Evening journal., 1914-07-21
Trolley FRANCHISE
FINALLY Granted
Track Will Now Be Laid
By Company to Con-
cord Heights
NEW ROUTE OVER
BRIDGE AT EARLY DATE

The Wilmington City Railway Com
pany was today granted franchise
to lay tracks and operate street cars
from Twenty-second and Washington
streets TO Concord Avenue, on Con-
cord Avenue. TO Boulevard, and ON
Boulevard to Twenty-second street,
by the Street and Sewer Department.
The company agrees to pave the
streets mentioned. between. and three
feet from it's tracks
The corporation agrees to COM
mence work within sixty days from
the date of receiving its franchise,
and to complete the lines within two
years.
For the present, however, the COM
pany will build only the spur from
Twenty-second and Boulevard 10 Con-
cord Heights, and return, on the
! Boulevard. Eventually the present
route on Twenty-second street. from
: Washington street to the Boulevard,
/ will be abandoned and the line built
as provided in the franchise
The franchise passed third read
ing without a dissenting vote, both
! Commissioners Rudolph and Muir
| ply voting for Il. Commits
sioner Sparks, who is prcsi-
dent of the body, was not present. be-
ing with the Organized Militia of
! Delaware, on it's summer manoeuvres.
The franchise must now so before the
| Board of Public Utilities Commission.
The Wilmington and Philadelphia
Company is an operating company, and
the franchise was granted 10 the VIII
mington city Railway Company. which
already has the franchise over the
bridge
As soon as the franchise had been
passed, John f. Neary who was present
as counsel for the corporation, quickly
handed Secretary Christv two sheets OF
ltypewrtten paper This proved TO be
a resolution prepared by the TROLLEY
company lawyers, permitting the com
lpany to remove its tracks from Twenty.
second street between Washington anC
Boulevard, as soon as the new loop i,
completed. The document also permits
the company to hold the right to use tn,
street, even though it does not operat,
of the city agrees to prevent any othel
company from laying tracks or running
cars over the same. The board started
to take up the resolution for passage bu
after two readings deferred the tina
vote until next week
The board also passed on first and sec
ond readings q resolution changing tn
name of Barrett street to West Thirty
! Isr l. Il
lproper authority a letter received fror
b j.. +. Rhoads and Sons, asking that re
7 pairs to Eleventh street between Raj
road and Bayard avenues and TO Gran
3 avenue from Eleventh street to Pennsy
- vania avenue. lr its recommendatio
e. the company declares it is paying "larg
. taxes which have recently boon IN
: creased" and feels that the improv,
! ments should be granted
: The board opened bids for the fol
) lowing materials:
Sewer and inlet plates-Lobdell Ca
( Wheel Company, Central Foundr.
] Company Of New York: Belts Machin
T Company, Hilles and Jones Compan.
I and Coatesville Foundry Company
] Sand and gravei-James Logue
Brick. B. Oberly.
/ Terra Gotta Pipe-Dolaware Terr
| Gotta Company.
e Portland cement. terra Gotta pip
( bar and paving sand-Charles War
ner Company, Smalley-Campbel
h Company. Edward r. Pusey Com
z pany.
z The commissioners announced tha
4 bids would be tabulated this after
o noon and awards made at noon tC
- morrow.