Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-03
Council Committee Recommends
Thai Lines be Permitted
10 Consolidate.
FINAL CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT
Companies Agree to Pay $4,000
When City Wants to Replace Bridge
and viii Permit Suburban Road to
Use Tracks to Dcpot-various
Other Provisions.

Satisfactory agreements having been
made with the street railway officials
W on all of the many points which
have been under discussion, the high
ways and sewer committee last night
completed its work on the street rail-
way situation. or the various meas
ures recommended for adoption the
most important was the ordinance
granting all of the street railway
companies now operating in the city
the right to merge and consolidate
Four members Of the committee
were present and the vote upon every
motion during the meeting was unani-
nous. Chairman T.. w. Robinson.
Councilman Via, West and Washburn
aud President d. S. Jones. cx.oiIicio
member Of all committees were the
committeeman present
Representing the railways in the
conference were President w. j.
Payne. of the Newport News and Old
Point Railway Company; President
w. a. Post, of the Citizens Railway
Light and Power Company: General
Manager II. II. Carr and Mr.. T.
NJ. BraXton. counsel for the compa-
MES.
There were also present half a
dozen members of both branches of
the council and number of cit
liens.
All of the ordinances providing for
the consolidation of the reads we're
thoroughly discussed for the third
time and City Attorney Massic was
Instructed to have those recommends
ell for adoption ready 10 be sent to
the common council In proper form
at the meeting next Tuesday night.
An ordinance authorizing the sale
Of franchise to construct and oper-
ate a street railway line on Chestnut
avenue between Twenty-third street
and Hampton avenue, was. at the
suggestion OF the city attorney.
amended so as to require the com
pany securing the franchise TO pave
between its tracks and two feet on
either side thereof everywhere on its
line now within the city and brought
into the city hereafter by an extern.
son of the limits. at any time the
city may see fit to pave the streets
upon which the tracks are situated.
The officials of the companies agreed
TO this amendment and the ordinance
was recommended.
The franchise provided for in this
ordinance has to be advertised and
sold at public auction in order to
comply with the Law, bu. the end in
view is to connect the Hampton
Roads Traction line tracks on Hamp.
TON avenue with those of the Citizens
company on Twenty-third street.
In the ordinance giving the Hamp.
Ton Roads Company permission to
abandon the use of West avenue,
Twenty-slxth street and Warwick
avenue. was inserted clause reuuir.
ing that company to give any road
entering the city from the north ane
west of Jefferson avenue the right
10 use its tracks from Twentysevcnth
street and West avenue to the Chesa-
reake Ohio DEPOT. for reasonable
compensation. After some discus
son this was agreed to by the rail-
way officials and the ordinance was
recommended.
one Of the clauses inserted in the
ordinance granting the railway com.
p'hies the right to consolidate and
10 make the necessary connections.
and turn-outs, provides that whenever
the city shall deem it necessary to
replace The Twenty-ffth street bridge.
the consolidated company Shall nav
ohe'half of the cost of building the
new structure, the half not To exceed
'io'ooo' Another clause provides that
one 1arc of five cents shall carry a
passenger over the consolidated lines
To any point on the lines within the
Guy limits. These clauses were
agreed upon and the ordinance unaui.
niously recommended for adoption.
CITY Attorney Masslc suggested that
the consolidated company be re,uired
to have its principal offices in This
city Mr.. Payne objected to this
on the ground that A. would cau,,