The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
GETS PERMISSION
TO LAY ITS TRACK
Richmond & IIenrico Railway to
Begin Work in Marshall
Street Tuesday.
c I'M MITTEE is SATISFIED
Officers Of Company Give Evi-
dencc OF Good Faith and
Intentions.

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Representatives of the Richmond and
Henrico Railway Company appeared
before the Council Committee on
Streets last night asking permission
to begin actual track construction on
East Marshall street, and on North
Fifth street on tuesday morning. They
had present representatives ofNseveral
mills. who informed the committee
that rails had been shipped; that part
OF the structural steel for the Mar
shall Street yiaduct was ALREADY III
tbo CITY. and that the contractor for
fahricatinp the bridge had filed
hond for completion before June l in
the sum of $4,000.
Attornev samuel j.. Kelley, for the
company, asked moditlcatlo1l OF the
franchise cutting out the double over
head trolley requirement ana chanslhs
the route around Chimborazo PARK 10
Fulton Councilmen Lsncn anu roi
Gusson brought out thal .ne eu,iip .',,;,
has as vet made no aSrSetheht WIN
,I,a virginia Railway and Power Com
,,a,, for the Joint use of tracks on
| 1,, street. and in Fulton, nor has
80 bereavement been perfected as yet
| to,. suppIying power wlth men "
nnerate the proposed line. MI helics
! nrcsented Mr.. Harper. secretary a.,'
| treasl1rer of the Lauer-iiarpsl IN.
/, many. of Baltimore, VINO saiu mo .n,a.
| had the contract to iul.'9. .,, ,,,aaurt
tm,,,, steel and fabricate ,he Niauue.
.nv. .re now making up the steer
,id delivery" said MT. Harper.
..o,a arIoad is 10 be delivered IN hlsn.
nsnnd to-day Our COMPANY - " nv,
contract to deliver me s,S Nt 600 with the
~, , uituy and Casualty Company as
Rails on The Way.
/ Ar Joayis who represented tne fenIl
ey Nv. Ma Steel Company, said his COM
! nanv had the contract for steer rails:
p1 oo66 tons of girder rail, l20 tons OF
":r,' rail- and about twenty TONS l. y.
crossties. curves and sp ee,a,, he said.
".nd The balance is TO be here TINS
week. Eight cars containing 10 tons
of girder rails should be mere .o-nio. VI,
row morning. They We're reportso az
heinr in Washington to-day. and we
| have a special man with the shlpment
to see that there is no delay IN transit ST.
/ The special castings should all be here
by March 10. We have a subcontrate.
viaduct and hope TO get them OUT at
once"
Councilman Richards said he was
greatly in favor of the building of the
viaduct, but that the long delay of
eight years had led him TO doubt the
good faith of the Richmond and Hen
rico Company. - ~
1 steel and this bond of $4,000, he
said, land I honestly believe they are
now acting in good faith, and intend
to build the road. we need the wa,
duct, and should aid them all we can"
would Change Route.
Mr.. Kelley said his company was
now in a position to satisfy me p rSa
amendments to the ordinance chang,
, ing from double to a single overhead
trolley system to conform TO the style
in use by the old company. ana chans-
ing the route from Thirty-nrSt ano
Grace Streets so as to run down the
slope of Chimborazo Park into Fulton
EStreet. Instead of by a S0o-foot Viaduc,
! to Williamsburg Avenue, We're reterree
4 Powers, Lynch and Richards. with tn the
, CITY Attorney and City Engineer. Ihf
, company was given permission 70 DC.
, gin laying track TUESDAY morning ol
i Marshall Street from Eleventh to -Four
teenth, and on Fifth from Broad L
Baker. Nh. Lynch protested agains
their being allowed to go ahead ane
tear up streets before they lao. nae d. -,
rangements as to power and tracRas'
r agreements with the existing company
Mr.. Boiling reported on his examine ma
q ton OF the stress sheets for the pro
posed viaduct. showing the strains 10
: c,ecsed them up and found them to b
correct. The bills and pay rolls OF IN
Y engineering and contracting ,compan ne
g were approved and ordered paid on
of the fund on deposit with the city.
: Fairmount Protesting.
IS A large delegation came before N
Street Committee last night TO . pIo
a test against the impossible condlIo
n Jones was the spokesman Wli liam ~ y
o were graded last fall, he said, from l. 81 J.
inches 10 seven feet. leaving surlaS
Of red clay not G vet g 1irse and whc
" rendered living conditions intolerap =,
i Mr.. Lynch. who represents that war; war,
told the delegation that all that coul
k he done with the funds in hand ma
t, been done; that the streets had bee
: graded, and the city was now paL.ln :
in the sewers and water mains. Cna..
man Pollock explained that the anhu'
budget was in preparation. IN Whle
there would no doubt be a large a!
preparation for the grading and grave
ID ing OF streets, from which the wor
already begun might be finished.
ID 7 Rcsurrcctcd Old Lazy.
III Councilman Batkins said the Poll
to Justice resurrected an old statute ye
s. terday not enforced for forty year
recurring contractors to secure PERM
l. sion Of the Street Committee befo
h. placing any building material in al
street. He said it would hopeless
tn block all improvements to walt wee
s. for a committee meeting, and u
US City Engineer and City Attorney we
instructed to report changes IN u
in, Code which viii place such permits
tn the hands of the Building inspect
ed instead of the committee.
u OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ed Suit Is Compromised.
ed The case Of John r. Riddle against 10
ne II. ZONES, called ia trial in the Lew a
Equity Court yesterday. was comproms
- out OF court and dismissed from tho dock
The action was for damages IN the sum
IN Soooo Riddle alleged that Jones caused