The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-29
new CAR SERVICE
PLANS APPROVED
Street Committee Unanimously
Recommends Wcsthampton
Schedule.
DON LEAvY's STATEMENT
Gives Reasons for His Support
of Ordinance-New r., T. & p.
Freight Station.

On report of a subcommittee and adj
vice Of the City Attorney, tho Council
Committee on Streets last night APP
proved and TO the Coun-
ell, the plan for street car service to
W~esthampton, practically as proposed
by the Country CUB OF Virginia, with
the amendment OF tho subcommittee
providing for one transfer eastward
bound.
The Westhampton cars. under the
plan recommended. will be operated
nuc and Robinson Street, along Robin
son Street to Broad, thence to Eighth,
70 Main, and back to Broad by way OF
Ninth and Main streets. The cars are
10 be of different type. and plainly
marked: 10 be operated on Il %nftccn-
minute schedule during busy hours.
and are TO charge a straight fve-ccnt
tickets or transfers. However. pas
senSers boarding the car within the
city limits. going east may receive one
at Seventh. cast at Eighth and Broad
and east at Ninth and Main Streets.
Nir. Vonderlehr called for the read
ing OF the City Attorneys opinion.
which accompanied the report OF tho
subcommittee.
Citizens HIVE Few Rights.
1t stated in effect tina the West
hampton line operates under ii special
franchise. granted by the Henrico
court. allowing 1t to charge n straight
h-cent fare. without tickets or trans
iers, Inc only reference to transfers
DclhE the requirement. that ii must
sNtend the same privileges 10 citizens
o. lienrico county rs to transfers. that
me may grant TO citizens OF
Richmond. IT was tho -concensus of
opinion I'm the committee that the pres
ent ticket and transfer privileges were
concessions of the company. which the
city could not enforce, and might he
withdra WIN AT II time, and the With
travail Of which would be more than
instead of a thirty minutes scheduie.
while the necessity for having trans
iers at al would he largely ohviatei
BY operating the cars through without
change TO Ninth II Main Streets.
Mr. BltleX- raised the question of
,whcther some arrnnremcnt could not
hc made for transfers to this special
line. returning, but after debate 1t was
agree that such an arrangement
could not be effected unless such trans
iers also were good through to Nest
hampton from any part of the city, a
condition which the city was power
less to enforce. having. as Assistant
CITY Attorney Anderson explained, no
TO demand transfers 10 Ashland, over
the Richmond and Chesapeake Bay
'.Tux-Dodgcrs,' says Lynch.
Mr.. lynch referred TO those who had
opposed the ordinance as acknowledgement
VINO had moved hcyond the corporate
limits to escape city taxes. and then
boon caught by the annexation move
ment. Mr.. Don Leavy, whose action on
the subcommittee had been bitterly as
sailed by some of his constituents.
made a digniiled statement. cXplaininr
Ills reasons for favoring the cumnro-
mise. In view of the concessions grant
cd; the advantages Of the nfteen-min-
utcs schedule. and the relief 20 ongcs-
ton on BROAD Street. Also the giving
more IN pid transit to the whole gee
lion served, without the necessity OF
changing cars. and putting tho line on
a permanent legal basis, without HAY
ing IL held over Its patrons that privi-
icges. they were enjoying might he
withdrawn without redress any day.
commended.
a sewer was ordered installed in Grove
Road from the bond issue for sewers.
and il was recommended to the Cnun--
81 that so soon as the work is done
Grove Road. from the Boulevard 10 the
new corporation line, be graded and
.graveled.
New Freight Dspos.
Assistant To the President w. D..
Duke, of tho Richmond. Frcdericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad. presented
erected on West Marshall Street. eX-
tending from Harrison TO Kinney
streets. q distance Of blocks. and
10 cost more than $4,000. In order
asked authority TO close Norton Street.
from Marshall to Broad, a street which
now appears mainly on tho map, being
n nctworkrof tracks. The plans were
referred 10 the City Attorney to pre-
narc Il roDer ordinance giving the
city in exchange certain easements
In case 1T later decides to erect an
overhead bridge over the railway yards
AT Kinney street.
On petition Of William Rueger. 1t
was recommended to the Council that
me present line of the National Bank
OF Virginia he established asJthe true
inc of Ninth street. between Main and
Gank streets. and MIR. Rueger was
granted permission to make certain
cncroachmeits for ashIars and col
INNS in fro,t of his new hotel not
TO exceed eight inches in both Ninth
and Bank streets.