The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
NO GRADE CROSSING
SUBWAY FOR WEST END CAR LINE
To BE BUILT
UNDER cENTRAL'S TRACKS.
PART OF PLAN TO EXTEND THE
LINE TWO MILES.

President Baldwin of Savannah
Electric Company Has Arranged
With Central Railway for Con-
structiOn of subway at Louisville
Road and Old Water Works Road
at Cost of $15,OOO-New Line From
That Point to Mill Haven COM
pany's Place VIII Cost $4,000.
VIII Probably BE in Operation by
March L. and VIII Pass Through
District of Factories.
Arrangements have been made with
the Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany by President George j. Baldwin
of the Savannah Electric Company for
the building of a subway under the
railroad company's tracks at the
Louisville road and the Old Water
Works road.
The construction of the subway will
mean an expenditure of about $4,000,
and will be the first step taken to-
wards the building of a new line as
far west as the factory of the Mill
Haven Company. President Baldwin
hopes to have the proposed line in OPP
Grafton by March /. 1t will be about
two miles in length, and in addition to
the cost of the subway will mean an
expenditure of about $40, 900.
The subway at the Old Water Works
road will do away with the grade
crossing further west, on the Louisville
road At present the West Savannah
line runs parallel with the Central
tracks on the south as far as the Au-
gusta road. At that point there is a
grade crossing and the line continues
to Lincoln Park. When the subway
is completed, and work will be begun
in the near future, the street railway
line Will parallel the railroad tracks
on the north.
Route of the New Road.
From the present right of way, the
new line will go down the old Water
Works road to Schwarz avenue. and
then south on the Vale Royal road to
the manufacturing plant of the Mill
Haven Company. The present line to
Lincoln Park will be operated as a
distinct line, from the Water Works
road on the north side of the Central
tracks. General Manager c. o. Nagle
of the Street Railway Company, stated
yesterday that the work of construc-
ton will begin very shortly and will
ne COH1pleleQ just as soon as POSSIBLE.
The new line west of the city will
be source of great convenience to the
1000 or more persons employed in the
several factories in that vicinity. There
Is some likelihood that a site for the
proposed cigar factory of the American
Tobacco Company will be selected near
the new line. While nothing has yet
been decided by the site Committee in
the event that a sufficient sum is Sc
cured for the erection of the necessary
buildings, it has been pointed out that
1t would be wise to have the cigar fac
tory located in the same territory now
occupied by other factories.
Will he Completed by March 4.
While the building of the new line
will be a rather expensive undertake
ing 1T will fill a long felt want. Presi-
dent Baldwin has been figuring for a
long time on the extension and the Sc
curing of rights of way. sThe question
of the building of a subway WAS one
that had not only to be submitted to
the Central Railway, but to the coun-
ty and municipal authorities. All of
these matters have now been arrang-
ed, however, and some detail work is
all that is to be done before the ac-
tual work of construction is begun. Mr.
Maggie said yesterday that unless some
contingency arises he expects to see
the new line in working order by
March l. next.