The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
CAPITAL CITY TRACTION co. Survey of New Street
 Railway Begun.
 WILL RUSH CONSTRUCTION Nearly Three Thousand Feet
 Of Line Located.
 ofaeiai Says Cars Will Bs Running to Pickett sprinss by First of
 Juiy-crossins of Gen. :. tral 1Ailroad. i

= Unless our plano miecarry we will be running cars to Pickett Springs by July l. and the new suburban resort will be nearly completed by that time" said w. H. Raeland. in an interview last night with . representative of The Advertiser. Mir. Ragiand is interested with w. F. vandiver. B. L., Holt and J. G. White ( Co, of New York, who began yester- day the actual work of building new street railway system in Montgomery. Al stated by The Advertiser yesterday morning, w. H. Ragiand of Little Rock. Ark, and W. H, Coverdale of New York, reached the city Wednesday evening. where J. G. White & CO, are construct | Ing a street railway system. Mir. Cover dale is chief engineer for J. e. White & Co. and he cAine here for >the purpose of beginning work of surveying and To- catin6 the route of the new street rail
 Upon his arrival here MT. coyerdale found telegram calling him to Dallas.
 Tex. vssrs ns r m s,o .ns snfissd Ss .s 1T yssterlAy m6rninG for Dallas. He will return to Montgomery Monday and vii.
 s:o n.: g. ndss s t.ps :t s ass.Sn Sn com sn. Montgomery y4sttrdAy morning MT. Cow srAale arranged for his engineers to go te work and 2.7co feet of lines were To- eaeed yesterday. Hngiaesrs Begin Work. The engineers began yesterday morn ine on Ripley Street and made survey
 for an ,overhs.d crossing @ Of the s,ca Central aa = to reach the lower .wetumpka road. | The Ripley Street crossing has not been definitely determined and the road may cross the Central Railroad at Bainbridge
 Street. In fact the engineers will today make profiies of the BainbridEe Street crossing and the route win be fixed by Mir. Coverdale upon his return to Mont-
 MT. RasIand said last night that the survey would probably be completed with 1 in ten days And in the meantime the con. tract for grading would be awarded to local contractors. Then will come the work of laying cross-tles and poles for
 advsrtisinE columns of The Advertiser 1t will be observed that J. c. White Co. | are already seeking estimates for the furnishing of cross-ties and poles. MT: Ragland will have charge of this part of
 While Mir Ragland reluctantly discuss | ed the plAns of himself and associates t was drawn from him that 1t vas pro-
 posed to complete ;,, the Pcfsst M"v.r sprinSss Ss caiied attention to the fact that the fran. chise granted the company by the Mont romery City Council stipulated that the work must begin in the city by June 1I and added that 1t was proposed to have the lines under construction in several sections of the city by that time.
 Summer Theatre.
 "Jsut we will be running cars to Pickett snrinrs Nv July IT, said Mir. Ragiand.
 "uniess our plans miscarrS and I tnink inc new resort will he nearly compieted
 by that time You know we are going t6 build A summer theatre and make otn-
 CT i,nproy ements at Pickett springs at an
 outlay Of $25,ooo and the people or Mont
 romefy will be able to reach there py car
 fine before the summer is over
 Wr. Rasiar,d said that the steel rail
 manufacturers were so crowded with or
 ders that 1t became necessary for J. G.
 White 4 Co. to pay premium to nave
 their orders filed in time for the Mont
 romery work and thet no delay m the
 delivery of the rails was contemplated
 Yesterday Colonel B. l.. Holt, who VII
 he President of the Capital City Traction
 Company, and Mir. Ragland. went over
 inc oroposed route to Pickett Springs and
 also looked at the Pickett Springs prop
 erty. Until the engineers complete the
 survey 1t cannot be definitely stated what
 route will be followed. but 1t Is believed
 the lines will hug the lower Wetumpka
 road as nearly as possible.