The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-18
five CARS RUNON
HULL STREET LINE
Buchanan Replies to Complaint
About Street Car Service
in Southsidc.

In answer to complaints of the South
Richmond Democratic Club in regard to
the street car service on Hull Street,
the Virginia Railway and Power Com
: its inspectors showing THE actual SER
/ vice being rendered. After several
days of observation on the part of the
South Richmond Police Department the
company has been reported to the Po-
lice Court for failure to maintain
franchise requirements. and the case
comes up in the Police Court. Part IL,
on Tuesday morning.
General Manager Buchanan stated
yesterday that there were nve cars
I'm regular operation on the Hull Street
line, making the round trip In fifty
minutes. giving n base schedule OF ten
minutes. The company does not Qucs-
ton the statement OF police officers
and others that there have been longer
intervals between cnrs--in fact, with
the congestion on Broad Street At GER
tain hours and the constant blocking
from shifting trains at railway cross
ings OH both sides of the river. cars
are frequently thrown of schedule
Says Schedule liz Not Difficult.
Answ cring the statement credited to
certain motormen of the line that the
schedule could not be maintained, Mr.
Buchanan showed that the Hull Street
line is 6.iS miles for the round trip,
and that the schedule calls for the
round trip in fifty minutes. or gem
cral average running time Of ia
miles an hour. The Main Street line is
9.62 miles for the round trip, tho run
ming time Of siXty-nine minutes, or an
average for the entire trip of S.34 miles
per hour. The Forest Hill line, which
has longer stretch through open
country. is 1855 miles long has n round
trip schedule OF forty-seven minutes
or e.66 miles per hour general average
N ha ha ali for In,
service tho seating capacity on the
Hull Street line Is Increased 200 per
cent during tho rush hours by extra
cars, a larger percentage Of extra car
service than is given on any other line
In or around Richmond.
Loop Causes Delay.
The Broad Street loop is one OF tho
most serious defects In maintaining
clock-work schedule TO South Rich
mond. and the company has already
taken up with the traffic authorities
the question of having passengers for
South Richmond board cars In seventh
Street, just south of Broad, thus avoid
ing unnecessary stops OF these cers
in the Broad Street loop
~, me last accurate inspection made
c coT me company ,hn any, by actual timing OF
the week from December Is TO Deem.
per ~. before tho South Richmond
plant. Hull Street cars passing sew
enth and Perry Streets were checle ed
IN IN both directions for five days ana
be offered In evidence. On December
~ northbound cars passed that point
At !2:O4, 1913. 1924, l2:3T, 12:45 i2:h3
l:o4, 10. 1924. 1876. etc, showing slipht
variations. with n general aver0po
slightly less than ten minutes nDaTt
Southbound cars were found 70 run
from one to five minutes behind scheJ
ule but with about the same Intervals
apart. His
Use New bridge In Sixty Day..
Mr.: buchanan stated that as soon "a
the southern hallway Company com
pietes special cross-overs, probably
within sixty days. operation Of the
Hull Street cars would be as required
Sy franchise TO Fourteenth and Main
streets by way of the Mayo Bridge.
over which IL will be practica BILE TO use
the large double cars. which nre NOT
permitted on the Free Bridge
MI. buchanan said that in such cities
rs Chicago. Philadel phia Baltimore and
other points from which he hnd Sc
cured reports tho general average run
ning time for all lines was from eight
10 nine miles an hour. In fact. in
some cities the pressure for~more ra mid
tLahSlt has become so Intense that
regulations have been adopted reouir
ing cars to stop only ut every other
corner, except In certain congested dis
tricts. In order to convey people 10 md
from their business In less time