The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-04

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poses to consolidate the traction lines in
st. Louis County.
the Suburban are not included in this esti-
mate. although these lines may be taken in
later.
will be asked to Join the consolidation when
they are ruilt. One is the ST. Louis County
Railway Company, which has a franchise
road from the city limits to Creve Occur
Lake. and the other is the st. Louis. Kirk
wood and Manchester. which has a fran
chise to build a road from Forest Park to
Kirkwood and Manchester along the Man
chester road.
CONSOLIDATION PLANS.
Mr.. Houseman stated at the outset that
he was representing only himself in the
deal. He said that he was not authorized
to speak for the Suburban and Transit man
agement, but felt justified in thinking that
his proposition would receive favorable con-
Sideration.
Mr.. Houseman promised the Judges of the
County Court that he would organize "A
company Immediately to accept the fran
chise and would give the county 2 per cent
of its gross earnings for ten years. The
other roads will not be purchased outright.
but viii be leased and the directory of
the new company made up of representa-
tives of each company.
The cross-county roads will be used as
feeders. The first to be built will be to
Ferguson, from the junction of the Lucas
ard Hunt and Natural Bridge roads The
st. Louis County Railway tracks now run
TO that point from Wellston. These tracks
have, already been leased by the ST. Louis.
st. Charles and Western and the new branch
will really be an extension. The route Will
be over a private right of way.
dhe next me VIII be a branch from the
Western Railway to Kinloch Park. The
branch will begin near the Marvin Camp
will be built to intersect the Suburban Flor
issant line at Kinloch.
Another branch will be built south from
tho Ayayvt, C,vn. r-D,,,J, - +zr.a1& 49,
Midland tracks near the Woodson road.
This line will be extended to connect with
the proposed tracks on the Olive Street
road Another branch will be built to run
to Clayton.
EXTENSION CONTEMPLATED.
If the Suburban-Kirkwood lines cannot
be secured and the Transit-Clayton divi-
sion can, the tracks of the latter will he
extended from the present terminus at the
Log Cabin Club on the Clayton road to
Kirkwood. This would enable one lire to
go from Kirkwood to Florissant, or vice
versa. through the county seat in en- almost
direct route. and would obyiate the neces-
sity of going first to st. Louis.
The Ferguson avenue division of the
Transit Company in St. Louis County Will
complete the chain. The route rms from
the Midland tracks west of Delmar Garden
to the st. vincents Asylum for inc insane.
This has always been known as n jerk
water branch, but 1t will be valuable to the
new company, as Il VIII give it n line to
the Worlds Fair grounds.
a friendly feeling is said to exist between
MI. Houseman and the Officials of the
Transit Company. In addition 20 leasing
and operating. one of their county lines, he
has completed arrangements whereby. his
cars win be run over their tracks from
Weliston to Fourth street. Fender equip
ments have been ordered and rs soon as
they are attached the downtown extension
win be made.
The recent remarkable growth Of st.
Louis County is given by the advocates of
the consolidation as a reason for operat-
ing the county lines under a management
separate from that of st. Louis. The
county's population now exceeds e0,000. The
new water company is under contract to
furnish Webster Groves with filtered Mis-
souri, River water by April /. kirkwood a
month later and the rest of the central
section by August L It is thought. that this
will thus further increase its growth.
The st. Louis, st. Charles and Western
Railway Company has only recently been
completed to st. Charles. and IL now build
ing n highway bridge across the Missouri
River. Mr.. Houseman has been maaaS
since it was INCORPORATED