The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-21
.C0MPA AMY APPEALS
FROM SMALL fine
Failure to Operate Hull Street
Line on Schedule Time Re
suits in Conviction.
ASKS HIGHER COURT TO ACT
Virginia Railway and Power
Company Not Satisfied With
Ruling of Police Justice.

schedule on It's Hull Street line. the
was fined $40 and costs yesterday morn,
ing by Justice III. "A. Maurice in Police
Gourt. Part IL In imposing the fine
step In order that a higher court could
pass on the matter. An appeal to Hus-
ungs Court, Part II; was noted by
Captain a. Il. Guigon. general attor-
ney for the company. assisted by Will
i ,ys =, LILLIAN, conducted the defense.
Assistant City Attorney, represented
the city: The offense is n violation of
one of the chief franchise requirements
chester
The prosecution was the result of a
wright two days last week. following
iEnumerable complaints frorn car pa
iron W. the figures furnished by Cap
tam Wright showed that the schedule
was not maintained. but that there
were intervals of from one to thirty
minutes i between cars passing a given
interval of ten minutes.
Admitted Truth of Records
thptain Guigon admitted the truth
OF the police records. but commended that
oRse service of ten minutes was be-
ing given, and. although the ten-min-
uee ,nterVhi was not kept with any
eSularlty, the five cars on the line did
schedule. He admitted that the ser
the blame e OK ha but placed
me rallroad crossings on the line. SUI
perintendent w. F.. Bryce was placed
On inc eua sta ad to show that Ave, cars
nFe others: equal in seating capacity
d dt I'VE small ma, cars We're put In operation
e euFlhg ga rhs rush hours This service
rush hour service in the CITY
On behalf Of the transportation COM
cratic Club. c. b. Anderson was Dlnccd
on the stand to make statement i'm
regard rel; to Che service. In a verbal tilt
Anderson's Interpretation of rush
hour" service. the latter more than held
pacity of twenty-siX is filled with
SM5n n patrons. is rush hours. said
sertion that $4,000 persons we're hauled
daily was denied by Mr.. Bryce. who
stated that the average is about 5000.
or cash fares and transfers together.
he did not state. The patronage of the
line, he stated. has fallen off 20 per
cent In the last month.
Commenting on Captain Guigon's as
sertion that South Richmond was given
the largest rush hour service in the
only business proposition for it to do
SO. and that any merchant would ac-
tually put. on extra clerks at a time
patronized his store. The service, he
continued. was abominable. and should
be remedied. A faster schedule should
be given. he said.
Colonel Anderson. in his closing re-
marks, stated that the franchise did not
require fifty-minutc round trip sche-
dule, but demanded that cars going in
both directions should pass given
point ten minutes apart. He said that
n fine, of $40 day. not for each car
with a view Of regulating the SER
vice on the Hull Street line. the com
pany Installed an automatic register
This register will check each car as ii
passes. and will give the exact time. a
similar device was used at Forest Hill
last summer to check the cars on that
line. Every crew more than certain
number of minutes behind had to sub
NIT written report. while the checker
prevented others from leaving before
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