The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-30
Officials Of Railway and Of Land
Company at Work OH Lake
side Park Matter.
MANY COMPLAINTS HEARD
No Indication as to What Basis
of Compromise Will Be--An-
other Point Involved.

nay be occupied at the cafe, and the
same mosquitoes bite the patrons OF
10Th lines without discrimination, but
It the main gate a printed notice stares
ne IN n. the face, stating In effect, that
agreed that ali having the andacIty to
,ome to the park by any other line
srty should pay double price for their
and Of the railroads state that they
VIII make an effort to straiBhten out
ne atansle and give every one an equal
W " :, Their this y agresr,ent will BE on
seen the rule for the past ten years,
n whether ten will be charged, has
he patrons Of the new Chesapeake
Bay road--and they are many--are con-
tinuing to complain, expressing the.
belief with entire frankness that they
are being held up.
Clause In Contract.
Mr.. Thomas T. Jeffress, one Of. the
1lnter. and the president OF the Lewis
iinter Land and Improvement COM
pany, the present holding company OF
that estate. In talking Of the matter
made by Major Ginter. he did not see
how the company could do otherwise
than continue to charge the double
fare to patrons Of the new line. The,
the distinction to be made reads:
..And the said Lewis Ginter, for
himsclf, his heirs, executors and
+ nssiEns further covenants. and
sengers carried In snid Lakeside
Park by any other street railway
or steam rnilrOnd nm entrance fee
of mt least double the amount
nh - f1~ kY&n <1s>>n 1Sne - t1,o d
passengers of the said Richmond
Railway and Electric Company,
aG ench passenger 40 carried by snid
: other street railway or steam rail-
road shall be charged an entrance
fee of mt lcnst ten ccnts.v
Mr.. Jeffress said that In compliance
with this contract the Lewis GInter
fRd o ehssgs fss1
brought to Lakeside Park over the
Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Rail-
road and desiring to enter the park
an entrance fee Of ten cents, and that
handed Of such persons. Also, he : said
that in like compliance with the con-
tract. the, entrance fee demanded Of
BY the Richmond Railway and Electric
Company, and It's successors. tho Vir-
Einta Passenger and Power Company
Will continue to be five cents, as here
tofore. ,Fs
May Reach Agreement! "a 81
Since the contract was made the
RicEmond Electric Railway and Elec-
trio Company has become Il part of the
virginia Passenger and Power Com
p Par and II is generally understood
Chesapeake Bay Railway Company and
the controlling interest of the Virginia
Passenger and Power Company are
practically one and the same.
Why these interests should not reach
~ a . al to-, n {,,
Jeffress OF the necessity of enforcing the
contract made with the old company
mas not been made clear, but the posi-
u 10 OF NJ Je tfress, as he yesterday ex-
planned to Tlmes-Dispatch reporter.
is that as matters now standehis COM
pany,@a the SUCCESSORS to the Ginter
interest IN the Lakeside Park property,
mus must adhere to the contract made by
might be subject to suit.
Inc probability Is that the parties
Will get together in a. day or two and
reach an agreement that will relieve
certainty OF the trip, as at present
made.
Heads ofTthe Lewis Ginter Land AMI
Improvement Company state that thoy
are ready to straighten the matter out
reach an agreement, but Mr.. Jefress
did not say whether he would advocate
a Ave or a ten-cent charge as the
pdslS OIL a y compromise. ttJfs
Another Contention.
Contention has also arisen between
the Ginter people and the, street car
interests as to whether the park Is
being maintained in the manner con-
templated In the contract and In the
style In which It was at the time the
It's lines to Lakeside from The hepl OF
Cham berlayne Avenue. ?I.. JelSt,ss
admitted Yesterday that for several
years past this matter had been under
vded that tho old street car contrary
should pay to Mr.. .Ginter for the llGht
of way and. privileges at ile park
$4,000 annually o For or i've years str past
payment on this claim. on ths ground
tained as an attraction in The manner
specified, and that the ;2impary tne tH
States s9alteo District Court, in whose hands
tho affairs OF the PASSENGER ann I''Mer
COMPANY nov rest has Approves a7n rnna,y ynls
and declined to authorize the payHeh'
notwithstanding. the alleged neslec'
the P fSs e ts aye sed keel
up the attractions In the. park, tho at
tendance, has kept UP We'll, hun n q, 9
people taking the car ride on hot MEMS
and the park pclnS aWsit pa - o..t"'" m,
tensive Improvement are. being mad
IN the roadhed of the old line to Lake
side. including new crosstles ana w
ballasting of n considerable part 4 o
the track.
Doing Good BUSINESS.
Notwithstanding the handicap IN ad
mission fees at Lakeside. the Richmond
and Chesapeake Bay Railroad continue
people having taken the ride, as IA
as the line has been opened. Cars ar
operated every half-hour making "
j trip to Lakeside IN less than tWent,
Y minutes from Broad Street
| The road Will be extended to Ash
land as rapidly as the overhead wlrlnl
/ can be completed The roadbed at "
be in better condition than that at tn
| Richmond end,
FOUGHT WITH l<NUCIkS.