Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-16
THE FIRST STEP TAKEN
The New Syndicate Asks for UId
Sueet-Car Privileges
MATTER NOW IN COMMITTEE
4 Resolution TO Let in Other Compel
TORS for Franchises.
GIANTS ASKED FOR FORTY YEARS
solo Of the New Company Is
al. richmond Passenger an"
Moor Company-The Petition
Provisions of the Ordinance
MATTER NOW IN COMMITTEE
GIANTS ASKED FOR FORTY YEARS

The street Committee Of the Councl'
now has Che ordinance granting TO 'ne
Richmond syndicate the franchises hithei
10 enjoyed hy thc Richmond Railway anu
Electric Company. .
The petition Of the syndicate p''''.9
The granting OF the franchises ""1
passage OF the ordinance SUNNI
nresented 10 the Board OF Aldermen last
niebt and referred 10 the 9"oe' Noii'
60. The sale Of the property TO the
s,,,fioote depends upon the old company's
t,,rcbises being granted the new con-
Germ
There may be fight in the committee
AGAINST granting the franchises to the
company which has already applied as
o,1or syndicates may compete. The fol-
lowing resolution, offered by Mr.. King
VA. adopted by the Board Of Aldermen
Immediately after the petition and ordi-
nance were referred 20 the street Com
mi'tee:
Resolved, That the Committee on
Streets be authorized to consider and re-
port on any proposition for city railway
franchises competitive to those presented
by Messrs. Bosher. Boyd and others"
THE sYNDICATEs PETITION.
The petition accompanying the ordi-
nance is as follows:
'To the City Council of the city Of Rich
mond. Va;
"The undersigned petitioners would re-
specially represent that they have en-
tered into a contract TO purchase the
stock Of the Richmond Railway and Flee
tric Company, which will carry with il
the ownership of all the stock of the
street railway lines now operated in this
city by the said company
For the purpose of reorganizing the
said company and putting all its proper
". cars tracks, pOwer-hOuses. etc, in
thorough repair and hrst-c.ass condition,
your petitioners would respectfully ask
that the ordinance herewith filed be
adopted by your honorable body.
Upon being adopted. your petitioners
ure prepared to surrender 10 the city
FOR cancellation al the franchises of the
Richmond Railway and Electric Com
Iauy and of the companies now controll-
ed hy II. on the streets named in the ordi-
nance herewith presented, being all the
lines now operated by them.
'Nour petitioners have endeaVOrcd 10
prepare an ordnance giving % the city
the fullest control of the company. but
they are willing 10 accept any reason
able changes or alterations, provided
they De not so onerous as TO prevent
them from giving 10 the city the best
street railway service.
..yirgi,,i,Is NSuf"r Rob5rt : Kosher
lanes \ B9vd = ID Crenshaw r q
Williams Jr by X. $ Bosher, J. J.
Montague. Thomas Atkinson, r. Sitter
ding. and A. r. Elerson."
THE LINES WANTED.
The ordinance is quite lengthy. The
first section provides that the petitioners
just named shall constitute the Rich
mond Passenger and Power Company.
Tho lines which the company desires 90
purchase are set forth as follows:
do,,ble track an Main street from Tho
western CITY limits to Rockets street.
.,stvardlv ON Roc,etts IN Denny. a
single track loon eastwardlv ON Rockets
10 Louisiana street. porthwardlv on
Jouisiano 10 Williamsburg avenue. vest
xordlv an Williamsburg avenue TO Denny.
.,utbvardlv ON Denny street to and CON
tctinr with the northern track IA Nam
Sa Drnnv
st,qla track CONNECTING with tba
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1yardlv on Beverly m Cbrrr,. eo,,ib-
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a"'N.S n.'n' '"eICe soutnWaIdly on.
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avenue 10 lMeh,y -l'Ist' lhehce double
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track, from thc eastern track AZ Twenty
hfst and Marshall eastwardly on Mar
shall 10 IWenty-iourth; southWardly on
I"enty-iouIth 70 broad; eastWardly On
Broad 10 Iwenty-nInth; hoithwardly on
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