The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-03


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NM Power Companyt asklna the Coups
III 10 grant Il . b5aakss franehisAs
covering ali the vaSaOus franchises
now held by that eempany, ana e -.
eept therefor q number Of cencssseua
prominent among them the free uss
Of all viaduets now controlled By the
company and the title thereto.
The petition. which win carry m o..
dinance with II when the propositisn
m considered BY the street committee.
to which II WAS sent. states that the
company, having many things to DO
in futlHf1ing It's contract with the city,
which might be relieved By tho award
Of a blanket franchise, 10 ready 70 aid
the people who use the street cars
very much but that the company It.
self must have some consideration.
The petition relates that the Ions
hauIs and the many transfers may
prove burdensome to T. and in view
Of the release to the city Of the free
use Of the viAducts--that leading into
Highland Park and that connecting
Barton Heights with the city proper
might be Of sufficient moment and I'm
portance to cover any question as to
the value Of the concessions offered
by the company.
1t was TpItTEeQ w AH0hUWio W @oih~
mon Council, that the proposition pre-
ssnted by tho company meant that
there might be n cessation Of the is
susnce Of school and labor tickets. ana
! that suburbauites such AS those az
Forest I'M Woodland Heights. Ginter
park. Highland Park North Richmond,
swansboro and points In the extreme
West End. like Northampton. miEh
have to pay two car fares.
VvyfAr ~
the Seven Pines affair. by which many
citizens have to pay two fare to get
Into the business center. or into the
shopping district, or for the children
to get to the High School.
These matters were not discussed,
because. In presenting the petition,
President Peters asked that 1t be re-
ferred to the street committee.
Wanted Petition Read.
Even at that, Mr. Haddon said that
while he did not wish to start pro-
longed argument. he would like tho
petition read by the clerk. The bulk 81
| the paper appeared appalling TO most
Of the m embers and when X was stated
that the street car company had ar
ranged TO have a copy OF X In the nands
Of all the members for them to read and
digest, Mr.. Haddon withdrew his re-
quest
Having had much experience in such
matters In past years. Mr.. Peters sfrove
to get the members in humor to read
the petition and come to the meeting
ready to vote and not to talk.
Il hope" said Mr.. Peters, that the
Council will think this thing over. 50
that We may have no log-rolling. no
lobbying. no red tape business, but 70
at II in q business way.
The street car service In Richmond
| continued Mr.. Peters. is one OF the
best. II not the best I'm the country.
We should encourage the Virginia Rail-
way and Power Company to do even
better. and II In looking over this Pc
tition the company shows that II 10 IN
clined to give better service. X II can.
then we should help 1t to do 20
sincerely hope that we may facilitate
this question, and not allow ourselves
to 20 into a discussion OF the merits OF
the case ainIessly and without point
Consider Il we'll. before the question
comes before u.s. 10 that We may. with
as little delay N possible. help the
company give US better service than
we are now receiving, and not hamper
II In its ecorts"
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Peters re-
marka the paper was referred to the
street committee. with tho suggestion
that II use ali speed In making re-
port.
The street COMMITTEES consists or
Msssrs. OrdwAy Fuller. Marx GunsA
| Joseph F. Powers ana Arthur Nielsen.
| of tho Board of Aldermen. Mesars. GiI-
1 bert X Pollock. Edgar b. English. w.
I D, Butler, william r.. Sullivan ana
Carter C. Jones OF Common Council.
There was no debate whatever on
the question The debate Will come
later for IL is we'll known that the
street committee is not of one MIND.
and there are members OF the commit
tee who will discuss every paragraph
| Of the petition and the ordinance
The petition, as presented by tns
/ Virginia Railway and Power Company
will be found in another column.