The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-22
Item Of Drayage, It IS Alleged,
Knocks of Merchants Profits.
THE TRACK OR MANCHESTER.
Speakers ultimate That Unless some
thing l. Done for Them in the Way
OF Railroad Facilities Thcy
Must Get out OF the city
and Into Manchester.
Action Postponed.

The Council Subcommittee ou Streets.
to which was referred tne petition for
right % extend me tracks of tho Chcsa-
peake and Ohio Railway Company along
cary street. from Nlnth Co Thirteenth.
was n .on tRo hours last nght A
number oc gentlemen were heard by the
Commiue. There being speakers for and
against granting tae petition. The Come
mit5e alwmed subject 20 the caH of
inc chair. and HM be called together
again 90 receive statement OF citizens
THAT mutually satisfactory arrangement
can De made between the railway people
and the merchants and propery-owners
as 90 tha facilities the former are willing
20 grant,
ALL WE'RE PRESENT
Th. .nN-. subcommittee comr.s. "a OF
Mcssls Alien. Enc. HDombefs AMI King
were present. and thr0ushou. the session
manifested grcai interest in What tne vac
rI1Is sI t'rs hll t0 say
TIa r,tton oi prousrty-oUnDrs and ct.
Izen. Interested. asking thai permission
be granted to the Chesapeake and ohle
hallway C0mwny t0 run track down
Nnta street to Cary along Cary io I1if-
-a.rth and down Thutcoath t0 Sh0ckoe
slip vlr read. together with The ordL
nance designed to carry the petition info
cu..t
Nr Tyler rapresanuns the Richmond
Transfer Association. was tne nfft speak
OPP tl address tho Committee under a sus-
pension 0f tine ru.'s Tile ALSO lDl'iio'
some tinn ago appointed committee 'i
H
vav down Gary sfrcat. Alr Tyler pre-
sentod the paper prepared by ihc commit.
.ee It reld as follows.
TRANSFER MEN PROTEST.
owe appear before you. gentlemen. m
committee from the Transfer Assoc.aii''
of .hh city, 10 oppose an application i'f
nerm s-i0n fo run railroad tta'A 1'Ni
Cary street from ninth street, There af'
ruay reasons why .n.s peluon shoI'l "
refused our committee represent ,.ats
of tlx.oayers ulo pay for the pufieg
af running thcIr rolling stock over ine
streets of this c.ty. There is not A street
m th.. tty that there ). as much olf.-
ness dome ovor daily AS cary street hD-
tween Smith and Fifteenth and there D.
nof . narrower street. NoW to cuiItl
This present limited width would Doe 20
rl0u- d.trimont not only tp tne class $500
reOreseut but t0 every merchant ln the
civ who does business over th's street.
Time i0 us. as -o all our merchants Nh'
have fhaltoWH teams. means money an1
when twenty or thr.y wagons are '.p'N-
ed ON the street for ten or httcen MIMI =
al 3D. dine. auI this occurring many umrs
ID day. as lt often happens even now, t''
cam See how much money this would re-
present at dftt cents an hour ior eaci
team (Which is .lir averaged io tnDaa
thus delayed lt lis therefore apparent
th1t t0 further blockade th.s narrow
street. e) Important to Dee kept o1en Tor
tha merchants ana business men of tha
whole c.ty would be an ilrep1rable dam.
age
.Foa afe told chat ga orler 90 further
eutorpr se on the part 0f Our merchants
they mHst be given facilities to enable
them 90 compete with other comm nl''
sho are ln the market as bidders i.r
-ta1e This in thr main ls true blt a d"
pIne h0W Gar We are 20 50 .s question
for son 10 inquire into. Have We nst
railroad facilities offered in fA.s direction
along streets where the public are n1t
incouvrulenceJ OF damaged Then way
block tlc most important business street
ln the O.Iy and damage large percentage
Z th4 business community for the benefit
of 1870. three or four merchants. You are
t0ld chat the pfoperty-owners along the
Hne ask for thl-. Lee us see how many
there arc who DO"
Continuing M Tyler said thl. the
protest against the passage of the oriL
nance was s.ened br auecu property
owners while only seven bad signed iAe
petition. Cary street, he sad W1s ne
natural route for aIi heavy hauling. The
speaker said further that three gent cmer
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