The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
BLAME SOUTHERN FOR
TRAFFIC CONGESTION

nance to have its track In Dock Street
d us salu mat is a mistake; that an or
rirht &c Ewing a the railroad specii,
i.snt 10 lay It's tracks in Dock Stree
Is now In effect. and 1T was under thi.
ordnance that the company spent sew
s sida , thousand dollars in laying tn,
i I,ue tracK according to specification
imposed by the city.
| MIR. Gordon Protests,
James r: Gordon, a property owne
IN Dock Street, appeared before ~,
Of the trac In op2os ilf to the remoya
as as they now lie do not obstri,ct .i traf
nc ana that to move them would ,..o a..
d, !, n I. snip on patrons as we'll as ~,
az hairo I,,;1, He said the track is not /,
size -'tuaie Oh the street, but to on,
co ta,aer assuring the members OF IN,
committee con, that II traffic was ouadr ~,
G Gteu no congestion would result M
sion 90 . 1hntered into q general discus
road ro to keep the side track Where i tai H.
LII the reason that to move II ~ ~,
north side of the street womb ny ~,
improve matters. i'o
c. d. Wingfeld, secre+,ry a.,
crystal Ice Company. which has r. re, ,..
Tue track for unloading coal. anneaIat
10 me committee not to force the rail.
road 11 to change the present location o,
pa a1 siu Wo, rack. He said that his com.
pense. He said that 1t would be neces.
ssary TO have u number of men Ia nm.
,Sa coal If the track is changed, and
I'D" ait we vac eou st hardly get one now.
ne had not canvassed the con,nt tie
on mas matter" he said. II want to
oe Just as frank and say that l have
asked several of the committeeman
thew tn rook * me ne situation over. 1 wanted
slehi 10 see for themselves that no
good could be accomplished by chang
ms the tracks. | got several of the
committee, Mr.. Lynch among them to
t 10 20 30 DOCK street and look the situa-
mad never been there"
NO Good Reasons."
marked some one
Wen. i have found that they have
given me no good reason for moving
me tracks except to punish the South
ern Railway" replied Mr.. Wingfield
am not here to fight the battles Of
fo fore WneseId T am eb hsrs Locking
VIII cause us lot of trouble and ex-
pense. hope that you won't do IL
because there is no congestion of traf,
he s and no ~, good VIII be accomplished.
a petition from the property owners
from Eighteenth to Twenty-third
Streets. asking that the tracks be al
loWed to remain where they are.
Cosun,climan Nielsen. speaking in fav-
through Dock Street probably more in
one month than most of the members
of the. committee did in one year. II
want to say that traffic Is congested
being IN the centre OF the street." he
said. Time and again / have seen
wagons blocked on this street TO
move this side track to the north side
II Is the Crystal Ice Company. 1 know
that 1t would cause that concern to
employ several men to unload a car of
coal where they only have one to do
IT now However. this would not work
any special hardship on 1T, because the
cars would be unloaded more quickly"
Mr.. Lynch Speaks.
Councilman Lynch said it Is unfor-
tunate that the Southern Railway
should mo be compelled to move its tracks,
Tor that, He said that something had
been said about other railroads doing |
his M, and that without much trouble. |
The southern Is Just like all the rest
thing that 1t doesn't have to. It is
40 worse than any other road"
city Engineer Boiling explained that
lie had never been in Dock Street that
Ne did not see traffic congested: that
cams were compelled to drive under
ne Vladuct to avoid the many wagons
hat We're. continually unloading from
he line of cars on that thoroughfara
IND that he did not think. the city
,hould give up n thoroughfare to the
southern Railway or any other rail-
DAD. He explained that If the track
we're moved to the north side of the
street 1t would relieve the ,conpestion
Alderman Zimmerman then moved !
nat the committee In a body visit
Dock Street and investigate for Itself
shat the conditions really are. He
tld ne had not been there and he did / (,
lot know eXcept from what Others h,
lad told him, and as there seems to
Z, a difference of. opinion he would
IKE TO slit the matter to the bot
ON. His motion prevailed