The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-21
notice.!

, ne 4fE4Illa halfway ana power
Company has petitioned the City Coun-
ell to grant 1T temporary right to
! change the operation OF Broad and
Main Broad and Twenty-flfth, ard
| lakewood and Broad lines until
such time as the City Council should
decide on the franchise matter
now pending, to avoid unnecessary
rebuilding of the present tracks on
! Broad Street part OF which will prob
ably be abandoned If any permanent
change Is made In the routes
I The temporary routings as pro-
posed, does not cover any part of the
general change excepting the elimina-
/ ton of the operation over the heavy
grades on Broad Street between
Eleventh and Twenty fourth Streets.
The Broad and Twenty-fifth line
to run over same streets as at present,
except on Broad Street from Eleventh
posed that the line leave Broadt at
| Eleventh Street to Marshall, over
viaduct to Twenty-fourth and Mar
shall. which Is only one block dis
tant and parallel to Broad Street.
This change will cut down running
thine five minutes per trip. It now re-
quires eight minutes from Eleventh
Broad and by eliminating grades and
wait on hill and running over viaduct
requires only five minutes.
The Broad and Main line to run
over the same streets as at present,
except on Eighteenth Street from
Main to Broad, and on Broad street
from Eighteenth 10 TwentH-fourth.
Instead, 1t is proposed that the line
continue on Main to Twenty first, and
on Twenty first to Marshall to Twenty
fourth to Broad. This change does
not increase the running time Of cars
per trip. and Is the only possible way
to operate this line to cover the pres
ent route and avoid the heavy grade
on Broad Street
The lakewood and Broad line to
! run over same streets as at present,
| except on Broad Street from Ninth
I Street to Eighteenth Street. Instead.
il ts proposed that the line continue
/ on Eighteenth Street to Main Street,
and on Main Street to Ninth Street
stbound. and Eighth Street east
! bound. to Broad Street to First Street,
following present route This change
! is necessary to be made to avoid grade
on Broad Street unless other tracks
j are constructed so as to carry this
line over the viaduct. This change
] covering the business section on Main
I Street, as well as the shopping dis
trict on Broad Street, will not require
any additional time for the cars to
! make the trip.
Tho company has in the past, and
is at present, taking every precaution
| possible to avoid accidents over the
] heavy grades and steam railroad
crossings. and to do so requires. as
one Of the means to avoid collisions,
In case car gets away on the heavy
4 grades, the cars to come to a full
I stop before ascending or descending
The hills and to wait until the car
preceding Is clear of the grade before
4 attempts to follow.
The cars are equipped with air
I brakes as well as hand-brakes, and
the equipment is gone over each night
and tested, and every part OF the car
inspected on every l,000-miie run, and
\ every precaution possible taken. and
in addition to operating sand car,
extra men are sent to sand the hills
! to eliminate, as far as possible, the
chances OF a car getting away when
the tracks are slick. Nevertheless,
the danger Is realized by the company
land the public. and the company has
been petitioned in the past to change
the routes SO as to avoid the necessity
Of operating over the heavy grades
on these hills.
The plan proposed Is to operate the
Broad and Twenty-fifth line over the
Marshall-Street viaduct and have the
Broad and Main line circle tho hill
wood and Broad line circle the hill
via Main Street and Ninth and Eighth
| Streets, transferring at Eighth Street
! Ito the Twenty-hfth Street line. which
gives practically the same facilities
as transferring at Eighteenth and
Broad. This change will not. to any
great extent inconvenience any OF
the patrons, for the reason that with
the transfer from the lakewood lines
: at Eighth and Broad Streets and with
, the transfer from the Twenty third
! Street line. connecting the lakewood
lines and the Broad and Twenty
fifth line. 1t would enable passengers
on any part OF Church Hill to reach
any other section without any increas-
ed delay over the present method OF
operating these lines.
With the lakewood and Broad and
lakewood and Main lines operating
through Eighteenth Street. and the
Seventeenth Street line operating
parallel within one block. and the
Broad and Main and the Clay Street
lines operating on Twenty-first Street
the same number of lines are still
provided for taking care OF the traf-
fic in this section, both via Main and
Broad Streets, and with only three
| blocks between the lakewood lines
on Eighteenth Street and the Clay
and Broad and Main lines on Twenty.
first Street. The Broad and Twenty
] fifth Street line and the Railway ant
Niaduct Company line at Eleventh
| Streets leaves space between
Eleventh and Seventeenth Streets UNI
provided which is approximately six
blocks. making three blocks the
farthest distance that any person
would have to walk in either dfrec-
lion to take the Railway and Fiaducl
! and Broad and Twenty-fifth cars al
Eleventh Street: the Seventeenth
Street line a. Seventeenth and Broad
or the lakewood and Brood md Oak
wood and Main cars at Eighteenth
Street, ana tabulation shows tina
there are very few passengers whe
would take cars between Twelfth and
| Seventeenth Streets on Broad
G. b. BUCHANAN,
] adv. General Manager.