Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-11
FULTON CAR LINE PEOPLE
POOL THEIR INTERESTS
East Richmond Railway Company's
Petition VIII BE Given
FREQ Field.
TO INSPECT PROPOSED ROUTE
Council Street Committee Votes to
Tour Right Of Way on Monday Az
ternoon as the Guests of Petit
TONERS.

The Richmond and Eastern Railway
Company and the Fulton and East Rich
mond Railway Company. rival petition
ers to the Council for a franchise for
street railway line from Fulton Hill
to tho National Cemetery neighborhood.
according to information laid before
tho Council Committee on Streets yes
to-day. have adjusted their differences.
and will hcntcforth pool their efforts
In forwarding the Improvement. Tho
Richmond and Eastern Railway Com
pany. ii is stated. will not press its
petition. allowing n free field to the
Fulton and East Richmond Railway
Attorney ~ II. Sands. representing
the last named company, asked the
committee to inspect the territory and
proposed route NJ it's convenience, Of
ferinE to furnish automobiles to take
the members over the right of way.
The committee voted to inspect the
route in n body at . o'clock next Mon
day afternoon.
LINE BACKED BY OWNERS
OF EAST RICHMOND PROPERTY
Representatives of tho petitioninG
company said yesterday that the enter
prise of the pctitioninG company said
yesterday that the enterprise Is being
backed almost entirely by owners OF
property in East Richmond who have
felt the need Of street-car line TO
open up for development several sub
divisions conveniently located for
suburban residences. Tho proposed
new line. it was stated, was in no way
connected with the Virginia Railway
and Power Company.
The present plans call for the con-
struction OF a single-traok street car
line beginning at a point about eight
blocks within the new corporate limits
on Fulton Hill and proceeding almost
due north by Montrose Heights and
other suburban subdivisions in the
National Cemetery neighborhood, for
about three miles into Hcnrico County
A tentative understanding with the Vir-
ginia Railway and Power Company, it
Is stated. insurcs an equitable arrange
ment with that company for electric
power to operate the cars. in the event
that the new road is built. This will
obviate the necessity of constructing an
expensive independent power plant.
COMMITTEE CLOSES
NUMBER OF ALLEYS
The committee, upon petition OF the
Richmond and Rappahannock River
Railway Company, recommended for
passage an ordinance closing to public
use the unopened alley in tho block
bounded by r. Twenty-ninth, Q and
Thirtieth Streets. 1t approved also the
closing Of portion Of the alley run
ming westwardly from Auburn Avenue,
between Grove and Floyd Avenues
Upon petition Of Julius c. Siewers. the
committee voted to permit the closing
of the alley in the block bounded by
Thirty third. n. Thirty fourth and o
Streets.
a petition asking that Virginia
Avenue. in Highland Park. be widened
to eighty feet was referred to the City
Engineer for report. To him was sub
mitted for report also the proposition
of Mrs. Mabel Crutchheld Offering to
sell to the city n tract of land betwe cen
Thirtieth and Thirty Streets
just south OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
tunnel