The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10
TFr TnaEs RIHoND NOvEABER 10 1872
UTTERLY RUINED
|. WEEk-0LO PAVING
Without Permit From City
Street Car Company Rips Up
Model Paving on Main Street.

Incensed over the mutilation BY the
Virginia Railway and Power Company
OF the new street paving on Main be-
tween Fifth and Seventh Streets. with
out having obtained . permit from the
city. City Engineer Boiling has an
nounced his determination OF present.
Ing the case to the street Committee
OF the Council. which meets Monday
afternoon at o'clock. The unusual
condition Of affairs was brought TO
Mr.. BoIiing's attention yesterday. when
the Virginia Railway and Power Conn
pany applied for q permit to tear up
this section Of the street for the cleo
trio welding Of the car tracks
Investigation by the City Engineers
ONCE disclosed the tact that the street
car company had already begun this
work on Friday. without waiting for
the granting OF the permit and had
already wrecked the paving trrevoca-
bly,. From MIR. Bolling's standpoint. the
damage was already done. so the per-
nit was perfunctorily granted. This
action Of the company in proceeding
with Its destruction Of the street with
out having obtained the necessary per.
NIT ts not 70 be ignored. however, ana
the City Engineer will air his griev-
ance before the Street Committee.
Best In City.
The feature Of this incident. which
il particularly obnoxious to the City
Enxineers office Ia the fact that this
particular piece OF paving. pronounced
the finest bit Of work In the entire
city, has not been down more than ten
daya Due to unavoidable delays. this
stretch Of street was torn up Tor
months, while the contractor sat with
idle hands waiting for granite cob.
bles.
Tho unusual delay in completing tho
work was the subject Of heated agi-
tation before the Street COMMITTEES
when tho charge was directly made
that tho granite Quarries were In
agreement with certain OF the larger
stI eet paving contractors. and deliber-
ately delayed fulfilling their orders
from the smaller contractors In order
to hamper their work After wrestling
with this problem and finally obtaining
a paving that satisfied even the most
exacting, the City Engineer was APP
palled to discover that 1t had been
ripped to pieces over night without
even a permit from his office.
When tho application for . permit
for tho work was made, the City En-
xineer wanted to know why the weld
ing Of the rails had not been done while
the street was closed to trafic those
many months, and the car company had
q ready answer in the fact that certain
apparatus necessary to do this weld
ing could not be obtained In time In
Wow Of the general contract between
the city and the street railway COM
pany, the City Engineer could not
have positively refused to grant q per-
NIT, but. Mr.. Boiling said. the permit
would not have agreed to such whole
sale destruction Of paving a. has been
perpetrated without permission
Tho fear Of the City Engineer Is that
the street railway company has wreck
ed the paving so that 1t cannot Do re-
stored TO its original state Of perfection
by any amount Of patching and repair
ing. It was a model piece Of work be-
fore its destruction. said the engineer.
and 1t seems impossible to restore 1t
without doing the whole work over.
Mr.. Boiling is thoroughly worked up
over the action Of the Virginia Rail-
way and Power Company. and will
make q warm presentation Of the case
to the Street Committee.