Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04

| tcrsectton Rather Than Points of
DivcrRence-CIrcula To Be Issued
Proposed Arrangement Will Not
Interfere With Council Plan.
/ General Manager Huff, of the Passenger
and Power Company. returned from New
York yesterday. where he has been in
| conference with the controlling interests
Of the street railway In this city, with a
! view to the arranging the most suita-
bic transfer system possible for the Rich
nond public.
| Mr.. Huff did not feel at liberty TO dis
cuss the plans of the Passenger and
/ Power Company resulting from his con
ference with the owners Of the property
In New York, except to say eve are
| empowered to offer the most liberal
transfer system to the Richmond public
that is compatible with the interests Of
! the company. The chara cter of the lines
ID this city renders universal transfer
system very difficult thing TO properly
adjust, owing to the topograp ply OF the
city and the crossing and recrossine of
the various lines"
| Ihe Passenger and Power Company
has arranged system of transfers for
trial in the city. The plan is a tentative
one and the company, in inaugurating
it, realizes that it will at first work In
conven1ences upon the public until ii
Is thoroughly understood: and to make
II plain. dodgers explaining the system
| VIII be circulated In the cars of the va
| rious lines. showing the points Of trans
Ter and the directions in which the
transfers are good. For the convenience
Of the public, the transfers will be print
| ed IN colors Of the same combina ton as
the route lights on the cars. There will
be separate transfers for the cardinal
points of the compass to avoid confusion,
ana, in conjunction with the color sys-
tenn. and the printed directions circulated
| In the cars. the management of the COM
pany believes that the public will. quickly
adjust itself to the new order. Of arrange
ment
Tr"n.fcrs At Intersections.
The system presented to the sub-com-
mittee Of the Council by The company
to be put in operation as an experiment
is based primarily upon the plan Of
| transferring at points Of intersection
teANiSSA eAieiti cl pOllltS Vi OlNSISGnCe.- 10
illustrate briefly: Passengers taking
Main street cars at the close OF business
III the afternoon. with a view to trans
| ferf1ng to the Clay-street line will be
transferred at Twenty-first street, where
the two lines intersect. and not at Sew
enth street, where they diverge If
course this applies to passengers taking
Maln-street cars east of Twenty-first
streets. The same principle will apply to
other lines that intersect.
Passengers whose destinat tions are along
the Clay-street line west will have to
board the Claystreet cars between
TWenty-drst and Seventh streets. unless
they want to pay double fare, as no
transfers will be given at The point Of
divergence at Seventh street The man
asement Of the company believes that
such plan applied consistently on the
service will avoid the double handling
OF traffic Of . per cent Of those who
ride. The proposed system will mot in.
terfere with the present Arrangement
until 1t has been favorably passed upon
by the subcommittee of the Council Un-
DER the present system, passengers with
destinations along west Clay street can
board the Main-street line and transfer
at Seventh street This necessitates dou-
bic handling. and causes serious delays
to The through Main-street traffic with
out any gain to those destined TO west
Clay-street vicinity. TO better explain,
the following plan of transfers have been
prepared by the Passenger and Power
Company so far as the Main-street line
is concerned:
Points of transfer, Main-street line,
going west:
At Twenty-first street, to east and
west ClaS-street line.
At Eighteenth street to Broad-Main,
in both directions and Oakwood main
lines in both directions.
AT Eighteenth street, to Seventeenth
street line.
AT Fourteenth street to Fourteenth
street line.
At Ninth street. to Laurel-street line
going north on Ninth street.
AT Seventh street, to Manchester line
in both directions
at Laurel street, to Laurel-street line
going south.
At Beech street. to Riverview line.
At Robinson street, to Westhampton
line.
Transfers viii not be given at the fol-
lowing points for the reasons stated here
with:
At Eighth street. to Broad-Main line
Since transfers to this line We're issued
at Eighteenth and Main streets, and
from that point, cars have been passing
over the same trackage.
At Seventh street, 20 west Clay-street |
line Since transfers to this line were
Issued at Twenty-flrst and Main streets.
and from that point, cars have been pass
ing over the same trackage.
AT First street. TO Oahwood main line.
Since transfers to this line were issued |
at Eighteenth and Main streets, and from
that point, cars have been passing over
the same trackage.
At FIRST street, to north CakWood-Droad |
line. Since this transfer would permit |
a loop and passengers could come back |
to their starting point at one fare.
At Laurel street, to north Laurel street.
Since this would also permit loop to
be made.
at Beech street, to east Clay street.
Since this would also permit loop to |
be made.
It Will be seen from the above schedule