Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-04
STREET-CAR SYSTEM.
Mr.. FLYNN sAYs MuLF-PowER WILL
BE SUBSTITUTED BY xLEc-
TRICKY AT ONCE.
Union Double Track 20 be Built 10 the
IMPOSITION Terminal Point
for Manchester Cars.

BY the 1st day Of October the cars on the
City Railway lines win be propelled by elec-
trlcity instead OF being drawn by horses and
mules, as is the case now.
The Dispatch has this assurance from
Messrs. Maurice i. Flynn and George A.
Burt, than whom there can be no higher au-
thority on this subject. The former is The
moving spirit In both the Union Passenger
and City Railway properties, and The latter
Is Mr.. Fivnn's general manager.
These eentlemen also state In the most
positive manner that stsect-cars Will be run
ming to the Fair.Groundg Within two months.
and that the best arrangements possible viii
BE- made 10 accommodate the visitors TO the
Exposition.
Mr.. FLYNN HERE.
Mr.. Flynn arrived in the city yesterday
afternoon on the fast nal, pnd went direct
~ 10 The Union Passenger Company's offices
on Bank street. nj no. 900. where he spent
most of the afternoon with Mr.. Trigg, who
is president. and Mr.. PizZini, secretary of
both properties, aud Others, looking into
matters pertaining 70 his mulllform interests
here. He ieft.New York Wednesday. spent
Thurs day at Pittsburgh. and came through
Washington. lie says he found the weather
very pleasant IN Pittsburgh, and did not be-
gin 90 reSlize bow warm II was until he got
south Of Washington.
Mr.. Flynn will probably leave for New
York tonight, though 1t is possible that he
will remain here until tomorrow afternoon.
WILL CERTAINLY DE READY.
when Dispatch reporter was usbered
into one of the company's offices, in which
Nr. Flynn WAS sitting yesterday afternoon,
he was reading an article that appeared in
this paper few days ago which related 10
the subject now under cons deTatiOn. He
received his visitor with a pleasant smile,
and when asked a. 20 the conversion Of The
City railway into an electric system he
said
"Well, Won know Providence rules sll
things; and II Providence is wiling tho cars
on the CITY railway lines viii certainly be
running by electricity the lst dsy OF Octo.
ber We have contracted for the poles. five
hundred oi which aye 70 he ready by the
5th Of August. -Four large boilers and the
Necessary number OF dynamos have been
ordered and will soon BE- here, and have
contracted with Air. Sprague To fur
nish the necessary motors, and he assures
me that there'wil be no trouble about get
ting them in time. lie was given the order
for them some time ago, and they are now
beng manufactured. The present cars will
be used. / wanted TO get new aud larger
ones. but all OF the factories were oyerrun
with orders and Just determined TO try the
old ones, and had one o. them fitted up not
long ago and IT operated very satisfactorily"
81 have hesTd,' remarked the newspaper
man, "ihat there were Offences between you
and the Sprague Company, and that you had
not been able to come TO terms"
"Wcll," replied Mr.. Flynn, "l don't
know from what source your Information
came, but it IS incorrect. Our terms have
been agrced upon aud my order is being iill-
ed now."