The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
DON'T WANT -FOUR TRACKS.
Merchants Of Bread Street After Tie
Strtet-Car People.
THEY HAVE FORMED AN ASSOCIATION.
Nearly All the Prominent Merchants Sign
the PetitiCn-A Committe Appoint
ed with Authority TO Employ
Counsel for the Fight.


thorouphfarc. and yesterday tney iofn-
ci themselves into an ASSOCIATION 10 hSht
the measure. By their tactics 10 IL safe
10 say the opposition viii be vigorous
one. and among those who nave slEm-
fled their disapproVal of tho iour-uach
measure are most Of the Wcll-knOWn IheI-
chants OF that retau tnOrouehiart, as
well as a number Of property holders
with real estate along The proposed
route.
For some time there has been brewing
q dissatisfied feeling aInOrg me mti-
chants On Eroad street al the pfoDaDih-
ties Of having four tracks along ihe
route Tho Richmond Railway anu hitc-
trlc Company and the Traction Com
pany bOtn have secured franchises from
the Council. and there viii De four tracks
ON the principal retail thorOushiare' un-
less the two competing companies can
reach an agreement by which they can
run over each others tracks from Nlhlh
street TO Hancock street. or AZ ltast ts
FAR west as Laurel street. MS i7 JN'
what the merchants are trying 10 get
INTEREST IN THE MOVEMENT.
Much interest il expressed ln this mo-
ment. which viii ice vigorously plOaS'rl-
cd The street Committee was 10 nav
held its monthly meeting yesterday att't
noon Al o'clock. and The mei hdiii7 ~
that part of the city mentioned ~ t"
number OF more than "a dolea ae,elu"'.n
al the CITY Hall 10 SET thtli tilct"ii.'
before the committee. Fl y as lftit9
from the beginning that there "o"it
not be a quorum az iAe ev''' l,S7t',,,l.ers
Wa" @la'fH 'il@' lN". t.(,-t iron, the
OF tht comm . ,ttenI She
meeting los reason ui sickness.
Those who came % The n"eins 10 fN-
PLAN thcil siieNaht.. ttr "a meet
tlcuI .ot tno ir I,ur AFTER tha time
"b' va. "olL ,t,, Chairman Mcdowell
and Mesfrs. Bioomberg, Burton, JAMS il.hs,
ana 80 t.,rc. ~ "A Quorum
80 d--I,t,of3f-o a.tcuruea 10 meet next
Atooaat, afternoon at 1 o'clock.
N4o''""' IN. ~ ct-ccros-
MLH'tiAN F." l'N
The merchants present accoIpiisS ue-
cided TO mold d 4eeunt OF ,n.ll w" I'D
al.t TO-. .', ,,,,''..,i,.
Mr tf.e..s tfathf-er was made tempo
,.,'.v crafrrran and afr. Charles Hutzler
t1r1,orar,, recretarv
~ ir',.b d a,.l..' ,.ae fnc first sneaker
~ ,nrot,ei't ,,i,,e,ot,slv AGAINST the plan
49, r. t...l-,' 80, ltroaf street
"l "" 'l'9 t-,l--t a. ,,l,,if h.. darna,r-
anu saw lN s,'o" ,1,,'ttee,.'.-,s es g,eI las fo
liS 20 pvf'iit ,'-,,.t go, a..
tle appear aNct yi 90. t',D. ~ a., I,i,,...
iAo.-il "a Mott1u "C 10y, - v.ae .fffe
on Iat Dtdtil Wy "-''- t..,...,.
it would imperii the live oi shoppers.
Tie was not prepared to sesb5't '', ,r
90 oppose any lhof ylii,'i' ~ , i.' ,.c-,-5
tracks, OUT he hoP'n we .A.-.'.-7 ,i~.,,
adopt measures 10 pl'''''-
H '7f W.. .t.. ,-,d ., editorial ian
t5e stafc pr6festinc against there being
t'i. ".-, ,., ti-1sd street and linen
'D.I - - ,,ese,irl ffp WAS
Jun, d5"ii,iS So, .-, H., ti,a inter.sfs
sure ~ "".Ii ~ U"i''1S''7 ~
oi the "t itha.'9' .,.- ..,.,,t..,, mo- l.,.f-
inc srllNii, ut "l tiir IA. - 49,.
uth'Iy st4oisly opl'o.,- -. - elon,,
auu lui titr al ulnei'e ~ l,-if-7
1ilIr i'le ~ 49, wi a. C'otan.r,ta,,.d