The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-21
.D|SGUSTED with
TRANSFER SYSTEM
Describe 1t as Ancient and I'm
satisfactory and Demand
Better Service.
OFFICIALS WE'RE HELD UP
One Had to Get Off Car, and
Other Was Placed Under
Arrest.

Universal transfers on street railway
lines We're discussed at length by the
Council Committee OH Ordinances,
Charter and Reform last night. the
Virginia Passenger and Power Coz.
rany being sharply criticized for main
tanning a transfer system which was
characterized as cumbrous, unwieldy
and altogether unsatisfactory. An
elaborate opinion from the City At
torney was read IT quoted Mt length
from the charters of the two car sys-
tens. and from various ordinances
regulating the transfer rights, and held
in general that under their charters
the companies could be required to
give transfers TO any line going in the
same general direction as the line on
which the passenger pays his fare.
Incased in mass of legal phrase
ology. the motion appeared to be un-
satisfactory to members OF the COM
mittee, and on motion Of Mr..
ferguson, Mr.. Pollard was requested
to answer. point blank, without sum
mary of technicalities. the question of
whether or not the city could compel
the street car companies to give uni
Nersal transfers.
Instances Cited.
Much dissatisfaction with the present
transfer system developed in tho dis
cussion, nearly every member of the
committee having something to say.
Messrs. Cary. Pollard, Ferguson and
Larus declared that a transfer should
be good on any car in the direction in
which the passenger is entitled to be
transferred. Mr. Ferguson told OF
coming north on Seventh street ami
securing a transfer to East Main street.
He took the first car going east on
Main. which happened to be on OAK
wood and Main" car. His transfer was
punched for Main Street car. He was
nut of after riding several blocks, and
had to walk back to the transfer point
and start over.
Another incident was related to the
committee. A former member of the
State Corporation Commission was
placed under arrest by car conductor
for having the wrong -colored transfer
slip, although his transfer entitled him
to a ride on car going In the same
direction. and on the same tracks as
the car he was on.
Other Matters.
A resolution. raising the salary of
the Chief of Police from $4,000 to $4,000,
was recommended. No action was talk
en- on the application for a raise for
the clerk of the Police Board. The
salary of the First Assistant Superin-
tondent of the City Home was fixed at
$1,000 per annunl.
The ordinance to require wood yards
to secure license from the Building
Inspector was rejected, on motion of
Mr.. Cary.
An ordinance in regard to the physi-
clans to the poor, raising the number
from four to six, providing for their
election by the Council. and calling for
the division of the city into six dis
tricts, was recommended to the Coun-
Gil.
Moore Elected.
Five candidates offered for the new
ly-created, position Of clerk to the City
Gas Inspector, position which pays
$50 a month. and to which Mr. James
S. Moore, Jr., was elected yesterday af-
ternoon by the Light Committee.
The unsuccessful candidates were
Messrs. ". z. Purcell. IT,, r. NJ. Deit.
rick. ". b. Perrin and Charles Lips
comb.
The Committee on Police. Elections
and Schools failed of a quorum last
might, though several members who had
waded in through the snowstorm wait
ed patiently for a half-hour or more.
No matter of urgent Importance was
pending.