The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-08
BOTH Pc TI'T|IOiyS
WERE RElECT TED.
Subcommittee on Streets
Acts on Requests.
THE TRACKS MUST GO.
Permission Refused to EIectrIfy Mule,
Car Line on Broad Street.
THE CITY ATTORNEYS OPINION.
Council Of Richmond Invested with
the Right 10 Decide 10 joint Use
ofTracks-Whatth the Repre-
sentativcs Of the Two
Companies Think
About II.
THE TRACKS MUST CO..
Permission Refused toEIectrIfy Mule
Car Line on Broad Street.
THE CITY ATTORNEYS OPINION.

Al the meeting of ths subcommittee
| on Streets held last night ttlc petitioners
of the Richmond Passenger atid Power
| Company ara Traction Company were re-
| iected. Mr. Pollock. chairman CT the
committee. presided, aud all members were
pcesent. besilses representatives of the two
| companes-
rre titst petition taken Up vas that
! Of the Richmond Passenger and Power
| Company. asking the right to electrify
their tracks on Bread Street This pc
ti,ion was rejected by a. unanimcus vote,
after bnt little contention on the part Of
! the compauy.s attorneys. Tie petition OF
| the Richmond Traction Company, asking
| permission to run their cars on the Main
! street lines of the Richmond Passenger
| and Power Company frG.n First 10 ElSn-
| tcentl, Streets was next presented
! This petition was rejected by vote
| OF :; 10 :.
There was a lengthy discussion of the
/ petition before the committee by Mr. T.
| V Meredith, representing the Traction
| Company and Colonel ~ E. Guigon, at
| sorney for the Richmond Passenger and
! Power Company.
/ City Attorney Pollard submitted the fol-
! Lowing communication,
November G. 1850.
/ To the Subcommittee on Streets:
| ,ientlcmen-I am in receipt Of 4 letter
| crotn Your clerk, i,nter date Of November
! 9Th. in which you ask mc The following
1 questions:
The Richmond Traetion Company has
| applied for the right 20 use the tracks of
! the Richmond Passenger and Power Com
/ pany from First 20 Eighteenth Street on
J Main Street. The ground for this npp-
| cation is that the Council has required
| the Richmond Passenger and Power Com
] parry to run the tracks Of the Trac-
/ ton Company from Ninth to Laurel on
| Broad Street
| 'sWill you please inforra the committee
| whether the Richmond Passenger and
| Power Company can use the tracks OF the
/ Traction Company between the points in
| dicated without the Council giving the
| Traction Company, When 50 requested by
| It, a, corresponding ristlt upon such OF
| their tracks as the Richmond Traction
| Company may desire TO use2
.Spcond-Fias the Council the power TO
| require the Richmond Passenger and
| Power Company to allow the Traction
| Company TO use its tracks on Main Street
/ from First Street TO Eighteenth. even
| though TINT company should not use the
| !
| Street from Ninth to Laurel Streets, as
| now authorized under it:eir present ordi-
/ nance or even if the Council should allow
| the Richmond Passenger and Power Com
! pany- 10 have separate tracks,!
! In response. beg 10 say that the answer
] to these questions depends upon rhe con-
! struction to De given 10 very similar pro-
| visions to be found in each OF the ordi-
| nances authorizing the two street railway.
| companies to operat their respective lines
| within the city of Richmond. The pro-
| vision Incorporated in the ordinance grant
| inr a franchise to the Richmond Trac-
| ton Company IS in the following lang suase:
| THE privileges herein granted are given
| upon the further express condition taat
| the said company shall permit any o.hef
! company or companies, when authorized
! by the Council, to use, in whole or IN part,
J the above described routes or lines upon
such fair and reasonable terms us may DC
| agreed upon by the said company and
| such entering company. But no company
| shall he entitled TO damand or receive this
privilege unless it shall eoncede to the
Richmond Traction Company The right to
run over the tracks of such entering COM
paHy under terms determined by similar
arbitration as to compensation. CITY
Ordinances 1876, pp. ST. So
The provision incorporated in tie osdi-
nance granting & franchise TO the R!eh-s
mond Passenger and Power Company IS
=. the following language:
THAT the said Richmond Passenger and
Power Company shall permit any other
compnny or companies. chartered by the
city OF RiShmond and authorized by the.
| Council, 10 use, IN whole or in part, the
above-described routes or lines conceded.
| it by this ordinance. upon such fair and
! reasonable terms may =be agreed upon
by said Richmond Passenger and Power
q ANY.
| But no company shall be entitled to de-
| mand or receive this privilege unless IL
| stall concede 10 the Richmond Passenger
aud Power Company the right and priY.a
| ese Of running over The tracks CT the
! SAID entering company, under terms to bs
I agreed upon between snch corlpa MES.
/ tC,ity Ordinances lS9s-1alo. y. 1:S}
| Related to those provisions is subsection
I . OF section of the ordinance Of the Rich
| ,noild Passenger and Power Company, by
/ which it is expressly provided that the
| Richmond Passenger and Power Company
! should be authorized and + duired TO use
| the cks OF the Richmond Traction Com
/ parly swestwardiy on Broad Street. from
| Ninth to Laurel Streets. and also the pro-
visions of subsection 7 Of section ., of said
/ ordinance of tha Richmond Passenger
/ and Power Company. by which ii was
/ required to submit to the Committee on
/ Streets for its approval plans and speech
1 cations. showing in detail the proposed
/ new cons truction. reconstruction and re-
1 ac,1ipmellrs of It's entire railroad system
Win power TO the said Committee to.
make such changes and alterations In
ssuch plans and specifications As it might
!. deem necessary and proper: ard, by an
ar.,er made by the said committee. on the
18th day OF September. 1900. the Rich
I 1nond Passenger and Power esompany
,yas reouirs d to abandon It's tracks on
I,road Street, from Ninth to Laurel
/ streets. ard proceed at oncst 10 runenve-
ia, tracks OF the Richmond Traction
Company as provided BY st,b-s ion z of
seetes i OF s:ss:,s.asa i4ndsas ;eisSs
hsari1,g ON the saies ton is act shas
execution, of sIib- zion Of section 2.