The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-05
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eralsL Lighting Business. III
SAYS PRESEN I 4 SERVICE R (: ]:
is NOT SATISFACT ORYs
Proposes Only to Light the Stores ON
81 Broad Street With Electricity, ana t5
the Street ltself-l L lssa likely "
that Twill Be the Cause IN ;!8is;
Z f3S3 Of 4 Considerable M
Fight. IL ss5IS s5s

sI5s Dissatisfied with 3 the service and ldlsNE
pleased with what they gard as unfairS
rates, The merchants along Broad 4 Street
from ID hth to oushee, he ed gby the 4
Cohen Company last ii hit presentes IT, y
tho Council an ppllcation for q franchise
right to erect and operate a COO perat tive Il
electric Lighting plant hich Is to supply
their places wi til fpo wer and light, and h
which is es lighs Broad Street Enrom the 4
petition. 1t would seem that Il the CohellA
Company, n or NJ i. Samuel ~ ohen,S IS tllSs y
real applicanI s5
i8@}5S55 ID oCUNIENT%R REFERRED.5
; The petition was II In trod uced n ear MI
end of the session lase nj ight BY Go ll-$8s
man Lee Peters, OF Monroe "a ard. 81 t,SSe
his request the document t was #refe rred NJ
fto3t the Committee on Streets, and here tho NJ
question Will be- thorou hlyy consid ered .Sss3
BY those who should knoW wi, 1t is stated "
K that the application Ia Mr. & Sam CohenS
for a. RI g hit to erect and perate 10 com-
netting plan this cit NJ i bring ahollt II
Sanoth f1gh IL 81 3jss
Mr. &C HEN S sPETITIo N .}S
he ne ition ted read
no the Honorable Sso,:iioA H.
Richmond
Your petit Homer opresent IS to your: hon-s
Eorab Uodi ies that he, IS a arge userclfts
electricity for igh ting q nd poWe eiss pll r-l
$gether with numerous 3ot her N crcha MA; 4;
son Broad Street. n has been 81 b5ect tcd sS
gincompet en- service, and great tlyE Increased Il
charges for electricity r sj45
$ 1t is desired that sbme; and n eclsi I've "
steps be taken to gremoy We these 8burde denst%
from Richmond and her busine IS inters5S
Sests Your pc etltioncr has seen ~ mum ll bel
g OF merchants 81 long Broad Street sa IND
has s#their8inssur,nce;Sof nce; % e. hearty co-opera-5
tion IN his effo orts Ia nd has a ssurance 10 l4
&all money n ecessar pro VI ed the sneces..SS
$sary grants cam pc secured from syour5
a plant for furnishing light and power
TO such merchants las tWll te them-SSS
selves with me, The grant of this Sright NH
by the City Council, together tn tho 4 Il
cooperation Of the merchants interest.ss
ed will enable US to 4 secure lights and sSS
power at a reasonable pr Ice, & as well as 4;
Ito Illuminate our principal business tho,-
roughfare ut night MS It should be. & B9
So Permission theref ore, * Is Ss5 respect fully
asked that 4 be granted the ri Eht to lay q
and alleys Of the city Of Inn : 'sspre:i
gferably the latter, tlnd suc cf rensolia as5
bic restrictions and conditions as youS may
deem proper. $4 d Tla work i In al $partict
lars TO be done sunde or heS su perry on fsS
the City Engineer gSy$
IT is not contemplate 4} TINT a 81 neral M
lelectrlc5and power business will he done vi
under this grant, bu RI & hts n lyst ara
asked to enable AZ distribution & sufIic icient4 ~
current to suchsmerchants5a as become in. III
Sterested in$the plant installer J S5$
Very respec lively NJ
III 3sSs}} a 3fj 81 s{S SAM COHEN. s5&
We, the Undersigned merchants aid Bs
users 4 Of electricity along ii Broad Street, sSS
respectfully endorse the H pet itiont hereto 81
appended and urge upon he Council to- 4
grant to Mr.. Cohen the lights 3herelr, ,.aps
piled for: (: The Cohen Compan Y. a urphy'sis sis
Hotel Julian ". yler. p ettets ~ ConlSs8S4s
.pany.5J. Fl, Busby, y, r lclmond Art G'onl-.sS
pany H. T. Faulkner g Company Dss
Buchanan & Son.. M. 3, ,,s ramos t& Cons,
pany, Julius sycle & Sons, ], u. Qua less VI
Craig Art Company. John J. . Kohler, Cas-
BILE Piano Company, Stokes 81 Dunn, n y,
& H. Mddledorfer, II sper l.. Rowe. .5 ssSs
Hartung. kaufman L s. Y Company. Cllff 5S$&
We'll, II. NJ, NWoolworth s. Company NJ
Ter & Rhodes, Hermann shen.lS Thal .sgs
5himer. Rros.s Fol,rqueran Temple 81 Com, w
pany, Jacobs 4 Levy. w. P.s Rose. Hofss
.heimer Bros. Atlantic s; Pacific Tea Com,
'pany, j, sAis Norris Meyer Green tree Com Ss
pany, Moses May. Ryan. Smith md Tall
man, Joseph Wilson w, Dough ~ 3 Shoa E5 E5ss
Company, The n Tuxedo. as ydnor a " f|s
Hundley, Tho Globe The Hub clothina "a
Company, Sparks q Black ] ohm q. DoSle,$ 85s
aJ. C,lyVeinbrunn, Herman Schmidt :, Albert ~
stein, Isaac straus & Company q, q lur-S
gans'5 Son. r. d. Briggs, HI Cir rlmmell - Sl
Sons, Dabney & Johnson, 8SS II ~ gs