Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-05-22
MORE AS TO
THE TROLLEY
An Interview Which Brought out Num-
Der of New Points.

j. y. BOnnCll, OF MauCh Chunk, sup
crintcndent of the Carbon County
! Electric Railway, and one of the pro-
moters of the new line between this
city and Bloomsbury, was i'll Danville
yesterday. During the afternoon he was
! interviewed by a representative Of The
| American when many facts were
learned that will be new to our readers
! Mr.. Bonnell has been working in
! the interest of the new trolley between
+ Danville and Bloomsbury for several
J days past. He is quite confident of
success. Some few, it is true, hesitate
to grant the right of way, but there
I is growing sentiment i'll favor of
! the trolley. On the whole, there is
nothing in the situation that is likely
! to act as an obstacle to the building
! of the road.
The Danville and Bloomsbury Elec-
| trio Railway will connect with the
! Columbia and Montour line at Il point
| about 300 feet below Kciter's Dam, at
Rupert, thence intersecting the lands
of A. L. Boody and James Mcbride as
far as the p e r. railway; beyond
this point it will run along side of the
! p. q r. tracks as far aS Grovania,
whence it Will follow the public road
| into Danville.
The ground occupied by the trolley
between Rupert and Grovania, a tract
| twenty feet wide, has been purchased
by the company. In this way not
only has opposition as to the right of
way been obviated, but the road lying
as it does contiguous to the p. q r.
/ railway avoids the steep hills which
have to be climbed ON the public road.
If there is public road anywhere
in the State that is justly an object of
pride with the citizens it is the we'll
| kept and important thOrOughfare be-
! tween this city and Bloomsbury. For
many years past the several townships
| intersectcd by it have been eXpending
| upon it great deal of time and money.
! 1t is macadamizcd the entire dist
| ance between the two towns. Much
of the opposition previously cncount-
! cred has grown out of the fear that
the trolley company, once granted the
right of way might proceed to do about
as it pleaseS with the road cutting it
up very badly, laying the track as
suits its fancy, and rendering rough
and dangerous the old thOroughfare so
| long noted rs the best in this section.
This fact was touched upon yester-
day in conversation with the promot
er. Mr. Bonncll made it plain that
under the law trolley company is
bound by contract to the performance
of such duties relating to the road
| traversed as to make all fears Of abuse
or neglect utterly groundlesS.
The track must be laid on the side
of the road subject to the approval of
the township supervisor. The legal
width of the road will be taken as 33
feet sixteen and half feet will be
measured off from the centre of the
road and the track, four and a half feet
wide, will be constructed on the eX-
trcme outside, in no instance cut
ting into the macadamized drive. The
track will cross the road but seldom,
only when the change might relieve
some property owner, for instance one
| whose entrance the track might inter
| fere with.
With reference to the right of way
between Grovania and this city Mr..
Bonncll says that twO-thirdS of the
signatures have been secured. The
supervisors of Mahoning and Cooper
townships reveal no antagonism and
he feels confident that i'll due time
each Will authorize the use of the
road for the building of the trolley.
At the next meeting of our borough
council the company will apply for
borough rights In very short time
matters pertaining to the right of way
will be settled. when, Mr.. Bonnell
says, the company will be capitalized
and the construction of the road will
begin.
The company guarantees first class
line both in construction and equip
ment embracing all that is new and