The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-25
tt. OPERATE CARS
ON MAIN STREET
Traction Company 70 Ask Council fof
Privilege to Do So.
WILL RUN OVER THE OLD TRACKS
Many Petitions Have Hccn Signed
and Mater May Come Before the
Committee on Streets Next s.
Tuesday Afternoon.

ne =1>ici'iho12o 1factlong Company VIII
Soon file with the City Council an applica-
Zion for the right to operate Its cars on
Main Street, between First and Eight
ieenth SVeets,-and Il. Is. not unlikely. that
This matter will come before the. Council
committee on zSUeSts lin one wa s. or
another. on next Tuesday evening. when
that body takes UP the question Of the
proposed rehabilitation of the lines of the
Richmond Passenger and Power Company.
in the event SUCH permission is granted
the Traction Company Will use the tracks
OF the Passenger and Power Company,
between the points named.
1t is now practically setteld that along
Ihe officers of the Traction COM
RanT have been contemplating
the asking for an ordinance allowing 1t
TO run its cars on Main Street for some
time, but deferred filing its petition until
The affairs of the Passenger and Power
Company assumed definite shape. Mr.. z.
u. Bemiss. president Of the Traction Com
pany. said to-day that the time had ABOUT
arrived when this matter should be
brought to the attention of the Street
Committee, and that while he could not
say definitely when his company would
take up the question with that committee
he was satisfied it would be done quite
soon.
MANY PETITIONS.
Already number Of lengthily signed
petitions have been gotten in hand by the
Traction Company, in which citizens APP
peal to the Council 10 grant the traction
Company the right to oper.te cars On
Main Street between the points ramed
Under such restrictions and limitations as
the Cornell and City Engineer may see
Sit to irupose 1t is conten6ed by thu OIL
GERS of the Traction Compan. that the
Council cannot refuse to grant such an
ordinance as will give this permission in
view of the fact that the city fathers have
--ec,:tred the Traction Company to allow
The cars of the Passenger and Power
a,onnany to run over its tracks on Broad
Street.
The Traction Company wants to con-
meet its Hollywood and Oakwood line with
the Main-Street line of the passenger ana
Power Company at First Street ana al
Eighteenth, SO that a passenger gong
from Oakwood to Hollywood on each al
ternate car viii come down Eighteenth
street to Main. up Main to First Street
and out First Street to Hollywood. 1t al
so wishes 20 connect its main line on broaa
Street with Main Street by bu'ldins
track from Broad to Main STREE on sew
enth Street and having alternate care on
she Broad Street or Reservoir line come
down seventh Street to Main and on
Main Street to Eighteenth, and thence up
Eighteenth to Broad again and vice versa
PRESENT SERVICE. -
I've at present run about three-mln-
ute service on Broad Street. said MI
tsenliss. in explanation OF his plans. ''and
with the changes we desire, we would put
on some more cars ind make fiVe-mln-
ute service on Main Street between FIRST
and Eighteenth and a five-minute service
on the present Broad-Street route be-
tween these points which would be ample
to facilitate traffic. The scheme contem-
Tlntes turning every other car into Main
Street, instead of having all of them
running on Broad. What we vii! ask is
perfectly reasonable and within what IS
contemplated by our charter. OF course.
we will have to rench an agreement With
the Richmond Passenger and Power COM
s,any in the matter of terms, just as must
be done in the matter of the Passenger
and Power Company's use of our tracks
on Broad Street. It's as fnir for one
company as il is for another and the
people want the change If we may be able
to judge by the number and character of
the men who hnve signed the petitions
asking the Council TO grant US the right
to run cars on Main Street
NUMBER OF CARS.
Mr.. Bemiss added that there could be
no objection raised account of the
number of cars that would he on the
Main-street line between First and
Eighteenth Streets, by reason Of the grnnt-
ing of The right requested, as no more
cars would be operated than the traffic
demanded. Besides sal he in con-
clnsion. there are many cities in which
there is no heavier travel than in Rich
mond upon the streets of which ,nrny
more cars are in operat ton than there
are upon the principal streets here or than
there will be when the change goes into
effect.
One of the reasons for the change de-
sired by the Traction company is that
when the new Chesapeake and Ohio de-
pot is completed at Main and Fifteenth
streets. The present old Broad-Street Sta
ZION VII he abandoned and all the traffic
70 and from the depot will be on Main
and not Brond Street. But besides this. 1t
IS realized that tile heavy travel on street
cars in this city is and Will for years
De along Main Street. between FIRST and
Eighteenth
AS TO TRANSFERS.
Mr.. Bemiss said yesterday that the con-
ferences relative 10 the matte. of transfers
and INTERCHANGEABLE tickets on the lines
OF both the companies mad resulted in an
agreement which was now before the
Board of Directors of the Passenger and
i'oWer Company When this Roard shall
have ratified the agreement continued
- tt~9's ~ VI "e ifactlon Company,
the trarSfer system will become effec-
i've. The basis Of the agreement as to
transfers is that of equality and not mile
age, the equality system, being practically
universal.
The Committee on Streets has decided to
take up the plans for rehabilitation of the
lines of the Richmond Passenger and
Power Company at its next meeting. which
VIII be held at the City Hall on the eve
ming of August 18th. IT IS said that the
COMPANY is ready to 70 ahead with the
improvement OF its l!nes.E Especially the
Clav-street road. as soon as tho committee
decides What shall be Soae and the manner
in which it must he done zht
CONDUIT SYSTEM
Mr. Jenkins. of the Virginia Conduit Rail-
way COMPANY. said Yesterday that he did
not know whether his. company would be
ready to bring up the matter of having