The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-22
RA|LRjAg COMPANY
WINS At Ill POINTS
Every Recruiting Proposal Dcsired by
IL Is Agreed To BY Majority of
Street Committee
Fight VIII Vow he Carried To Floor
of Councii--Company Relieved OF
Thirty Per Cent of Its Church HlIi
TrackaGe.


in the long drawn ont fight on the
Church Hul rerouting plan.
Every proposition proposed by the
friends of the company passed the
committee. against the solid vote of
the ward delegation. assisted by
Councilman Jones. the vote on nearly
every proposition being six to three.
The action of the committee was
/ considered as tentative The sense Of
the various members was inCor-
porated in general proposition which
viii so to the City Attorney to he in
/ corporsted into an. ordinance. 10 be
returned to the committee for its final
vote
The result OF the action Of the
committee lart night liz vastly favor
able to the company, 1t favors the
removal Of all tracks from Broad
street between Eleventh and CHM
+ horazo Park. excerpts the one square
on Broad between Twenty fourth and
Twenty fifth. II takes the Clay
Street line from Twenty ninth Street
between Broad and NJ. and accord
ing to Councilman sullivan relieves
the company of thirty per cept of its,
Church Hill trackage.
Ghimborazo Plan Wins.
The proposition as adopted carries
practically the plan as proposed by
the people who attended the meeting
I at Chimborazo School several weeks
ago. presided over by James e. Dick
erson and Commissioner John Hirsch-
berg. 1t ignores entirely the wishes
OF those in attendance at Bellevue
school two weeks later.
Councilman Sullivan and Alderman
Nielsen, representing jefferson Ward
on the committee. fought strenuous
ly against the removal of all the
tracks from Broad street Alderman
Powers wanted the Oakwood and
Broad tracks to remain on Broad
Street, from Eighteenth to Eleventh,
10 accommodate the business people
along Broad Street and the Church
I'M people who desired quick trans
portation to the shopping district on
Broad Street
Mr. Sullivan fought valiantly for
the retention of the Broad and Main
tracks on Eighteenth Etreet at the re-
/ quest of practically every business
man between Broad and Cary Streets.
in that district
After the first test OF strength Il
vas easily seen how the end would
be Sullivan, Nielsen and Jones were
+ in line, while Fuller, Gunst Butler,
English. Powers and Pollock were to-
gether.
The gallery, apparently strongly
favorable to the company. was in
good humor. and expressed their sat
isfaction after each vote in derisIve
! laughter.
Fight In Council.
II was stated last night that the
sentiment OF the majority OF the com
Mi'fee would not prevail so readily
/ when the question comes up in Council,
although friends of the company en-
Enthusiastically expressed themselves 3
believing there would not lie AS much
opposition comparatively whaa the
measure comes up for final passage,
was experienced In con4a,y"te
! Action by the committee closes for
the pl.sent at least the reroutinx inch
dent ais matter created tcd dis
card among friends on Church fiill
4 Argument "a dispute neld $50 fer
several .-,nts, The sol 4 4. egatt \,
asked tho e,'n'rpittee to ~tsthdrt~ the
ordnance, - Oh gives Tao sire. ca
com. 500 - esent rero AIRY plan.
That fiar was dopted by Ct,GneIf last
March. at the request of the company.
Tbs latter gave as It's reasons for Btch
q ierou'ing that II could not astreadiiy
lerair it's roadbed along Broad Street,
firm leventh to Twenty-nirth
Frequent meetings were held by va
r!ous factions, some favoring the re-
turn of the cars 10 the old routes, while
others wanted still different routes
and stiil others continuance of the
plan as now in operation. Paramount
people asked that the plan stay as at
present. because that section derived
the benefits OF more cars. Marshall
street people kicked because there were
too many lines operated along that
street from Twenty first tn Twenty
fourth, and some of the Broad street
residents wished 10 be relieved OF the
series of lines along that thorough
fare.
Merchants and business MEN in the
! bottom wanted "a return Of the
Broad and Main line through Eigh-
lteenth Street, and workmen asked for
better service In getting to the Chesn
lpeake and ohiQ shops. the Locomotive
! Works and other large plants In that
section
/ These various plans were presented
the committee. Open meetings. were
made until II was believed every man.
and many women. Of Church Hill had
spoken for one or more plan
SItterttng Is Spokesman.
| Last night Vice President Fritz
Siterding appeared for the company
He spoke briefly He said for months
the company had been trying to get
together with the people. and stood
ready to cooperate more than hal!
way. He objected TO parallel lines
along Marshall and Broad Streets
Said II WINS great expense to the
company. and was doing the public no
good The two hills along Broad
Street were thorns in the side OF the
company and he felt that at any tirue
there might be some awful accident
on the hill,
Why was this not thought Of be-
tore?" asked Mr. Sullivan. When
the Traction Company owned the
Broad Street line the Passenger and
! Power Company said nothing about
the danger on the hills nor have they
said anything about II until now that
the city requires rehabilitation of
the read bed"
Rev. DR. J j Wicker spoke in
favor of the proposition made by the
company--that of continuing the
Broad and Twenty-hfth Street line
over the Marshall Street viaduct.
/ principally. 1t had proved con-
venience and a comfort to many
people Of Church Hill He favored
the plan. however mainly because
the company had promises 10 open
i the viaduct to pedestrians free OF
toll and had agreed 10 erect lift