The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-21
CITY SUBJECTED
T0SHARP ATTACK
Southside Speaker Scores Long
Delays i'll Settling Bridge
Approach Plans.
FAVORS FOURTEENTH STREET
Democratic Club May Hear From
Candidates for Municipal
Office.

The failure OF tho city OF Richmond.
after almost 4 year OF negotiations. to
solve the bridge approach problem was
made the subject of sharp attack last
night by Il. G. Lambert. &c South Rich
mond. who made Il lengthy speech on
the subject before the Sonthside Demo-
/ cratic Club at Fratcrnal Hall.
NJ Lambert who. together with sew
cral others Interested i'm the problem.
laid before the Council about six weeks
ago 4 new plan for a northern APP
pIo3Ch 10 the Mayo Bridge, expressed
! his resentment ut the failure of the
city authorities so far to make amy
other. lie was inclined to the belief
that hostile interests favoring rival
routes have been Instrumental in keep
| ing il asleep in committees.
The plan proposed by Mr. Lambert
and his associates is 10 widen Four
tecnth Street TO sixty feet from Main
time open UP Il new forty-hvc foot
! street from Main TO Cary Streets. be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth.
| Options OF the property that Will nc
needed to garry out this plan, he said,
! have ;lrcatly been assured. Tho APP
| p"oach thus planned. he said, will cost
! Approximately $4,000.
Envors Fourteenth street Route.
! NJ. Lambert went at lcnEth into tho
! morris of the plan proposed by him and
| lis associates, and tho rival rout. along
| Fifteenth Stree: and tho Dock, favored
| by City Engineer Boiling. lie was &c
cideGly of the opinion that the -Four
tcenth Street route was chc more de-
! srahlc, and better calculated 10 serve
the interests Of the Southside. and at
the same time relieve The traffic con-
scstion on the north side of the river.
Without making any direct charges.
Nr. Lambert indicated clearly that II
was mis- belief that the Fourteenth
street plan is being detained in COM
mitteo without report because OF the
hostility Of the City Engineer. who is
Lent upon carrying the approx ciI
through Fifteenth Street, Practically
every business ;nan on the Southsilc,
10 said is IN favor OF tho Fourteenth
street route. az arc also large ma
yority of the business mcn on Car:'
street west of Fourteenth Street The
TO assert their wishes in tho matter and
to secure Tho adoption OF ;he route they
wanted.
Mr. Lambert told his hearers that his
plan has been approved by the VIRGINIA
Railway ana Power Company. through
rs vice-presiocnt. Fritz Sittcrdin;-. ana
tentatively. at least. by the Southern
Hallway. lie appealed to thr club to
take such action with regard to the
lridgc approach plan as Il saw fit in
The interest OF securing an early set
Element OF the problem. The mcmb crS
gave careful attention, 10 IN" statement
OF the case. but took no action
Way licur Candidates for Office.
Inc club met in regular session at
$50 o'clock to dispose of several rou-
llnG matters of business. The plan. to
call II mass meeting of Southside citi-
ZcnS TO hear candidates for Office in the
Forthcoming municipal primary was; in
| formally discussed. but the fixing of "a
definite date for the Ss-mccting lyas
deferred until u special business meet :
inS; which will be held next Friday
night. Tho mass-mcctinE will prob
ably be held during the first week in
April
y report had gained circulation that
last nights meeting would be devoted
10 hearing from candidates. AS a mat :
ter Of fact, no invitation 10 candidates
had been issued, the meeting being
on of
business. Several candidates for tho
| Council and Board of Aldermen from
Madison Ward were in attendance, and
upon calls from the floor responded
with a few words.
out of consideration for rival can
didates, who were absent nothing like
u discussion of issues was attempted.
Those who responded To calls were
J.. j. Chcatwood. candidate for the
Common Council. and l.. T. Christian
and Jesse y. i.add. candidates for the
Board OF Aldermen, all from Madison
Ward. y short talk was made by D. J..
Toney, of the Richmond delegation i'm
the House OF Delegates.