The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-24
TRYING TO SETTLE
TRAVEL PROBLEM
Subcommittee on Streets Will
Again Discuss Westhampton
Schedule Tonight.
HARD TO PLEASE EVERYBODY
Question Of Service and Fare
Presents Rather Difficult
\ Problem.

The subcommittee of thci Council
committee on Streets. to which was
referred the ordinance relating to
street car service to Wcsthampton,
VIII meet at the City Hall tonight
at o'clock The committee consists
Oh Messrs. Davis. Pollock and Lynch.
The problem presented is difficult
one, and from the public hearing al
ready had, before the Council Com
mittec on Streets. 1t would seem that
almost any solution is bound to work
a hardship OIL some interest. West
hampton. with its growing suburban
population. and the large membership
of the Country Club of Virginia, IS
about i've miles from the city. The
Westhanpton Line was built down to
Robinson and Floyd Avenue at time
when that section was III IIcnrico
county, and 1t operates under fran
chise granted by the Hcnrico Circuit
Court. Several propositions and coun-
tcrDroDositions for more frequent ser
Vice passed backward and forward, tho
street car company finally proposing a
fifteen minute schedule. with second
fare after passing the city limits ut
Crensinw Avenue. Il coupon to be
given, good for the return trip, for
. cents. This met opposition on the
part OF residents OF the neighborhood,
who nevertheless admitted that the
haul to Westhamptonta less than |
cent n mile could not be profitable.
Plum Now Pending.
4 a committee Of tho Country Club
worked out plan which was accepted
finally by the street car company and
submitted to the Committee on Streets.
and is now pending. IT proposes Il
fifteen minute schedule during the
rush hours. and that the Westhampton
cars, plainly marked as of special
line. be run OH down Robinson and
Broad Streets to Eighth. thence back
by way OF Ninth and Main Streets On
this special line a straight scent fare
is to be charged. good through to
Westhampton, but without ticket or
transfer privileges
Members OF the Country Club and
citizens of the Westhampton neiEhbor-
hood spoke strongly for the plan. Can
tain a. b. Cuigon. for the chr company,
said 1t was not the company's proposal.
but the company would accept It. But
strong opposition developed from that
section OF tho city lying between Rob
lnson Street and the new corporation
line. which under the plan proposed
without transfer privileges. and where
school and labor tickets would not he
good. Members of the committee also
expressed doubt as to the advlsability
of having special cars on Broad Street
on which the usual regulations as 10
tickets and tranafers did not apply. It
would prove confusing to strangers in
the city.
The whole matter then went to n
subcommittee to consult the City At
torney on several legal points Involved.
Mr.. Pollard has consulted tho fran
chises. and rendered a written opinion
TO Chairman Gilbert X. Pollock. in
which he holds that under the fran
chise the city cannot compel the West
hampton line to give transfers The
franchise merely guarantees 10 citizens
of Hcnrico county living along It's line
all the privileges as to transfers that
the company may grant to the citizens
of Richmond.
Thus, while no transfers at all are
guaranteed, were the company 10 offer
transfers good merely to the new cor
poration line t would seem that those
living beyond might under the fran
chise, compel the issuance TO them
selves OF transfers also