Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-01
RUN ELECTRIC CARS.
THE MARsHALl-srREeT LINE TO BE
EQUIPPED WEST OF ADAMS.
Property-Owners Opposed to Raising Main
street-sugeestion to Lower cary-The
Engineer 20 Approximate Damages

Engineer 20 Approximate Damages
Another long session OF the Council
Committee on Streets was held In the
Hustings-Coust room last night. A large
number OF citizens interested in matters
to be considered were present. and there
were in their seats the following members
Of the committee. Messrs Curtis (chair-
nam. Boyiin. Carter. Bahen, Carter.
Thomas, Stratton. Turpin, and Davis.
Colonel Cutshaw. the City Engineer, was
also IN attendance.
The frat matter taken up was the reso-
luton introduced OF previous meeting
instfucting Colonel Cutshaw to locate the
poles along the line OF the street-railway
on Marshall street from Adams 70 the tx
position Grounds so that electricity can
be introduced on that branch.
Major Is. II. Nash, representing the rail-
way company, explained that the ordi-
nance governing that corporation gave
them power TO use either horses or eiec-
tricity as a motivc-power. He stated that
the company would not be benefited by
this change, and that they were asking
this in order To promote the e1poSltlons
cause, thereby giving to the people OF the
city and State ample accommodations TO
the Fair Grounds during the exposition.
AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY.
Colonel A. S. Buford. president OF the
| Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical So
clety. addressed the committee briefly aud
earnestly upon the matter. He assured
the body that it was probable that there
| would be larger crowd OF people mere
| during the three weeks of the exposition
| this fall than had ever been here IN SINH
| lar time. He portrayed the importance
and necessity OF having transportation tor
| the visitors. He said If 1t were not possible
| TO get an electTic-line out Broad street 10
| the Exposition. Grounds that the agrlcul-
| tural society would only be too GLAD TO get
what the railway company propose TO mr.
nlsh. Colonel Buford spoke enthusiast
cally of the promised success OF the expo
sition and stated that IT would be a
great embarrassment TO those interested
| in The show 10 force the visitors
| TO 90 out in wagons, carriages, Dug
Pies. &c He thought IL duty
which devOlyed upon oil citizens TO give
| all posslbie announcement TO the exposl-
ton. the burden of which had been as
sumed by one citizen Colonel John Muir
| phy), who would have TO go into his Own
| pocket and forfeit guarantee II tine aHalr
should not prove success
Bir. Turpin was opposed 10 granting the
| request of the agricultural society ana
| the railway company IN allowing the use
of electricity on its line to Adams, but he
stated that he was willing TO allow this
privilege to Hancock street or TO seventh
street, where proper connection could De
| had.
CITY ATTORNEYS OPINION.
The chairman read q communication
from City.Attorney Meredith which said
that it was not intended by the Council
when it issued the ordinance governing the
road that the company should use horse,
power on ono portion of the line and
| electricity upon the other. If electricity
should be allowed on Il part OF the ROAD;
| the Attorney stated, the company should
| be required to come with this motive
power TO Seventh street 10 stop at hancock
| street, where it should be allowed TO con-
meet with the Clay-street line ana only
| charge one fare tor passengers.
Colonel Cutshaw was requested 10 give
the committee his views. He said II II
was simply matter in which the EXPOSE
! ton would be affected it would not take
| two minutes to settle it. He took about
| the view of the matter that the City At
| tornev did. Colonel Cutshaw thought 1t
| would be very serious thing to run the
people out to Adams street and dump them
| out to the horse-car lines at this point, ana
! would of itself give the exposition a
"blsck eye." By the connection at Han
| cock or Seventh streets, the Engineer as
serted. continuous moving accommoda-
tions would be afforded. Either OF these
| changes, said Colonel Cutshaw, would be
| a good way out of the difficulty that now
| exists.
CERTAIN TO HAVE CROWD.
| Colonel John Murphy spoke briefly
upon the question, asserting that an
| enormous crowd would be here to attend
the exposition. and that to his mind 1t
| was the best point for the electrical power
| on the Marshall-street line to stop. lie
smoke of the aid rendered the guarantee
| fund by Mr.. G. T.. Fisher, treasurer OF the
| Richmond Railway and Electric Company,
| and said that he was acting IN good taltn
| IN what his company was asking. Colonel
| Murphy said he thought this privilege, If
| granted by the committee, would greatly
| benefit the exposition.
THE ENGIsEER's FIGURES.
Colonel Cutshaw explained TO the COM
| mittee that If the company ran car from
| the Fxpositlon-Grounds every minute
| bringing 25 people that only 1900 persons
| could be accommodated IN an hour, and
that with a fve-minute service east OF
| Adams street only 300 people could be
hauled into the heart on the CITY IN an
| hour. thereby dumping 800 persons out at
that point to get TO their home and hotels
! as best they could.
| Nessrs. Stratton, Davis, and others OF
the committee and Mr.. Waddey, OF the
agricultural society, spoke upon the mat
ter. -
Mr.. Turpin offered as a substitute to the
resolution asked by the company that the
! Manchester Railway and improvement
| COMPANY be allowed to use electricity on
its Marshall street line west OF Hancock
street. provided only one fare be charged
| ON the Clay-street line and on the Mar
sball. street line west of the point indi-
Gated. The substitute was lost by the FOL
AYEc.-Messrs. Stratton. Thomas. and
| Turpin-9.
Davis, and Curtis-5.
ORIGINAL RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
Mr.. Carter then moved the adoption OF
the original resolution granting the prlvi-
lepe asked by the company TO use cleo
triclty upon Marshall street west OF
Adams. and on Bowe and Leigh streets.
MIR. Turpin offered an amendment 10 re-
uuire a six-minute service during the ex-
nosition. The resolution as amended was
adopted, disposlng Of the subject OF cleo.
trifying q portion of the Marshall-street
line.
THE MAIN-MApIsoN GRADE.
The committee then gave its attention
TO the consideration of the objections OF
| property owners TO the proposeu sIauo vi
Main and Madison streets where tney III
tersect. Every property-owner whose
views and desires in the matter were
heard was earnestly and enthusiastically
opposed to raising the streets at thus point;
Mr. Is. r. August, representing some OF
the interested parties, SAID that these peo-
ple had been made TO pay for culyert tol
years which did not benefit them, but en-.
tailed upon them great losses as wen a.
| Il nnneal
these property-owners to the Council fol
aid in TINS matter, and their petition was
referred 10 the Street Committee, which
body through the City Engineer, saw n
to put upon them this burden Oh raisins
the level OF the street AZ feet.
Others spoke in opposition TO the pro
/ posed grade, and some asserted that they
had seen seven feet of water twlce IN one
day in the basement OF one OF these houses
THE SITUATION PRESENTED.
Colonel Cutshaw gave the committee
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