The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
MULE CARS MUST GO
LINE TO MONTGOMERY TO BIZ
ELECTRICALLY EQUIPPED.
WORK WILL BEGIN TO-DAY.
THUNDERDoLT INCIDENT REsPON-
SIBLE FOR DETERMINATION.

Destruction of Poles Along the Blum
Has Determined Savannah Electric
Company to Defer Construction OF
Some Indefinite Time In the Fu-
ture-If People There Don't Want
COnveniences, They Won't Get
Them-HOped to Equip MontgOm-
cry Line as Far as Bethesda by
April 23-Ten Handsome Cars Or
dered by the Company.
The Savannah Electric Companys
line from Sandfiy to Montgomery will
be equipped with electricity and con-
verted into trolley line as soon as
the work of construction can be COM
pleted. This work will begin to-day,
and its completion will mark the dis
appearance of the mule from the car
system of Savannah and its suburbs.
The immediate construction of the
line is an apt illustration of the adage
that what is one mans food is an
other mans poison" President George
]. Baldwin, of the company, had in
formed the residents of Montgomery it
would not be possible to begin the ex-
tension of the trolley system to that
point at once. He came back to the
city from Boston at noon yesterday
30 learn that some of the people of
Thunderbolt had been cutting down
the company's poles at that point, and
this manifest opposition to the con-
struction of a double track along the
In of 10 oI.o h
project and put his forces at work
on the line to Montgomery.
Il feel a degree of personal pleas
ure." said Mr.. Baldwin, 'in being thus
able to meet the wishes of the Mont
gomery people, who have been at once
reasonable and courteous in their
dealings with the company. | had told
them we would not be able to start
the construction of the line at once;
l am glad that the change in the sit
uatiOn permits me to change this
plan
Mr.. Baldwin said a special effort
would be made to complete the work
of construction as far as Bethesda by
April %, the day on which the ami
versary celebration of the Union So
ciety will be held. 1t is possible that
the work cannot be pushed with suffi-
Gent rapidity, but Mr.. Baldwin hopes
it will be successfully accomplished
The line will be equipped to Montgom-
cry by the time the summer season is
well opened.
AS to the double track at Thunder
bolt, MIR. Baldwin said all thought of
this had been abandoned, at least for
the time.
Il am annoyed, of course, by what
has happened" he said, (which is only
in line with the manner in which a
certain element at Thunderbolt has
oh fna h.
1t seems TO me these persons are
standing in the way of the advance
ment of the resort and their own best
interests.
I'VE are not disposed to trespass
upon anyones property or to violate
anyones rights. l live in this town and
expect to live here. and certainly have
no intention of being a party to any
thing of the kind. Where we use pri-
vate property we expect to pay for it
and viii pay for it,
I'VE have been trying to give the
people of Thunderbolt the best possible
service. The very poles that We're cut
down were to furnish free lights for
the water front. If they don't went
good service, or the best service, why
then they viii have to put up with the
best we can give.
1T is annoying that the people of
Savannah should be compelled to suf-
fer from the fault of some one else,
but they cannot attribute this to the
company. We shall simply defer all
action in the matter until some future
time
While Mr.. Baldwin was in Boston
he ordered ten new cars for the COM
pany, that are expected to arrive in
Savannah some time during the latter
part of the summer. They have cross
seats, with an aisle down the center,
large windows and ample platforms,
and are expected to be comfortable in
both winter and summer.