The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-11-23
Fargo Street Railway
Completed at Last
The Line to Be i'm Operation Tomorrow Sketch
of the Organization of the Company-WorE
of the Present Officials.

the front by number of pessimistic
| individuals who persisted in the on
slaught with degree Of unreason-
| ableness, Attorney Morrill, maintained
his characteristic calm demeanor, and
won out with an amicable compromise
| which provided for iron poles in the
business district and as already demon
strated the wooden poles are not as
| objectionable as some people would
| have had them appear.
Alter construction work had been in
operation about two months, there was
suspension until about the first of
September when local capitalists be-
came interested in the enterprise and
| work resumed and pushed to compile
ton with the exception of very small
section, less than mile in Fargo and
about mile and a half in Moorhead
which will be completed as soon as
the weather will permit in the coming
spring.
When the system is opened to the
public, tomorrow, there will be seven
| miles of lines in operation in Fargo
and one and a half miles in Moor
head. At present the line in Moor
head extends from the east side of the
N. P. Avenue bridge to the Normal
School. The Moorhead line will be
connected with the Fargo line as soon
as necessary changes to the bridge ap-
proaches have been made, which will
take few weeks The order for the
repair OF the approach, on the Moor
head side, has been placed, and work
will begin as soon as the material is
on hand, in about ten days. Pending
the changes that are to be made to the
bridge there will be a system of trans
iers for the accommodation of passen-
gers between the two cities.
A distinctive feature in the con-
struction of the Fargo and Moorhead
Street Railway is that the best material
and work possible has been employed,
and the promise of the company to
build first class road has been full
filed in the minutest detail In the
paved districts seventy pounds to the
yard, steel rails have been used, and
sixty pound steel rails in the unpaved
districts, and they are laid on ties Of
the most approved pattern set at about
twelve inches apart. The overhead
work has ben erected with the greatest
care and every modern device to secure
efficiency and durability has been used.
For the opening of the road seven
cars will be put i'll commission, and
they are one part of the roads equip
ment of which Attorney Morrill, feels
proud, as he selected the color and
some other matters of detail which Sc
cure perfect comfort to the patrons of
the road. Mr.. Morrill, personally visit
ed the works of the Niles Car Co.,
Niles, o., and made the selections.
The cars are comfortably seated in rat
tan, and will accommodate about thir-
ty passengers. They are vestibuled at
both ends, will be electric lighted and
warmed with hot water heaters, and
the windows are double for winter use.
There are push buttons at every seat to
signal the conductor and fares will be
collected and registered by the con-
ductor in the regulation way, so that
an accurate record OF fares collected
will be kept for every car. When the
road is in regular operation and enl-
ployes are permanent the motor men
and conductors will be uniformed in
navy blue suits with caps and badges
to match. ,5 e. &@s
COST OF THE ROAD.
In the aggregate the building and
equipment Of the Fargo and Moor.
head Street Railway will represent an
expenditure Of $500, 200 including the
material ON hand. Since the first Of
September, this year, there has been
expended for labor upwards OF $I8,-
COO and since the beginning Of con-
structiof1 work over $3o,ooo has been
paid in wages, the greater part Of
which has been spent in Fargo.
The following are the routes of the
south and north side loopes:
SOUTH SIDE.
Front Street to Ninth Street, thence
on Ninth Street to Second Avenue,
(court house and high schooD west
on Second Avenue to Fourteenth
Street, thence south to Fifth Avenue,
thence east to Ninth Street, thence
south on Ninth Street to Ninth Ave
nue., then west on Ninth Avenue to
Fourth Street, up Fourth Street To-
Seventh Avenue. Gsland Park stop
ping at the end Of the pavement on
Seventh Avenue for this season.
NORTH SIDE.
& From the barns at N. P. Avenue
bridge, lines run west to BROAD
way, north on Br14dway toI
Sivts Avenue est. Mary Cathed-
raj west on Sixth Avenue To Seventh
Street, thence north to Twelfth Ave
nue., then west to Thirteenth Street
and agricultural college, then south on
Thirteenth Street to Fourth, Avenue,
east on Fourth Avenue to Eleventh
Street. south on Eleventh Street to
Second Avenue, east on Second Ave
nue to Broadway, thence south to-
Front Street. The lines on the north
side loop pass the Milwaukee, depot,
operahousc. Aaker's Business College.
Fargo Public Library, and Salvation
Army Citadel.
The line passes every public school
building in the CITY with but one ex-
ceptior. the Mckinley School on
Third Avenue North, Just off Broad