The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-14
TEAR UP PAVEMENT.
New Street Car Line VIII Occu.
Ply Piercy Street.

In rebuilding it's street car tracks on I
the Washburn college line the Topeka
Railway company has decided to tear
up some of the paving on Percy street;
probably two blocks between GARFIELD
and College avenue. A part OF the
present route on HuntOon street ana
on College avenue is to be abandoned.
The exact routing in the southwest |
mart of town has not been determined |
but a change will be made AT present |
the car tracks skirt the edge OF town. |
Vice President L. E. Myers said:
I'VE have got to make a change In |
our tracks near Washburn college in |
order to divide the territory through |
which we pass. Now we go round II
for several blocks and there is no gooo
reason for our doing it. We shall leave
Huntoon two or three blocks east of
where we do now and build south TO
Percy street and then turn west 10
College avenue. We will probably go
on Garfield street. l know that the
DaorIa ont there don't want their pave
ment torn up but that is really the only
street available for our use ana we
have studied over the SITUATION LOT
months without seeing Detter Solutloh'
am very sorry that we eouioh TAKE
/ the Thirteenth street route from Kan
/ sas avenue to Clay. We had mace ar
! rangements to buy some vacant iots
and run our tracks through from Ran
ass avenue to Jackson street on
private right of way We wonio na a,.s
| gotten some use out of our douple tracks
| on Kansas avenue south VI 49,
! street and would have had stralgnt
| shoot west on Thirteenth where we
could have made some record preaklns
time. OF course we could nave sohe
that way under our ordinance. put w. We
couldn't afford to antagonlze lAe
patrons who opposed IT.
| eve will make a loop at tne emu VI
the Washburn line and at the emo
of the Quinton Heights car hne- 1uS
! Wyashburn loop will extend from Eucno
avenue To Boswell, the present terminus,
north one block on Boswell to CHESTNUT
and from there east biocK 70 ens NJ u
on College avenue There VIII De ~ te
change from the present routing OF Ill1
Ouinton Heights line. We own seversl
I:arant lots at the end of the Qulnton
Heights line and will build \ tracS
| there on which to turn our single emu emu
cars. Both lines Will pc aEran l5.e We We
shall begin rebuilding them soon. we
will begin using the new track IN North
Topeka Monday. ..,o+
Peonla living on West Sixth streel
have been worried considerably in the
last day or two by the fact that the
Voneka Railway company mas Deer
dumping large quantities OF crusntS 7
stone upon the right of way appafen.I,ls
4 for the purpose of macadamlZlhg lns
: right of way which it had agreed &c
: nave with brick. No brick is yet II
f sight. Mr.. Myers says ehat no nSot Dit tbs
having of the tracks viii be Done a.
! Soon as brick can be secured Tht
t crushed stone being hauled out the err
: now is to be used as a foundatlon III
= +he triclx sl1rfacing. The stone IS belns
2 dumped into the tracks and leveled VI
? even with the pavement on either side
). 1--WE are filing. between. the rails IS an m
4 IN the outside of the tracks simply 10
V tba nrotection of people driving tina
i vme I'm Mr. Myers said. LAS soon as W
Il Il get some brick to pave with the ston
: win be thrown out from between IN IN
- i,+o +ba devil strip the space De
i tween the tracks, which we are leaVln
r empty now because it doesn't offe
% much danger to teams. Wen pave tina
IS track, all right, and pave it with orlck K.
L The street car company is now re
p building the West Fourth street trac
along the old route.