Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-11
STREET RAILWAYS.
PROPOSED IMPRESSIONS AND IMPROVE
MINIS FOR THIS YEAR
Electric Line to Raid Two Links horse
Cars 20 60 on Leigh Street,
&c 20

Nothing adds more to or is considered
better evidence OF the development and
progress of city than a flrst-ratc street
car service.
In years past Richmond, while She
may have kept pace with her sister
cities in other respects, was wo'ul'y be-
hind the times IL this Important par'i-
cular Tho present. however unds her
better OF ard tue future promises much
further improvement ia tisiS direction.
The East and West Ends are now
closely connected and comcnted together
by the steel rail. and they are togetacren-
loving d healthy season Of prosperity,
molly graphing with the situation aUd
making great STRIDES - a successful
futaro. Chimtofa1o Par@ and tho West
End are brought near together by the
Electric Line, and the residents OF iGroH
Fulton find uarvietowD, Hollyoooj,
End the New reservoir easily accessible
by the borse-cars aud the danny. The
residents Of almost any section oi tins cIiy
or Manchester can 10 bad weather or
when the wind is biting cold or the
Eummer-heqt oppressive reach their
places Of employment mnch more quick.
ly then they could walk and without ex-
posuIe.
LAST YEAR AND THIS.
Last year was noteworthy in the ma
nails Of tbs city for the Development OF
interests IN s'roc;-Taiiway building. At
It's beeiuning Richmond and Manchester
had lines 0geTcxating seven miles at
its close they pad seventeen and five
sixths niles OF route aud about thirty
miles OF tra-ksCe. The Electric Line,
which was then built hut not open to
travel. is now IN success s!ai operation
With fifteen or twenty cars running from
daylight uatii midnight
On yesterday a representative Of the
DiSpu'ch called on tlercVrcseuiG.ivcs OF
the ypri0us lines. and twill be seen from
what follows that II they carry ont what
they now announce as their intentions
the work OF 1859 viii about equal, II It
does not exceed, that of 1887.
WILL BUILD TWO LINKS.
Mr.. J. Thompson Brown, president OF
the Union Passenger Railway Company,
was fret seen. When asked If the Eiec-
tr.c Line proposed TO make any ext L.
sions or improvements during toe year
he said Yes, SIR; we arc Going night
ahead with both At meeting Of our
Board OF Directors al few days ago = com
Inittee was appointed to look over The
field and determine what portions of the
CITY We bad best build ia first. Ne started
out here with The discrimination TO cSta-
blish acOmplcte trJuk system, aud We arc
Still determined 70 carry that out. As
there vas some opposition TO giving us
al 81 the franchises asked ior at first We
dec q to bald our present line AID
snow now the system works l think We
have demonstrated this TO thr sltsioc-
tion OF all. aud ! can see no reason why
We should not be granted any reasonable
franchises tha! we desire. We expect 70
build Two links in thc chain this wear
Just where these viii be an unable 20
Say.
CARY-STRTrT ROUTE.
How about the line that your company
proposed 20 baild back of the Tobacco
Exchange On Byrd island, 10y the Byrd
Street station and NJ Cary street ? asked
the scribe.
Well, said he, our application for
that privilege II still before the Street
Committee. where has been fCr q long
time. A. ON entire tire has been taken
up with the Inc already built we have
not pressed tins matter. We vii now
however, and none to haze cars running
on that route by the latter Falt OF tine
year.
IilPROvE,frNTs.
Conserving improvements Mr.. Brown
SAID: We aIe building extensive sheds,
pavilion. &C., ~ the New reservoir.
Nc will have there q waiting room and
all reeafnl conveniences. The pavilion,
we think, Will prove a very attractive
feature. Several parties have already
made application Tor privileges, and a
prominent gentleman Is very anxious 70
give a grand opening ball.
Mr.. Brown thinks the ears VIII he
running TO the New reservoir by the Isl
OF April They now run only as far west
as Hancock street..
ELECTRIC NOTES.
The Electric Line viii in few days put
down siding on Franklin street At
Eighth, to hold several cars to accom-
mediate patrons of the Academy g0lua
in either direction without interfering
with regular travel. As stated some
time ago tho company propose having
such accommodations for all OF the places
OF amusement.
The ideG that in travelling on the cleo
tlic cars the electrical current deranSe:
the movements Of time-pieces WON hythC
passengers, Mr. Brown says, IL al
delusion. It has no effect Whatever
Soon after tue ccrs were put on the llnt
jewe.ier, 10 make q satisfactory test
sent man TO ride on one OF the cars
with fnely-tempercd watch spring ~
his hand The spring was not aicclet
in the slightest degree untu the doc
Just over the motor was opened ano
the spring placed almost directly on tux
motor.
The branch Of this line leading on
Seventeenth street to the Chesapeake
and OHIO shops is now open ana proves
great convenience and accommodation
t. persons working IN that section OF tu'
city or living there and working else
where.
one OF the greatest troubles with whici
this company has had to contend IS th'
breaking Of the brushes. Mr.. Spragu'
has at last succeeded IL SO temPenng
them that some OF them have been useC
for sixteen days or more whereas at iirs
none Of them lasted as many hours
The success Of this great enterprise ii
assured.
TIE HORsE-cAES
Mr.. Selden, superintendent OF the CITY
Railway Company, in response to Ia
ouiries made of him, said that the com
pany proposes soon TO begin work q
make the Fulton extension from Ia
corner Of Main and Twenty eighth street
20 Denny streets-whlch IS BOW OF sin
Ole track. double. This done, the pee
ole OF that section OF the city viii b
afforded much better facilities Tor travel
Their wishes on the subject have beer
given expression to, and they viii not g
UNDECIDED.
The next work which this compan,
will undertake will be the BUILDING 0
its Leigh-street route, for which 10
fra~oi,,1os marc ,,ro.,t.t Io.t ,-,.r III,