The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-19
LAY THIRD TRACK
IN MAIN STREET
Railway Company Gets Permit,
Which Will Speed Traffic
as Work Goes On.
STEAM HEATING FRANCHISE
Committee Asked to Hasten
Notion While Open Contracts
Are Pending.

| In order to obstruct street car truf-
tic as little as possible. perm's sion was
given by the Council Committee OH
| streets last night to the Virginia Rail-
way and Power Company to lay Il
| third track or siding in sections of
Tour or five blocks during the pro
gress OF relaying its rails OH Main
Street from Seventh to Harrison
Streets. One side of the street will bo
closed to traffic, and temporary
track laid above the paving, while the
track on that side is being rebuilt, the
paving only being torn up to the cen
tire of the street. leaving one-half of
the roadway open for traffie at nil
times The whole work is TO be push
ed TO conclusion within the next few
months.
! On application OF a. q. Guigon.
general attorney, a sewer was ordered
extended in Seventh Street II the new
buiid'n.- of the Virginia Railway and
! Power Company. and permits for
areaways in front Of the now build
ing at Seventh and Franklin streets
| were granted. y new petition was
i presented i'll regard TO street car track
extensions west OF the Boulevard on
! est and other streets and was re-
! ferred to subcommittee which has
othcr papers ON the same subject be-
fore it.
steam Heating Franchisr
| Capta'n Gu'gon asked prompt action
on pehdins application for Il general
steam heat distributing system
FRANCHISE, saying that the First Ma
tional Bank building and other large
structures were waiting for CON
| hecuons instead of installing their
own heating plant. The petition
""s referred TO subcommittee OF five
10 be named by Chairman Adams
;, remission was given to Murphy's
Hotel TO construct areawava around
the new building. and subway con
meeting the new hotel with the Broad
! street Annex under Eighth Street.
pans to be approved by the CITY
Engineer
The city Engineer was instructed
to advertise for bids for paving Broad
street west OF Harrison for which
S!i'poe was provided in the budget
and for paving Robinson Street from
Broad street TO Stuart Avenue each
with granite spalls
Attention was called to another Sc.
rious slide on the far side of Chin
horazo Park, where a part OF the hill
side has fallen over into the Govern
neht Road. The damage was ordered
repaired by the city carts and tho
CITY Engineer was asked to report
whether II was practicable to drive
pics into The hillside to prevent fur
ther slides such as have occasioned
great damage in the past,
New Work Ordered
Bids We're opened ana contracts
awarded for granite spall paving /.
follows: Roadbcd Marshall stree,
from Graham 10 Hancock. roadbed
Twenty seventh street from TO ri
street roadbed Nineteenth street
from Grace to Main street: roadhcd
Twcnty-ninth street from Franklin TO
Main street; roadbcd Of : street from
Nineteenth TO Twentieth Street. and
roadhed of Eighth Street from Denny
TO Louisiana street
contracts We're awarded for curbs
ana cutters as follows: North side
OF Dance Street from Randolph 10
Harrison street; vest side OF Row
land from Main TO Cary street; north
side of Chaf.ln from Randolph To Lady
street. north side OF Floyd Avenue
from Addison to Elm Street: south side
OF stuart Avenue from Robinson TO
the Boulevard: west side OF Allen Ave
niue from Main TO Cary street: north
side of Taylor street from Temple 10
Carter street: west side of Meadow
street from Main to Floyd Avenue.