The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
TO OPEN NEW ROUTE
BOARD OF REVIEWERS FAVOR
ABLE REPORT ON
NEW WEST END LINE.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL DE-
CLARE PUBLIC ROAD.

Report of Board Filed Yesterday
MOrnfng-Win he of Great Benefit
to Manufacturers on Factory
ROad-PrOpOsed Route Begins at
Augusta Road, Runs North to Bn-
cons MIL, Then West to Old Wa
tervorks-WiI Have a Width of
so Feet-PrOperty Owners Will
Give County the Land Needed.
At the January meeting of the Coun-
ty Commissioners tomorrow afternoon
the report of the reviewers appointed
to determine the public utilityof the pro-
posed route for the new West End line
of the Savannah Electric Company will
make its report, and the commissioners
will issue an order of condemnation Of
the land which will be needed.
The report of the board, consisting of
Messrs. w. ]. Harry, Joseph A. Galina,
John w. Golden, A. B. Moore and AL
bert Wylly, appointed at the last meet
ing of the commissioners, was filed
with the clerk of the County Commits
sioners yesterday morning. The report
is in every way favorable to the build
ing of the road, the board reporting
that it will be of great benefit to the
county.
The report shows that the property
which will be condemned may be OBJ
tanned by the county for practically
nothing, since the property owners
abutting the north side of the road, and
the railroads have both assured the
board that they will protect the coun-
ty. The owners of property are anx-
ious for the road to be opened.
The road will begin on the Augusta
road and run north to Bacon's mills.
by the old waterworks road and
Schwarz avenue. At the mills it will
take a westerly course down Factory
at Stiles avenue. The width of the
road will be eighty feet. This will
necessitate the widening of the old
waterworks road about twenty-four
feet, slight widening of SchwarZ ave-
nue., and the widening of Factory road
twenty feet, to eighty feet.
The road will be an advantage to
those who work at the factories on
Factory road, and who now go to their
work on bicycles and on foot. Among
the big enterprises which face the river
and abut Factory road in the rear are
the Bacon mills, the Southern Cotton
Oil Company works, Pierpont Manu-
featuring Company, Virginia Carolina
Chemical Company and the Mill-Haven
mills. The present road is not only
very narrow, but is in bad condition.
There is a great amount of travel along
it, and the manufacturing people are
especially DESTROYS of having it wild
ened.
With a width of eighty feet, there
will be plenty of room for a double
track for the street railway, with a
drive on either side. The manufac-
turers have assured the commission
ers that they will willingly give a strip
off of the north side of the road sixty
feet wide. that the roadway may be
widened to a uniform width. The
street railway company contemplates
other Improvements on it's West End
Line, among which is the construction
of a Viaduct over the Central Railroad
tracks, on this side of the grade cross
ing. The tracks will then be run up
the Augusta road a short distance,
from where they will run across to
First avenue, thus avoiding the dam
gerous crossing.
There is no doubt that the County
commissioners will adopt the report of
the board of reviewers, since two of
the commissioners, who constitute the
Committee on Roads and Bridges of
the county are members of the board.
The report has been approved by them.
AS soon as an order of condemnation
is taken, the action of the commission
ers in declaring the proposed route a
public road will be published.