The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-29
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Meeting Of directors oG the CITY Railway
Company Electricity Not to be Put on
That Road at Present Reasons for
Changes at Programme.
At meeting Of the Board of Directors
of the Richmond City Railway held yes
ierGay at the offices OF the company on
Bank street, there were present, Messrs.
". II. Trigg, president, Maurice b.
Flynn OF New York, the Richmond di-
rectors, two Of whom, Mr. Joseph
Bryan aud Colonel John B. Purcell. are
members Of the Exposition Committee
There was a full aud lengthy discussion
of the means TO be used for transporting
passengers tc the Exposition The Com
mit'ee on transportation reported that
they hai. sobc ,wo weeks ago. notified
the Expo. ION committee that the two
lines of railway in this city would not
be responsible for the handling Of the
enormous crowd which will certainly
attend tte greet EXhibi.
THE PLAN
which the Directors determined on as Tie
most adequate b. meet the demands of
the occasion, and which was adopted il
as follows The Electrical Equipment
COMPANY which is go furnish the equip
mint fnr both roads, Is so overwhelmed
with orders that ihcy cannot furnish
enough motors and other machinery to
equip both lines. II was decided, there
fore, SO tum over all the electrical ap-
rliauccs sent here between now and Dc
tobtr 1t 10 the Richmond Union Pas
senEcr R,ilHav, SO a, 10 have that line
fully equipped with electricity, and 10
have af SIS shops an amount of
machinery in reserve sufficient to, at
once, repair any car that might break
down by reason Of the large crowds they
are expected 70 carry
AZ TO THE CITY ROAD,
it vas dec deG o. continue the use Of
horses aud to enlarge the supply Of
stock, So rs to give the niost efficient set
vice that could 0e demanded of ii. In
addition, IT is expected HAT the Broad
street rack will he extended from Laurel
to Harrison street, where the Electric
road now 'rossca Broad The Main
street cars will come up Main 10 Laurel,
up Lagrc' TO Broad. and up Broad TO
Harrison. thu. causing all three lines TO
centre at a common point. viz Harrison
and Broad streets. Al that point pas
sengers viii be Transferred to the cars
ruuuiu- directly 10 The Exposition.
Trr tpOITlON TRAIN
will consist of Coney l.laud cars. fonr or
FIVE to Hch lrsi9, run by dummy engines.
These cars hold about one Aundred and
twenty passengers each, and the trains
sill be rut about eFery five minutes.
Mr. FLYNN left for New York last eve
ming ia order TO secure the requisite
numb Of C0nay Island cars aud dummy
engines. The people may therefore eX-
pect 10 be soon carried out to the EXpOsi-
lion gtoHnds. as General Manager Burt
thinks be can complete the Exposition
line in about couple Of weeks.
THE DOUBLE TRACK TO FULTON.
In addition to the above work, the
Board directed the President aud Super
iuiendent Seldom 20 at once complete the
double track to Fulton. BY this means
citizens will be provided with ample rail
way facilities from any point east OF
west of the city 10 the Exposition
grounds.
CAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.
The reason Of this change of pro-
gramme has been slated at the outset.
The City Railway Company had made
every preparation possible for them to
make 10 run their cars By electricity,
having erected the poles and rcbased
the wires. II was definitely ascertained,
however. that the SpraCue Motor Com
pauy Nas 80 overwhelmed with orders
isincc IFS decided success in this city,,
that n could only supply equipments for
ten cars. As this would have been Of
no practical value on the City Railway,
since il would necessitate the ue Of both
horses and electricity, it was decided best
10 use the new motors AMI equipments
for the present electric iue, and to in
crease The facilities of the horse cars,
thereby rendering The service or both
lines as perfect as possible.