Evening capital., 1907-06-20
BUSINESS MEN Talk
Freely Ezpr 90 City biee-
srsc l11.l.ssys-Infsfest ~
Tomorrow's Meeting.

The fnHfcatlons are that there viii
be : gnaI etfendanes - tomorrow
rf~btss srerial nseetiBg - tie fify
council = hen lsse ne~ oTalnaDee grant
inc frauehfss - file Washington
gaItirrore and Annapolis Electric
RaSlway Company ~ run cars over
fbe streets ~ this city VII De taken
-. Amonz the pfogreNsiFe business
men - tise town fbese ~ gfeal Interest
in fl.e outc0me Gnds TIE hope - freely
exrsesaed that fbe foDDeli VII grant
fhe request ~ he road. and substitute
the Bishop foffn - ordinance Httb
sensible safeguards Tor the eitf N
taresfs for fbe ordinance passed ~ tse
Cffv Fathers some months ago.
tfr. Christian Daumeyer. one - the
nraaraasfsa oltlzens ~ the town, be-
fore 3 hose place ~ business oh Main
street fae proposed line viii fuD, and
who 81 = large taxpayer, to-day AZ
noaEceI BIS intention ~ being present.
.fg au faferesfed - fbe outcome,
said ae. rs have beeu = strong all
raeafr ~ tae trglievs Tor Annapolis
rigBt along. anI 8 want - zee them
come. hasp falke1 ~ iife natter
wffh NfIefmau In0upsou, WbO in
fre.fue fiIe afdinance. aHd know
thaf ~ fmeestlgafed tise - lflment ~
lie people carefully before BE- present
rf a. ordinance. ! understand tbaf
s,e fgrnd tbs sentiment 10 fagOr -
afIgWi irg fbe company ~ come into
tnnar0Iia. 70 bage tfOlleys On Ouf
streets mlli not 10 am harm, ~
VIII % tbe t0wD gDOd said BE- 10
conclusion.
Scr. Aaron T.. GOODMAN. Immediate
! ~ in fronf ~ whose Market space
4 a.sse sse ronfe mentioned ~ preFifenf
l Bishop will carry lDe e4gss Was askDl
bis opinion fhfs morning, y WAS
talking recently With . resident u
l Baltimore, said be, ''and tbis gen
flenan told me that the trolley ser
Wee hGd been ~ great benefit - the
seefiOns adjacent 70 that city,
While not committing himself absO~
IafeIv - fhe granting - the franchise
without ali proper safeguaTdss If,
/ Goodman said tliat II tie majority ~
/ iha people ~ che town wanted ~ have
1 A trolley service over the streets tie
council should grant = franchise for
tbis purpose.
Wr. Ge0rge a. Barton. another en-
ferprfsfng merchant whose pIaee ~
business - on tbe proposed route,
said II fhe proposed route through
the county opens ~ that section and
/ develops its fbe trolley VIII be .
i great thing FOR annapolis.
Mr. Harry 3. Goodman. vino has
Il within tbe past few months opened
i % a Store on Main street, expressed
Il the orfnlou that while tbe trolley
Il might for q time effect unfafOraDlT
Il fise business - the town that this
\ would not be for long. ~ the novelty
Il ~ going - Baltimore 20 make Dufs
i ehases, Just - ride On tise new trolley
Il wguid soon wear Of. After ibis be
seemed - share the general sentiment
4 im favor - 40 ordinance that could be
l accepted ~ the roads. bot which
| uouiI af the same time protect the
city rights just ~ far ~ this Wne
necessary.
The argument 81 also advanced tl1at
i 80 far ~ the hurt - Annapolis bUB1-
ness Interests Is concerned, though the
1 travel o. BalfimOre. fhis trolley Tip
Is coming anyhow ,flie fCads nov being
really - eieetrify their lines. The
additional convenience - taking the
4 car right fer Baltimore on tie streets
~ Annapolis instead ~ having ~ walk
o. the station, - az argument that
4 many people are taking kindly g.,
| one gentleman said this norDiDg :
Il 10 fMF - hftf fptAF AsNf1 DtfhE 4Nat
a s.Io0ps' which will not BE- used much
except - carry passengers 90 their
| trip out ~ town, experience bas
shown taat additional tracks ~ other
sections are mighty apt ~ be laid,
beeause there viii be q demand for
fhan. fid v0u ever hear - tf0Ile
iine. after once being startsd, DeiDg
torn up of abandOuedy No, J don.
"A rsNaka HHH-
Experience in electric lines has shown
that they continue - grow until every
place where n single line vas started
ten years ago now bas fw0 lines DD-
ca abe most progressive and wide
aw axe sections ~ tbe country today
are those threaded With . network
of trolley tracks. These tracks would
not continue o. spread II they did
not DO the sections through which
fhag were laid immediate and i'm
ressss4aa rsnaE IA every Waw. -