Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-16
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The Street Committee OF the Council
held sltung OF three hours yesterday,
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anu referring Nearly every proposition
Oh niumeut 10 subcommittee or TO lna
EnGli.ser.
INC sup-committee on tina petition Of
the tllcuInuuu traction Company anu
tie ttlcu1uuHu PASSENGER anu POWER
Company made It's report TO the tut
committees, recommending that the COM
panles be required TO maintain the ser
vice and scnsauie required by the ordi-s
nances governing the same. Mr.. West
sought to have special police surveillance
provided to see that the Passenger and
Power Company's schedule was enforced
as required by the ordinances, but
after an earnest plea from MIR. Guigon,
the attorney for the Passenger and
Power Company. mot to take the pound
of flesh the motion of Mr.. Vests was
tables to 5.
The petition Of the Citizens Rapid
Transit Company was. on motion OF Mr.
West, and with the concurrence OF Mr..
Kelley. attorney for the company, re-
ferred to b-committee Of three and
the City Engineer and City Attorney for
investigation and report. Messrs. west
Allen, and Williams were named as the
committee.
The application OF the Southern Bell
Telephone Company for the return OF
the $4,000 of city bonds given the city
nearly year ago as indemnifying bond,
was referred to the City Attorney and
the City Engineer with power to act,
if they were satisfied the company had
complied with all the requirements of
the ordinance. A vast deal Of work
committee.
|. SESSION IN DETAIL.
The committee met at P. M, present,
Messrs. Peters (chairman), West, Allen,
Teefey, Minor. Williams, Phillips Bahen,
Burton, and Whittet
The first business after the reading of
the minutes was the petition of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company
permission to carry It's currents across
the streets to the car line from the man
holes
Colonel Cutshaw, City Engineer, OPP
posed the crossing of the street,
On motion of Mr.. Whittet, the repre-
sentative of the Bell Company, Mr.. Chip
ley was given hearing Mr.. Chipley
stated that the bonding of cables to cleo
trio tracks was the only way known to
prevent electrolysis. He had heretofore
always accepted the City Electrician's
view.
COLONEL cUTsHAW's SHOT.
Colonel CutShaW took issue with Mr..
Chipley, and suggested the appointment
of special subcommittee to. consider
the question in all its phases. The thing
for the company to do, said he, is to
have a return current of it's own-a me-
tallic return through conduits them
selves. The question Of streets, he add
ed. Is not with the Electrician, but with
the Street Committee. s.aits
Mr.. West disposed OF the question tenn
porarily by moving the reference of it
to a special committee of three in con-
junction with the City Engineer, City
Electrician. and the superintendent OF
the Water and Gas Departments. Adopt
ed, and Messrs. West, Minor, and Burton
named as the special subcommittee.
Messrs. Whfttet and Phillips were
named to open bids for the construction
mediately made a fight for the employ
ment of white labor. but lost. The vote
was: Messrs. Allen and Bahen voting
aye, Messrs: Burton Minor: Peters;
ing recorded in thc negative
The hearing in the Richmond Tele-
phone Company matter was set for
Thursday. September 18th. at 8 o'clock,
owing to the absence Of Mr.. Maupn.s
STREET-CAR SCHEDULE.
The subcommittee on the petition of
the street car companies then made its
| report, as stated, and the report was
ADOPTED. In this connection, Mr.. Guigon.
attorney for the company, stated that
the cars taken Off at the time OF con-
solidation of the two companies had been
restored and the old schedule resumed.
1t was not possible to maintain five
minute schedule on the Oahwood-HOlly-
wood line, he said, and the old Traction
Company had not done SO. Every car,
said MIR. Guigon, had been, or would to-
day be, put back just as before the con-
solidation.
Mr. Minor asked to have referred to
the same subcommittee the matter Of
! investigating the condition Of the rolling
stock Of the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company.
Mr.. Guigon vehemently denied the re-
port that the companys rolling stock
was not in the very best condition, and
courted the fullest inquiry and invest1-
cation. declaring that the company, had
the finest expert in the country on roll
ing stock and the best rolling stock of
any company he knew of.
The committee rose at o'clock.