The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-10
WILL PRINT COPIES
OF ALL FRANCHISES
Street Committee Is Paving Way
for Exhaustive Study of
Proposition.
RIGHTS IN FOREST HILL PARK
President Mheel,ur;nh4 Sous
RIGHTS IN FOREST HILL PARK
President Wheelwright Says
Company Could Subdivide.
1t Into Building Lots.


Conpany's application for new
thirty-ycar blanket franchise to sup.
plant tn" several grants under which
ii is nov operating In this city. was
yesterday laid on the table by the
Council Committee on Streets, for fur
thcr consideration at the next regular
meeting. on November %. AT that
time. ii certain desired information is
filed with 1t. the committee will fix n
date for special hearing on the COM
pany's application.
Henry w. Anderson. vtce-president
md general counsel of the Virginia
Railway and Power Company told the
committee that the company Is having,
printed 1000 copies of the petition. and
accompanying franchise. FOR the use
of the members Of the Council and all
prepared. also. he said. an accurate
map Of the street railway system
which will show tho lines as they
exist now and all the changes that the
new ordinance suggests The matter
viii he ready for distribution this
weeks
WILL PUBLISH TRANSCRIPT
OF ALL FRANCHISES
Councilman English desired for the
committee Il transcript OF Ill fran
chtses under which the company. now
! operates The company undertook to
compile these franchises i'm IA single
booklet and file them with tho com
mit'ec within ten days, Upon the mo-
ton of Alderman Fuller. the applica-
ton was laid ON the table until tn.
next meeting. in order TO give the
company time to file the information
described
While nothing approaching "a dis.
cuSsion OF the proposed franchise was
undertaken. the thoroughn.ss with
"hich ,hc members went into the prc
. iim!naries. gave Indication that ;he
committee proposes to give the mat
scr slow and careful consideration
Ihcrc was feeling that the matter
was OF the Si;.vcst Importance and
I that no action should be taken With
on, the fullest mcasure of !nforma
ton.
The meeting was Attended by the
sui! membership OF the committee ana
ny President Thomas $. Wheelwriyht.
Vice President Fritz Sitterding and
General Attorney Alex B. GuiSon. Of
the Virginia Railway and Power com
ponE. 1t was understood that the
com'hittce will hold the first public
hearing on the company's appIication
within few days after the regular
! meeting on November -.
APPLICATION Is SUBJECT
OF GENERAL DISCtSSIOS
! Cnoficially. the pending applicable
+ and the ACCESSIBILITY Of granting n
( new blanket franchise on the terms
outlined by the petitioner were freely
discussed yesterday by citizens nj
large and by the men high up in tho
citT'S official life. In some quarters
there was an inclination to mInimlzo
the estimated value OF the conccss,on
offered the city by the power company
, II was pointed out, for example thnt
! in dcdicatins Forest Hill Park to the
municipality the company would trans
! fer to the city the annual cost OF
! maintaining the property, and at the
4 same time retnin the benefits arising
/ from the fact that the park is acces
/ sible to most OF the population only
I through the use of the petitioners cars.
! The actual sacrifice Of tho company.
/ moreover. II was pointed out. was not
as large rs appeared on tho surface.
since II was claimed. the property Is
held By tho Virginia Railway and
Power Company, subject 70 the condi-
ton that II is to be pcrpetuated as {,
public park. Such a condition. II wa.
pointed out would make the propcrty y
unsuitable for any except park pur-
poses and dcprcciate it's market value
/ COULD DIVIDE PARK
INTO BUILDING LOTS
II know OF no such condition." said
Mr.. Whcelwrigh;, yesterday. when
questioned as to The limitation under
which tho company is reported to hold
/ the property. we have asked our
counsel for an opinion on this very
} point and are informed that We have
the right. if we want to, TO subdividc
the property and CELL II in the form
/ OF building lots.
Fears that the acquisition Of Forest
! Hill Park by the city would throw the
park open for the use OF white and
: colorcd people OH equal terms. wepc
not given serious thought. Legally.
colored people have the right to use
every park In the city on the same
terms with the white people. In prac-
ticc, however, colored people do not
, frequent, certain well-delined white
parks like William Byrd and Chim bo-
razo. and the same understanding, I.
Is believed, could lie insisted upon with
regard 10 Forest Ilill Park. which has
always been used by the white people
exclusively.