The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-11
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Council ChdMDtI last hiSh' ~ '""
Present. Messrs. Crenshaw. Capefs, STRAIT
;on. Higgins, Crump, Royal, White,
Curtis. Glover, Chappen, Belvin. and
Carter.
MIR. Crenshaw announced that me oO'
iect of the meeting was To consluer the
ordinance referred TO them giving the
Richmond & Manchester Street Kailway
COMPANY permission TO use electricity on
tbeir line from the Free Bridge 10 Main
street. and 10 construct line around
Canal street 10 Seventh, thence 10
Main street, and use electricity; the
track 10 be single from Ninth To beyond
Halls foundry, and double 10 Seventh,
and thence 10 Main.
A double track is allowed down Cary
from Seventh TO Ninth. and double
track is allowed mp Seventh 10 Franklin,
then 10 connect with the Electric line,
and also 90 arrange with the Richmond
City Railway Company 10 use their
tracks from Seventh TO Ninth on Main,
and if the latter is used, then The line on
Gary between Seventh aud Ninth is to
b. taken mp And when The city should
condemn any part Of the lot on which
Halls foundry nov stands, so as 10 widen
Canal street, double track Is TO bc
allowed there: the entire line to be com
pitttd in two years.
IL was discussed as 10 what proportion
of the cost of condemning the part of
Halls foundry necessary should he borne
by the Manchester railway and which by
the steam railroads The city has 10 pay
one.half, and Mr. Bryan said he was
willing TO pay a fair share.
MT Bryan said that the Manchester
people ali wanted to land at Ninth street.
Ii be could make arrangements with the
City Railway Company 10 carry his peo
pie down Main from Seventh he would
DO II. If not he would run a single car
down Cary from Seventh to Ninth.
Mr. Stration moved that the ordinance
be considered by sections
Mr. Bryan asked that the committee
decide A. once whether his line Is TO be
taken off Ninth street or not. He said
that he applied for the Seventh street
route because he had thought it TO be a
better route, but the people Of Manches-
ter had come TO him with unanimity ask
ing that the terminus at Ninth and Main
streets be retained. The only trouble
has been the tracks of the Allegheny
road on Ninth, and that road wants his
line removed. II compelled to leave Ninth
he would build the loop TO Seventh and
Cary and come down Cary TO Ninth and
then 10 Main, but if he could make ar
rangcmeuls with the City Railway Com |
Dsny lie would then 20 TO Seventh and
Main and come down Main to Ninth |
slreei. Without deciding on this |
the ordinance was read 10y sections |
The first referred 10 The rise of electri-
city as a motive power, erection OF poles,
etc
The second section referred 10 the
loop round Canal, Seventh and Cary |
streets TO Ninth.
Mr. Bryan suggested that he would not |
use electricity unless he got the privileges ,
from the Bridge Commissioners of Man
chester and Chesterfield county. He
might use horses aud he did not want the
use of electric motors to he made prCce
dent To the removal of his Ninth street
track. If they would allow him TO use
electricity on his present line instead of
mules, he would leave the room satisfied,
but TO run around this loop he must have
he Allegheny road off Canal street
Mr.. Beivin moved To strike out the
to build the tracks on Cary from
seventh 10 Ninth lie said that he co3ld
not see why these two squares on Cary
should he wanted when the route up
seventh To Franklin could be gotten
Mr. Bryan said he would 90 TO every
to make arrangements with the
City Railway before he would think of
building ON Cary.
Dir Belvin's motion was adopted ayes
J, noes 5.
The reading of the sections continued
long talk ensued AS TO how to get the
Richmond x Allegheny Railroad TO shift
Is tracks on Canal street, as II was
,nown the street railway could not he
,uilt il they were not shifted
Mr.. Wilkinson, agent of the AL
eghany Railroad, said be could give four
eet more TO the street, thus giving an
'pen roadway of twenty feet at Halls
oundry.
Mr.. Glover moveG to require the Rich
nond K Manchester Railway TO begin
aging tracks 60 days after the ordi nance
s adopted, and the railroad tracks shifted,
which was agreed to.
The section requiring the removal of
be tracks from Ninth and Canal to
Ninth and Main after the track laying on
,anal has been begun, was adopted.
Mr.. Carter moved to strike out that
'ortion of the section requiring the Rich
nond and Manchester Street Railway to
'ay a proper ion of the expense of widen
ng Canal street where Halls foundry
ow is whenever that widening is done.
Adopted
The ordinance as whole as amended
vas then unanimously recommended 10
he Council for adoption.
THE WHOLE THING IN A NUTSHELL
The privileges granted in a nutshell ,
re-
The use of electricity as a motive pow
T on the Richmond & Manchester Street {
hallway 1
The right to build single track from
ninth and Canal TO beyond Halls foun.
ny on Canal, and double track thence
y the Union depot 10 Seventh
treet, and a double track up Seventh q
lreet to Franklin with the privilege Of I
onnecting with the Richmond City {
lreei hallway at Main and with the I
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