The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-12
DEPOTS
NOT ARRANGED
FOR BOTH RACES

rels OF potatoes through the wholesale
district to reach the station
a large general walt!na; room In tho
centre of the building has an alcovc
for white women. with seats for six
or eight women. Another alcove is
provided for colored women. Tho
toilets are evil-smelling and III kept.
that for men having broken plaster
walls written all over. lack OF paint
and tho smell OF filth and poor plumb
Ing. II seems to be mainly used as a
place for storage of brooms and clean
ing mops The station was swarming
with flies.
Eiba Takes Prize.
Elba Station. pretending TO be moth
ing but a nag stop. located on "A single
track This station comes nearer TO
meeting the demands than any other
y neat and Clearly frame building, un-
pretcntious, !ncX pensivc. and having
but single room for women and
another for men. with no attempt a.,
separation OF races, and with but
limited toilet facilities. II yet sells more
tickets. so ii is stated. than any other
station In the city. The Richmond
Frederick sburg and Potomac has at
Milford fredericksburg and half
dozen lesses points. stations more ex-
tensi:e, elaborate and costly. long
Pullman train stopping at Eliza. not
only has rs engine painting In the
middle OF Broad Street. blocking traf-
nc. but closes Pine street, and IL the
train Is long one. also blocks Grace
street AT Bclvidcre
what LAW Requires.
Technically the railroads entering
Richmond are not required to provide
separate station facilities for white
and colored people The separate coach
law OF 9O4 does not apply to stations
Chapter IA. Acts 1902, 3. l. approved
April Is. 1909 putting into effect the
provisions OF the Constitution In re-.
gard TO tho Corporation Commits on.
and defining its duties. powers ana
functions. provides in Paragraph Ii;
The commission may require tho es-
adjustment by transportation COM
panics of separate waiting rooms in
all stations, wharvcs or landings for
the white and colorcd races"
Chapter 1, Section 49, OF an act ap-
proved January IS 1901. concerning
public service corporations. provides
that every corporation operating q
railroad In this state shall provide a
convenient and suitable waiting room
and water closet or prvies ut all de
pots in cities and towns and at such
ether stations as the Corporation Com
mission may require, on its lines. and
keep and maintain same in decent
order and repair"
No Complaint 10 Commission.
AZ the office OF the State Corporation
Commission Il was stated yesterday
that under guidance or the commits
sion. about zoo stations have been
erected in different parts OF Virginia
with separate waiting rooms for white
and colored people. The commission
has never entered n general order on
the subject. as there are counties In the
valley and Southwest whore there are
ractically no negroes. and where such
provisions for separation OF tho races
would he useless and unnecessary. No
complaint OF tho Richmond stations
has ever been brought before the com
mission nor has II ever been asked TO
require the railroads entering Rich
mond to provide separate accommoda-
tons for the races The commission
has taken the general ground that
such segregation was not as necessary
in largo stations. whore there was
ample room. n 9 II was IN smaller places
where II there were no separation.
white and colored people might be
packed elbow 10 elbow AS there ma.
been talk for more than a year pas:
OF either Union Station on the site