Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-11
OUR sTREET-CAR SERVICE.
Major Caper>'s Complaint Sustained b.
the City Engineer.

Major Capcrs's Complaint Sustained by
the City Engineer.
The streotrailways are very popular sub
jects for legislation.
Hardly meeting Of the City Council or
| Street Committee is held but some NOM
| bcr has something 20 say about the City
I railway or Electric Line not performing
the duties required of them.
MR. CrERs's CHARGES.
At themeetng of the Board of Aldermen
| Mouday night Mr.. Capers complained that
| he had learned from the City Engineer that
there is great difficulty IN getting the or
ders Of the Council aud the Street Com
| mittce carried into effect so far * the
| strcet-ralways are concerned. Mr.. Capcrs
introduced a resolution 10 instruct the
| CITY ATTORNEY 10 take steps 10 enforce the
! ordinance IN regard tO tOstrect-ralways, both
as to service rendered the public and
! equipment and condition of the TOadways.
HIS resolution was referred to the City
Attorney for action.
CAPTAIN PIzzISI's SIDE.
| Tuesday a Dispatch reporter asked Cap
tain Andrew PizZni. secretary and trcasu-
rer of City Railway and Electric Line,
about the charges made against his COM
panies. and the Captain, after speaking of
! tho work the companies had done, said he
| thought there must be some error III Mr..
| Capors's statement as to what was told HIM
| by the CITY Engineer for all his (the En-
! gineeT's) orders have been Obeyed as
| promptly as possible with the means at the
command of the companies
THE CHAIRMAN.
Yesterday morning tho Dispatch repre-
sentative asked Mr.. Lewis ID. Crenshaw
Jr., chairman Of the Street Committee, if
/ MIR. Capers was correct IN stating that the
Id IL. i'm n
| the orders from his committee as well as
from the Council IN regard TO the railway
carried into effect
"Mr. Gamers WAS certainly correct" p" said
| Mr.. Crenshaw. land the City Engineer
/ can give YOU any information you may de-
| sire in regard to the matter"
THE ENGINEER INTERVIEWED.
Colonel Cutshaw was found in his Office
| in the City Hall. and the question that was
asked of Mr. Crenshaw was repeated TO
! the City Engineer, who without any hesi-
tation replied; Cd,
Mr.. Caperss statement to the Council
was a correct one.'
"Win YOU tell me. Colonel. what delays
! have occurred to keep the street-railway
companies from complying with the re-
| ouirements of the Council or Street Com
mittee Z" asked the Dispatch man.
THE DELAYS.
! 81 will" replied the courteous Engineer.
/ "The company was officially notified on
June 18th 10 be rea Y 10y the 22d for paving
! on Seventh street They were not ready
| on the 22d after four days notice. They
were again notified on July 3D.. and We're
not ready ON July Sth 20 begin the work.
/ Personal notice was then served upon the
| representatives of the company by one OF
| my assistants that unless work was com
/ menced the next morning the company
would be carried before the Police Court.
| Next morning a small force OF hands were
/ put TO work"
| ANOTHER DELAY.
| "What other delays in complying within
| structions have occurred
"Weu, on the 25th of last MAY, IN &C
! cOrdance with instructions of the Commit
tee on Streets, full notice was sent the
| Citv Railway Company about tracks, road
| beds. eravelling, and replacing rails from
| one end of the city tO the other. The re
nlv from the COMPANY, which was received
| I'm two days stated that the notice from mo
/ had been refcrredto the owners OF the road
! in New York and to their attorney. me
greater portion of this work Is still unat-
tended to after lapse of nearly two
months
THE REsrEyom SWITCH.
"Are there any other delays in complying
with requirements?
Il might mention that an order from the
Street Committee TO the Richmond Union
Passenger Railway Company was recently
| issued in regard to the complaint OF citi-
! zens on Reservoir street. While large
number of the complaining citizens ap-
Deared before the committee the company
| Iras NOT represented. The committee or
! dered some changes made in the road at the
earliest practicable time. | have just this
morning received reply from the secre-
! tarv of the company saying that the matter
has been referred to the proper officials Tor
action"
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