The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-14
Pensacola Electric Co. is De
sirous of Extending the
Present System.
WILL CONNECT BARRANCAS AND
PALAFOX LINES WITHIN ONE
III TWO YEARS If ORDINANCE
is PASSED.

The Pensacola Electric Company
has many improvements and eXten-
s5ons Of its railway system in view
and if the ordinance introduced
| Wednesday night in the City Council
| by Alderman CAIN is passed. these
! improvements Will be made daring
! the course of the next two years and
/ some OF them at a, much earlier date
One of the extensions desired to
be made at CnCe is the connecting of
tho BarranCas and Pala1Ox lines by
way Of Garden street. 1t is desired
To connect with the BaTTanCaS lines
at the corner Of Main and DeNillier
streets, and build a track north 10 the
! corner of Government and DeNillior,
where il will connect with the preSen-
belt line. and enable cars from Bar
rancaS to proceed north to Garden
street BY building a line from De
! Villier along Garden to PalafOX
street. the cars could proceed around
and, turning at the last named cor
ner. proceed south on Palafox to Main
street, there connecting with the Bar
rancaS line.
Convenience to Patrons.
Speaking Of the matter yesterday
afternoon. Manager LeadIey stated
that he desired to make these exten-
sionS for the convenience Of the pa
irons, who would then be enabled TO
either leave or board BarrancaS cars
without the necessity of patrons going
to the Main street waiting station.
In addition, there are many other adj
vantageS in having such a line. He
also desires TO have a neat and Orna-
mental transfer station erected at
Garden and PalafOX streets, into
and where passengers for points
along the Barrancas line can wait.
Track in Center of Street.
1t is the desire Of the company to
have the track placed in the center
of the street. not with the intention OF
bling relieved of paying the paving
tax. as the company has agreed,
should this be granted, TO pay 10 the
city the amount that would be due
should the tracks be in the roadway.
According to the ordinance, the
road must be completed within one
year after the passage of the measure,
and the manager Of the company sta
ted yesterday that the work would
commence, should the ordinance pass,
as soon as the sewers are placed
The Gouding Line.
The company also desires to extend
persons residing in Pensacola are en-
pIOyed Ihe idea is to have the eX-
tension commence where the line
turns from Sixth avenue towards
Stoddart avenue on the East Hill
Line. and proceed due north for sew
er2I blocks, then turning west and
crossing the Louisville & Nashville
proceed to either BayIen, Spring Or
Barcelona streets, there turning and
again proceeding north TO point
near Saunders mill. where another
turn viii be made and run to a point
near the GOulding Fertilizer Works.
The company asks for two years
from Dec I. 1907. in which to build
and have this line in operation.
Bar7anCas Avenue Line.
Another franchise requested is 10
run over what viii he known as Bar
rancas avenue. This avenue IS an
extension of Garden street and ends
at the county bridge at Little Bayou
At present there are few residences
with the exception Of those on Gar
den street, and il is not the intention
20 build this line at present, but with
in five years. The line viii turn
when within a few blocks Of the
county bridge and connect with the
Barrancas line at RCcheblave station.
Extension Requested.
Speaking Of the proposed improve
ments yesterday afternoon, Manager
LeadIey stated that citizens are call
ing upon the company to make eXten-
SiOnS so as TO reach certain districts,
and while at present there appears
hut little traffic to be received from
these eXtnsiOns the company IS Will
ing TO make them even if only expen-
ses are made, Notwithstanding the
fact that vast sums Of money nave
already been expended by Stone &