Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-25
THE lNTERUR5AN EXTENSION.

As was noted in the report of the
Commercial Club directors meeting
Wednesday, two rotues for the inter
urban extension are proposed and each
has its advocates, A mass meeting
Friday will give all interested an OPP
portunity to express their opinions.
The main point is whether the line
shall cross the Houston & Texas Cen
trail track or continue on the east
side. Those who attended the direc-
tors meeting seemed to be about
equally divided. AS is usual in such
cases, there are good arguments on
both sides.
or course, the opinion of Mr. o. E.
Gammil, manager of the interurban
line, will have great weight, He favors
the route on the east side. His plan
is to extend the line from the present
terminus near the Houston & Texas
Central depot parallel with the rail
road track and along the edge Of the
right-of-way to Caldwell street and
thence by way Of Caldwell and Ursu-
line avenue TO Allen Academy and
Villa Maria. At the crossing Of Mosely
street, opposite either Eugene Edges
or the cold storage, plant, he proposes
to build a station, including an office
for the sale of tickets and for receiv-
ing and delivering packages
Mr.. Gammil fayors this line because
it avoids the necessity OF crossing the
railroad track, which would be eX-
pensive to construct, and more i'm
portant still would involve the risk
of collisions in operating, with the pos
sibility of damage suits. One such
suit, he says, might absorb the profits
OF the line for a whole year. If at any
time in the future it should be neces-
sary to cross the railroad he would be
willing to do so, but he does not be-
lieve the necessity exists now. He
thinks, moreover, that car line on
Main street under existing conditions
would be a detriment rather than an
advantage to business. 1t would not
be, practicable to receive freight there;
packages would be received and de- |
livered only at the station.
While the main station would be on |
Mosely street, stops could be made for
passengers at Anderson and Caldwell. |
To add to the convenience Of the pub |
lie, concrete sidewalks would be built !
across the railroad track to Main /
street on each of the three streets in |
tersected by the extension line-that /
is, on Anderson, Mosely and Caldwell. |
The distance from Main street at each /
of these three points is only that OLA .
half block added to the width of the |
Houston & Texas Central right-of-way. /
In case a majority of the people in /
sist on the Main street route, Mr.. Gam |
mil says he can. not afford to extend .
the line to the schools now, but will !
build only down to the Parker corner ]
and stop. Such an extension would be .
of little benefit as compared with the |
one to Allen Academy and Villa Maria. |
The agitation for the extension was |
begun and has been kept up mainly /
for the benefit Of these schools, and if
they are to be left out in the cold the |
main object would be defeated.
An extension of the interurban sys-
TEN to the manufacturing district in |
the northwestern part Of the city and
to Manganic Wells is only
a question of time, dependent on de-
velopments in that direction.