Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-25
RAILWAY INSTRUCTED.
Ferry Company Places a Scant.
ling on the Track.
Passengers Will be Com ..elied to Walk to
the ferry-Fashionabie German a, the
Pythian Castle brings Many of the
Young People Together for the First
Time of the Season.

The Norfolk County Ferry Company
doesn't make fish of one and fowl of
another. They treat other companies
ana persons alike. Yesterday morning
tne Terry company. prior to running in
their Chestnut street ferry dock. Sc
curely spiked 4x6-inch rail flush with
the ends of their bridging The right
ran OF the Berkeley Street Car Com
panys track is also flush with the end
OF the bridge. This puts the 4x6-inch
scantlinG flush with the street car COM
pany's track and six inches higher than
the track. AS the tenders on the COM
pany's cars will not pass over the
scantling they will be compelled to
stop their cars at the foot of Chestnut
street bridge, instead OF going to the
ferry gates. as they did before the
ferry company began making improve
ments.
DISTANCE FROM THE BRIDGE.
The bridge is over 500 feet long and
the obstruction will necessitate the
passengers who use the cars 10 walk
that distance unless the obstruction is
removed or the street car company re-
moves it's track from the scantling.
BESIDES putting the street car company
To great inconvenience by placing the
scantling as ii is. the driveway will he
contested to such an extent that
wagons and carriages would never be
tDIe To get on and off the boat when
the twelve minute schedule is adopted.
USED AS y DRIVEWAY.
Formerly the street car company's
track was used as Il driveway i'm case
OF emergencies. which at times greatly
relieved the contested conditions. When
MIR. Tillotson. the superintendent of the
street railway. conferred with Mr.. l..
H. Davis. superintendent of the ferries
inc latter said the reason for placing
the scantiinE as II is was to stop pri-
Nate concerns, along the bridge. from
using it for II driveway notwithstand-
ing 1t Is public thoroughfare to the
Fort Warden's line. When Mr. Tiliot-
son asked would the rail remain. the
response came. lit will"
inc cannon Bros, who are doing
business along the bridge became in
suited at the reason given. and said
mat they will erect fence between
their property and the bridge and will
see that the public does not use their
property as driveway. as has been
done from time to- time, especially
while the bridge was in an unsafe con-
dition to drive over before the repairs.
STREET. CAR COMPANY CAN'T
MOVE.
For the street car COMPANY To movc
their track further from the rail is out
OF the question, as tho office of the
Cannon Brothers and the Berkeley
water company stands in the way.
iience' II means n grievance to the
public. However Indictment the weather
may be. If the present conditions exist
the distance will have to be walked,
which Will mean in almost every in
stance. the missing OF boat, MS ii Is
In the case of the Pearl street dock.
about which the people have raised
such a kick.
DENOUNCING MAYNARD.
The people who learned of this action
of the ferry company yesterday were
enraged and those are among the most
sensible people of the town. Threats
were made b. some of the representa-
tive citizens last night to remove the
rail. One of the Councilmen on learn
Ing of the conditions went to the scene
and remarked TO the reporter for the
Nirginian Pilot last evening that If Mr..
II. l.. Maynard. as president of the fer
ry company, who claims that he is for
the peoples best interest, and will al
low such an annoyance rs the above to
be perpetrated upon the people, even
in as small Il way as this. after they
had already suffered beyond forbear-
ance With the manner in which the
ferry has been conducted, he for one
would refuse him his vote.
In crowd last evening. gathered at
the corner of Pearl and Chestnut
street, where the matter. together with
the poor service Berkeley had to submit
from the lessees. when Mr. Maynard's
name was mentioned as allowing such
things. several men threw off Mr.. May
nard's badges.