The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-28
CLEAN VICTORY
FOR new ROAD. D
Gets Henrico Right Of Way for
s5,7oo-Over $4,000 Was
Demanded.
WORK WILL BEGIN Be: N AT ONCE ,l:
Materials Now On Way to Rich
mondR esult Of Fight Over
Westbrook.
WORK WILL BEGIN AT ONCE
Materials Now On Way to Rich

L st{ X /.
With clear right of way in Henrico
county and the prospect of an early and
favorable settlement of the cases along
Sthe property route in the outlying terri
! tory, TO be covered, the Richmond and
Chesapeake Bay Electric Railway will
L at once begin the construction of the
7 first section of ta line, reachinG sixteen
miles to Ashland, and will push the
work to completion by spring of the next
year.
I a series of decisions just rendered by
commissioners, acting under instructions
of the Circuit Court of Henrico, give a
clean victory3to the railway company and
make possible the beginning of work de-
7 layed by a long and bitter fight. Three
or four property holders situated on the
Henrico route held out for large sums,
the Ginter estate, including West brook
owned by Mrs. Young, demanding $50. coo.
The commissioners award to Mrs. Young
only the sum OF s4,7o4, and to the re-
mainder of the Ginter property affected
by the road $175. The entire cost to he
company, cited in the condemnation pro-
ceedings, ana including all the cases, is
$5,704. Upon the payment of this amount
to the court the building of the road will
be allowed to proceed. When seen yes
terday President Sitterdng indicated that
this would be done Immediately, or, at
all events, very shortly.
- lave *. t.-5~ussed the matter
with Mr.. II. d. Anderson, who personally
represents Mr.. Could" said MIR. Sitter
ding, "but the decisions, think, viii
be satisfactory to us. We had figured on
a cost Of from four to five thousand dol
lars in getting through this property and
the amount fixed by the commissioners is
not much lars u than this. We shall be.
| gin worisI, right away The material for
the road has been ordered and is now on
it's way to Richmond. have just gotten
the bill Of ladlng.
Reports Of Commissioners.
Six reports have been filed in the Hen
rico court by the commissioners ann
these constitute al the cases In this coun-
ty There are several smaller cases in
! Hanover still pending, and there is rea-
son to believe these will be settled very
shortly. When this is done the road will
have a clear right Of way to Ashland.
The Henrico decisions made 1t possible
for the company to break ground and set
to work as soon as it sees fit to pay the
amounts assessed. The property-holders
may still appeal, but this will not in
terfere with the beginning Of the con-
slruction OF the line.
The commissioners were appointed to
fix Just compensation for fec simple
interest in such parts of lands as are to
be taken by the railway and to assess
tho damages If any, resulting to lne
adjacent property of the owner "beyond
the peculiar benefits that will accrue to
such properties from the construction and
operation of the road. In the GinteT
cases the board consisted of Messrs. Il.
j. Willis, II. A. Cary, George Watts and
j. X Jones. In the other three cases the
awards were made by these gentlemen
with the exception of Mr., Willis.
Particular interest attaches to the fight