The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-11
APPLICATION IS MADE
FOR USE or STREETS
STONE & WEBSTER DESIGNATE
EAST SIDE OF COLLEGE
AND WASHINGTON.
Gil by Local Street Railway
Co.--Matter Referred to
Street Committee.

city council Wednesday night for.
d body by Stone & Webster, who are
n building an interurban railway
: from Dallas to Waxahachie, for a
: designation of certain streets over
a which 1t is proposed to construct
: the line in the city. A written petit
. tion accompanied by the civil en-
e gneer's map and estimates was filed
8 with the council by John D. Nc
t Rae of the firm of Farrar & McRaa,
t local attorneys for Stone & Web
4 lister. Mr.. McRae stated to the coun-
: |cil that he did not want that body
: to take immediate action on the Pc
: itition, but to give it careful consid-
Grafton and pass on 1t just as soon
as possible; that Stone & Webster
were now ready to begin the work
of grading the streets for their
, railway line, but before this is COM
menced they must know the streets
they are to traverse and must know
just where the line is to be located
on said streets in order that all the
lsteel for the track, switches, spurs
and frogs may be made according
to measurement. The petition and
map filed by Mr.. McRae for Stone
& Webster show that this company
has selected the east side of Col
Elege and Washington streets to and
across the public square to Frank
lin street, and on this street they
propose to build two hundred feet |
of track for the parking of cars
A lively discussion was precipi- |
tated in the council meeting when |
George w. Coleman filed counter
petition from the Lake Park Street |
Railway company asking that the |
Stone e Webster company be re-
CURED to build their line on the
west side of College and Washing
ton streets and that the local street
car line be given the east side of
said streets.
This petition sets forth that the
petitioner is informed that Stone &
: Webster, or their associates who
: have formed an organization known
q as the Dallas Southern Traction
u Company will petition the council
for the right and authority to con.
struct their line on the east side OF
college and Washington streets TO
the public square. Owing to the
fact, SO states the petition, that said
tstreets are not wide enough to per-
NIT the building of said fnerurban
on said streets unless said Lake
Park Street Railway company shall !
move its present line to one side of
the streets without seriously inter-
fering with the usual traffic Of said |
streets, your petitioner respectfully |
requests that said interurban line |
be required to construct their rail-
way on the west side of said streets; |
and that If your petitioner shall De !
required to remove its line from |
the present location that it shall |
have the preference right to place
same on the east side of said Col |
lege and Washington streets.
The petition then goes on to cite
a number of reasons why the local
line should be allowed to use the
east side OF the streets in eontro-
vsrsy, saying that the interurban
does not propose to furnish local
accommodations and that such ac-
icommodations has been provided by
the street railway company for
great many years.
In addition to several local gem
tlemen who are interested in the
Southern Traction company, an In
, terurban line promoted by J. u.
Strickland and Osce Goodwin, Mr..
Goodwin and Hon. r. 3. Williams
: of Dallas We're present to urge the
: councils adoption of the Lake PARK
3 Street Railway petition.
The entire matter was referred
; to the street committee with in.
structions to be ready to report at 9
U icalled meeting of the council
b It is pointed out that if the petit
ton of the Lake Park Street Rail
way company is adopted by tn,
u council it will mean that the inter
> urban will have to build across tbs
tracks of the local line on the
northeast corner of the square ant
;, Inecessitate the building of two
spurs on the southeast corner of tn,
Isquare, This arrangement would
make ii necessary for local passen
gers TO cross the interurban tracks
7 at the hotel corner to board tht
1 cars for east end while on the 9th.
, Ter corner of the square the same
u danger would apply to vehicle traf
fic.
When the interurban matter had
: been disposed of the council tool
: up other petitions and repc IT'S.
a Hon Mark Smith interposed an
. objection to the construction of two
4 interurban railways on College
street.
Fl w. b Reymuller. v. H. Shelton
and Ed Pierson were b7fore the
council asking for the enactment o.
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