The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-10
NO ACTION BY
The COMMIT TEE
Brook Avenue franchise Still in.
Allegiance.
THE INCIDENTS OF A NEW ERA
Mr.. sitterding Says the Company Gould
Plow Up Brook Road-Mr. Guigon
Champions the Traction
Interests.
The INCIDENTS OF A NEW ERA

The Street Committee Of the Council
took no decided action at it's meeting
yesterday afternoon in reference to the
petition OF the Passenger and POWER
Company for a franchise to operate a
double track line on Brook Avenue. rms
with other street railway matters and
the new ordinance OF the Richmond Tele-
phone Company will come up at meet
ing to be held on May 18th.
Messrs Pollock. Mills, Burton, Blanks,
Curtis, Mosby, Bahen. Peters, .-Attet
and Glenn were present yesterday AFTER
noon. There was also present full dele
CATION representing the Passenger and
Power Company, consisting OF Presl-
dent Fritz Sitterding, Messrs. Martin and
Guigon. counsel: General Manager Dim
mock, and Electrical Superintendent
Trafford.
Messrs. Kelly, Jenkins and SHIELD, OF
the Citizens Rapid Transit forces, Were
in attendance.
None of the gentleman who have
hitherto diligently looked after the Trac-
ton Company's interests were present.
And this was a meeting especially set
for the consideration of street railway
matters.
A NOTABLE INCIDENT.
Probably the most notable incident OF
the meeting, as marking the passing
of the old era in street railway hap
penings hereabouts. WIGS the simple and
gracious statement Of MIR. "A. B. Guigon
to the effect tnat Mr.. E. r. Williams
had requested him to say that, III the
event a Brook-Avenue franchise were
given any company, the Traction com
paay would request that 1t be given
right to use such tracks jointly. The
appearancez of Mr.. Guigon in an official
and representative capacity az the guar
dian of the interests Of the Traction
properties was a pleasing and novel
spectacle.
Mr.. Kelly, for the Citizens Rapid Tran
sit Company, opposed me granting OF q
RrookAyenue franchise to the passenger
and IIower Company. as such a fran
chise had only recently been granted to
his company 1t would cripple lis COM
PAW a new and weak enterprise, COM
paratively speaking. and would beneht
the company now owning every foot OF
street railway property in the city.
Mr.. Guigon, Mr.. Martin and Mr.. SIT
terding replied for their company They
proposed that they be permitted to build
the tracks and. il the Citizens Company
desires. when it is ready to begin 20
operate they will SCI. the tracks 10 the
Citizens Company upon condition that
they be used jointly. They had no OBJ
lection to the rights Of the Citizens
Company being guarded in every way
THE. CONIPANY'S POWERS.
In connection with the discussion MT.
sitterding, the president of the company,
made the interesting announcement that
the company so absolutely owned the
Brook Turnpike for a distance of seven
miles that if it desired it coul~- plow 1t
up and put it in wheat. Mr. Martin and
Nh. Guigon, however. made no reference
to any agricultural ventures of this char
acter which the company may have In
roind Evidently they had not given fun
consideration to the possibility OF the
Procs Turnpike as an area for the pro
duction of cereals. Or else they colby
viewed the matter in the light of a law
ve,'s large acquaintance with the hmlta-
t,.,ns of the Brook Turnpike charter.
The upshot of the meeting was that the
Passenger and Power Company was re-
cue sted to present to the committee such
a Brook Avenue franchise as it desires
for the consideration of the committee,
and this and the other street railway
and telephone matters were laid over UNI
til May 18th at 5 o'clock.