The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-07
STREET CAR FRICTION.
Old COJTPINI TNTERFEREs WITH
THE UORt or THE NEW.
Electric Cars Stopped on the seventh Street
Crossing ar i the Traction In
teri red with.


Broad street. at the seventh-street cross
ing OF the two competing railroad COM
panies. last night The Richmond Trac-
tion Company had laid iis tracks on Broad
street some time so. and about the only
crossing that remained 10 Doe done wa.
that on Seventh street. Late last night
worMngrnen on the part or the Traction
Company began 20 dig out the ground
In order to put in the crossing at that
point Just before midnight. when the
ears Of the Union Passenger Railway
Company were to stop running car No.
lOi appeared on the wcstgolng track.
while car No 12G came up on the east
going track. Both cars stopped right
in the lire OF the proposed tracks Of the
Richmond Traction Company, thereby
stopping all further work of the new
company
CROWD ASSEMBLED
It dld not take long for a crowd 10
assemble 40 that rlaee. and each one Of
the lO0kors-Cn was IanXiOusiy waiting for
/ further developments. Mr. George T..
: Fisher. treasurer OK the Richmond Rail
way and Electric Company. and Mr.
! Wilbur, superintendent of the Union Pas
serger Railway Company We're there.
I OF course, looking after the interests OF
tho old company.
The representatives Of TIE Traction Com
pany were highly Indignant over the de-
lay caused In their work by the people OF
the old company. 1Aey claimed that they
had "a perfect right 90 30 ahead with their
.H .f.. a..
ohstruCting the street, contrary TO the
law.
WHAT MR.. FISHER SAID.
when I talked to Mr. Fisher on the
subject he said, that h. had no objection
10 the Traction Company's crossing his
tracks. if the CROSSINGS were properly
made. There was space OF four feet
between thc tracks of the Traction Com
= uany and Dis own, and he thought under
tho cifv ordinance The crossing made 10y
tle new company should extend for four
feet. instead of two feet. He claimed
that bis company was unable 10 put IN
flso feet OF ratings 90 those crossings un-
DIR the existing circumstances, for the
reason that those snort pieces Of rails
c0Hd not he kept Ga place but would re-
quiro couiant repairing.
TIE OTHER SIDE.
The Traction people, on the other hand.
claimed that they were only required in
putting ln their crossings 10 extend the
rails OF the other company Tor two feet
ln reply 90 that Air. Fisher said that
the crossings had been made 90 tle order
of the Traction C1mpaiv ana that the
plans had never been Submitted 10 his
people. The first th.ng Doe knew Of it
was yesterday afternoon ab3It . O'Clock.
rr n.If N lf||HU O. I.HHIUWl.l I tho
subject B,s.deG. he claimed that the
crossings would have t0 he se..t back TO
fhe fonnIrv fO Poe Ira 'a in tho fignt anele
Go cross his tracks. When asked whether
he expected TO Keep the obstruction ly
his GERS for any length Of time, De re-
piled in the negative and said that his
ears over thar route would run on sche-
dule time early in OH. morning. II they
wcfe stopped from running los the other
company thc Iolce Justice would very
soon stop them from interfering with his
schedule.
llr Darott, one OF the contractors of
th. Traction Company. said that they
would commence work early this MORN
ing.
POLICE ARRIVE.
Shortly after ] o'clock q squad Of police
from the Second precinct appeared ON
the scene to take fhe number OF the cars
Cf the Union pae+enE.f railway MAich iah
been run across Broad street i'm order
"a report them as obstructions TO the
Police Court
The crowd got very much excited over
the occurrence. anl there were cries or
"Iui them On.' and llsu was .nuoe
lor the sars. hut cooler heads checked
the excited ones for the time.
THE mOfornan on ear l-n iemdfktd
that "hr would shoot tna first man VINO
touched his car" and in consequence was
uuuDrcifullv ''lugcl' hy the crowd.
In roulv 20 query from a hysflndcr,
Nlr Fl-her said tlat lo had the cars
stopped there To take tine Traction Com
pany's hands home when they finished
THE CONCLUSION.
4 little after O'Clock Captain angie
came down from the residence of Colonel
~ T. Cutshaw. whore Doe had been lu
consultation with the latter, ard stated
tlgt the CITY Engineer had decided inat
tN. Traction had uO bushes 90 move
thr Old comnanys cars. as they did noi
ohrfrurt the street. and that u tAete
was anr obstruction it was caused hl lle
Traction Company ln eNchfatlns Tor theif
Tpoh hosr.ng this jIr Fisher directed
h.s men to RON back the cars. and had
tho trucks of tle o.l company rfplncci.
There will he no further move In the
matter until lN o'clock inls morning, when
repr.spufafiKes of hotn couuauies viii
mtst in thc CITY Engineer 's Office.