The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
Ashland Line Will { "a g.
Model for Fine Zine Con Con-
StruCtion.
LOW GRADES:
AND EASY CURVES
Concrete and Steel Used Every
where nBPlace 81 Woooodl---.Els'x,s--
press Train Will Run Run
~ Mile = Minute--Road
il Operation II
October. III

ssIS SBs AZ AaNAOA ~ M ~
October.
That Richmond should be 4thesscity
from which the first electric road run on
the single phase alternating current sys-
Is operated appears OF more than
82ordinary interest when it8is recalled mat
# nearly8twcntysy years ago tnS1SSS the iirrst
electric street railway IN the, county was
successfully inaugurated here. & 2S
ssss The new system Will be used by the
ia Richmond and C~hesapcakc Bay Railway
s Comp pa nye which purposes running KS
line from Richmond TO some point on
III Chesapeake Bay.%Sthe exact point
yet having been determined
The Ashland division of the road. now
ever, IS Il rapidly nearing completion,
for the fourteen md fnine-tenths miles
Of stroadbed has been prnctically2Scom
plated. and the work OF putting down
rails will be begun within the next ten
&E days. #$Ss 9a &sS$@ 8f:4a$
Tho now line from Richmond TO Ash
land IS aaarcmarkable piece Of work. for
not only Is the road located with excel
lent Judgment but the construction$is&of o.
n tho highest and most modern order Mt
William Northrup. general manager 5of
the new road. iBgauthority for the state
HI ment3that neither money time Sror labor
was spared In making the construction
the very best that could be secured.
Z There may BIO routes between
Richmond and Ashland which would #
have been cheaper, but we worc8not
looking for cheap locations. W 5
E wanted the best that could be. secured.
and we think we have gotten IL al $2
t~thoughswe have been obliged to tear
away great hills and fill several val
legs. Al said Mr.. Northrup.
The Richmond and Chesapeake @Bay
Id Railway9Cor Company is8practicallys the PROP
aenrtyaS OF its president, Mr.. Frank Jay
Al Gould. IA Of New York.8The Eo~ther%oflcers
II are MI. Henry W. Anderson, 8vice--presi
lIGddeennt:: ar. Guy Phillips. secretary md
secretary and treasurer, and Mr. WIZ
N Ham Eorthrop. general manager; ara
&t these, with the exception OF Mr.S$Wll-
sS III ms are directors with Messrs. Bedel!
S Harmed. Fritz sitterdingEand Thomas S
wheelwright.# H
S&C Colonel Bnrgwyn was the first chief en-
ii gineer, but on April LIST OF this year.ha
resigned and the assistan & engineer. a AT
McLure,swas made chief. Under
energetic and skillful direction the work.
IS mnkqing tnrnanse strides. and AL al
mannersof difficulties have vanished #h
Working Six Months.
Actual work vas begunEon the Ashland
# division on December 18th OF last year,
there shaving been a wearying delay on
account OF objections made By land
owners to granting or selling the right
III ofaway. &ss}
@R Contractor VII. George, Jr,,,Bot Rich
mpond, secured the contract forBthe road,
bed from Ashland TO solon1on's Rond,
were the successful bidders for the work
from ii at point 8to4&the &compnnyss yards
Avenue and sledd Streets Here
the 5yiadiuct begins, which runs to%the
terminal at Broad and Laurel streets ~.
Richmond. r r. Wilson !a the gcontr a
tor for the yiaduct S$s
remarkable fact regarding the new
road is that not a single bit5of q mas
Il! been used demonstration. at;..S
fs The entire work has been done WIZ "
steel, concrete and earth 59% aaS
The drains are made OF pipes laid III
The bridges are all steel, the arches
II over the streets and roads are all cement
and finally the yiaduct, 2,s45 teet LII
length Is composed Of shetland cement
sE7 When. within aSfewa months. ne sroaa
as though It had been built q hundred
years and had had all Its earnings spent
IN betterment rather than do!ed oluti
TO StheS stockholders In &dlvidends, VI.
The Ashland branch, completed NIL
cost something more than hall 2 m,lilons
$fof dollars, With equipmentN inclrced O.
about sl7,0 900 a rnile.s Whenfit Is remem-
bered that the Richmond and C%hesapeake
Bay Railway Company owns the crook
turnpike, and so, a three miles OF ROAD
bed that requires no preparation, me
cost per mile would seem 70 exceed
High Rate 81 Speed,
The expensive roadbed, with !ts low
grades and easy curves, has been built
~ ~ order that the highest rate OF speed
may be- maintained with absolute safety.
from Richmond to Ashland, making rive
stops. in twenty-five m!nutes, and the
local trains, making from Twenty-Five To-
81 nLtrty stops, n5sthirty-!lye minutes.
s.5The Ashland terminal Is att inter.
stctionS Of England and Maple Streets. Just
one block from the sta t|on % the 5Elcnr
mopd. Fredericksburg and Foton1ac Ra!'-
n e~rectt eIa jass Chief EnglAeer Mcl1uIrees
Gays; ',.'The stations can wait but the
"a road must be- rushed to- completion.'
Leaving Ashland; the road runs on
The company's 5right of way, parallel Win
The swest side OF Maple Street, = tne
yutskirts Of the town Is the company,,s
lard OF ~ninety-seYen acres and at tn1s
loint q spur track connects the Richmond,
And Chesapeake Bay with the kRlahmon.d,
II Fredericksburg and Potomac at Gwath-
Gey,s Siding. Traffic arrangements have.
Ieen made, 80. that freight will be
)hanged at this point, either In carloadsl
SrE1n broken lots Sss8sS ,
THE line runs through q we'll wooded
country, although the trees have been
sui away fp2m either side of tho track
nifty feat IN order that there may be no
Shance OF an accident from falling trees,
md SO that the roadbed may be kept
3ry by the sun.aEA mile from Ashland,
Seglns the longest I'LL q q the liae'-slx