The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-25
'INDORSE PLAN AS
OFFERED BY CLUB
Specially Marked Car to West
hampton, With Straight
Five-Ccnt Fare.
TRANSFERS TO BE LIMITED
President Nortlirop Accepts
Amendment, and Measure
Is Approved.

Street car service to Westhampton
| committee OF the Council Committee
| on Streets last night. the committee
finally recommending tho ordinance
proposed by the Country Club of Vir-
ginia for operating a specially marked
| car down Broad and around loop to
Ninth and Main Streets. on which n
straight scent fare will be charged.
without tickets. President Nortbrop,
of the Virginia Railway and Power
Company. consented to an amendment
providing that this special line. east
bound, should Issue limited transfers
Mt First northwardly. north and south
at Seventh. east Mt Eighth and Broad
and East at Ninth and Main Streets.
The compIttee found that there wcre
three elements involved-a delegation
of citizens living within the CORPORATE
limits west of Robinson Street along
the route of the Wcsthampton line;
the Country Club of Virginia and clti-
zens of the Westhampton nelghbor-
hood, and the street car company.
As to Frnnchfre Rights.
An extended opinion from City At
torney Pollard was read, MS TO the
franchise rights. showing the West
hampton line to be operated under a
franchise granted by the Hcnrico Cir
cult Court. giving the company tho
right to charge n straight scent fare.
without transfers and guaranteeing
| to citizens OF tIcnrico county such
| rights as to transfer as the company
may hereafter grant to citizens of
i Richmond
NJ II. Omohundro led the argument
for citizens within the corporate limits.
/
zens' who pictured lurid conditions
were they required TO pay an addi-
tional fare. and who were inclined TO
demand that they be given the same
rights as to transfer and fare MS nc
corded to all other citizens OF the city.
Chairman Pollock explained that
both under decision of the State Cor
porhton Commission and the CITY At
torney's ruling the matter rested
largely With the company, the present
transfer rights being n mere conccs-
sion. which the city could not enforce.
President Kirk. Coleman worthnm and
John a Coke, Jr. appeared for the
Country Club.
Line Operated Mt n Loss.
Captain ~. b. GuiGon. general attor-
ney for the car company. stated that
the Westhampton line had always been
operate at loss. II was not 4 oues-
ton of watercd stock. he cNpla Incd-
the line did not take In enough In fares
TO pay operating expenses. and never
had. After the last meeting OF the
committee, where 1t had been stated
that many thousands of citizens living
between Robinson Street and the city
limits. and hundreds of school children,
would be Inconvenience. Captain Gull.
gon said tally was kept for ten days,
and 1t was found that the average
daily number of passengers within
that area was 200. while the largest
number of school children boarding n
street car on any one day was ten.
After much discussion, Mr.. Lynch
suggested that the plan be tried for
sin months. MIR Northrop agreed to
concedc transfers from the special cars
for passengers boarding the cars with
In the city limits. going eastwardly. at
First. Eighth. Seventh and Ninth. and
the ordinance was then referred 10
the City Attorney to he reported In
amended form. both the city and car
company reserving the right to dis
continue the agreement after six
months. It was pointed out that re-
turning home. parties living in the
protesting section would be subjected
to double fare, but Mr.. Pollock said
that that was a point against which
the city could not provide, as were the
city to require transfer westwardly,
good to the corporate limits. citizens
of Hcnrico might then, under the fran
chise, demand the same right to ride
on transfer to the end of the line.
which would he obviously unfair.