The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
Richmond and Henrico
Co. Forfeits Chance to
Build in East End.
GET MONEY FOR
MUSIC IN PARKS
Council Appropriates $500 for
Free Concerts During Summer
Months-Old Company to
Construct Street Car Line
Extension in the
West End.

No bid was submitted by the Rich
mond and Henrico Railway Company
10 the Common Council last night for
the franchise for q street railway line
northward on Thirty-ffth Street from
Marshall to Dickinson. and thence 70
oakwood Cemetery. The line was one
OF several extensions petitioned for nv
the Richmond and Henrico Company.
and after full hearing before the
committee on Streets. a form of fran
chise was recommended, adopted by
poth branches of the Council, and ad-
Vertised for four weeks. as required
by law
me advertisements specified that
pids should be presented to the Com
mon Council in open session last night
at O'Clock President Peters called
LOT PROPOSALS after the franchise and
certihcates of publication had been
read by Clerk August There was no
response, nor was any representative
OF the iichmond and Henrico Railway
company present. After waiting for a
time. President Peters declared the
Didding closed, and on motion all of
the papers were tabled
Cnuses Much Spcculatfon.
The president ruled that failure to
bid at the announced time disposed of
the entire matter. and that no future
bid could be received until the fran
chise mad been reintroduced and again
advertised. There was "A great deal ne
speculation in the Council chamber i'm
regard to tho failure of the company
10 bid for the route for which 1t has
petitioned. and attention was called to
the fact that although IL secured last
fall general light and power fran
chise after a most stormy fight it has
hot YET erected pole or wire. or
begun to serve a customer Hereunder.
nor have any plans for a general dis
tribution system other than on Cary
and Marshall Streets been filed as re-
Quired In that franchise
The Fulton Hill extension, in which
alderman Nielsen figured prominently
some months ago, was recommitted by
the Common Council to the Committee
on Streets two months ago, and the
Richmond and Henrico Company has
not since asked for n hearing on that
extension.
WeKt End Extension.
Captain a. B. Guigon presented q
bid of So and bond of $4,000 on behalf
of the Virginia Railway and Power
Company for a track extension on
Broad Street to the western corpora tie
limits. with spur south on West
street to Cary. The bid. with accom-
panying papers. was referred to the
Committee Streets
The annual message of Mayor Ains
lie. accompanied by reports of de-
partment heads. was received and or
dered printed for distribution among
the members.
The Council disposed of large
docket of general business, one of the
most interesting items being the adop-
tion over the adverse report OF the
Finance Committee of an appropria
tion for music in the parks The com
mittee returned for rejection a reso
luton offered by Mr.. Atkinson appro-
priating $4,000 for park music, giving
as Its reason that 1T had provided in
the budget this year $4,000 for park
expenses. as against $4,000 last year
and that out of the $4,000 additional
| the Administrative Board should be
able TO provide whatever music wa
thought desirable.
MIR. Atkinson moved to cut the
amount to s3.50O, which was adopted
and after very brief debate the ap-
propriation was adopted. 3 to 4. the
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