The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-07
PLAN TO EXTEND
STREET GAR LINES
Extreme West End May Be Cow
cred With Network of
Tracks.
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Up 10 THE COUNCIL
Tentative Extensions VIII Afford
Better Service to Thousands
of Residents.

I The extreme west end OF the city
in which residences have sprung up
with almost mushroom growth with
| in the past lew years may soon be
gwen a street car service not excelled
/ NY any otner section WITHIN the NUM-
cipal limits II the extension plans OF
the Virginia Railway and Power Com
pany Company ana OF the Richmond
ana fienrlco railway are approved by
council.
'fne tentative operations of the Viz
ginia Railway and Power Company
were presented to council at the ses-
sion Tuesday night Those of the
. RicnmuIIu a.d t3,ttfico company VIII
probably he presented within the near
future. II both meet with approval
the west end section in which the
street car system Is most inadequate at
present, Will be covered with tracks
forming a spider web effect, leaving
1 but few homes more than two or three
blocks distant from some line that
VIII carry the residents to the busi-
ness marts.
Briefiy. the plans of the two com
panies, II carried out, will divide the
west end into four parts. The tracks
Of the Virginia Passenger and Pow Ell
( COMPANY VIII loEtH ioHklt0uilidt NV
sion, and will cross at right angles
with those of the Richmond and
Henrico Company.
II Is generally expected that there
may be some opposition to the prop
z osition Of both companies. such l.
always the case. In this instance
however, the need of extension Is evi
dent and ii is predicted that the ex
tension plans Will eventually b,
given approval.
The plans presented to council
! Wednesday night are virtually tn,
, same as those presented before tn,
, old council, but allowed TO die on tn
table. The company wishes to extent
its lines up Hanover or Stuart ave
4, nue-either will be acceptable to tn
, officials--from Harrison street t
q Kensington avenue. Out this avenu
the tracks will run to the Boulevard
and beyond to the Roseneath road.
a This proposition. in the form of
: resolution TO extend trackage right:
was presented by Councilman Edga
Ferguson. OF Lee ward. which las
named viii be chiefly benefited b
the extension. The matter was re
ferred to the committee on streets.
} Two Sets of Plans.
The plans above referred to ar
entirely Independent OF contem
plated rearrangement OF trackag
~ generally by the Virginia Passenge
n and Power Company. and the secul
"a ing of a new general franchise. Tn
a latter scheme arranges for the diver
~ sion, OF the cars OF the Broad an
- Twenty-fifth street line at Harriso
\ street
1t Is then proposed to continue tt
=. line, which at present runs to Rol
a inson street, along the tracks of II
NJ present Clay street line.
Objections have been made to tn
a plan II being claimed that certain
nj the streets are too narrow to permit
IA q double track. In order TO do avs
a with these objections. the compai
4 proposes TO construct only sing
., track, and to make a loop out Pal
y, avenue from Harrison street to Ha
- over avenue. From this point on
double track will be operated aloi
-, Hanover street to Robinson street,
-. The company officials plan to rea'
I'd new point by running on airea'
existing tracks TO Kensington stree
and thence westward along that tho
n, oughfare. with a double track TO u
iv Roseneath road. On the return Ut
- the cars will follow the same douh
AZ track route along Kensington street
80 Hanover and Plum streets, where g
he loop will be resumed by a single tra'
O along Plum street to Grove aVenu
a. Thence a single track will run aloi
~ Grove avenue from Plum back
he Harrison street.
he The company officials, although tn
he have mapped out the above route. ma
a. informed Council that If the latter boz
or wishes, they are willing to have u
al main line of the new trackage run Q
Stuart Avenue, formerly known as II
rNf f4atI
III line along either street would aHo
ag improved facilities to section con
- prising several thousand residents.
y Richmond and Henrico Plans.
-, The plans of the Richmond and HeI
~, rico railway company, which have
Ar yet been formally presented to the pr
sent Council are said to arrange I
ne an extension of tracks out Broad sire
20 to Meadow street, down Meadow
as Beverly street and out Beverly to Mu
az berry street. From Mulberry. follo'
=. ing a rather twisting route, the I'm
will creep gradually back to Broad, al
- thence along the already approx
~ route across the new viaduct
"a CITY Engineer Boiling says he b
lieyes the plans of both companies
be good ones, and 1t is his opinion tn
both will eventually be approved
he councils.
les lncioehtahy' III i'he W. a., +.
+ a movements being contemplated in !
~ street car service of the city, the VI
,,a ginia Passenger and Power Compa
If began early Wednesday morning
a, operate two of the new Pay as
-, enter cars Twenty of these cars ha
m been received and before the end
a. next week sixteen of these will be
IN operation along Broad and Ma
,ix streets. The remaining four VIII
tn kept in the barns for use as reserves