Evening journal., 1915-07-22
APPROVE REMOVAL
Of TROLLEY TRACK
Utilities Board Grants Per-
mission Despite Central
Labor Union Protest
MUST FINISH WORK
WITHIN TWO YEARS

Resolutions granting permission TO
the Wilmington and Philadelphia
Traction Company TO abandon GER
tan tracks now in use by the Peoples
Railway Company. which was merg-
ed with the first named company.
and also TO make extensions on other
streets were approved at a special
meeting of the Board of Public Util-
ity Commissioners last night The
meeting was held in the Office Of
Mayor Price
Before the resolutions we're adop-
ted a delegation from the Central
Labor Union opposed the granting Of
the privileges unless the Traction
Company restored strip tickets to
sale. The Utility Commissioners ex-
planned that this matter had been
gone over at a previous meeting
when Il was not deemed eXpedient
TO incur the expense Of securing a
valuation of the properties necessary
10 secure the return Of the sale Of
the tickets.
The resolutions we're approved,
with the understanding that the
changes should be started within so
days and completed within two
years. The new lines are not TO be
operated until the Utility Board ap-
proves them. The resolution per-
mits the removal of tracks from the
following streets;
1. Thirtieth street. from Washing
ton street TO Tatnall street.
2. Tatnall street from Thirueth to
Twenty-fifth street
3. Pine street from Vandever ave-
nue. to Seventeenth street.
Seventeenth street from Pine
street TO private right-of-way.
g. sixteenth street from Brandy
wine creek TO King street.
6. Orange street from Thirteenth
street to Sixth street.
Second street from Walnut street
10 Poplar street.
8. Second street from DUPONT street
to Grant avenue
9 Grant avenue from second
street TO Third street.
lO-Third street from Grant ave-
nue. to Woodlawn avenue
IL Woodlawn avenue from Third
street 10 Fourth street.
10 Fourteenth street from DUPONT
street 10 Scott street
street TO Delaware avenue.
IA Shallcross avenue from Scout
street to Woodlawn avenue.
Is Harrison street from Lancas-
ter avenue to Second street
16 Harrison street from Maryland
avenue to Beech street.
H. Beech street from Harrison
street = Van Buren street.
is Wan Buren, street from Beech
street 70 Second street
10 jefferson street from Second
street TO Thirteenth street.
20 Thirteenth street from Jeffer-
son street TO King street
21 King street from Thirteenth
street 10 Sixteenth street.
32 Twenty-third street from
Washington street to Market street
%. Tatnall street from Twenty
third street to Twenty-ffth street
"a Seventh street from Church
street to Buttonwood street.
The company is given the right TO
remove the tracks from the streets
with the privilege of again installing
the tracks at any time in the future
the company may wish and again op-
Grating cars over the lines.
BY the second resolution the COM
pany is given permission 10 locate
extend. construct alter maintain and
operate. either as a single or a double
track railway on the public street the
following branches OF extensions from
the existing railways.
First Beginning al a point In the
existing railway system on Harrison
street. thence by a curve branching
northerly and easterly 20 and con
Meeting with the track Of the existing
railway system OF the Front anC
Union Street Railway Company II
Lancaster avenue
Second Beginning az a point il
the existing railway system In Ceda
street, thence by a curve branching
easterly and northerly 10 and con
recting with the existing railway sys
tenn Of the Wilmington City Railwa.
Company in Maryland avenue
Third Beginning at a point in tn
existing railway system of the com
rany in Twenty-third street. theme
by a curve branching westerly AM
southerly TO and connecting with tn
existing railway system Of the vii
mington City Railway Company II
Market street
Fourth. Beginning at a point in tn
existing railway system Of the com
pany in Pine street, thence by a curv
branching southerly and easterly &
and connecting with the existing rail
way system of the Wilmington Cit
4 Hallway Company in Vandever ave