The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-20


] ~ the East Main street site lie
ria xtug vfsigs he esoi7sds tsc
Nnrjly rared for by the 1880 or l,see
+ ears which pass Main street station
eyerv dsv Nr. Poindexter also spoke
fnr tn. r. r. A. and said that The
Rsehmond FredericksouTs and To-
sArsac railroad company eosld SWAP
Al in land in the West End, foot Tor
4 foot. Ter property an EaS9 Main street
:zasd rry,siA hy= the bargain
Horace Smith presented the cause
cf the Richmond Advertising club.
having 1852 firms in membership,
whlch il in favor OF the Main street
rfse5 Mr.. Levy. of the Richmond
Rotary club. endorsed ths Main street
loratien az better situated to the
needs Of Fulton and South Richmond
and the factories and business houses
located in both.
when W. T. Dahney, business man.
ager of the Chamber of Commerce,
took the floor interest focused on him
as one Of the original men behind
the guns and az one who was well
equipped with information from every
source to guide his argument tie
said that the inlard trades commit
zee ~ the Chamber of Commerce had
hrSt endorsed the idea of a union
depot without specifying any site. but
that IL had later approved of the pro
posed Main street location. lie OPP
POSED the proposed site on the Her
mstage grounds or elsewhere in the
West End on the grounds that north
and southbeund trains would pass
through Richmond without stopping,
that tourists who might have desired
10 stop and see Richmond would ma
1t more convenient 10 go on. Thls
aite he said would be far removed
from the hotel center, whereas
,,nion depot should he located near
the center Of population, hotels ana
CITY transportation facilities, He spoke
Of tae vast trade which Richmond Is
opening up in northeast North caro-
lima. whose people are coming 10
Richmond to buy their goods instead
of going on To Washington and Bal
simare. If they had 10 change cars
at tfopton. he said. and he backed
into Richmond and deposited on a
side track, they would find II more
convenient TO GO on 10 Washington.
Transportation Facilities.
He admitted that there might be n
little congestion on Main street. bGI
said that there would he plenty OF
street cars 10 care for the travelling
public. And rs 10 its convenient To-
cation in respect to Soath Richmond,
he said that II anyone thought that
the old Manchester was not grow
ing community and one 10 he reckoned
witt, In the upbuilding Of the city ne
was inca pa Bile Of thinking. lie want
ed Ia know what would become "i
South Richmond people, Fulton peo'
pie and others If Byrd street stauor
were removed and union aepo
built in the West End.
M. Wiley. a manufacturer, said tina
a n at 81
arranization but that one was unde'
way. He thought that the sentimen
Of the manufacturers was in favor O
the stte at Fifteenth and Main streets
w D. Duke, secretary-treasurer o.
the Richmond, Fredericksburg ano
Potomac. filed with the committed
\ report made by Engineer Scar
borough He didn't know, he said
where the idea that the Richmond
fredericksburg and Potomac railws,
would s!detrack Richmond started
and said that the company would sure
IL not expend several million dollars
In erecting a station II 1t intended tc
ssdetrack Richmond Most OF the I'm
portant trains Of his line, he said
originate in Richmond. He cited the
fact that business has outgrown Byro
street station. at Is not only the bus
mess men we have to consider he
said. we have to consider the
travellers The station" he urged
.-shonld be located near to the resi-
aenrsal and hotel center
Passenger Terminal.
He said that the city needed pas
senger terminal aside from he freigh
terminal and added that-rhe freigh
tonnage OF the Richmond, Fredericks
burg and Potomac railway has In
creased 173 per cent in the last ter
years II the other railways tonnage
increased at such n rate. he though
that the whole If ShoCkoe valley woulC
be needed for a freight terminal ant
that in ten years the Chesa peake anf
Ohio and the Seaboard Air Line woule
be In the same position with respec
TO the Main street station as his com
pany is in with respect to Byrd stree
station. He declared that the ticke
selling over his line has decreased il
the Man street station twenty-thre'
per cen; in Ave years, while the sale
at Byrd street have increased nine
teen per cent and at Elba increase
forty per cent,
Engineer Scarborough said that II
street practically every building IN tn
block would have to he razed II
said that il would he difficult 70 over
come the grade in Shockoe valley ant
that the railroad could not go under
ground bat would have to form Il
the contour OF the land and follow tn
stream.
Point. out Difficulties.
Hs pointed out the DIFFICULTIES whtcl
would arise in building a new Etatiul
and the congestion which he SAL
wouff result. The station would hav
TO - Nh seventy feet higher. and Their
would be fourteen tracks running owe
Main street
Colonel Burgwyn replied to the argu
rnents set forth by Mr., Scarborough
and said that the Main street site
from every viewpoint considered, wa
the 1nis logical location in the city
He ds-cisred that II WAS the only pni.i
in the city which would fulfn all III
conditions required. illustrating hi
statements by the map and shown
how all the grade difficulties could b
overcome
The meeting adjourned subject I
the call of the chairman.
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