Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
ASKS BIDS FOR FIRST
LINK IN PARK DRIVEWAY
Administrative Board Takes Steps To
Make ng-Cherishcd Dream
Reality.
IMPROVE FOURTEENTH STREET
Street Car Company Notified to Be-
gin AT Once Shifting of Its Tracks.
VIII Reconstruct Bridge Over Old
Canal.

| c,o,. ,,.r. taken bv the AdminiStr;-
/ tive hoard Yesterday towards bringing;
! to prompt completion the Improvement
| OF Fourteenth street, between Main
/ street and the Mayo Fridge: the con-
! Structiou of the first link Of the long
! planned riverside drive. and the re-
/ uluciu.. of the ramshacklc wooden
! bridge over the canal at Seventh street
with a modern bridge of wood ana
/ steel
Upon the motion Of Commissioners Beck
tho board voted TO advertise for bids
for the GRADING, sr1veiing. and pro-
viding with curhs and cutters, OF that
section OF The proposed riverside drive
oNtendin. from Riverside Park ut
Church and Holly streets to South How
ard or First Street. The bids are re-
tuinablc November 20.
The land needed for This link of the
driveway was acquired 10y the city last
summer When completed. il will
, form a section Of what will he Il river
side driveway connecting Riverside and
CANDLES itli Parks. Eventually. il is
planned to carry the driveway west
wardly to connect with William Eyrd
Park ana the urban river territory still
further 10 the west.
FIRST LINI> IN PLAN
Lone: CHERISHED ny CITY
\ park -to-park driveway. following
Colonel Cut$hn,v. city Engineer Foil .
inc'S predecessor, many years ago. rho
ln. now to hC constructed by the I'D
ministrativc Board Will he the first Of
the several. which. when constructed
ana connected in the wears 10 como, VIII
make Colonel Cutshaw'S dream a real
lily.
The board notified the Virginia Rail
way aud Power Company To hc"in at
once tn" shifting Of it,; present sincl"
track in South Fourteenth street to the
pc: mancut line and Grade adopted by
tho BOARD last July. In connection
with this tine company was notified
also that permission is granted 1T to
build an additional 575-foot siding in
Fourteenth street which. III effect. will
give that tnorou.hiarc Il double track
railway from the bridge 10 Cary street
an Improvement which has been
strongly uri,rd by Councilman Jones, of
Madison Ward.
AS soon a., the street railway tracks
are shifted /" conform with the new
permanent grade, tho city will he
Gin a, once the paving and improve
merit OF the street.
RECONSTRUCT BWiDt.E
OVER OLD CANAL
The Virginia Halfway and Power
Company WAS asked, also. to inform the
board whether or not it Will GO operate
with tn" ChcSapcak" and Ohio Railway
Company 10y r"couStruCtinG its tracks
and crossings over the wooden bridge
over the old James River and 1\anawha
Canal in seventh street, the Chesapeake
and Ohio havluC i!lcd with the board
yesterday plan for rcplacin. ;his
Structur" with a new bridge to be con-
Struct"d OF wood ana steel.
The replacing OF tho ancient wooden
bridge with - rigid modern span. in
the opinion Of tn" board, will hc q most
desirable Improvement, since ii Viii
enable TIA" street railway company To
improve its transportation service to
the SouthSii. over the Forest Hill line.
Under pre- mt conditions. ii is claimed.
III" construction of proper crossings
over the wooden bridge is impossible
Tie Chesapeake and Ohio also nlcd
with the board a plan looking to the
reconstruction Of its present Gas Works
siding wni'h crosses williamsburg Ave-
nue. overhead. with the view of rcmov-
inr the tr.Silo bent which now occupies
the middle Of tho street. The presence
of this obstruction in the street has
always been recognized AS dangerous.
II has already been responsible for sew
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