The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-28
THE TRANSFER MATTER
A Copy of the Report of the Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Shreveport, La, Feb. Fl, 1911


Mr. E. K. Smith. President, and Mem
bers of Chamber of Commerce--G mile
men: We herewith submit to you Our
report relative to the transfer matter :;
The Shreveport Traction Company
asks that their franchises expiring in
Io4I, 1858 and 1854 be exten led to
March IS, 1861, which means the extern
sion of the franchise of tha shortest Of
something over six years and OIL the
longest franchise little less than tW,',-
t; years.
The committee has made thorough
investigation on the subject by obtain
ing annual statements and other infor-
nation from traction companies from
various cities. After obtaining this in
formation your committee was in pos
session of facts that enabled them to
submit to the Traction Company a
proposition that we trust will meet with
the hearty approval of Our citizens. The
proposition submitted by the committee
to the Traction Company was accepted
in a slightly modified form:
In consideration of the above extern
sions and grants to the Traction Com
pany, the said company shall establish
and keep in effect during the existence
of its said franchise universal system
of transfers. The said Traction Com
pany, its successors and assigns, shall
operate its cars on its several lines and
belts so as to have its first cars leave
Texas street terminals not later than
80 am. and its last cars to leave said
terminals not earlier than IL o'clock
midnight, and said Traction Company
shall keep in repair that part of the
streets occupied by its tracks to the end
of its crossties, and the fare of school
children going to and returning from
school between the hours of 8 am. and
pm. during the sessions of the publi.:
schools in Shreveport shall be I-2c.
The said Traction Company shall at
its own expense pave Southern avenue
four feet on each side and put in new
curbing to the end of the paving. They
are to extend their line from the pres
ent crossing of the Greenwood road
to the point where the said road crosses
the western boundary of the city limits.
The Traction Company is to connect its
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Highland Park line with its said West
End line at Texas and Marshall streets.
Substance of Proposition: The infor-
nation received by your committees in
vestigation warrants them in stating
that the transfers at the present would
be worth sum not less than $4,000 per
year to the people of Shreveport.
The reduction Of school childrer's
fare from &C, the present rate, to 21-2c
means a saving of 10 243 per cent.
By connecting the Highland Park line
with the West End line at Texas and
Marshall streets will prove of great con-
venience to the school children and will
enable them to pass by or within block
of practically all the schools in Shreve-
port BY the above mentioned connec-
ton it will enable the people to cross
the entire city from either direction in
a continuous ride on the payment of one
fare
The committee feel if the above
agreement is ratified by voters in the
approaching election, all parties inter
ested will be greatly benefited.
In conclusion we wish to state that
the city officials as well as the officials
of the Shreveport Traction Company
extended your committee every courtesy
and an earnest desire to reach an agree
ment that would meet the approval of
the citizens of Shreveport prevailed at
our meetings, which have been numer-
Gus. Yours respectfully,
]. B. ATKINS,