The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-17
NEW PRIVILEGES
ASKED FOR 6Y THE CITY AND
UNION RAILWAYS.

Council OOm0lItlet on DtIctt6 WIS utiu
last night in the City Engineers Office
at & O'Clock. There were present,
Chairman Crenshaw. ana Messrs. Ca
pers, Curtis Crump, Glover, J0ynes'
White, Higgins and StrattOn.
The regular pay roll and other bills
were approved and ordered to be paid.
The resolution from the City Council
appropriating $1,000 for culverts was
read.
The resolution ordering the consiruc-
ton Of the sewer 10 the Albemarle Pa
per Company. which Is on the canal
bank near the old pump house, and
just inside the city. was brought before
the committee.
Mr.. Carter. Of Marshall ward, wanted
sewerage needed in the other part Of
the city. particularly Marshall ward.
Mr. Glover said that he was opposed
to this, and would fight it to the end Of
his term. He wanted other portions Of
the city TO obtain a proportion Of the
sum appropriated.
Mr. Capers moved, as a substitute.
that the construction Of the sewer 10
the Albemarle paper mill be a. once
Constructed aud the others laid over.
Twenty five thousand dollars is
wanted to build sewers. The $1,000
was q special appropriation for the AL
bemarle Paper Company, aud appr0-
priated IN order TO prevent SUIT. as
the Hollywood sewer. which drains a
large section of the West End. both In
and out OF the city, was eucroachlug on
the paper mill property.
There was some discussion in which
Colonel Cutsnaw. by request, joined,
the latter giving the exact status Of the
appropriation. which was that by
error the wrong ordinance went to the
Council and was adopted, the right one
b ing IN the hands OF the Finance
G mmittee.
Mr.. Capers' motion that the Alder
marie paper mill ewer be built was
adopted ana bids were ordered to be
advertised for. after Mr.. Carriers mo-
ton that advertisements he made for
BIDS for building all the sewers had
been voted down.
lIIii ilVNb " iiAIn AM AiNLfsHs
Colonel McCluer, e the Richmond
Telephone Exchange. was present. and
made lengthy explanation of his COM
pauv's use of trees for holding their
wires. He claimed that all OF the tie
wires and other wires had been re
moved from trees, and his Inemeu had
positive instructions not to string wire
ON the limit Of tree, or IN any way lu
jure any of the trees Of the city.
Colonel Cutshaw before Mr.. McCluer
spoke. explained the misunderstanding
between himself and the Telephone
Colonel Cutshaw then said that the
question of iDjuring trees began when
tne company inst erected iheir WIZ. 5.
Never dld ne. nor was IL his intention
ever To allow WIRE 90 be fastened TO "A
tree. ana any Notwithstanding about
the matter must have been made hg
81 me one else han him ell lie er
I ~ 10 the laIge number Of wires
which are in use IN the city Colonel
Cu.sbaw claimed that Mr.. McCluer
would not and had not been willing TO
allow his poles TO carry the wires of
o her companies.
Colonel CutsnaT asked Mr.. Mcfluer
to tell me committee whether he would
hescalter allow the telephone poles To
be used 10 carry other " res.
Mr.. McCiuer explained that be had
u authority from his comDauy tOsiy
tLat the, would le thougntlhIt they
would but he could not promise A..
MIR. Higgins offered the following:
Res0ircd. That oil existing poles.
wIe- aud all future ones of oil con-
pImes shall be such as the Committee
on SIeels add the City + giueer snail
approve, aud unltss their Instructions
aIe pIomptl, complied with. all exist
ing privileges shall be revoked.
Adopted.
STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISES.
Captain Andrew Plzzlnl. secretary
and treasurer Of The Richmond Union
Passenger Railway Company. aud Of
the Richmond City Railway Company,
appeared before the cOmmI,ee IN b.
bali Of The ordinances IN the commit
tee S hands. asking for the privilege of
running a double track from Nam and
Twenty first streets TO FTauknn aud
Twenty first, and from Main and
: venth streets 20 Franklin and
) yenlh. thus connecting the two street
lines together.
aplan PIzzini explained that the
owners Of the company wanted To
make success Of the street
car system of Richmond. The idea
vas to have 20 cars-j0 To be- run
every day; on the Richmcud Union
Ppseuger railway. 10; on the Nam
street liue. Is; on the Broad street lIue.
H.. On the Reservoir extension, /;
thus making 80 cars ia use.
Captain Plzzini. in answer 10 Ques-
lions said that the ownership Of the
road was IN transition state IL was
the property Of certain gentlemen aud
the estate Of the late Maurice b. Flynn.
liz, estate owned about uine.teuths Of
the street railways of Richmond. Not
withstaudipg the large amouut of
m01ey th [ has been collected by toe
electric line, not one dollar OF 81. said
M. Plzzini with emphasis, has gone TO
Inc owners Of Che road.
Mr.. Plz2Inl further said that he in.
.et ded laying before the people in the
North the necessity Of putting down
Il, W tracks, and making the service of
the companies full and complete for the
very salvation of the owners.
lie further said that be could not
blame the people of the city for COM
diainng If the bad service which the
Ell, ctric line was now giving them.
lie explained that tnis electric line
was started IN the infancy Of the
Sprague motors, and that the motors
were seven and One-half horse power.
On the new line the motors would be
twice the power. aud the bad service
" Inch had been gwen by the Electric
line would be avoided. These small
m tors on the cars break down. lie
had heard one Of The owners OF the line
say that he did not expect the ma
chiuery TO last as long as 1t has done.
lie was positive in the belief that
Mrs. Flynn, who owns her husband 5
interest in the railway. and also Mr.
Speers. one of the original owners.
would sell Out all their interests for the
mere amount OF money paid out IN costs
OF construction.
GOOD SERVICE WANTED.
Mr.. Cren,haw ,aid he would be com
PEELED to vote aga nst the ordinance.
unless sumo restrictions were added 10