Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-28
THE C. & 0, PETITION
Status of Question of Crossing
Boush Street.
rho street Committee Rnd Property
Holders Examine tho Ground
Reason, For ma Against tho Rail-
ways Crossing That Thoroughrnro

The members of the Street Commit
tee of Council Messrs Hodges, Ridge
we'll and Jacobs. and seven or eight
interested property owners made an in
spection about noon Friday of the
ground where the Chesapeake and Ohio
wishes to extend It's switching tracks
across Boush street. AS the Virgnian-
Pilot has previously published, the cit
liens and property owners in that Sec
ton of the city are raising an objec.
ton to the Chesapeake and Ohio being
allowed to cross Boush street, and n
number Of them have signed n petition
to the Councils against the granting of
the request of the road.
The inspection yesterday was made
for the purpose of giving the members
of the Street Committee Il correct idea
If the situation, and showing them how
the extension OF the railroad tracks
would block Boush street and hurt
that portion OF the city
The Chesapeake and Ohio already has
all below Boush street in which to do
its. switching necessary to it's shipping
and loading at the Wharves, and the
citizens say that it would be grea;
injustice tn the Boush and CRANKY
street property owners to allow them
10 carry out their proposed plan of run
ming their switching tracks TO within
l20 feet of CRANKY street.
Among the other reasons given FOR
the opposition OF the crossing are that
ii would create Il smoke nuisance which
would affect Il large number of resi-
dents on Boush and CRANKY street, and
the Monticello Hotel and would also
create a danger from fire from the
switch engines. The guests of the
Monticello Hotel would be subjected TO
much annoyance from the noise ana
smoke from the engines and the opin-
ion formed by them of the city would
necessarially be unfavorably prejudiced
to some extent by this fact.
Among the interested property own
ers is Judge w. b. Martin. who lives
near the foot of Boueh street, where
the crossing is proposed to be made.
Judge Martin is opposed to the tracks
being given right OF way across this
street. lie says it will not only i'm
pair the value of property, but will viz
tunlly close Boush street. as there will
be almost continuous switching across
the street
The road has already been given the
lower end of Duke street for switch
ing yard" said Judge Martin to re-
porter of the VirEinian- Pilot "Thc
the benefit Of the road, and Boush
street Is the only thoroughfare left
lending from the New York. PhiadeI-
plia and Norfolk and the Chesapeake
and Ohio depots and all that part of
the city west of CRANKY street Now
they propose to run two tracks across
B'tsh street and run them up nearly
to CRANKY street. Not a cent does the
road offer To pay for this privilege. IL
the request should be granted the many
people who use this street as thor
oughfare will be compelled To walk
around to CRANKY street to avoid the
crossing. and ii will virtually amount
to the closing of Boush street as Duke
street is now closed"
Mr.. II. b. Tunstall, another interest,
ell property owner and signer of the
petition against the granting of the
roads request, said to reporter of this
paper that he was very much opposed
To the crossing. His reasons are very
much the same as the reasons given bv
other citizens
Mr.. +. Il. Dancy. who lives on Boush
street. near the proposed crossing, said:
While / was one of the signers of the
petition | do not own property there
ana since learning that the road would
give ground for the extension Of TaZe-
wen street through the Tazewell place
to CRANKY street. 1 will not urge any
objection"
Col l.. ID. Starke. who will appear be-
fore Council TO oppose the crossing.
takes the ground that the road already
has sufficient room for its shipping and
switching; that it does not use all the
ground 1t has. and that the crossing
VIII greatly Inconvenience the people in
the western portion OF the CITY i'm go
lnE 10 the {. * O.'S own depot. Col
Starke Is signer of the petition to
me Councils against the crossing.
Mr.. d. I.owenberg said that he was
not directly interested In the matter
either way But" he said, las n gen
erai rule you may put me down as on
posing nothing that Will help build IN
The city. / do not want to stand in the
way OF the c. &c o. or anyone else who
is working legitimately for their inter
ests."
Another signer of the petition who is
opposing the extension of the c. & O.
tracks Is Mr.. b. F. Hofheimcr.
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