The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-27
CURVES GOING DOWN
RAPIDLY NOW.
Change in Operation of a. * ID. Belt
Cars Next Week.

Within the next few days the change
| in the manner of running the cars of
| the A. & B. belt line and the Whitaker
street line, north of Broughton street,
will be made. A curve has already
been put in at Barnard and BroughtOn
streets, and yesterday morning the
| construction force of the Savannah
Electric Company began work at Whit
aker and BroughtOn streets.
Just as soon as the curves at this
point have been put down, the
cars will be operated differently. The
delay in making the change has been
occasioned by the failure of the rails
to arrive from the factory as soon as
was expected. The construction force,
until yesterday was engaged in NOV
ing the tracks on Abercorn street, from
Henry street to Thirty-third street, so
that the water mains can be put down
without any trouble when the city's
force is ready to get busy on that
street. This work must be attended to
! before the street is paved with Vitrfied
brick.
1t is probable that on Monday Man
ager Kidder of the street railway COM
pany will be able to put into effect the
proposed schedule for cars on Barnard
street and on Whitaker street, from
BroughtOn street to Bay street. As
has already been explained in the
Morning News, the cars on Barnard
street viii only run north from
Broughton to Bay, and on Whitaker
street, between the same points, will
go south. This will be managed in the
following manner: The Whitaker street
cars going north will turn west at
Broughton street, and at Barnard
street will move north on the A. and
b. belt tracks to Bay street, then east to
Whitaker street, and south to Fortieth
street, as at present. Northbound
cars on Barnard street will be operated
as they are now. The cars of this
belt moving west on Bay street, from
Abercorn, will turn south at Whitaker
street, instead of at Barnard, as they
do at present. They will continue south
as far as Broughton street.
west to Barnard street, and then turn
south on Barnard street and make the
| belt
This is not the only manner in which
Manager Kidder intends to improve the
service around the City Market. and
reduce the likelihood of collisions and
blocks in IT, systems BY a system
OF switches he intends to arrange mat
tiers so that there can be no congestion
OF cars, and. too. so that if one line
is in trouble the cars on another line
will not be blocked. New overhead
wire is being put in on Barnard
street from Broughton street to Bay
street. Manager Kidder intends
giving this part of the system his spe-
cial attention until matters have been
arranged to his liking and for the con-
venience of the travelling public
The new bandstand at the Casino at
Thunderbolt has been completed and
will be used for the first time on Sun
day. Manager Kidder has arranged
with the First Regiment Band for a
special concert, and arrangements will
be made to handle large crowd to the
resort. The bandstand is located be-
tween the Casino and the board walk
over the river. and makes an attrac-
tive building. Although the resort has
not been formally opened large crowds
have been going to Thunderbolt Sun
day afternoons, and it is expected that
Sunday the crowd will be larger than
upon any previous day during the pres
ent season.