The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-08
Transfers SO Issued on on the
Old r.. 6 r. Lines.

After all of the debate in tho Common
Council Monday night and the adoption
of the motion Of Mr.. Bloomberg that the
car company be required to live up to
existing ordinances and franchises, the
mooted transfer problem seems quite as
far from solution as 1t was eight
months ago, when the first effort was In
stituted to accomplish reform. ~
Councilmen say that the question has
been solved and that universal trans
Ter system will result, and the car COM
many says 1t will quite live up to thu
letter OF the ordinances and existing fran
'chises, but the management claims they
have been doing this during ali Of these
months and that a continuance on their
part will afford the public no relief
whatever from asystem which has proven
inadequate and equally unsatisfactory
PUBLIC CCONFUSED.
b And between the two, to use tho YER
$nacnlar OF the day, the public IS "all up
In the air. That this statement Is quite
true Is not to be doubted when It is
Understood that not one olt Il OF 5fiye people
are acquainted with either the existing
ordinances or the ancient franchise
know when they get a transfer whether
they are to board attraction ora Pas
5sel,gcr and Power Company car, the
majority thinking thai the slip Is good
on either-the first car to pass given
transfer point.
There lis in existence an ordinance
which fixes certain points OF transfer Of
passengers between the Richmond Trac-5
ton Company ard the Passenger ~ and
Power Company, and which describes the
directions In which passengers are to.
be transported. The law IS quite ,lengthy.s len
and. after a careful examination. one is
quite as much in doubt as to the sys-
tenn now In vogue as he was before he
attempted the solution.
aaa5s SHOULD STUDY 1T. 4 @.5{ h, IL
Probablysif every suburbante and every
patrons Of the car company who uses
given line to and from his home and has
to resort to the willy transfer system
to reach his destination from a certain
place will supply himself with the proper
ordinance and study It carefully Tor an
indefinite length OF time the general pun-< 70
lie Will have a fairly good Idea as indi-
5vfduals into the transfer system. SO far
as It affects the line which nvades his
Immediate netghborhood. In this way
much trouble may be avoided. and many
emba RAISING experiences done away
with. s I'D ssi.5$ 55i, sY lt, 55
I But despite this ordinance, which real
does exist and which has been printed
In due form, there Is still VIDE dl4ttttl dlt1ter-t
ence between the Council and the car
company, the former contendlng tnat tlle
i q tar must give transfers at points Of
in Intersection and divergence. while the
latter holds that the former cannot, un-s
der the original franchise, compel the
passenger and Power Company to grant
transfers at points other than where It's
lines lntersect, The franchise OF the
Traction Company does not specify either
divergence or intersection 3.
IN other words, the car officials claim
mat there is no law that can compel them
~ transfer n passenger at Seventh Street
from the Main Street line to that OF the
CLAY Street2line.' both being the property
az the Passenger and Power Com pany,
whose franchise specifies intersections
as the place OF transfer,
AN ILLUSTRATIONS
l8'ThIs being the case. the company will
rcn,,iref ali persons who desire to trans
Far to the Clay Street lne from the
Main street limo to leave tho car at II ven
.tv-first Street. if they are going vest
and vice versa, II going In the opposite
direction, .
Passenger and Power Company cars ana
sa "a me company will be made to leave the
cars cars al points Of intersection,8it matters
not where these may be. In many In
stances 1t will depend upon the direction
a person is travelling,
Then again, II q person comes N on ,I
"a First Street car from Barton Heights
and wishes to transfer eithe1 one way
~ the other on Broad Street he must
specify to the conductor, at the time
Of paying his fare whether he wishes to
ride on a Traction or 9 Passenger and
Power car, and frequently passenger
doesn't know which car touches the place
he wishes to go. A
HAltogeth her it seems to the public that
something should be done to remedy ex-
listing conditions The Councils action
does not seem to be q popular one by
any means
iCOIlTHERN PORTSaWILL