Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-31
THE CARS WILL STAY.
THEY CAN BE UMOADED ON BROAD
STREET FOR ONE YEAR.
Residents - Other Matters Before
the Committee Last Night.

and produce from tho Richmond. Frede-
ricksburg and Potomac cars on Broad street
one year longer.
The contest wagest waged before the
Street Committee has been interesting and
decidedly spirited. and the businessmen
and the railroads are the victors.
The committee which went out OF exist
ence with the old Council about the lst of
June passed resolution requiring the
railroad company to stop unloading cars
on Broad street after August lst. This was
q very serious blow at the merchants who
nave received their goods-co hay.
grain, etc.-from the cars on the street for
number of years.
SERIOUS MATTER.
Had the resolution gone into effect the
railroad company would have had a diff
cult problem to solve. Land has been
bought outside the corporate limits for
side tracks, but it will be some time before
possession can be gotten Of the property.
The merchants contC Ided that even if the
side tracks could be made Immediately il
would not benefit them, as the streets out
there are unpaved and the ground would
be so cut up, especially in the winter. tho
wagons could not reach the cars.
However. the residents on Broad street
rcioicod IN Their victory. They looked
forward to the time when they could sleep
in peace and not forever be awakened by
the noise of the shifting engines and cars,
but their sweet reflections were of short
duration.
THE CHAMBER TAKES PART.
SO important and serious was the matter
the Chamber of Commerce adopted reso-
luton and sent 10 10 the new Street Com
81 . 10. do h,, Io1
This was supplemented by petition from
numerous businessmen, and the matter
came up at the first regular meeting OF the
new committee.
The resolution was almost unanimously
rescinded.
The residents claimed that they did not
know the matter was to be brought mp and
when they read the report in the Dispatch
the next morning they were greatly set
back and announced that they would APP
pear at the next meeting and ask that the
order OF the old committee bo put into
effect.
A SPIRITED DISCUSSION.
The committee met last night and both
sides were well represented. The whole
subject was thoroughly discussed. COun-
Gilman 1rower, Mr.. Henry IhOll, and
Others talked for the residents and Messrs.
Charles II. Page. 4. II. Elicit, W. 5. Pill
cher. and Others spoke for the merchants.
The railroad company was not repre-
sented.
MIR. Tholl intimated that the merchants
took "snap Judgment on the residents at
the last meeting, which Mr.. Page denied.
The latter said he had been all along Broad
street 10 get signatures TO his petition,
and everybody knew when the subject
was TO be brought up.
Chairman Capers understood Mr.. Tholl
to say the committee had taken snap
Judgment" and the Chairman Indignantly
denied such an assertion. and Mr.. Iholl
explained that he meant the merchants.
Mr.. Page said he had to his petition the
names of all the residents on Broad
street along where the cars unload except
three persons. but the other side insisted
that only three of the seventy signatures
to the merchants paper are of persons who
live on Broad street.
STAND BY THEIR ACTION.
After both sides had been heard Mr.. Cur
lis moved TO rescind the action of the pre-
yious meeting, which was seconded by Mr..
Stratton.
Mr. Turpin opposed such action in
short but vigorous speech. He remarked
that il would be very narrow policy for the
committee to do such a thing when the
Chamber of Commerce. RichmOnd's grand
business organization, had petitioned other
wise. The city, he said. is entering upon
an era of prosperity and the citizens look
for great things from this Council. and he
hoped all narrow-minded policy would be
excluded.
Mir. II. l.. Carter took the same view as
MIR. Turpin. He knew the railroad COM
pany could not n; this time give better
terminal facilities, and he was willing for
them TO use Broad street for one year, but
not an hour longer.
Messrs. Curtis and Stratton both took
the floor to advocate resembling the reso-
luton.
The vote on Mr.. Curtis's motion to re-
scind was as follows: Ayes-Messrs.
Bahen. Belvin, Curtis, and Stratton-l.
Noes-Messrs. Brauer. ii. l.. Carter, j. W.
Carter. Thomas. Turpin, White, and Ca
pers-7.
BRIDGE on FIFTH STREET.
The Northside Viaduct Company petit
toned the committee for the right TO
build a bridge forty feet wide and seventy
feet high across the ravne at the northern
terminus of Fifth street TO the Mansfield
property, in Henrico county, which Is
being developed.
President n. V. Randolph and Director
John 5. Elicit explained the great devel-
opments which are being made on the
companv's property. The bridge is to cost
once.
The petition was granted and the privi-
lego TO make it either toll or a free bridge
was left to the company. Mr.. Randolph
explained, however that the company Will
not charge persons who cross over the
structure except citizens who live IN Hen
rico county and do immense hauling TO
and from the city. and have refused to con-
tribute one cent to build the bridge. The
company, he said, will aim to make that
route a fashionable drive and no toll will
be charged.
Whenever the city limits are extended
and it is desirable to condemn the bridge
for the use of the city the company Will
make no objection, Mr.. Randolph assured
the committee.
TO WIDEN STREET.
Messrs. Curtis, Stratton. and Bahen and
the City Engineer were appointed to con-
fer with the Committee on Relief of the
Poor with regard to widening Fourth
street near the colored almshouse.
the committee was in session until late
hour and transacted much routine work.