The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-17
SHELTERS AT ALL /.
TRANSFER POINTS
Administrative Board Takes
Matter Up With Street
Car Companies.
ERECT COMFORT STATIONS
Board Urges Haste in Compile
ton of Broad Street
Track Renewals.

Passenger stations at street car
transfer points. public comfort stations
and other projected Improvements were
discussed by the Administrative Board
yesterday morning. The board adopt
ed a resolution offered by Captain
Mccarthy instructing the CITY Engineer
to secure plans. specifications ana Dlos
for construction of ample and modern
underground public comfort stations AT
Seventh and Broad Streets. Ninth ana
Main Streets. Main and Laurel Streets.
and TO suggest other or better polhts
for tho location of similar convemences'
Street Car Shelters.
Another resolution offered by Captain
Mccarthy and adopted Is in the form
of a request 70 the Virginia Railway
and Power Company and the Rich
mond and Henrico Railway Company
the car companies being asked whether
they would be willing 70 erect suitable,
convenient and durable shelters az
transfer points such for instance as
First and Broad Streets. Seventh ana
Broad Streets, Laurel and Main streets.
Beech and Main Streets. and other
points, provided the City Council VIII
grant the rights for the necessary
obstruction of the thoroughfare. ana
the abutting property-owners VIII give
their consent. The resolution requests
the two companies to suggest other
suitable locations for such shelters. and
provides that, II erected. the structures
are to be light durable and ornamental.
subject to approval of the Administra-
tive Board and the city engineer.
II was suggested that when present
plans for looping suburban cars are
contaminated. some of the transfer
points alluded TO viii be eliminated by
bringing suburban cars further down
town. and that the shelters should be
OF a type which could be readily re-
moved in case they became objection
able or unnecessary.
Must Hurry Track Work.
On motion of Mr.. Hirschoerg the
board adopted resolution requesting
the Virginia Railway and Power Com
pany 20 employ & sufficient force 10
prosecute more rapidly It's track Work
on Broad Street 20 rapid completion.
the resolution stating that the said
company is now, and has been the
cause of retarding this work 70 the
detriment Of citizens and lose TO the
contractors.
IL is understood that the company
claims that much of the work IN
question has to be done at night, when
cars are not running. and that during
those hours IL 10 employing as large a
force as can be worked to advantage
With the continuation OF open weather
IL is the desire of the Administrative
Board 10 press forward as rapidly as
possi bic the paving Of the northern
half of Broad Street west OF Seventh
before February /, when any balance
of the current appropriation VII lapse
and work may have TO be suspended
until the new budget is adopted WINS
no definite action has been taken as
vet il seems TO be generally under
stood that a further appropriation VIII
be made in the new budget for carrying
the new paving westward from Ihiro
Street.
Bills and Pay Rolls.
Pay rolls were approved for the rrs'
half of January yesterday as follows
City Engineers Department S.D42l
street cleaning. &.z3i-eS; dog pound
se7 50; lakewood Cemetery, 500; Maury
Cemetery, $40
Bills of the Engineers Department
for street and sewer work under con-
tract. amounting TO f27 loo-2e were
ordered paid. and 3.754-o4 paid Carneal
4 Johnston architects, for services N
preparing plans for the First Regi-
mental Armory-
The Board opened bids and awarded
to L c. Woodward for 500 contract
for erection OF a temporary wooden
market on the Seabrook Warehouse lot
for use during the proposed rebuilding
of the old First Market building
Several days ago a slide on the west
ern side of jefferson Park was reported,
one of the earth en- bankments having
given away in lieu of giving the work
ont 20 contract to replace the en- bank
nnent. the Board directed the Street
Cleaning Department to dump selected
sweepings and other unobJectionaole