Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-04


its cars upon the new Broad-s'ree,
tracks. lie said the old company nau
made an exceptionally liberal proposition
10 the traction. 1t had always been OPP
noseG to four tracks on Broad street ana
CAPTAIN Pizzini was OF the opinion tha'
the offer of the City railway would prove
equally as advantageous 10 the ne" as "
the old company.
TRACTION COMPANY'S PhOlEol-
Judge I'lournoy. on behalf OF the 'rac-
ton company. said that company was
LAYING By far the best tracks ever pus
down by any company IN Richmond anu
that now the Richmond Railway ar
Electric Company was anxious 90 go upon
them The tracks were being put down
on Broad street because the COuhch 'o
oulred 1t, and II the Council was no"
going TO give the old company such rishis
as IT asked. it Mad as well allow the cars
Of the old company TO be operated over
eli az the traction company's road. lie
aid not think the Council would think OF
DESTROYING the franchise of the uactlon
company in such a manner.
| cautain George ID. Wise, representihs
the traction, argued that II was not the
| fair thing TO do. TO give the new company
such a franchise and then turn afouho
and gay that the cars of the unsuccessiul ul
company should run over the tracks id'u
by the new company Such thlhs "a'
not contemplated when the Counch auop,-
! ed the traction cornpany's ordinance. Such
action would mean the ruin OF the uaS,
ton company He asserted that 'he o'- o
company would not keep its muie-cars OH
4 Broad street. and there would not Oe
! four tracks on Broad street
cantaiu A. b. GuigOn. as counsei LOT
! the railway and electric company sd'u
the old company had the rignt 10 hase
its tracks on Broad street and 10 run us
mule-cars on them. Ii was not posSiDi0
TO prevent them for the next iiNe yen
nothing could stop the old company 'u"l'
cars rhe City railway offered TWO pro-
rositions which were for the best inte-
rests of the people of the city, by eithrt
one OF which passengers from an louI
quarters of the city to the Brodd-sree'
line could travel for one fare.
Nr John Skelton Williams was heN'
hoard. He said IL was his company de-
sire and purpose, II dealt justly WIN py
the city. to give even more 10 ue ~
In the way Of improved street-ear laoiI''
ties than IL at first promised. lie con-
,tdore1 mat the seventh section OF MS
ordinance. to which so much reference
had been made. was simply a right re-
tanned by the city 10 be exercised IN iaNoi
of some other company in the event ,h' III,
traction company failed TO comply VIII
tho provisions OF SIS ordinance. Iher'
would be no reason for renewing 'h'
Richmond City Railway Company iran
chise al IFS expiration in hve years II 'l'
traction company lived up TO It's oru'
nance. which he assured ,he Voiiiiliis,e ll,..,.,
that company would do. thereby slNihi
abundant street-car facilities on Broa'
street
FROM THE MASS-MEEriNG-
At this point Messrs. Alexander Meyer
T Ike Thalhmer and William II. Hlinihe'
, mann entered the committee-room, an
a. Nf.ver handed in the resolution
odopted al the citizens meeting eNpialh
% inc ae the sentiment OF the BODY repre-
eeofed bv him that the plans OF the trac
/ tiou comuany should not be interfere
r with Mr. Thalhlmer addressed the com
: | ,nit+ee in exclamation OF the action OF IN
mass-meeting. .,,,
, Citv-Attornev Meredith said the resolu
9 tion from the mass-meeuns was inele'
Z live inasnuch as neither the committe
D nor the Council had the right 70 comP'
p the old company to give the transfers II
e ferred to. ,..... a,
MIR Never said the resolution was IN
hest that could be gotten through unde
the circumstances.
I THE ORDINANCE AMENDED.
t, Mr. Rioomberg offered 10 amend IN
! ordinance so as to require the oiu con
many TO sell six tickets FOR . cents an
, give school ol-chlldren the right 10 rae -
balf fare. and allow half-fare rates D
> ,,s.een and Am. Tor ne benefit OF IN
, working people. He said his object
offering this was to make the ordlnan'
o of The Richmond City Railway Compah
! conform TO that OF the traction compah
q In this respect. This amendment wa
adonted as was another offered by NJ
. RIoomberg. reordering the old plan Of q
! electrified loop around Main and Broa
l. and Fourteenth and Seventh streets.
Mr. Page wanted an additional chani
in the ordinance pacing per cen
tax upon the old company.
Mir. King offered to amend. 80 as 10 pr
, vide for only two electric-wires and Nv
tracks on Broad street, the same TO
owned by the traction company, and II
8 proposition was agreed TO.
= Mr.. BlOOmberg here moved that u
n CITY Attorney be instructed to prepa
an ordinance carrying out the provision
embraced In the ordinance as present.
i hv the Richmond Railway and Electr
Company including the amendments.
Mr.. Ferriter entered his protest again
y the adoption of such an ordinance, takii
!, the grouIfd that it would be manifest
= unfair to the traction company.
= The motion OF Mr.. Bloomberg hnal
:, prevailed by the following vote:
- Ayes-Messrs. Bahen, Blanks. Blooi
q berg. Burton. King. and Pages.
- Noes-Nr. Ferriter-l.
Acting Chairman Mcdowell was eXcus
d, from voting on the ground that he HI
= not heard the argument.
j, Mr.. Bloomberg then submitted an ade
= tional clause for the ordinance. viii
- was adopted stipulatlng that the Ric
mond City Railway Company should p
:, m a $4,000 bond as a forfeiture that
> would commence work in thirty days fro
- the date of the approval of the orr
& nance.
p The committee adjourned TO meet aga
Monday afternoon at o'clock 10
ceive the ordinance from the City ATTIC
ney.
- Full supply of souvenirs.
le we have Oh hand now full supply