The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-03
site selected by the Atlantic Coast Line

site. selected by the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company.
Ihis is n matter that should be con-
sldered only from the standpoint Of the
greatest good for the greatest number
probab pie commercial advantage to
any particular section. or the conven-
ience or the people OF any particular
section, should not have a vestige or
weight in the selection OF the site. The
people should bc the controlling fac
Tors In locating the station. All that
thickly settled residential section east
OF Harrison street Church Hil. South
Richmond and Forest Hill must be con-
sidered along with all other sections
OF the city in the selection OF the union
passenger station site
Nh union station at Fifteenth and
Intersection of the boulevard and the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomae and Se2board Air Line tracks
which are possible and feasible. viii
afford accessible and convenient pas
senger depot facilities for all parts OF
The officials of the Richmond. Fred
cricksbure and Potomac and Atlantic
Coast Line Railway Companies have
ment against the Fifteenth and Main
street site that visitors TO the city go
uircct from the station TO the hotels, and
TO the hotels / thoroughly agree with
them in the statement that the station
should he conyenient 70 the hotels
Walters. of the Atlantic Coast Line
VIII affect the hotels. as compared with
The site AT Fifteenth and Main Streets
Ehe nine hotels of the city arc distant
in miles by street car from the Her
mitage site rs follows:
. a The Jefferson, loi miles; Murphys,
StumpfS; 24o miles: Ruegers. $50
miles; The Lexington. 2.G3 miles: The
CQ3immercial, 2,+9 miles. Gilbert's. 2.34
n
The average distance from the Her
mitage site 10 the nine hotels is 2.31
miles The nine hotels are distant in
miles by street car from the Fifteenth
and Main Street site as follows:
- The JeTe rs Ia miles; Murphys.
Stumpf's, AS miles: Rucger's. .43 miles:
The Lexington. .25 miles: The Com
mercial. .3S miles; Gilbert's, 40 miles:
Gucrrant. ~ miles.
The average distance from the Fiji
tcenth and Main Street site to the nine
hotels is % Of mile. In other words.
Fifteenth and Main Street site n half
mile. and from the Hermitage site
two and one,third miles: The hotel
burg and Potomac officials thus on in
vestigation proves boomerang for
the Hermitage site.
How does the street car service to
the hotels from the two sites com
pare? From the Fifteenth and Main
street site there is direct and frequent
reach the jefferson and Guerrant
Hotels from the Hermitage site. in
addition to having to travel two miles.
visitors would he required to transfer
twice. The number of cars now pass
ing by the hermitage grounds are 500
per day. and the number now passing
the Fifteenth and Main Street site is
l.55c per day. When the new Hull
street bridge is completed and Fiji
tconth street is widcnel, the Hull
street line can go up Fifteenth Street
TO Broad and down Seventh. thus af-
fording direct street car service from
South Richmond to the union station.
Again, as recommended by Colonel
Burgwyn all of the Broad street cars
can be brought down Fifteenth to
Main, past the union station and go
back to Broad via Eighteenth. This
would put practically every car in the
city by the union station except the
Forest Hill, Westhampton and Ginter
Park cars.
Every business man realizes the i'm
portancc OF facilitating the receipt and
dispatch of the mails. When gov
eminent expert came down from Wash
inSton To determine upon the site for
the new Richmond post office he found
some division among the Richmond
people as to where 1t should be located
ON this occasion this government ex-
pert said: "Show me where you are
going to put Your union depot and I
VIII show. you where the post office
should be" 1t is OF great advantage
to the post -olfico officials In their ef-