The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31

Jordan and Donovan, through Irwin
Place to Wichita street, on which "
would propose to operate two cars, an
request fifty-year franchise; other
wise the extension from Donovan an
Louisiana streets will not be asked To-
Should proposition No. be accepted
we bind ourselves to operate two car
on the Highland Park belt.
This incorporates a request for
hfty-year franchise on the Highlan
Park extension. We will also ask TO
extension of the present franchises Q
the Shreveport Traction company an
the Highland Park Traction compan,
to expire fifty years from the date O
granting the new franchises hereil
asked for, in. return for which we pre-
pose to give a transfer from one lin
to another, such transfer to be avail
able at one of two points, viz: at Texa
avenue and Jordan street, the other a.
Texas and Marshall streets.
Should the franchises covered by oul
several proposals be granted, but with
out extension of time on present fran.
chises of Shreveport Traction company
then no transfers to be given on any
part of the whole system
We submit map herewith outlining
tire various extensions and changes
asked for.
By Mr.. Currie.
That above be printed in official pro-
ceedings and made part of petition for
franchises, and made part of record OF
this council.
Adopted
| By Mr.. Foster.
We ask of the city council the follow
| ing franchises:
First-For a line designated West
Shreveport line" to commence at in
nd
avenue, along Grand avenue to Rey-
nolds street, on Reynolds street to
Hope, on Hope street to Peabody, On
PEABODY" to Ashton, on Ashton street
to Allen avenue, on Allen avenue to
Laurel, thence out Laurel to First
street, on First street to Kenneth
avenue.
This line to operate from Kenneth
avenue to intersection Texas and Mar
shall streets, two cars.
10 change out west belt by omittin.-
from that belt. as now operated, from
Anna street intersection with Western
avenue to Ashton intersection with
Pierre avenue; also ask the rig4at to
abandon and remove that part of the
street from Anna street to Reynolds
street, and to remove and abandon the
track on Ashton street from Allen
avenue to Pierre avenue.
IN order to connect the west belt as
changed, we ask franchise to run from
of Anna street and West
err avenue, thence out Anna street TO |
P'erre avenue, and on Pierre avenue
from AnEa street to connect with the |
present west belt again at intersection |
CT Flerre avenue and Ashton street.
Ih1s grant from intersection of Anna |
street and Western avenue to intersec- !
tioh OF Plefre avenue and Ashton street !
ID constitute the west belt, in connec- |
[ion with the balance of track. which
ouid De left after omission as above
Specified.
We propose to absorb Highland Park
traction company, with the right to
ABANDON that part of the franchise COW
erlng wall street, and ask for franchise !
o connect with Highland Park Trac-
ION company at intersection of Mar
mall street with Wall street, thence
cross lots Nos. 2 and Al, in block B of
ilgnland Fark Land company's subdi-
,lsion, and across alley between said
DIS, then along Stoner avenue to I
= Elite street, along White street to Jor-
an street, along Jordan street to con-
&c. with present line at intersection of
ordan street with Donovan street.
MS line to be designated 1.-THE High
md Park belt {
This line to be operated as the pres
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Lreets is now contemplated it shall not |
.tersection of Marshall and Crockett |
lfeeIs to intersection of Jordan and |
'onoVan streets, which will be omitted I
ON this belt and in lieu thereof sub
.1tuted line commencing from inter- /
:ct1on Marshall and Crockett streets.
C., to connect at Jordan and Donovan I
reefs.
We further ask extension from inter- t
ckv /
rect, east on Jordan street to Irving t.
lace, south on Irving Place to Wich-
street. This line to be operated as [
bee line from Wichita street, down
and Donovan streets to in 81
rsect1on of Crockett and Marshall
reefs, then on Marshall to connect
TN present lines at intersection Mar
all and Texas streets. s.
We obligate ourselves to run sly cars
the two belts-two cars on. the bee | el
re from Texas street and Marshall
rect to Wichita street, two cars On st
west shreveport line from Kenneth |
enue to Marshall and Texas streets. st
ABOVE forms an obligation to run
cars on the entire system for the n,
esent. We obligate ourselves to run
eve cars when the city shall have | L
pulation of $4,000, fifteen cars when
city shall have population of 40 az
and eighteen cars when 5000
we ask that all the franchises en- M
died in this system be for fifty years
m the date of this grant, and that pl
present franchises of the Shreve-
T traction company and the High H,
d Park Traction company be extend ]
so as to expire at the same time. MI
n consideration of the foregoing
Lnts, we bind ourselves to give trans Fl
from one line to another There
to be two transfer points only, one an
intersection of Jordan street and
"a Sas avenue, the other at intersection M
Iexas street and Marshall street.
.nsfers not to be effective until hea -
and Highland Park belt are in
ration. ~
ne roads under this grant to be -
apleted within two years from the
e OF granting the franchises, pro