The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-10
WOODLAND HEIGHTS
WANTS NO CHANGE
Opposes Plan for Alternate
Street Car Service on
Southside.
HULL STREET THE PROBLEM
Congestion at Fourteenth and
Main Streets Is Cause of
Serious Complaint.
HULL STREET THE PROBLEM

Park ncfgborhoods lodged vigorous
protest with the subcommittee from
the Committee on Streets charged with
adjusting traffic disabilities arising
from the establishment Of Fourteenth
and Main as the terminus OF tho Hull
street car line, against any plan that
would SLOW up the present direct SER
vice from Forest I'm Park to Seventh
and Broad Streets.
large delegation OF professionals
was in attendance when Chairman
Powers convened the subcommittee ut
- o'clock. The committee took testi
HiohE Tor more than an hour and voted
mt the end of that time to hold a con
terence with the traffic authorities of
the Virginia Hallway and Power Com
pany In the hope OF finding solution
OF the problem
The difficulty arises from tho hard
ships which. 1t is claimed. the present
arrangement imposes upon Southside
people residing in sections tributary
to the Hull Street line. Many of these
II Is asserted. work on the north side
OF the rivera large number in tho
iron and steel industries centralized
in the neighborhood Of the Tredcrnr
Works.
WANT TO RIDE TO WORK
FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE FARE
III Is not possible under the present
arrangement for an cmployc of one OF
these plants residing In Swansboro.
Tor example, TO ride all the way from
his home to his work on Dne fare. AT
Fourteenth and Main Streets he can
obtain transfer west. which will take
him TO the cross street nearest tho
scene of his work. From this point
he has to walk.
In order to alleviate this condition.
II was suggested that every alternate
Hull Street car be routed along Sew
enth Street. South Richmond. across
the Free Bridge 10 Seventh and Broad.
This would enable residents OF Swans
boro to travel without transfer III
rect to seventh Street on the north
side and bring them with the leas,
Inconvenience TO their work.
To pup this alternating plan into ef-
rect IL MAS suggested that every other
Forest Hill car he routed to Fourteenth,
and Main, and every other Hull street
car to Seventh and Broad. The scheme
was attacked by the street car com
pany as impracticable, and opposed by
the Woodland Heights residents. who
told the committee that such an mr..
ranEement would materially injure the
good service that suburb enjoys TO
Seventh and Broad Streets.
WOODLAND HEIGHTS
WANTS NO CHANGE
John B. Lightfoot. Haskins Hobson
and Augustine Royal among others
"sheu tue committee 10 DO nothing that
Will Interfere with the present SER
vice To Woodland Heights. George e.
Wise took the same position but
thought plan should be devised which
would bring at least some Hull Street
ears to Broad Street.
G. f. Anderson, representing meet
ing OF Southsidc citizens. entered
protest against the congestion with
which these have 10 contend at Four
teenth and Main Streets. Much OF ii,
he thought, was due. not TO the heavy
traffic. but to the fault OF the street
car company. which, he said. fails to
keep its cars properly spaced.
The only other plan before the COM
mittec provided for the routing of all
hun street cars around a loop run
ming partly through Broad Street.
This plan was declared out OF the qucs-
tion by Captain Alex L. Guigon, gen
eral attorney. and traffic officials of the
Virginia Railway and Power Company,
on the ground that it would add great
~ TO the congestion that already exists
service on all lines now using the
downtown loop
HAS NOT GREATLY INCREASED
NUMBER OF TRANSFERS
Mr. Guigon submitted statement
from the traffic department of the
street car company. showing that since
the terminus of the Hull Street line
was shifted from Broad and Seventh
TO Fourteenth and Main. there has been
only per cent increase in the num-
Der of transfers Issued from that line.
This he said, indicated that the new
terminus is as satisfactory as the old.
to "a per cent OF the passengers using
the Hull Street line
The growth OF the city to metro
poitan proportions, said Mr. Guigon,
renders II no longer practicable for
every line to penetrate the heart of
the city. The company, he said, made
4 serious blunder In routing the First
street line around the downtown loop
Much dissatisfaction with the loop ar
arrangement has been voiced by resi-
dents in Ginter Park and other settle
ments on the First Street line. who, he
said. would prefer the old terminus al
First and Broad Streets
SEEK SOME SOLUTION
OF HULL STREET PROBLEM
me committee agreed unofficially
that 1t would be unwisc to tampcr with
the Woodland Heights service, and its
conference with the traction officials
VIII be directed towards securing some
relief for the residents In Swansboro
and other sections of the Southside
tributary to the Hull Street line
possible solution OF the difficulty
was suggested to the committee in a
proposition to operate a shuttle service
on Seventh Street, South Richmond.
between Hull and Perry Streets. thus
enabling Hull Street passengers to
transfer direct to northbound cars on
the Forest Hill Park line. An alter
nate plan to the same effect was that
transfers be issued from Seventh and
Hull to Seventh and Perry. Under such
an arrangement passengers desiring TO
make the transfer would have to walk
three blocks.
Captain Guigon thought last night
that the transfer plan was the most
promising solution yet suggested The
matter will be taken up in detail
when the committee and the company
meet In conference. Captain Guigon
announced that the company will
shortly place additional cars on the
Forest Hill line TO take care of the
large ly-increased traffic between the
park and the city.