Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-24
A DIRECT WAY TO GO.
SEVENTH STREET TO BE EXTENDED
TO THE RICHMOND LocOMo-
TivE-WORKS.
The New Section VIII be Twenty Fsss
Wide, and win he Finishsd
by Late Fall.

One of the most important public i'm
provements now in progress in Richmond.
and one that will give daily benefit and
convenience to q great number OF our
honest wage-earning citizens, is the sxten-
sion of Seventh street from its present
terminus, just beyond Preston, TO the cor
porate limits.
The new section Of the street is only to
be twenty feet wide for the present. and
will be made on one side with the proper
decline. SO that when the CITY is ready TO
broaden the thoroughfare to its full width
the addition can be made with economy
and convenience.
1t will have the proper street grade from
the hill near Preston to Hospital street,
the projected terminus. just q short way
from the Richmond Locomotive and Ma.
chine Works. and so far as the work goes u
will be made entirely complete and per-
manent.
HOW IT rs DONE.
In making this improvement the city has
the hearty cooperation and financial AID OF
the Locomotive-W Works. the Souths,de Lana
and Improvement Company. who Will run
their electric railway out to the macnine
shops. and of many property-owners along
the route.
The proprietors of the great industrial
plant which will be thus brought into
more direct connection with the heart OK
the city were really the prime movers in
this undertaking. which will be OF vast
benefit to them and OF convenience TO nun
dreds Of their employees who reside IN diI-
ferent parts of Richmond and IN Manches-
ter. They not only took the init,ative step
in impressing upon the city the impor-
tance of opening this avenue. but also on;
| fered to do a good share Of the work and
| to contribute TO it's cost. The Southside
Company has also interested itself In the
matter, as have many landowners VINO Will
| realize handsome advances In the value OF
| their property as soon as there is q good
street established in front of 1t. thereby
making it easily accessible to the central
part of the city.
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
| Mr.. s. p. Clay. the contractor for the ex-
! cavating, filling. and grading. has large
| force of hands employed and Is making
rapid progress. He expects to complete
his contract early in the fall and the street
will then be opened to the public and
street-cars will soon be running along It TO
| the extreme northern terminus where the
men employed at the Locomotive Works
can step from the cars and enter the shops
where their days work is To be done.
| The dirt being used in filling the great
| rayine is taken from this side OF the hill
near by and from the street that is being
graded near the city almshouse. -,
The work to be done by the city Will
complete the street to Hospital street.
| This Is only short way from Shockos
creek. and the Locomotlve-Works will I'll
in from here to their bridge, which crosses
that stream. They will also prepare suit
able approach to the bridge from thei
works.
The amount to he expended on this worl
by the city ia 5000. A smaller sum wa
at first appropriated, but 1t was found tina
with so meagre an allowance but littl'
could be accomplished and the Council
was induced to slightly increased libe
rality. Besides this the Southside Com
pany, the Locomotive Works, and severa
property owners have made contribution
aggregating about S1,Jo. These w.
funds, il is thought. will be sufficient I,
defray the entire expense OF the improve
ment as now planned.
srRKKr-cARs TO RUN.
The Southside Company will probabl,
have its electric cars running out to tn
machine-works by the latter part OF tn
wear. The track. which most of the way 1
double. has been laid nearly all the wa
from the compauy's property beyond Man
chester to Seventh and Franklin streets
where it will connect with the Union Pas
senger Line, whose tracks will be used a
far as CLAY. From thence TO the locomo
tive plant the track will have to be lai'
and wires put up.
The company's electric plant at Wood
land Heights will soon be completed. III
buildings are well under way: and some
the dynamos have arrived. The arrival
the boilers is now awaited anxiously, an'
when they shall have been gotten IN plac
the power will soon be at hand. The com
| pany hopes to have cars running TO hlcn
mond in few weeks-certainly III Septcnl