The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-29
STREET PROBLEMS
BEFORE COUNCIL
Multitude OF Meetings Shows
Pollock Need of Administra-
tive Board.

The coming week promises 10 hc i
busy ono for members OF the council
Committee on Streets. II not for o,bor
branches Of the city government. a
majority OF the members OF that com
mittee arc scheduled 10 be at the CIV
Han on Monday, Tuesday and Wedncc-
day nights. while several are on com
mittees meeting on Thursday night.
And yet as Mr.. Pollock remarked
yesterday. some people hay. no, vst
seen the need for the proposed I'd
'ninistrativo board to relieve Council
ine! OF such details OF administration
The street Committee win meet in
regular session tomorrow night. with
docket Of detail matters relating to
street and sewer improvements thu
VII require several hours 10 consider.
RAILWAY and light Frnurhises
IN tuesday night tho FIRST meeting
wiz be held Of subcommittee ap.
pointed TO consider the applications OF
the Richmond and Henrico Ra.lwpv
COMPANY for general electric light
ing franchise. and for franchise fer
extensions III its street car lines lpto
INC western part Of tho city. The
Richmond and Henrico Company. now
operating system of street cars from
the Northern end of Brook Avenue 10
fulton. BY way of the Marshall Street
Niaduct, which ii erected, is reouestIoE
10 be allowed to use tho tracks Of tn.
virginia Railway and Power Company
on Broad Street from Fifth to Lom-
hardy. and thence by loop service
through Park Avenue and other streets
TO William Byrd Park. The old Com
pany VIII contest tho petition Of the
newcomers 10 enter SO large and lucra-
tive section OF its territory. and %
use its tracks through this section OF
the city. In addition. the Richmond
and Henrico Company. which has
steam power house at the foot Of
Nicholson Street, in Fulton, is asking
for general franchise to erect poles
and wires and run conduits throughout
the city TO supply power and ughtirs
current in competition With the exist
ing company.
Ma!o'E Bridge.
large subcommittee from the
street Committee Will meet on Wed
nesday nigh; to consider matters re-
lating to new Mayo's Bridge. Care
full tests Of the river boe.om have
showed that the contractor Will have
to go deeper than was at first thought
to secure solid foundations for. the
piers. and Contractor I. Smith Is
unexpected work. The committee also
has MP the petition OF the owners of
Mayo's Island In regard to the con-
struction Of d wasonway leading from
the centre of the bridge to the island
on which warehouses or Other build
ines may be erected.with spur tracks
from the Southern Railway bridge Just
above Workmen on the new bridge
express surprise that the old Mayo
Bridge held together as long as IT did.
IN tearing II to pieces 1t has been
found that thecld s,ructure was ut
terlN unsafe, especially the stone piers
which were apparently little more than
heaps of stone. stacked on the river
bed, without anything 10 keep them in
place save the weight OF the bridge,
and which are rapidly tumbling away.
Other Meetings.
Other meetings scheduled at the
City -.all this week are the Commit
/, tee on Advertising the Resources of
the City at noon Tomorrow in the
office of Mayor Richardson Printing
and Claims. Mondey at 5 p. NJ Commo-t
tee on Markets. Tuesday at S P. NJ;
Committee on Electricity. Thursday at
p NJ. Committee on Changes in the
Form OF City Government. Wednesday
at P. NJ.