The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-14
EAST tNO[Rs COn0tnI
ACTION Of COUNCIL
Believe Municipal Body Should Have
Made Street Car Company Live
Up To Franchise.
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED
Residents Of Church Hill Petition
Council TO Rescind Action and Com
pei Company 70 Run Cars Over
Broad Street.


Two resolutions. one Of which
strongly condemns members of the
City Council. especially those of JEFF
ferson Ward for granting the vir-
ginia Railway and Power Company a
right to reroute it's cars. taking them
off of Broad Street. and the other in
Council to rescind it's action and COM
pei the corporation to live up to the
requirements of the original franchise.
were practically unanimously adopt
cd last night at representative
gathering of Church Hill citizens in
the commodious auditorium OF Belle
vue School.
One of the resolutions heavily scores
mem hers OF the Common Council
from jefferson Ward. who cast votes
in favor of allowing the street car
company to take its cars OFF OF Broad
Street and run them over the Mar
shall Street viaduct. In fact. thA
resolution went so far as to say that
in the future the citizens OF this sec
ton Of the city will elect such men
as will carry out the wishes OF their
constituents.
Large Committee -samed.
DIR. william H.--Parker, who pre-
sided over the meeting last night.
upon the recommendation OF several
OF those present. appointed a commit
tee of fifteen to appear before the
Street Committee of the Council at
= ~ he affarpcnp re Epn-
TENDER 81 to express the sentiment
OF the East End people with reference
to the rerouting OF the street cars.
The committee embraces the follow
ing: Harvie l.. Strang. chairman: f.
w Hagermann. II. w. Rountree. En-
gene Robertson, G. w. Buckley. W. A.
Cheatwood. c. w. Hardwicke, Thorn
as Williamson. F. p. Jones, Phil KEEL
ley. J. E, Eubank, T. j. Boyle. II. G.
Dickerson. Edward Bell and DIR. VIII
liam H. Parker.
Service Is Inadequate.
w. S. Robertson, one OF the speak
ers of the evening. asserted that the
present street car service In the Down
town district is inadequate. and that
an levator to the Marshall Street VIA
duct would relieve the situation only
to a certain extent. He declared that
the best way for the Virginia Rail-
way and Power Company to relieve
the present situation Is to put cars
back on Broad Street.
An interesting talk was made by
former Councilman Jacob Umlauf.
who urged the East Enders to put
their heads together and decide upon
Just what thev wanted and put II up
to the Council at the earliest possible
moment. He said:
THE Virginia Railway and Power
Company officials now declare That
cars cannot 90 up and down the Broad
street Hill in safety. Why didn't faey
think of this before they took over
the Richmond and Henrico Company
and got full control Of the street car
system in Richmond As soon a.
thew got hold OF the new company's
franchise they began TO picture the
horrible dangers of running cars on
the hill, and then requested the CITY
Council to allow them TO reroute their
cars. Few accidents occurred on
Broad Street hill In fact, there were
fewer on those four SQUARES than on
any other street In Richmond"
r. r. Boyle, one OF the largest
nropertv owner. on Church Hill. as
serted that II was up to the CITY
Council TO make the stcet railway COM
pany live UP to the franchise. After
that ne got cal oratorical and de-
! clared:
| A La Patrick Henry.
! "In the shadow of the dome In
which Patrick Henry made his famous
| sneech. I repeat Give me liberty or
give me death"
Several other citizens including X
nd FA
ward Pell made talks regarding the
rerouting Of the cars and all OK them
| heartily endorsed the movement To
have the cars put back on Broad
Street.
/ Several present laid stress on that
fact that the recent meeting held In
4 Chimhorazo School was not a repre-
/ sentative one. there being DELEGATIONS
nresent from Fulton. South Richmond
I the West End and Fa!rmount. Prac-
tically every man In the audience las!
night Is a citizen Of the East End. ana
the two resolutions offered met little
opposition.
Following la the frst resolution.
which wis offered by Edward Bell and
was passed by a vote OF 2e1 to 4;
Resolved, That our representatives in
the City Council be requested to com
pei the Virginia Railway and Power
Company TO put street cars back on
I Breat street and live up to the original
franchise.
i The following resolution, which was
] offered by F. p. Jones, was passed by
almost unanimous vote:
| whereas We believe that the action
!, Of the City Council in relieving the
4 virginia Railway and Power Company
OF its franchise requirements on East
Broad Street in defiance OF an ex-
pressed will OF large number Of East
End citizens as expressed In mass meAt-
ing at the Chimboraxo schoolhouse. ID
I directly Responsible for the unsatfs-
factory condition of street car rout-
i ing in the West End at the present
time and has been the cause Of great
delay In street improvements on Broad
Street. II not relieving the car COM
pany entirely OF It's obligations 70 az
certain paving on said street