Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-27
WILL RUN MORE CARS
a NEW SCHEDULE TO BE MADE FOR
THE CITY RAILWAY.
Conference between Captain Piz1ini and
city Omcials-The Electric Line
Pronounced Failure.

tOrahcc gwen ~ W """ '''N
will run.
This Is the. result Of a conference had
Yesterday between CAPTAIN Andrew Piz-
aiui Jr. representing both of the street
railway lines. and certain city officials. in
GLIDING the Mayor.
new schedule is 20 be prepared to-day
for the horse.car line, and under il cars
will be required to pass al points at much
shorter intervals than now, and II VIII be
arranged that the service shall ia every
way Dee better than u is az present
So far as the Union Passenger railway is
concerned the management only promise
to DO their best with the limited facilities
al hand IN the matter of afiording the best
possible accommodations to the travelling
public.
THE coNrERENcE.
Tho conference referred to was held at
IP NJ in the Office Of the Mavor. and an
hour and half was spent discussing the
present inefficient service and the best
means Of improving IL.
There were present Mayor j. T. Ellyson,
hlr. T. +. Campbell. president Of the Com
mon Couucl Colonel ". i. Cutshaw,
CIV Engineer: City-AttoTney G. '. Mere
dith. Mr Lewis ID. Cfenshaw of the Board
Of Aldermen; Captain Andrew Plzzim.
president of the Richmond Union Passen-
NfI fl4iMIN Ailfl "ttfffNhl ~tifhNhtfi va NtAf
CITY railway: MIR Wyndhnm X. Meredith,
counsel for the Union Passenger Company,
and several representatives, Of the press.
THE MAYORS STATEMENT.
Mavcr Ellvson. in calling the conference
10 order SAID hat the object of the meet
ing was Co sec II something could not be
done 20 secure for the people better
strcct-car service. He said hc had received
a creqt many complaints from citizens,
L.. IA tlaf tl.s finn. hoH u ION
something should be done 70 secure bet
ter service The complaints applied to
both the horsc-car and Electric Lines.
Those IN regard 10 tho electric line were of
the nfrcQuoncy and irregularlty OF the
running Of the cars. In regard TO the
horsc-car lines the people complained That
the schedule was so uncertain as 10 cause
frequent and ycXatiOus delays. and that
fine cars were often IN such bad cOndl-
fion as 10 be really unfit for use. II was
This condition Of affairs that led nm 20
make official complaint 70 the ofhcers ot
the companies. Captain PiZzini was pres
emit and he would be very glad TO hear
from him some assurance that the evils
c0mplaincd Of would be remedlcd and q
better service given the public.
WHAT TIE CAPTAIN SAID.
CAPTAIN Pizzini uuhcsitatlnglv made n
very frank and full statement of the cOndl-
tion of both properties and explained, rs
Tar ne KNEW. WHY lUf ttfAlAf llt'A ~
greatly dcterioratcd # late. In substance
he said SO far as the Electric Line Is con-
cernod. | viii say We have given It eighteen
months trial. dcyOtlug every energy pos
sible 10 make il "A success, and am here
now 20 say that IL IS failure. The com
pauv has spent thousands upon thousands
of dollars 10 give the public good service,
bat with the use ot electricity as applied on
our line we find impossibloto accomplish
this result Now, as 10 the Main-Strect
Line. tho principal complaint was on
account If thc bad condition Of
the road-bod. which has now been re-
uewed. As to the cars. we expected 10 have
replaced them with larger and better cars,
20 bee propelled 10y electricity. Some Oh
these have been built and others are in
course Of construction. hut since II has
been asccrtaincd that electricity, rs we have
been using it. is not reliable, the idea of
replacing mule or horsepower by tins
force has been temporarily abandoned.
TIE COMPLAINTS, AGAIN.
AIayor Ellyson said 90 bring the matter
up properly hr would euumcnte some ot
the specific complaints that bad been
made 10 him and OF which he had made
memoranda, and he proceeded 10 do So.
He had very little personal knowledge OF
the service given. but had been told of uh-
explained and annoying delays where per-
son. coming down town would nave TO
wait fifteen minutes or longer for
"a car. ANY one going mp town at night
ON "A Nain-etrcct car would have to
,fau al Laurel street FOR the re-
turn Of the BrOad-strect ear IRON Holly
wood, and if the Maln-Street Line was
taken there would be "a similar wait. There
had also been numerous complaints OF the
shabby condition OF the cars, uut the great
est Inconvenience suffered was bypelsons
living mn the West End in having to submit
10 long delays in getting down town IN the
The complaint. then" said Captain Plz-
zini. is as 20 the superintendent OF the
line. These matters clearly com" withln
eupcrintendencc and policing. ! am here
TO learn lust what Is tn matter, and when
have learned then shall know what 10
do 20 remedy thetr0uhle. am authorized
90 equip the horsc-car line and 10 furnish
wbafeycr YOU gentlemen may deem falr
-orvice-in fact, want 10 give YOU good
service and propose to do so at once.
CAPTAIN PiZzui started To speak or the
Electric road. but az the suggestion OF Guy
Attorney Meredith it was decided to dls-
pose of matters touching the City railway
and then 20 take up those OF the Union
Passenger.
A FAIR SERVICE
There followed long informal talk con;
ccrning what would be a fair service, ana
nearly all Of those present called attention
to one or more things that should De
remedicd- such as mud in the cars, broken
glass in the windows. &c., &c.
Mr.. Pizzini admitted that since the fre
ola few weeks ago, which burned the com
nany'- stables and some of the stock, there
had not been a. many cars run as before
and the company did not have rs many
horses and mules. Before the IRE, Whlch
Was caused hy lightning striking the bulId-
ING. thir.y-two cars were run, nut s'hce
fnen the maximum number had been
4 fNff
New York three of these had been taken
of. The company. he said, has l73 horses,
which. not counting the sick or disabled
ones would allow about seven to car,
aud he thought these ought TO be enough.
Mr.. Cronshaw said the trouble IS not IN
the number of horses. but their lnaDllllN
10 do what is expected OF them. better
stock. rather than more OF II, Is What Is
Nlr. Pizzini said more and better stock
and more cars would have been gotten be
fore now. but he expected from month 70
month 10 get electricity on the Clty rail-
Wv and had thought the pubic
could put up "ith s'sl'N Now. U
f.ctivc service for few weeks. NOW;
however. ia had oeen determined to hoid
i'm allowance the further electrical equip,
mont On Main street and he was prepared
~ add gny number Of cars that might De
needed TO give a satisfactory service.
The idea OF changing thc h"'iN'-l,,"Mp
had not been permanently abandoned, the
Captain continued. and the owners OF the
line proposed TO give a rapid transit as
soon As they can get reliable power.
The SCHEDULE.
The discussion asain reverted 70 inc
question as 20 what the interval between
Inc cars should be, and il took very WIDE
range. -
several ordinances were, referred to, ana
among them one adopted iast reoIuaiy
which the company declined to accept
wh,ch provides that ears shall pass on on
broad street and ON Main west OF Nin'h
AZ least every ten minutes.
Captain Pizzini said the superintendent
,,forned him that cars were now beng
rnn on AS good a schedule as this. lie
captain Pizzini) had made man stan stand
on the street for several days ana Keep
register Of the passage OF cars on pom pom
Broad and Main streets. He sent Tor these
naDere and one of them, which he had not
looked AZ all. showed the intervals between
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