The sun., 1901-03-06
STILL MORE
RAILWAYS
Street and Sewer Directors Receive
Applications for New Lines
ONE ROAD TO RUN TO ELKT0N
Will Start at Seventh and Market
and Run on Seventh to Clay
ton and on Clayton to
Turnpike.
ONE ROAD TO RUN TO ELKTON

The Street and Sewer Directors at
their meeting yesterday morning heard
applications for number of new electric
railway lines. The City Hallway Com
pany requested permission to extend ITS
MARYLAND avenue line from the present
southern terminus ut Sixth avenue to
The city line. The company, it is under
stood. obtained controlling interest Ill
the Wilmington X Newport turnpike and
intends to build line from Wilmington
to Newport and Stanton. The matter
will come UP ut Il future meeting.
4 resolution was read granting to the
Wilmington, Newark Il Elkton Railway
Co. the right to build "A line from Seventh
and Market streets westerly on Seventh
street to Clayton and south ON Clayton
TO the Newport turnpike. This COM
pany expects to build il line to Newport,
Stanton, Newark and Elkton, Md. The
company will probably cooperate with
the Wilmington City Co. on the turn
pike. The Peoples Railway Co. now
| having the right to use Clayton street,
between Sixth and Seventh, question
arose rs to the boards right to grant
use of the street to the new company.
Peter Il. Cooper, Jr., representing the
latter company, said such PERMISSION
could he granted and stated that the
relations between the Peoples Co. and
lie new company We're friendly and an
agreement could no doubt be reached
| The resolution was read twice and laid
over for final action ut a future meet
ing The company has a charter in
Maryland. The line is to be ready to
operate in twelve months.
a resolution was read granting to the
Park Railway Co., a new corporation,
The right to build line from Fourteenth
land Clayton streets, the northern ter
minus of the Peoples Railway Co. $
CLAYTON street line, westerly along -Four
tcenth street to Scott, to Lowering ave
nue. to Union Street, to Shallcross ave
nue.. to Woodlawn avenue, to Rockford
!, Park also. to build line on Clayton
/ street from Second to Sixth.
The lines are to be operated within six
L months after permission to build is
: given. The projectors are directors Of
l. the Peoples Railway Co. and the two
e companies are to work together II
i Operating the lines. The resolution wa'
|. read twice and laid over for final actor
: ut Il future meeting.
o Permission was given William p. Ban
croft to grade the south side of Delawar'
i avenue from Benson street to Wood
:. lawn avenue. 1t is understood the Will
h mington City Railway Co. expects t.
II build its proposed Rockford Park eX
d tension there, but cannot do 50 until th'
It avenue is graded.
Ii A resolution will be presented at tn
II next meeting of the board giving tn
IS City Railway Co. the right to build it
IS Rockford Park extension. COMMISSIONS
" I'ielson was instructed to increase hi
It street cleaning force and have the sprin
II cleaning begun as soon as possible.
The weekly payroll, amounting t
,c S33929, and bills for cart hire, s57.5C
T. were approved and ordered paid. Secrt
* tary Wiley reported collections amount
q. ing to $299.24 and Treasurer Haman
le reported a balance of s31,0SS.15.
1t The directors yesterday afternoo
IL visited Washington street bridge an
u located the new tracks of the City Raj
Ii way Go. for the Boulevard extension.