The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-06
CAR LINES AT WAR.
A HUNDRED YARDS or TRACK ON
Broad STREET
Pulled Up, to the Traction Company's
Great Detrimcnt-What fresi-
dent williams Says.

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| Electric and Traction Companies "nioh
allowed the latter 10 use proDaD'y ""'uS
hundred yards Of the former u"0n
on Broad street between Hancock anu
Harrison, expired, and early yeste'uh'
morning a force OF the old company
hands pulled up this track thus cu'''ie
the fractions road in two A"'
which led up TO this condition Oh '"i"s'
are as follows:
FACTS N THE CASE
when the Traction Company cohmeno-
al The construction OF its Broad-street
linz tbey found the Richmond, FREEZER
lcksburg and Potomac railroad ana inc
CITY Railway holding original rights oii
| its western end. .to
4 vast amount OF negotiations was 'no
result. and at last II was asIe'u ''''
| tho former of these two COMPANIES 80.
| shift its tracks To the extreme so"'N ~
Of the street The property owners NC
came in for their part OF the -
| claimed damages. 1he steam TaliiOau
manifested no concern as 10 "nd' ~
done. as they claimed that they couiu
J run on just where they WERE -. -
point the Traction Company was .oil' 80
ed with the fact that unless ~ -
of litigation and pressed traoA oo w.. -
ton they would not be ready Aoi '''0
union travel. 49,, .,,,o,t Of
,rhen n was by the mutual consent 81
oil concerned that the temporary u"oN'
an rroad street were put down WIN vi
understanding that they should be useu
until August ith. 80, Electric
Tho Richmond Railway ana Eiee. ~,
| Company, however, later ueOiu," 80
Traction should have the centre VI ''''
street $1,000, o,,o,se on
the part of the new company Du' ~ W.
met, and when all property hau wv,
bought and damages paid they W .1
lust $4,000. All this was se',ieu' ', ,,,a
organizations were being made 10 iihNe ','e
| changes when Tuesday nishls
was added TO the situation
PREPARED FOR TROUBLE.
Anticipating such a step. the oihcials
Of the Traction Company hau c"'S 80
on Broad street east OF Pine S''ee,, ~
Immediately a transfer nj -,
messengers was put into effect cars rum
New Reservoir Park were run down 10
Hancock street. and passengers VAN"
tho hundred Yards. more or less 10 az
otbor car which brought them down 10
Pine street. Here they boarded aho'"''
car and continued their journey fasS,i-
f.ers Going west transferred ut Pine walk
ing over the crossing and Doaiulh7 80
rode TO the point where the old coitp,"
tracks began and then "alheu oue
Hancock street whefo another CA
I'm waiting and carried them on 10 lh'il
iourney's end. Several ties thrown 49,
The track marked the beglnnlnB "nu -
of the track OF the Ola cotni"'' -.
f.a.f.r a
II refused longer permission 10 ~
.,,,.,,,,,, ~ usa Under the circunl''a"''S
the Traction Company gave -.
,ro-,nt service and passengers. wheh tnes
h.d the situation explained 10 t"c"i,
r-a1e no complaint The ears were W.
G,eJ and tho officials OF the COMPANY
All All they could TO handle pauo"s 90
RAPIDLY as possible.
MR.. WILLIAMS APPEAL
Tuesday afternoon the counsel OF the
Teton COMPANY visited the Richmohu
paiio,av and Electric Company attorneys
and asked that the agreement giving NV
nevy company the use OF the tracks ol w
~f5 oornranv ON Broad be allowed 10 re-
,,,tn i'm force until the latter could coh-
etrnct its psrmauent tracks, when il was
ready 10 begin work on. An unSa'lS
factory reply having been received NJ
John SHELTON Williams. presldeht Oh w
Traction Company, addressed a letter 10
Or. John =. Mum, OF New YORK lie9E
dent of the Richmond Railway ana hiec-
trio company. making similar request.
,rbe letter was mailed Tuesday night anu
nm IN O'Clock last night Mr.. Nililaans
had not received the reply by telegraph ne
asked for
THE PRESIDENT TALKS.
Mr. Williams. when seen yesterday,
stated that the permanent tracks wouid
le laid lust as soon as the hl hhoHus
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
COMPANY had shifted its tracks, when
il was preparing TO do. lie said that
.verything POSSIBLE would be done 10 keep
the Broad-street line In operation on
schedule time. and that II necessary an
other temporary track would be put down
said Mr. Williams:
I'VE have expended $1,000 IN buying
real estate and paying damages 10 get
our permanent tracks down, and are
ready 10 go ahead. You may say that
we viii do everything we possibly can
FOR the carrying OF passengers IN salts
factory manner. Notwithstanding this
ANNOYANCE we arc able 10 give our usual
fast schedule and hope that patrons will
bear with us FOR a short while until We
are able 10 run cars through again"
TRACTION COMPANY SUSTAINED
The arbitrator appointed TO settle the
bin for trackage due the Traction COM
pany by the old company have finally set
tied the question so far as they are con-
corned. Their decision is as follows:
In making this award the arbitrators
did not consider how many hours con
-titutcd car day. but ruled that $3.50
for use Of tracks and trolley wire, and
$3.50 for power should be paid on each
car that was used IN this service (no mat
ter how many hours each car ran per
day). or "A total Of 500 per car per day
run boy the Richmond Railway and Elec-
trio Company on the tracks Of the Rich
mOnd Traction Company.
1T was represented 20 the arbitrators by
the Richmond Railway and Electric Com
pany that il was their intention 10 place
thirty cars on each line, and run them
regularly during the three days. II less
number OF cars were employed the bin
should be correspondingly reduced.
(Signed) GEO. ". STEVENS.
"CHAS. y. BOILING"
August >. 1896"
a grand opeu-air concert was given
last night at Chimhorazo Park, under the
auspices Of the Traction Company. Splen-
did music was rendered by a brass band
of fifteen peices.
IL h.