The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-21
: .yG BEAUMONT
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The Aldermen May 2o.--whiie I'm,
ag made on the oil field
Tot standing still by any
N soon be under way on
,res, from an ordinary bust.
Il modern hve-story orlcc
IS dozen or moro business
going up. In the residence
There was vqhe city scores OF beautiful
In yesterday y being built--ln fact. the town
Woolford w9one big carpenter shop.
derinen wSeral years beaumont people have
the sixth for modern street car system.
some bforc the town has had no street ears
anaelpll but along with oil many other good
the lihgs are coming and work Is now pro-
tokressng on electric street ear system.
Y The route of the line viii embrace the
business aud residence portions Of the city
as follows:
Begin Mt the intersection OF Twelfth
street and Magnolia avenue In the north
addition above the cemetery, and come
straight down Magnolia avenue to Calder,
down Calder to Pearl, down Pearl TO Nj.
lam, out Milan to Sabine. Sablue to Park,
out Park to Fay avenue, thence to Sabine
Iiss avenue and out ON Sabine Pass Avc1
uue TO the south boundary lic Of the Cart
wright addition, and along this boundary
eastward 20 the east corner. That takes IN
the straight line beginning at the north
end and coming down the line the hrsi
loop leaves the Magnolia me at the lnlrr
section of knrr avenue aud runs out kuIr
10 Gladys avenue. thence out Gladys To
Third street IN the McFhddm addition and
down Third tn Calder and then down Caldel
TO connection vita the main line at The
Intersection Of Calder aud Magnolia The
next dlyergng line leaves the main line
Bt Intersection of PcNrl and Crockett and
goes out Crockett street TO Sabine ana
East TcXuS right of way, where IL makes
slight turn to the south and intersects
Ayennc u, aud runs down TO College
street and comes back College street 10
the main fine on Pearl street lheu going
back 10 the Intersection of Avenue II huil
College street and loop starts on there and
runs down Avenue II to ltata aud along
ltntO to ll1na aud along lrmu to lark,
whore II connects again with the main line.
Then there is Il line also which runs from
the intersection Of Ewing street ana Ave
nue. u along Summcrfed avenue TO the
eouth boundary ot the Cartwright uddi.
tioh, connecting there with the main lnc.
AT the NJ. Herbert property on Sabine Pass
avenue, another loop branches of ana runs
10 Fifth street In the Herring addition, aud
thence 10 Thirteenth stree, and on out to
connection on the south boundary Of the
CWiWHghk,
The steel for the railway has nlrcndy
begun arriving, and much OF II has already
been s1ung along the proposed route.
Work of grading Is VOL under way uu
Minm, Pearl and Sabine streets Tile grade
~ being mnde Of concrete, and is sail 10
hc one OF the most substantial grades 10 be
found anywhere In the South There Ia to
ton, ana the street cnrs are to- 80 mn cmlv
realization. Tho line 10 the oil wells WITH
also he huilt In connection with the other
work, ma VIII he In operation bv the time
the main line through The city Is completed
and the equipment arrives.