Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-04
TO TIE EXPOSITION.
"IIow about the track to the Expositionf y

"IIOw about the track 10 the Exposition "
QuerIed the scribe.
"There will be no trouble about that.
There viii be buiit double track on Broad
street, and the cars OF both companies will
use the same track. We consider this much
better than having two single tracks with
turnouts. We expect to render the very
best service possible TO people going
to and from the Exposition, and 1t is to
our interest 10 do go. OF course everybody
who goes out there must not expect 10 leave
at one time, butour ears will run at very close
inleryas-say about one or two minutes
aud we can carry very many people In an
hour. les, sir; we arc gong TO do our best
and hope to satisfy the Richmond people,
who, do think, will not be unreasonable in
their expectations, and visitors as well. The
interests Of the two companies arc friendly
and very advantageous arrangements can be
made about connection tracks"
" Are not the systems practically owned
by the same palies!"
(" 40, not exactly. Most OF the parties in-
terested in one road are connected with the
other also. bat such is not the case with all
OF those who hold interest in the properties"
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
."While six weeks time has elapsed since the
Council granted the City Railway Company
permission TO Use electricity" said General
Manager Burt, "that period has been used
to the best possible advantage. our engi-
neer, Mr.. A. LaDgslal Johnson, Who is con-
sdered one oi the fastest, and his assistants
have not only worked hard every day, but
have cdten been at work until late at night
drawing pats from their memoranda taken
during the day. tell YOU Il IS no small job
To go over sixteen miles Of street railway and
l.. 10, 20.
so that not Oue Of them Will interfere with
tree doorstep, house, or fence"
lie thsn began to pun down and exhibit
some Of the engineerS drawings, OF which
there are about barrel half full. and they
shoW that erea; deal OF work has been
done In this liuc, and its execution, espe-
cially that showing the grades, speaks we'll
FOR the engineers. These plats and the To-
cation Of the pales were all approved yester-
day bv Colonel Culshaw, city Engineer.
SIR. Burt SAYS the work on the Exposition
branch would have commenced long before
now. but it ceuld not be done before tue
grading Of Broad street, which has been
finished. lie also endorsed all that was said
on the subject by Mr.. Flynn. The latter d.
reefs from New York What shall be done and
the former sees to it, execution.
Mr.. Burt awarded the contract for poles
A
500 Of them are 10 be ready for inspection
tomorrow ,.and the others (the number not
vet deerimned) by August 10th. Before
giving cut the contract for them men were
sent TO the vicinity Of Portsmouth and va
rlous points in North Carolina, but those
from Carey, which are fine, were found to be
the best.
The iron framework for the bottom of the
horse-cars is now being made at the Rich
tnopd Locomotive. W orks; the wire has been
ordered, and from all that can be seen 1t
really appears that on he lst day of October
all OF the street.cars Iniiichm0nd, except on
Mr.. Charles w. Turner'S (MTshaB.stree)
line, that is now being built, viii be operated
by electricity.
THE MANCHESTER cARs-NEw ROUTE PROPOSED.
The Council COMMITTEE on Streets met in
the City Engineers Office Yesterday evening
at haf-past O'Clock. Present; MeSsrs.
Crenshaw (chairman), Strstton, Carter, Iiig-
giuS, Curtis, Capers, Crump, White, and
Chappel. An ordinance referred to this
committee by the Common Council at their
last meeting allowing the Richmond aud Al
leghany Railway Company to construct side
track on the Basin bank as far down as
Messrs. Egbert G.. Lee Il Co.'S new store,
near tue corner Of Tenth, was iayorably re-
ported.
Mr.. Joseph Bryan appeared before the |
COMMITTEES on behalf Of the Richmond and |
Manchester Street Railway COMPANY, re-
0uesling them 10 recommend an ordinance |
allowing them 10 use electricity as motive |
DO ner. lie said II the franchise Yves granted !
The company would equip their road 10 the |
best possible manner.
Mr. Bryan seated that owing TO the many |
track. on NlnIh street between Cary and |
an4l, and the danger necessarily incurred |
In crossing when the Richmoad and Allie I
ghany trains were passing, he would ask the |
committee TO grant their company the .priu-
lege OF discontinnlng that part oil Their lire /
from Canal aud Ninth to Nam and Ninth,
and that they be granted the right OF
way up Canal street TO seventh and up
Seventh to the north side OF Main street,
and that they be permitted to ereet wires
from the Yirsinia Eiectrlc-Light and Power
plant over tbis route 10 Ninth street imme-
d.aiely. lie said that he did not propose 10
change the route before October, hut that nc
wanted the privilege Of putting up tne poles
and wiTes so. ~ 70 connect wth the
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