The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-24
POSTAL COMPANY
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Makes Exceedingly Fairs fferSttoe
the City,avNhich Is s36si
Accepted, s y N ,5t. :asi ''..ss5..
CONCRETE 20 10 9 BE TORN 70 IN. Y UP
Council May Require Street Cal, Car
Company (, Run Run -Four l3 Over 9, yer:
head Wiress
CO CONCRETE 10 BE TORN K, RI, 7 ?

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If the city Council aets upon the
Recommendation OF tho Street COMMITTEES
the Postal !. Telegraph Company, which
has agreed to comply with 8nn ordinance
to place Its wires underground, WILL bui!d
a conduit up Governor Street from Main
street, across Capitol Street, through
Governor to Broad, and thence on "a out
into tho northern section OF tho city 70
carry its wires. ~ Tho nsphal t pavement
recently put down on Capitol Street anu
on Governor y Street, north \. ofFiS Capitol
street to Broad N will " be- torn Sup while
the company Is putting In tire conduit IN
compliance with the ordinance:
Tho committee made this Recommended
ton Mt a meeting held yesterday after
noon, and did It, too, against he advice
Of the City Engineer who was 4 IN faVor
OF the Postal Company changing Its Inc
at an alley l,etween Capitol and & Ross
Streets and going east to BelYin .Allley'Sanpu
thence out and across Broad Street a'> l35$
Postal's Offer
The Postal Company through its at t.
torney, Mr.. Charles ". Meredith. sub
United a proposition i5to the committee
that the body could not well turn sdo Wn.
Mr.. MEREDITH snid his cornpnn had been
tho first ana the only company to comply
with the ordinance of the city to place
its wires underground. Through q mis-
understanding with tho officials OF the
company tho matter of running this con-
duit across Broad Street had not been
brought up until after the asphalt pave.
ment had been put down. Ie recognized
the fact that the city would be at an ex'
pense to tear up the pavement. and ne
therefore offered on behalf OF the Postal
Company to pay all OF the expenses. ~. t5
Tho work, he said, would be done under
the supervision OF the city Engineer, the
pavement torn up and pht5SdoWn 8 AFTER
the conduit had bean built. II It was not
then satisfactory to the city. 1t would be
made so. n This proposition his company
would put In writing. 5e #
a Councilman Mills, after City Engineer
Cutshaw had made q statement, moved
that the request Of tho company q DO
granted. and that the Street Committee
make a recommendation to the effect that
tho asphalt pavement on this one block
be torn up for, the conduit, "
Tho motion of Mr,sMill 81 was ca FRIED.
and there was only routine bu siness
transacted afterwards. al.Fe .Ntssssaiail Gt
Had. No Quorum. Il d
The Street Committee did not adjourn,
however, until after47 o'clock, and 1t was
| scheduled to meet with the Committee
| on Electricity at s o'clock. The result
was that quorum was not present at
the Joint session when It was called to
order at S:l6. Fifteen minutes later there
was no quorum, and at o o'clock the
members left postponng the meeting
until one week from tonight. 4 The, ques-
ton before tic Joint committee lis TINT
OF a remedy for5the damageytoathe water
and gas mains by (elcctrolysis.. An ordi-
nance looking to the prevention OF cleo
trolysls has already boon considered by
| the Council. G @
Had tho committee gone Into the intri-
cate question. 1t 10 said that PROPOSE
ton to double the overhead wires would
have been advanced. This is the lden
OF many. ljSsf