The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-30
Petitions as 10 Electric Cars Considered
Last Evening,
SESSION OF THE STREET COKMITTEE.
qbe Nuisance Corner of Finh and Clay
streets Extension OF the Broad street
Iinc-1he Pole system.

penton was presented by the obutting
nr,pertv-owners asking for tie paving of the
.ue, between broad and Marshall and
twenty. ffth and Twenty-sixth streets at the
s,pense II the property-owners. The petit
ton was granted
petition was presented signed BIS prop
o-t,.a owners on north Fifth street asking for
M abating of the nuisance on Fifth and
.av streets caused 10y the Electric car com
MANY who made that corner depot and
e.t of repair-sDop
C,0nel Cut.haw stated in connection with
e.. natter that le had suggested TO the
onra. of the company 90 run the car, from
S.tentfeuth street on q loop to fntl street,
AL ,r that manner O. remedy tine eyll COM
Named of. IL would then not oe niece sary %
ADD tie cars on il4th aud Clay streets nor CA
seventeenth and Franklin streets. The on-
lection raised hy the railroad OFFICIALS was %
fo elect that tie cars on Seventeenth and on
Ill streets were lighter and could not give
q some service GA the heavy grades as the
al. tr ears.
Wr Window Meredith. who represented
g.. railroad company Thought the matter
would be best settled by subcommittee.
Die added that hs company wss wiling I'D do
Justice 10 everybody Tho petitioners wero
r..rrscuted bN Mc,srs. Mccarthy, IL. ).
T.-her and Albert West.
Nh. Mccarthy detailed the annoyances 20
which Che residents ln that part Of the city
were continue. subjected, and added that
Dir West was e~ne. ally molrsi"I. DDS pro-
D.rty beng ~ the corner NJ CLAY ana ilIth
streets he SAID if that house was given 20
lin Tor nothing ht would mol care 10 hN0 IN
Mr. West gave a graphic description of the
great hardship Lo Lad suffered ever since the
railroad company bad occupied that corner AS
al emtarNng point and % Ieparsnop. ms
was done in direct violation Of tile city ordi-
Ilu.e winch granted I'D" 'u,Itri. some llue
I-H ina bad been greatly annoyed by rude ana
vulgar employees oi fhe company but this had
been 1T ally Iemfdlet ly Mrssls. isher and
lrag.e. However. the existing nuisance was
sill uubearab.e and lie did not intend to
stand DO much longer.
Sir Mccarthy Thought the police were
greatly al fault fuf tlr officers hal repeatedly
been asked to do their duty in ttM vicinity
a.l keep order. but they had failed % com
ps With tle request.
Air ~tIatton moved that the Richmond
Tr.ou Passenger la lway Company he de
tied bv the llty Engineer 90 cease using the
ra.eon Fifth and Clay streets as q repair
DID, and that the petition OF Messr. West.
J. -l-r WcC artny and others be referred 20 "a
',o.tte,. of three members fr0Iu Madison.
aru..e.rl jackson wards one each to con-
with tne civ Insincer and the CITY Attor-
r.r The D. solution WAS adopted.
The following petition from the Richmond
reIs.y and Electric COMPANY was then
t..uup
fine UNDERSIGNED through its authorities
ler. ordered the following to be made to your
honorable body for an ext nsion of its lines of
street. railway. ~ order that Do may give more
aid better railway iacl.te, Co the city. and
trust that DO may be- the pleasure ~ your hon
OrIe body TO grant our petit on. a. follows.
~fo exfend ITS Br0ad-sireet line from lau-
70 Up from Harrison street westwardlv 20 tie
EXPOSITION buildings and eo,twardly from
the corner OF Ninth and Broad To lwenty-
fourth street. and rom twenty Iour-h street
b. (Mmborazo Park
The petition Was. after some discussion. re-
feTred O. "a special committee consisting of
Messrs. Curtis. d. III. carter ufplh' 0tratl'h
and Henry l.. Carter, VINO are TO confer with
CITY Engineer and city Attorney
unanim0usiy-slg petition was pre-
eanteI asking for the passage of an ordinance
directing the different eectnc-car lines IN
this city 20 st0u only at stIeet-crosslngs To take
passengers on or let them oh.
Colonel Cutshaw Thought hat IT. would be
iu the interest OF tne railroad service 10 stop
ol.y Oh one point ln each bloch. but I'D hls
opinion the cars should stop wherever nailed
ON % grade Tor the accommodation OF the
public.
Mr. INOmaS wanted tle cars stopped
wherever pas engers wished to get on OBJ of.
Mr Meredith thought IT would be Tor the
ben. ft of the ,ar companies % stop wherever
passengers desired them 10 do SO. but the
only persons benefited by the present system
were those who lived on the car line. Low
ever. 90 bis knowledge tEls was not carried cut
iu any other city. Wherever he had been he
lad found that electric cars only stopped at
street corners.
Nr Stratton was Do favor Of an ordinance
as set forth in the petition. and made motion
g. that effect.
SIT. Turpin offered as an amendment reso-
miou recommending 70 the Council to re-
quest tine ear company 90 stop only on street
corners and when hailed. The amendment
WAS carried
petition was presented by residents Of
Church UiI requesting that The car tracks
Ga 1wcn.y-hIst street be continued from
franklin o. Main street. I'm order hat cars
might ne run through lweni y-hf-t street rom
ranklin go Main on Nam TO ninth. on N'nth
10 rauhfn and from there To clay street
Captain Ntratton moved 20 refer the matter
TO the special committee.
Alr Gray offered az d substitute to lay the
matter on the table Tie sulstl ute was lost,
and the motion of Mr. Strtton carried.
a petition was considered uskug for an
ordiuan,e providing that collection. ol bills
for the paving al sidewalks should he turned
over % the credit OF sdewa.k accounts Dc
matter was re- erred 90 the CITY Attorney and
City lusne-r j be controversy .lAong
proueriy-ownofs on north iliih street in fe
gard 10 ne romofl us OBJ fences 10 inc hne es-