The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-11
STREET CARS
viii Be Running RlI Over the
City Within a Few Weeks
The Work Of Extension Begun This
Morning in DG0d Earnest and
viii Be Rushed Steadily

W'h.n the next sixty days the ola
pue @ . ha IN possession Of new
and "a. eut street ar system. The
Tucsn0. street Railway company IS At
presenc engaged in making extensive
repairs and extending it, line Fto al.
of 'A@ pal sections Of the city.
Their vii scarcely be a resident IN
the s.ty wuo Will not be within easy
reach of a street car w3en the extern
sons now contemplated are completed.
a bout fifty men were put 20 work on
Stone avenue early this morning and
a line was stretched down the mlGdle
Of the street A crowd soon collected
10 watch the progress Of the work, and
all Kinds Of surmiseS were made as 10
the object Of IT, Some thought the new
sewer vas being started. others de-
clared that IL must be survey or else
the city was doing some regarding.
The street car company had not given
tte public any previous notice OF It's
intentions and besides the peol
naturally have fClt little jncredulnls
aecut Improvements on the old pueblo
line /; is nevertheless true that the
company will now make extensive i'm
proyements on its present system ard
the work will not rtop until loop Is
stretched about n city
The stone avenue line Will be x
terd,t n $i~tt,: ~ street. thence @ait
- tie city limits, The Toole avel Ge
lire II ke 9: :tcreed east to Fourth
avenue. thence south 10 Sixteenth
street. whore II will connect with tn"
other line. Il viii be SOC n by tracing
the system as proposed. on the city
.1ap. that these two lines viii form a
top HhlcA takes in the southfts' -,
,urttoi ~ The city.
Tie > eul, avenne line Viii a}>1 h'
e\ttud,d IT, Stevens avenue On TIC
west ani NiIl then he run 10 II iiE
mats q. \ nth avenue This line e',@
,c1 + .he residents in tn" norIhs1 tern
tHalttr of the city.
These improvements ot the street car
service viii certainly be a great con
vcnienct 10 the publlc The residents
in The section have been waiting pa
t{ently for these extensions. and th"
company ain surely be commended
ilEhiF toF }tS Nh"N' u anu ," 'FS@s7'
step.
The Tucson Street Railway company
ts rompnSs-f wholly Of local people
GEd II ought 20 receive the hearty sup
p,..t and the rool Will OF the citizen
The following are the principal stocH
-,ft.~. ~ G. :, nanicgo. Cha -
1lor W. II barnes r ZiegIer pr.
Matas. II n Underwood. Thomas VII
son. Albert Steinfeidt. w. r. Felix. X.
Brrna. r. u. Brady. r II. Hereford.
O Monier. ! II. Martin. VIM. Neal
and Ezra Bartlett The officers Of the
company are NJ G. Samaniego pres]-
dent. Charles r Hoff. secretary, Il.
H. Underwood treasurer; Colonel J.
~ Martin. solicitor r. Brenh. +. +.
Zlegler and @ Moujer co=puse tic
hoard Of directors,
When seen by Citizen reporter tbs
morning Charles HofT said Nc ~
tend to extend oHr lines 10 the limits
nf our franchise In the shortest pnssih.e
time. Our preseu, fore" Will ho ~
creased to lW men a. snon as pms
sible. and the wo.h Viii be pushed Wig
nrouxlv. w. Hul complete our Stone
avenue extension FIRST tnt viii Goa
tinue the worh uu,tl every section ~
~, alty is p'aed within the reach of
oar line,
Ne viii no. 3t content. either" "
C.n-lhued Mr. H. with merely ex~
tclding the system, but *" deS!r" 10
IN. kt it up TO date al the frst oppoT-
,nni;y. / feel confdtn. that within
eight months We Viii be able 20 change
the motive power 30 electricity. W"
have been assured very cheap RAJ"
from the Tucson Electric Light and
Power company for electricity. ana
am sure We Will he able To take al
vantage Of the of within the aho'e
time The compa uy has also oHere"
us the use Of It's poles for stTineine
y res from the University IN as far ''s
Fourth avenue. THIS will he great
saving. as all we viii have 70 DO Is
string the trolley wires, Then y"
can purchase three or four electric cars
and the system will be complete.
"Our company" said Mr.. Hon.
composed of the business men OF lht-
son. We are working for the I'M
provement Of the old pueblo. ana IL
seems To me that we ought to he sup
ported and encouraged In every way.
The community should al least eNten"
its good will
The street committee Of the city
council met this morning and dccldf3 .
10 issue no more permits to the street
ear company to lay T rails in the
city The committee. which is COM
posed of Russell Buehman and AndtF-
son. recommend the fiat rail as beng
better and safer to lay in the city /
streets. The r rail is out of date ana :
is considered dangerous for drivers
MIR Hoff says that cars will be run
ming on the new line along South
Stone avenue to Sixteenth and Fourth +,
avenue within three weeks.