The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
FIRST STEP TOWARD
S.P.LOOP SYSTEM
Railroad Withoraws Franchise
Application in Favor of Sub
sidiary Corporation

OAKLAND, Oct. 1.-THE application
made by the South Pacific coast rail-
road for a franchise to extend the
Southern Pacific Webster street line
out Franklin street and across TO San
Pablo avenue, was withdrawn from the
city council tonight. and a new appli-
cation for an electric railway fran
chise was made by the Peninsular rail-
way company. The Peninsular railway
is a subsidiary corporation of the
Southern Pacific.
The application made tonight dis
closed the entire plans of the South
ern Pacific company for a loop system
through Oakland, running to the main
line at West Oakland and connecting
with the Alameda mole, The original
application was for franchise which
would go only to the west line of
San Pablo avenue between Twenty
first and Twenty-second streets. The
substituted system covers practically
the route to San Pablo avenue, paral-
leling the Key Route Twenty y-second
street line, but extends west to the
Southern Pacific company tracks at
West Oakland.
Part of the line will be double
tracked, that extending out Franklin
street from Fourteenth to Twentieth.
Single tracks will carry the line west
along Twentieth and Twenty-first
streets to Peralta, Wood and on the
Southern Pacific tracks to Eighteenth
and back easterly in Eighteenth Street
and Twentieth street to the Franklin
street double tracks. BY this route
the western part of the city in the
neighborhood of Twentieth street will
be connected with the Webster street
line as. it now exists, by great loop
system.
The application of the Southern Pa
cific company as railroad was being
opposed by property owners in Frank
lin street, although the company had
bought a private right of way from
Franklin street to San Pablo avenue.
BY applying through the Peninsular
company for a street railway franchise,
the corporation is not dependent on the
sanction of property owners. 1t aban-
dons its route in the right of way and
requests a franchise for tracks which
shall all lie in streets.
The new application was made by
+. E. Chaplin, vice president, and Gerald
Fitzgerald secretary of the Peninsular
company The application routes the
desired franchise, with single and
double tracks. as follows:
Double track-Commencing alta con-
nection with the existing double track
railway of the South Pacific Coast rail-
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Webster and
Franklin streets and running thence
northerly across Fourteenth street at
its intersection with Franklin to a
center line of Franklin and thence
northerly along and upon Franklin to
it's intersection with the center line of
Twentieth.
Single track-Commencing at a point
near the center line of Franklin street.
where same is intersected by the center
| line of Twentieth and running thence
! n Q1 Of
Franklin to its intersection with the
center line of Walnut or Twenty-sec-
ond, thence curving to the left and run
ming westerly along the center line OF
Walnut or Twenty-second, crossing
Broadway TO an intersection with Tele-
graph avenue, thence curving to the
left and crossing Telegraph avenue to
the center line of Jones or Twenty-first
street, thence westerly along the center
line of Jones or Twenty first. crossing
Grove and San Pablo avenue to the CEN
ter line of Twenty-frst, where said
Twenty first Is intersected by San Pablo
avenue, thence westerly along the CEN
ter line of Twenty-frst, crossing West
street, Market Adeline. JOpular and all
intervening streets to the center line of
Kirkham, thence curvirg to the left
and running southerly along the cen
ter line of Kfrkham to the center line
of Twentieth, where said Twentieth
street intersects Kirkham. thence curv-
ing to the right and running westerly
along the center line of Twentieth,
crossing Peralta street, Wood, and in
tervening streets to the right of way of
the Southern Pacific railroad company,
thence southerly upon the right of way
to the center line of Eighteenth street,
extended
Single track-Commencing at a point
on the right of way of the Southern Pa
cific railway company at it's intersection
with the center line of Eighteenth
street extended. and running thence
easterly along the center line of Eigh-
teenth, crossing Wood. Peralta, Popular
Adeline, Market. West and intervening
streets to the center line of Brush.
thence curving to the left and running
northerly along the center line of
Brush, crossing Nineteenth to the CEN
ter line of Twentieth, where the same
is intersected by Brush thence curving
to the right and running easterly along
Twentieth, crossing Castro, Grove, San
Pablo avenue, Telegraph avenue. Broad
way and intervening streets TO the CEN
ter line of Franklin, where said Frank
lin intersects Twentieth to a connection
with the proposed double track railway
referred to in section one in this de-
scription.
The. application was referred TO the
railroad committee.