Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-27
venture to say sha; IN forty-sight hours be could
eoi 4,e1o people to sign aprotest sgsinss Ns nnos
fONc DELAYS.

Yesterday at &10 p. VI. be stood at tho corner
In frnns Of mis- house aud saw aio1g freignt Fhin
60 BY. Il was going slowly. nos oa accoaas n., Q.
tho ordinance, but because the srasnmen Snew
u got away haif or Is would bfing up 70 me
river A gentlemen WAC was with him amea
the TAIN. and II was just four minutes " pass
the engine would be compelled TO cross the
trsck, and delay OF four minutes would De
| serious thing.
II people lived remote from the track they
could talk about the city's interest Probably ne
might DO tho same. Thsir talk was based on
| faeory--his on fact.
II any enc would come TO bis house tonight at
| 7ociosk, concluded Mr.. Philips, when the mall
train went up he would take them into his dining
room, Gil glass with wafer. pull tue table into
the middle OF the room. and put tho glass on u.
| II the water was not shaken out he wodld agree
never 70 sgsiu open his mouth against the trscs.
One thing Il sure, he Inaintsined that II the Pc
y ION Is granted the railroad viii DO tho Dene-
1cfary.
COUNCILMAN rRowER TALKS.
Councilman Trowsr said ne lived on the corner
OF Belviiere and hsin street near the railroad.
| The dut from the trains was perfect nuisance,
| and even cinders came into his house. lie
thought u would inconyenience the railroad but
| little to go eroana the Belt Line. Tho freigh,
| trains with three heavy engines sometimes
passed over the read. which gave the inmates
o his house the impression iha. en- earthquake
was In progress. Freight trains eyeu passed 90
Sundays, which was against tho state Law. and
stoned 70 vehicles aud pedestrisns The gates
| had not been lowered for the last four days.
| People had 10 depend on seeing the small rag
| waved for protection, and that frequently three
or four street cars we're punched at the crossing,
FOR THE cITY's GOOD.
Councilman W. /. White next addressed the
committee. As merchant and citizen he
would talk. That trado would be injured by the
| removal OF the track and the forcing OF freight
| and passengers around the Belt Line. The peo-
tala MI had hatf In
iurod thnn for the business interest OF the
| whole city 70 be crippled. The electric liue, IL
| had been said. WAS nuisance, but tho whoie
population used It, while q very small proper
ton OF the people rode on the Richmond,
| FredercAsburg and Potomac railroad. The
| convenience OF the electric line to the many on
| sot the nuisance 10 the few who ltvod near IL
| Charleston had q similar experience about q
railroad running into il. The people wanted Il
and petitioued for IT. The city Of New YORK de-
| manded that the terminus u the Pennsylyanln
railroad snould be ut Washington Square. II
| would be an outrage 10 force people coming
from the North 20 come 70 Richmond through
Chesterfield county.
PAST NOT PRESENT.
NJ. 8. W. Trayers said the snti-rsilroed men
had referred TO past Injuries instead OF present
so-callod evils and dealt In supposIton. The
track had been down for years and there hee
Teen few or no accidents. The Chamber Ul
Commerce, who had expressed themselves
on tho subject represented the Taxpayers
at Iarge, the petitioners only local int,
rests. 1Le greatest good 10 all vas the aim ol
legislation, oven II the few suffered.
BLocKADED THE ROAD.
| Mr.. Bissell stated that he is largely Interested
In property near the Hermitage road and Broad
street, and that he frequently found the Hermit
tage road blocka1ed by tho cars Accidents had
nearly happened 10 him on several occaHions a.
that crossing. The present aud future needs o.
Broad street demanded that the Belt Line BE-
used AM the connection track be discontinued.
| Mr.. Thomas Mackay thought tho connection
track nuisance. 10 should be put outside the
| city limits and built TO instead Of cutting the
city In two.
THE TUNNEL ALL RIGHT.
| Mr. Charles L. Todd thought 10 force the Rich
mona. Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad u
20 around the city would DO injurious TO It's In
terests-partlcularly so the COAL leo, and tertilt
zer business, and that OF hessrs Davenport q
Merris, which was one OF the largest houses II
the South. Its groat usefulness could not be
comprehended outside OF the trade. The
Chesapeake and Ohio railway tunnel had beer
much abused by the citizens, but IL had been oi
much more benefit to The city than It had ever
cost. Last week his mills had shipped 1000 bar
rels OF flour through 1t aud 800 later bong able
10 cope with Baltimore through It's instrumentall
ty without one dollsr being charged. by IL he
was enabled TO ship to Brazil every alternate
Friday, and that IL opeued up better route Il
Williamsburg, Norfolk. and other places DO
tween here aud Norfolk.
| COLONEL PURCELL DENIES.
Colonel Purcell remarked that IL had beer
| said that many Of the members OF the Chamber
| OF Commerce were Interested In the connection
| track as stockholders. THIS was not 80, and pri
vate interests had not influenced them. II INT
gates were not lowered ana Sunday freigh
lraius passed over t. 10 was the fault OF the cltj
| officers, whose duty 10 Ia 10 report Infringement
OF tho ordinances. He was elan Mr. iodd .oo'
the side OF the abused tunnel, which hal beeI
ton times as much advantage 20 Richmond q
| what tt had cost.
School-housea near his residence were groa
| nuisance, but thai was no reason they should b.
removed and Imposed upon como other neigh
| borhood. he was too good politician TO 50.
anything against the public schools. IL a roat
could run through Butchsrtown and Jscksoi
Ward he did not see why one could not eros
GristOcratc Franklin street. Tho preservation
| OF the trade and commerce OF Richmond IA o
| more Importance 10 us Than the injury OF mar
row "trip of land bordering on tho railroad.
WANTED TO JUMP ON HId.
Mr.. Philips said tho other side seemed to want 4
lump on him. yet they had not controyerted AM
| statement no had made. IL the $3.50, 900 given th
| tunnel had been spent iu deepening Jame
| river the outlets for our commerce would DO ou
| whsryes and not Newport News This t33O,OOO
| It was shown, had benefited q few mills. TIT
electric railway had boon called q nuisance, bu
| that fact had not been proven, as was tho cas
against the connection track. Major Myers ha'
| told him that he believed he had boen born &
| fight tho company. Wnlcu no lhkehuru W uV u
, | long as he was in the Council He felt IL III
bounden duty 70 DO IT, lie would relate an In
cldenti Ia connection with this nuisance. He h9'
, | seen a funeral train cut in twain by IL, andi
had to be stopped several minutes before
could be resumed. He could not see why tb
tax. payers OF this city should be Inconvenience,
for the people OF Ashland who passed over tai
road.
Mr.. G.. j. Hunt wanted the facts and Egure
| a hat D..
tho result II the track was taken up. and wante'
! 10 know what would be the difference In frelgh
ia coming in over the new line. Mr.. Todd replle'
that it would DO equal TO about what IL Is IRON
here 70 Fredericksburg or Alexandra. He sat
} thai Colonel Purcell had stated that the publ
schools had deprecated property In his vicinity
Tio had not found this the case, as he he'd bull
many houses near schools, and they had proye'
TO be his most profitable investments.
wUL LOSE TINE.
Mr. W. s, Pitcher stated he was opposed u
, the removal One hour would be lost by pas
senger trains and more by freight trains. Train
| going north could reach Milford before the
would Acca, and there would DO great loss
time. The connection OK passed through hi
| peternal estate--divided it-and that It did no
bother him particularly. The property o
which he spoke was worth sO per cent NOR
| than before the connection was built, ana ina
. the narrow strip OF land injured should not b
, allowed 10 cripple the business OF Richmond
, He corrected Mr. Philips's statements--thas hI
| Clammltt had been Killed by the hlcnmonu
, Fredarichsburg and Potomac railroad train
, Mr.. CIemmitt was killed by the horse-csrs.
TOO FAR AWAY.
Nr. Philips remarked that Mr.. Pitcher live
too far from the track 70 DO annoyed b.
tho sound roar. dust, and cinders- He bad N
priyate business interests TO represent, but rep
} reseutei the business interests OF the ciY-th
whole city He did not want 70 deal In person
alities, but Mr.. Purcell, who read o letter iron
Mr. Harris 10 the interests or the raiircad
forced him TO say that the letter he had read
the Council against tho road and which was III
tended for publication was also written by Mi
Harris, bnt he had signed his name 70 it and al
: sumed ail responsibility. He had the ort2ina
document IN Mr.. Herris's handwriting.
AN ORDINANCE PROPOSED.
Mr.. stratton offered The following:
ResoErsi, That the City Attorney and CITY In
etneer 30 instructed 70 frame On ordlnane
| Granting permission to the Richmond, Frede
cksburg and Potomsc railroad 10 run thei
through passenger trains over tho connecuo
track OF said road between Eloa snd BYRD
street. stations. Tint the said permission sha
be granted for one year from the gin day
Mr. "a, /. Carter wanted 20 know IL grain coul
not be- shipped into Richmond BY any olhe
route bat by this line.