III Il'
sense of CARRYING passengers from one
point to the other in the city. In tax
ing up passengers in the city TO IN
eacoas Railroad Company's main me
on Tenth street there would, OF course
he some competition with the Stree
Railway Company in handling pas
sengers TO the Wilmington SeacoaS
Railroads passenger station. In tina
however. there would be a decided ad
vantage to the citizens of Wilmington
in boarding the cars and going TO thel
destination on one fare. He again as