The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-13
PROPOSES new ROUTING
FOR Street CAR Lines
experimenting It's Map on Which
Trackagc Was Shown, Company
Outlines Encouragement.
CUTS OUT MUCH DUPLICATION
Suggests Removal Of Tracks From
Steep Broad Street Hills and From
Other Sections Where Existing
Lines Parallel In One Block.


experimenting It's map OF the street
railway system as 1t is proposed to
revise 1t under the pending ordinance.
the Virginia Railway and Power Com
pany yesterday issued memorandum
describing In detail the changes I'm car
company.
The map lays down only the revised
trackage scheme. and does not indicate
the route changes that will be pro-
posed. The final adjustment OF the
routes is matter which will be con-
sidered In connection with the new
blanket franchise for which the COM
pany has applied. In Its petition to
the Council, the company makes tho
point that the routes should not be In
cluded In the franchise contract. but
that they should be left so that they
could be modified from time to time
TO meet changing traffic conditions un-
der proper regulation and control by
the city authorities.
II the tracks are rearranged In ac-
cordancc with the plan shown on the
map and suggested in the pending or
dinance. the company would favor a
routing OF the cars, subject to change
from time to time, az conditions may
require. In accordance with the fol-
lowing memorandum
SUGGESTED ROUTING
OF MAIN CAR LINES
Main Street .Line-The cars to be
operated as at present. from Reservoir
to Fulton.
'Broad-Fulton Line-The cars to be
operated from the Reservoir to Fulton
via Reservoir loop. Robinson. Broad.
Eleventh. Marshall. vladuct. Nicholson
and present Fulton loop
Broad and Main Line-Cars to be
operated from Reservoir to Thirty
sixth and NJ Streets via Reservoir loop,
Eighth (Seventh and Ninth Streets pre-
ferred on account of the heavy grade
on Eighth Street between Broad and
Main: Main Street from Seventh and
Ninth or Eighth to Twenty-tirst Street:
Twentyefirst Street from Main to Mar
shall Street; Marshall Street from
Twenty first to Twenty-tifth Street:
Twenty-fifth Street from Marshall to
NJ Street; NJ Street to Thirty-sixth
Street.
The reason for the proposed change
IN the Broad and Twentr-hfth Street
and the Broad and Main lines Is that
II is not desirable to have two lines
from Fulton district running into Main
Street, and the change In the Broad
and Main line route gives the Church
Hill transportation through the Broad
and Main line and the Broad and Full
ton me ample IaClltlcS DOtn on
and Main Streets, avoiding the danger
our grades on the Broad Street hills.
lockwood Hollywood Line--Consoli-
dating the present lakewood and Main
and lakewood and Broad and Laurel
Street Lines, cars to be operated from
Cherry. China. Pine. Cary. Laurel,
Broad, south from Broad to Main on
Seventh and Ninth, on Main to Bigh-
teenth, Eighteenth to venable, Venable
to q, Q to lakewood Avenue, lakewood
Avenue to lakewood Cemetery.
This consolidation will enable better
service in the Hollywood District by
the consolidation of tho two loops. and
will eliminate the heavy grade on
Broad Street hill. and the line will
Street and the shopping district on
Broad Street
CLAY Street-Cars to be operated
from Main and Harrison via Harrison
from Main to Broad: Broad, Harrison
to Hancock, Hancock from Broad to
Seventh Street from Clay to Main. Main
Street from Seventh to Twenty eighth,
returning the same route.
This change Will give q direct line
to all the factories on Main Street, and
will relieve Main Street of a large
number of transfers that have been
handled from Clay Street Line formerly
on account of the line turning at
Twenty first and Main to Church Hill.
First Street Line--Cars to be
operated from Seventh and Franklin
via Franklin from Seventh to Eighth;
Eighth Street from Franklin to Broad,
Broad Street from Eighth to Fifth,
Fifth Street from Broad to Baker,
Baker from Fifth TO First. thence OH
First Street over tn. viaduct, following
the same route through Glnter Park,
returning via First Street to DuvaL
Dyyal from First to Fifth Street, Fifth
Street from Duval to Broad Street
Broad Street from Fifth TO Seventh
Street, Seventh Street from Broad to
Franklin.
Highland Park-Cars to be operated
from Fifth and Broad Streets to High
duct. following the same route through
present
by changing this line from Seventh
street to Fifth Street II will avoid
some Of the congestion at Seventh and
Broad Streets. which Is very desirable,
az the congestion at that point has
been constantly increasing for the past
several years, due to the Increased
number of cars operated over the SOW
cral lines divcrginE at that point
1T Is believed that 4 study of these
routes Will demonstrate the conven-
ience to the public which would result
from the rearranBeInent OF the routes
as Indicated"
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Ben Terry, cOlored, WAS last night
arrested by Detective Duffy on wa
ni.h charged him with the