The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-01
WANT TRANSFERS
TO SEVEN PINES
Citizens of County Ask for Order
Against Owners OF Kappa
hammock Line.
DoWDEN WAS TWICE ELECTED
Got Himself Legally Before
Courts-Claims Old Charter
Requires Transfers.

Application was filed yesterday b.
fore the State Corporation Commission
for an order requiring the Richmond
! and Rappahannock River Railway u
restore the transfer privileges which
obtained while the Seven Pines line
was the property Of the Virginia
Railway and Power Company. The
case was formally entered on tle
docket as that OF the commonwealth
of Virginia, at the relation OF }. b.
Dowden. against the Richmond ana
Rappahannock River Railway and the
Virginia Railway and Power Company
The commission set october l6 as the
date for hearing.
In order to get the matter properly
before the commission. Mr.. Dowden,
WHO acts for the people of Highland
Springs and others residing along the
Seven Pines line, had himself legally
elected from the cars Of the two lines
He sets forth that on September 20
he boarded a car of the Virginia Rail-
way and Power Company In Richmond
and demanded transfer to the
Seven Pines line. The conductor r.
fused to give 1t to aim. and he there
upon declined to pay his fare. AS
result he was elected from the car
by police officer Of the city Of Rich
mond.
Again. the next day. Mr.. Dowder
boarded a Seven Pines car in Henrico
County. He requ ssted a transfer &c
the Clay Street line, AMI was refused.
and he again refused to pay his fare
and was elected.
Refers to Old Charter.
The petition sets forth that a char.
ter was granted in 1888 to the Seven
Pines Railway Company. In 1900 it
was acquired by the Richmond Pas
senger and Power Company. 1t was a
provision Of the charter of the last
named company that it must grant
transfers on any intersecting line.
must sell tickets at six for rs cents.
and labor tickets at two for cents.
These provisions were point I'd out to
the Richmond Passenger and Power
Company, 1t is stated. and It there
upon put them into effect on its line.
granting transf srs in both directions.
In 1904 the properties Of the Rich
mond Passenger AMI Power Company
were transferred to the Virginia Pas
senger and Power Company. which at
once declined to issue transfers on the
Seven Pines line. William E. Oakley,
acting for the citizens affected. made
application to the State Corporation
Commission for an order compelling
transfers to BE- given. A hearing was
had on June rs. 1904, and the COM
| mission granted the order asked for
J Supreme Court, which affirmed the
judgment of the State Corporation
Commission.
| Protected City Residents.
Transfer issuance was resumed ana
continued until the sale of the Seven
Pines line last January to the Rich
| mond, Urbanna and Peninsula Rail-
way. now the Richmond and Kappa
hammock River Railway. In sanction
ing the transfer Of the charter. the
City Council took care only of the
, people of Richmond. by requiring that
! the road must give transf srs to the
other lines wien asked for by passen-
gers boarding its cars within the city
| limit. and that the Virginia Railway
and Power Company must give trans
fers to points within the city. AS a
matter Of fact this is not us I'd. since
the Rappahannock line runs for only
four squares in the city-on Twenty
ninth Street from P to S Strickland
the line Is entirely suburban
| When the new company took over
the property 1t refused to issue trans
fers. and has since persisted in such
f, refusal. SO that the people of High
land Springs. Seven Pines ana other
out-of-town citizens who use the line
must pay double fare to get to down
town sections of the city or walk.
| Mr.. Dowden claims in the petition tina,
both in law and in justice the COM
'pany should be required to issue trans
! fers to the city lines, and that the
Virginia Railway and Power Company
I, should give them to the Seven Pines
line. II is pointed out that the valu
of the franchise was probably doubled
by reason Of the action Of the City
Council in practically abolishing trans
fer burdens.