The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-17
s. A. |. To BUILD
DEPOT, IS REPORT
Company May Erect Suburban
Station Where Tracks Cross
Brook Avenue.
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INTENDS GOING AFTER
WEST END PATRONAGE
Laying of Street Railway Tracks
Gives Impetus 10 Plans
With That End
In View.

~tN~ ~'AS 81 ~~N''~ ~ SN@'
templating the erection of a passen-
ger depot at a po,nt IN CLOSE proxi-
90. ,s.
~ Nsie "a 'eS
with Brook avenue IN the northwest
section OF the cit, is the report going
the rounds In .-,e,ty circ,es AMI es-
pecially among those agents interest
"a In nropertv I'm that par,ic,,iar seq
ZION Tha ra,,,vav au,nor,tiss tl,.,o-
selves arr NOT Discussing the propnsi-
tion for nnhl,ea,ton h1it II has neen
ascartainad from rcitahie source
so,rca The, such ia The ,nten,,on nf
shs cnmnanv ana thai ,ha work of
cor.tr,,cfton viii NOT nc DELAYED
ynanr rnorthu
The ronnsrx oxrs nearly an acre
~ grn,,na cioss ,o tna nrosstpz and
A. ,s this site thar the denos viii
oceunv when n Ia b,,,It I, Is an un-
disyn,.ed fsc, ,hat tha connanv h..s
FOR scr,~ tirs hnen th,nEtng az nut-
,irv IN stat,or In ,hat ava ~ ,h,.
s.ifv IN order 70 compate Win nm.
Rich mend EredericL-hury ana pete
mac Witch rets mnch ,rava,ing n..
orare from i,s r,ths staten an west
Rroad .,raa, uer.tosora - L. sa.s
tha, ths ,ack ~ s,raa, ra,iuay ,,cim~
Ties has caused the comnany 10 held
aioor from butisinr a sta,,on tn tba,
.act,on yoar ,hat m. tracks of ths
Rirnwona ana Haprica traction In.
naye haan laid ana Rrook ayanu..
thn. a.a,,rsr~ aar sar,-,cs ~ an nar,y
date n Is aeris red that thu rai,way
comnsnv beIieyAs the time nron,t,o,,s
for niac,rp i,seif In nos,,,nn 70 lila
for soma az the travelling na,ronage
that GOES axc,nssvelv 10 DC riy.Y
road Ada,tinnaI Inn ,,e,ns "a ito rlans
ha. haen given nv tha yanarany az
ceuted beiief that the lines of the new
traction comDanv Will he extended
farther ont Rronr avenue a., ~ aIs-
tant date
Nfav Erect Freight peuos
A small frr,rh, depot nigh, he
construeted in connection win the
passenger station ~ r. said Rusiness
both passenger and freight accrutnr
from the carrying out of such pIans
would not In any wise detract from
the business that comes to the CEN
traIly located stations Of the comoanv
downtown. the railway officials say.
The northwest sracttou of the city
traversed by the SeAhoard Air Line
10 slowly but surely developing into a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS community. In
the vicinity of the Brook avenue
crossing a site was recently purchased
by a Richmond furniture man who
proposes putting up a factory on it,
Another site nearby was sold during
the past week to a Richmond party
who bought II as an investment, with
the idea that he can realize nicely
on the purchase by selling tire prop
erty for factory purposes The price
paid for the property was $4,000. the
deal having been put through by the
realty Arm of Ruehrmund and Bowies.
Agents Favor Project.
Real estate operators are awaiting
with much interest the result of the
Tight being made by numerous resi-
dents OF the West End against the
proposition to permit the Virginia
Railway and Power Company to ex-
tend Its tracks from Harrison street
through the fan-shaped territory be-
tween Broad and Main out TO Rose
meath road Most of the agents ap-
pear to be In favor of the project. At
the same time, they realize that thor
oughfares closely paralleling the line
OF route selected for the new tracks
VIII be far more attractive to the ave-
rage resident and householder than
the line OF route itself. They also
realize that another car line VIII do
probably more than any other thing
to aid In building UP that territory,
and more than one Of them do not
hesitate to say that they favor the
granting OF additional privileges to the
Richmond and Henrico. which has
recently indicated desire to extend
its line over from the north To the
south side of Broad street In the West
End section.
Nothing SO develops suburban pro-
perty more than first class street car
facilities.'' said one agent Saturday,
''and / believe that the Council should
prohibit one company from using the
tracks OF the other for any distance
in such sections. Ii some other suita BILE