The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
ANOTHER HEARING
ON UNION STATION
Committee Will Give Interested
Parties One More Chance
to Present Case.

The special Council committee on
union station instead of formulating
it's report at it's next meeting will
grant another public hearing. This
course was decided upon by Chairman
Disney upon the petition of several
interests that asked for one more op-
portunlty to present new material for
the consideration of the committee.
There has been no lying down on
this job said MIR. Disney yesterday.
THE committee has not mot in almost
three weeks. but that was because it
was requested to postpone the final
meeting for twenty days to permit II
final effort to bring about an adjust
ment of the differences which at tho
last public hearing appeared to be SO
sharply drawn.
Tho twenty days asked for are al
most up, and unless n good reason APP
pears for further delay, the union sta
ton committee Will meet some time
this week or next to finish its business.
No one Is more anxious to reach the
end of the inquiry than are the mem
bers of the committee. II the public
hearing does not consume too much
time. the committee will on the same
evening draft its report"
Walters, Central Figure.
In it's last stages, the union station
controversy has come to centre about
Henry Walters. chairman of the board
Upon the Coast Lines decision, 1t is be-
lieved, will depend to a large extent
the future course of action of the ad-
herents of the plan for establishing at
Fifteenth and Main Streets n union
passenger station for all roads entering
Richmond.
At the last meeting Of the union
station committee on August 5, Presi-
dent White, of the Richmo nd, Freder-
icksburE and Potomac, read a letter
from Mr.. Walters in which the latter
declared his opposition 20 the Main
Street site and his support of the plan
to join Mr.. Whites road in constructing
n 100000 uptown station on the Hermit
tage Club site for the use OF the two
roads. He wrote that he would recon-
mend the Joint uptown station plan to
the directors Of his company.
The distinct division of opinion de-
velopcd through the series OF public
hearings held By the union station com
mittea, left 1t considerably at sea in the
matter of recommending any plan of
action. The uncertainty was recognized
by the business organizations that are
urging the Main Street site and these
asked for a short delay to permit them
to make another effort to bring the con-
tiicting parties nearer together.
The controversy was reduced to its
simplest terms last night by another
member OF the union station commit
tee, who said that President White, OF
the Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac, has shown his hand by out
lining in detail what his road proposes
to do, and that II is the other side )
turn to show it's hand. So far, the com
mittecmen said, the proposition sub
, mitted by the other side has been
vaguely that the Seaboard Air Line and
Chesapeake and Ohio will welcome
other roads to their Main Street Station
on the same terms as are enjoyed by
themselves.
Unless the roads and interests behind
the Main Street project can submit to
the committee a definite statement
showing first that the site is large
enough to provide room for all the
roads. and second, detailing the exact
terms upon which the roads now using
the station will permit the other roads
to enter, the committeeman quoted
said, he, for one. would vote for a two
station scheme. 1t appeared to him, he
said, that 1t was the union station peo-
pies move.
These demands, 1t Is understood, will
be met at the next public hearing. The
Atlantic Coast Line has never through
its board of directors ratified the up
town station plan proposed by Prcsi-
dent White, and an effort will be made
TO secure It's consideration of the plan
for establishing at Fifteen and Maiu
Streets q union station for all the lines