The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-09
MORE OPEN STREETS
PLANT SYSTEM TRACKS WILL NOT
BLOCK so MANY.
so MAYOR MYERS BELIEVES
FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH COM
PANY WILL SOON EXPIRE.

Mayor Says the City's Obligation 10
the Plant System to Open No More
Streets Across Its Tracks Will
Expire About JuIy-DiminutiOn in
the Number of Trains That viii
Follow Opening of Union Station
Will Minimize the Danger From
Additional Grade CrOssings-More
Openings Have Been Desired by
East side Property Owners-Mayor
Myers Is Inclined to View East
side Demands FavOrabIy.
A contract into which the City of
Savannah and the Plant System of
Railways entered some five years ago
will soon expire, and there will then
be no impeachment offered to the city
opening more streets across the Plant
Systems tracks. The opening of these
additional streets will be hailed with
delight by residents of the East Side
and those who own property in that
section of the city.
1.-THE city has been under an obliga-
ton to the Plant System to open no
more streets across the company's
tracks," said Mayor Myers yesterday.
This obligation will terminate in July,
1 think, and the city will then look
TO the opening of more of the east
and west streets across the tracks.
South of Gwinnett street there are
number of these streets that should be
opened. and 1 have no doubt that no
great time will elapse after the expira-
ton of the understanding with the
Plant System before steps looking to
the esta blishment of crossing and the
opening of the streets will be TAKEN
For several years there has been talk
among East Side property owners rel
alive to the opening of the streets
across the railway. Such openings
would make the East Side property
more accessible and would enhance its
value.
The abandonment by the Plant Sys-
tenn of it's passenger terminals at East
Broad and Liberty streets in order to
use the Union Station declared the
Mayor, will greatly diminish the num-
Der of trains that will pass to and
from the present yards of the company.
The traffic on the East Side tracks will
be reduced to that of freight trains,
and that will mean that the great ele-
ment of danger at grade crossings will
be removed. The fast passenger trains
have menaced the safety of pedestrians
and persons in vehicles, rendering it,
in a measure, unWise to establish more
grade crossings. There are far more
passenger than freight trains using the
Plant System yards, and it may be I'M
derstood that there will be such re-
duction of the possibilities of accidents
as to leave no reason why streets
should not be opened across the tracks.
THE Southern Railways passenger
trains will use the Union Station, in
stead of the Plant System terminals,
as now. The Southern has no freight
trains running into the Plant yards,
the SoUthern's freight business being
handled at the Central's yards.
81 am thoroughly in sympathy with
the movement instituted by the resi-
dents and property owners of Collins
vile and the neighboring sections of
the city. improvements of the East
Side should be made, and there will
probably be some measure introduced
in Council soon looking to such I'M
provement. Whatever can be done,
will be, but it should be remembered
that ether sections of the city cannot
be neglected for the upbuildings of the
East Side.
mo official communication from the
Improvement Club of the East Side
has yet reached Council. When one is
submitted, Council will probably do
something for the petitioners.
THE project for the opening and
paving of Henry street is one that has
been considered by the city for some
time I am glad to note that the I'm
Tovement Club has appointed a com
mittee to assist in the undertaking of
inducing property owners whose lands
would have to be secured for the street
extension to meet the city's advances
in a fair spirit