The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-14

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BRIDGE f.
Passenger and Power Comp Given
Permission 70 Lay Them,
MR.. vi. ROYAL o 4 ASKS. DELAY I J
His R.qu:s Mas Not ddrlnted, And the Rich.
mond and Petersburg Electric Railroad
Company oraesed 70. Remove
Wires from fine: Bridge.
Mr.. ROYALL ASKS DELAY.
Company 0raered TO Remove
Wires from fine: Bridge.
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The James River A>rtdg Commission
ers held a lengthy session yesterday at.
ternoon. :
& Several ma tiers eof some importance
were disposed of, the chief OF which was
the agreement between the: Com1niss lon-.
sers and the Passenger and Power Com
pany by " hich # the tier is to place
new ei ghty-pound T rails on the Free
Bridge in place of the. old, worn-tiat
rails now in use. his request was made
by the Passenger a nd sPoWer5fGom pany
at the meeting of the Commissioners
last week. At that time a committee
was appointed to drawsu up an agreement,
and this agreement was accepted by Doth
sides It provides that he work of plac-s
ing the rails is to begin WITHIN tair,.
days and to be completed within ninety
days thereafter. The company is to hear.
all expenses that may arise, and to make
all alterations. in the Sbridge made nee
essary by the removal Of the old and the
placing 3of the new tracks. The Com
.missioners are to turn over a lot OF 4um-2
her anG: $500 to the railroad company as
their share Of the expenses OF tie work
incidental to the change in the tracks
and other needed repairs on the bridge.
ASKS FOR a DELAY.
Mr.. William L. Royal was present to
ask for a delay. of several days in ac-s
ton upon the contract. He gave as his
reason that in his capacity as a repre-
sentative of the Richmond and Peters
burg Electric Railway Company he felt
that a short delay should be made in
order that certain negotiations now
pending between his company and the
Passenger and Power Company might
be brought to a close.
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which the passengers of the Richmond
and Petersburg road might be transferred
to the Passenger and Power Company
at the south end #of the bridge, in view
of the fact that the heavy cars Of, the
former company could not run over the
present structure. Mr. Royals reason
for asking the delay was that in the
event the. proposed arrangements be-
tween the two roads fell through, his
company would he unable to use the
bridge, and a new one would haveSto be
constructed or the present one consider
ably strengthened. Mr.. Royal said that
if z the proposed agreement between the
two companies were not perfected within
the next two days they would De all off,
and. that his company, in its efforts to
secure terminal facilities in Richmond,
would have to have a new. bridge.
in the course Of his rema rFs, t.hLr. Roy
AL said the line between Manchester and
was almost completed, and
would be in operation within about six
weeks In Petersburg terminal facilities
had been secured, but none had as yet
been obtained in Manchester or, Rich-ss
mond. .~-z=s =
CAPT GUIGON'S PROTEST.
9 Capt. A. b. Guigon, who was present
in the interests rof the Passenger and
Power Company. protested against any
delay in the matter. He stated that his.
company was anxious to begin the work
of placing the tracks and improving. the
bridge atgonce, SO that the depths Of win
ter would find every thing working smooth
ly. He said the Richmond and Psters-
burg Company had taken no action in the
matter until the moment the contract he
tween his company and the commissioners.
was ready to be signed. The signing CT
the paper would have no effect upon the 4
negotiation, any way, he said. and he
could see no reason for further delay
s General Manager Dimmock. Of the Pas
senger and Power Company, followed
along the same line ofHacgument. In the 1
coursesof his remarks he said, incidental
~. that his company had no desire to
continue the running of the Hull Street
cars over the Free Bridge. Improve:
ments and repairs to Mayo's Bridge would
be made as soon as possible so that if
the other portions of the bridge We're
declared safe the cars would again run
over that bridge.
!. Messrs Gibson. Burton and Campbell
themselves as desiring to close
the matter at once, and upon motion OF
Mr.. Gibson the contract was signed.
Mr.. Dimmock said the work would be
started within the next few days, and
would be pushed to completion.
MUST REMOVE WIRES:
/, When this important matter had been
disposed of. it was stated that certain
wires had been strung across the bridge
without authority of the commission,
Mr.. Hobson, upon being in
formed that the wires were placed *tllare}
by the Richmond and Petersburg Electric
Road to secure power from the Virginia
Electrical and Construction Company's
plant, moved that the railroad company
be instructed to remove the wires. which
motion was adopted.
! The regular meetings of the commits
sion We're changed from quarterly to
and in future will be held on
the first Tuesday i'll each month at )
o'clock in the City Hall. ,fi5 j
& The City Attorneys of Richmond and
ter will be invited to attend TIE
next meeting of the Board. The object
in having the attorneys present is to as
the Board in legal matters.
Those present at the meeting. were
Messrs. Bra ley, Hobson. % Brien, Camp
oell. Gibson, Burton and Perdue.
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