The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
General Offices Will Be in
the Blount Building,
With Passenger Sta
ton There.
IF THE COUNCIL GRANTS THg
FRANCHISE REQUESTED THIS
WILL BE THE CENTRAL DEPOT
OF THE CITY, AS CARS FROM
BARRANCAS LINE WILL PASS
THIS POINT.
THIS POINT

MANY Improvements IN dQQlLlOQ 20
those already made are contemplated
by the Pensacola Electric Company,
and while some of the plans are yet
in process of formation others have
been mapped out and all arrangements
1 are being made to carry them to a
successful termination.
! Among the Improvements of note by
the company will be the establishment
| of general offices on the ground floor
of the Blount building. There floor
space, 46x44 has been secured lust
west OF the main entrance from Gar.
den street, and a suite of half a dozen
offices with a large vestibule and
waiting room In the center have been
planned. The plans for these offices
are now In the hands of Manager
Leadley and have been approved by
him, and he anticipates that the COM
pany will move from its present quar-.
tiers on Main street about January l.
Should the council pass the fran
ch1se asked for by the company this
Will be the central passenger station
OF the line. and will be equipped to ac-
commodate those who desire to wait
there for cars to and from the Bar
rancas line, which will soon be in
operation.
In this case the present depot viii
be used only to hande the freight busi-
ness.
VIII Make a Belt.
Manager Leadley when seen yester-
day afternoon regarding the applica.
ton for franchise by the company.
IN build its line out Garden street TO
Olivia and thence south TO Main.
there connecting with the Barrancas
line, stated that ii was the desire of
the company to make a belt of thar
section OF the city, and is sure that
1t will be greatly appreciated by those
who reside along the bay shore. at
the navy yard and other points, who
will be patrons of the electric cars as
soon as they are placed in operation
by the company 1t is the intention,
he said, to have all cars on the return
from Barrancas leave Main street at
Olivia, proceeding north to Garden and
thence east on that street to Palafox.
There the line will connect with ths
Palafox street line and the cars will
run south to Main street, where an.
other connection will be made with
the Fort Barrancas line.
The Communication.
The communication which the con-
Dany sent to the council at its meeting
Wednesday night, making application
for franchise. is as follows:
Pensacola, Fla. Dec. IL, 1906.
"To the Honorable Mayor and CITY
Council of the City of Pensacola:
"Gentlemen:-TheP Pensacola EIec-
frin ho- h.
Grafton for sometime the building Of
a line of electric railway from near
Palafox street westward along Garden
street to Olivia street, and thence
down Olivia street. or by other street
O.: streets. to connection with its
present line leading TO Barrancas. It
has at last resolved. If It can procure
franchise from your Honorable body,
10 ~onstruct such line, and is willing
Il. lind itself to begin such construc-
0on and to end the same within a
reasonable time. to be arrived at by
you and it. Since the preparation OF
such franchise Is a matter OF mo-
ment. and care, it respectfully sug-
.gests that committee be appointed
by your honorable body for the DUR
pose of consulting with us and Jointly
preparing a franchise to be submitted
to your whole body. granting to the
Pensacola Electric Company the rights
hereinbefOre mentioned.
'The advantages 10 the city by the
contribution OF the Electric Company
to the proposed pavement Of Garden
street and to the citizens along Gar
den street and the other streets by
which the approach TO its Dresnt line
will be made, are too obvious to re-
Guire anything more than the direction
OF your attention to them.
I'VE request your favorable consiA-
Grafton. and are.
"Vours very truly
PENSACOLA ELECTRIC CO"
LONG Considered.
Manager I1eadlev stated Yesterday
afternoon that his company had no IN
tention Of ATTEMPTING TO crowd anv
other narties out who MIGHT appIv for
q franchise. hut that the idea Of buitd.
ing the Garden street line was one OF
the first 10 be considered when Stone
e Webster secured the property and
decided upon improvements He said
that there would be manv advantages
TO be secured by having the cars from
Barrancas come in by way Of Garden
street. and that he Is sure the patrons
of the company will greatly appreciate
being brought TO the business section
CONTINUED on Third Psse.)