Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02
THE new CAR ROUTE,
RAPID
PLANS OF THE JENKINS RAPID
TRANSIT COMPANY MATrRED.
Will CONNECT THE EAST END
,nr Isn, WIN Reach Terrttors Not
Toueh.d by Present Line. and
wsu Transfer to and from the
old-It. History.
old-Ie. Htstory.

An ,n,u;rn.nents under the franchise
n the Citizens Rapid Transit Company
have bscn complied with. and work Is eS'
~ec,ed 70 commence soon. some pi"e
have already been received.
The total length Of completed single
track will ps eight and one-haif m'iss'
OF this, one and one-haif miles W1ti DC
lf the jenkins underground system, from
Eleventh and Broad streets TO Aarshaii
Ind Tvpnty-first The viaduct VIII be
.onssructes OF steel. Will be 2,e5e feet IN
length. Is feet high. and more than ~
fee; in uioth. il Will be douole-uecnea'
IND its surface composed OF smooN' ila-
;erisl, /, viii also be so constructed AS
10 permit OF its use by vehicles ana pc
rcsLrians. ToIl-gates will be erected AZ
zach end Of the riaduct and the same
scale of tolls Us are new in force upon
Msyo's bridge viii prevail, with the Sh-
reptjon that the rate Of toll FOR hogs ano
sheen in ,3rovcs viii be % instead OF L.
zen. por head It should be rea1embef"c.
in connection with this. that mayo ;
bridge has length of only 1..'n iee''
pcains, the 2G5o feet of the viaduct. ana
1ha. the latter will Ire far more costly III
construction.
IT'S WESTERN TERMINUS.
The western terminal of the ROAD viii
be on Bacor's Quarter branch Leaving
Brook avenue, single tracks will run out
Baker and DUval streets uniting on
Fifth, and continuing along Fifth street
TO Broad. From that point TO Eleventh.
street. the Rapid Transit Company cars
will be run over the Traction Company
line. Thence the route viii extend along
Eleventh 10 Marshall, and on; Marshall.
"a vic n 'ThiTt V-;IrSt- SKIRT
ing The slopes OF Chimborazo Park. th='
cars will pass between the upper and
lower terraces, crossing the dIiyeways
overhead 20 Williamsburg avenue. Kun
ming out along the avenue. the cars VIII
make loop around Denny, Louisiana
End Fifth streets, as Indicated on the
map
AN ADDITIONAL EXTENSION.
A new line has also been asked for by
The company. to extend from the Bacon's
Branch terminal west and southwark on
Moore, Leigh. and Lonbardy streets. The
ordinance provides that one Of the Rapid
Transit Companys cars, both going to
mo returning from its different ternlini,
hall pass junction points of the Passen-
~ and Power Company at least every
IL" minutes This IS a feature that Will
10 appreciated by the public.
FINE BOILING STOCK
The rolling stock of the new company
III. il is said. be of the best and latest
itcrn Tho cars viii be comfortably
ertiated. lighted. and heated and will
z provided with approved life guards
The fare Will be FIVE cents. but tickets
sill he sold at the rate of six for twenty
FIVE cents Labor tickets and school tick
cts will be sold in the same manner
by ilc Passenger and Power Company
at the present time. Transfers will be
accepted and given to and from the lines
of each company by the other.
HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT
Tho charter OF the Citizens Rapid
Transit Company was approved by the
Legislature March 10. ,:-,2. and its fran
cbise approved by the Common Council
on the 2Stf OF the same month. The