The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-10
RAPPAHANNOCK COMPANY
ASKS TRANSFER RELEASE
Would BE Put on Par With Rich
mond and Chesapeake Bay
Line to Ashland.
SIXTEEN MILES or NEW ROAD
Line Has Been Completed to Pa
nunkey River-Oid Seven Pines
Branch Operated at Constant Loss,
According to Petition.

Before the Council Committee on
Streets next Monday afternoon. the
Richmond and Rappahannock River
Hallway Company viii make applica-
tlon for favorable rcpos, on an or
dinance designed 10 relieve II from the
obligation Of giving and receiving
transfers on It's seven Pines !tnc.
Under its agreement. with the city
when II acquired from the Virginia
Railway and Power Company tho Seven
Pines electric line, the Richmond and
Kappahannock hallway Company is
required TO accept transfers from the
city electric lines good for passage to
the intersection of the corporation line
with its right OF way-nyc or six
blocks from the terminus OF the Seven
itncs limo al T"cnty- ninth and l.
Streets
In a petition, which will be present
ed 10 tho street Committee. the com
pany asserts that the Seven Pines limo
Is being operated 1T a loss. and that
the transfer obligation. requiring II
10 carry passengers free of cost be
tween the Twenty-ninth and l. Streets
terminus aud the corporate limits of
the city, imposes an undue hardship.
The extension OF the city limits con-
templatcd In tho annexation lines APP
proved by Judge \. a. Campbell, /, Is
set forth, viii increase materially the
length Of this free haul, resulting in an
estimated additional annual loss OF
si.5S4i0
ANNEXATION WILL EXTEND
TRANSFER ZONE $500 FEET
The ordinance OF February II. 1912
under which the transfer of the Seven
Pines line was authorized. limits the
free Issuance Of transfers TO ana from
the line TO points within the city
limits. or any extension thereof"
This provision would upon annexation
rs nov proposed extend the free trans
fer zone 900 feet on the Seven Pines
line.
Sine" purchasing the Seven Pines
line the Eappahannock Company. ac-
corainS to the statement referred to-
has expended In improvements upon IL,
Slif.Ol355. Including interest on tho
new Investment and Tho estimated loss
from the extension OF tho free trans
i.r zone. tho company estimates the
net annual operating loss Of the seven
Pines line will be !g.Gi7al
The Rappahannock Company under
took In part. as consideration for
the Misunderstanding feature OF the
ordinance OF February II. 1912 10 con
struct railroad connecting Richmond
with Crbanna and tapping "a rich sec
,ion OF the state at present tributary
TO Baltimore In this work the com
rany has expended UP to May 81, 1914.
$3ap,:o7.2l. exclusive OF the cost OF
material and supplies purchased and
on hand. The petition continues:
LINE TO PAMCNkEl RIVER
Is READY FOR USE
The main line OF the Rappahannock
Company has been completed TO the
Pamunlsey River, q distance OF sixteen
and iwo-thirds miles. II Is construct
ed along the best engineering lines
Passenger service could have begun
on July /. 1913. but has been deferred
in order that. when 1t does begin the
service. may he az perfect as IL is
practicable 10 make II. Freight SER
vice has been installed. and passenger
service Will be in fun operation be-
fore September /, 1914.
The franchise Of the Seven Pines
line IN ienrico County expires SEN
TENDER IL. 1918. or within n period OF
four years, and there VIII be no pos
siDie opportunity within that interval
Tor the Richmond and Rappahannock
River Hallway Company 10 operate IL
at anything but loss or TO rccoup
itself for the sil4.0l35J already in
vested IN the Seven Pines line
The Rappahannock Company real
ICES that Judge Campbell had the
right TO fx the line as he did, and IL
also realizes that the city had the
right 10 have its corporate limits ex-
tended under the ordinance OF Febru-
arg II. 1912, but II does not believe
that the city OF Richmond wants 10
do what is unjust or 10 place an un-
fair burden upon this new enterprise
the construction OF the railroad To Ur-
banna-the success Of which seems SO
much to Richmond"
The effect OF the proposed ordi-
nance. which was introduced In the
Common Council Monday night. would
b. TO place the Kappa hammock Com
pany on the same basis as regards
transfers with the Richmond and
Chesapeake Bay Railway which oper-
atcs the electric line TO Ashland. 1t
is regarded az probable that the COM
inittcc viii give the ordinance ia
vorable report.
SEAR0hRD EARNINGS