Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-27
STREET COMMITTEE VOTES
TO CLOSE LOUMOR AVENUE
recommends Ordinance Against the
Advice of City Engineer
Boiling.
SOLVE BELT LINE PROBLEM
Resolution. Recommended for Pas
sage. Provides for Conference to
Devise Plan for Depressing Tracks
to Avoid Grade Crossings.

Against the advice OF City Engineer
Boiling. the Council Committee on
Streets yesterday voted. { to |, to rec
an ordinance closing Loumor Avenue
between Tilden and Clay Streets The
avenue at present cuts diagonally
across tho block Of which two sides
are Tildcn Street and Clay Street ex.
tended.
On the southern half OF the triangle
formed By the Loumor Avenue dag
ohal is located the plant OF the Mon
tague Manufacturing Company. Tho
other triangle is owned by the West
BROAD Street Land Corporation. which
desires to sell this tract to the Mon
tasne Manufacturing Company for the
purpose of extending its plant.
MANUFACTURING PLANT
WANTS WHOLE BLOCK
In order TO effect the sale. the COM
mittee VAS told. il was necessary to
close Loumor Avenue. a twenty four
foot roadway, between Clay and TIL
den streets, so that the entire square
would be unnroken by a public high
way. Unless permission TO close this
street was secured with reasonable
promptness. the committee was told.
the sale of the property would fall
through. and the city would be de-
PrIHed or manufacturing expansion
which 1t could i'll afford to lose
In return for the closing OF Loumor
avenue. the West Broad Street Land
corporation agrees to dedicate a sixty
foot right Of way through It's property
10 make possible the extension of Clay
lts
opening up of West CLAY Street renre
sentatives OF the land company assured
the committee, would take care of the
trafic using Lounor Avenue as an en-
trance INTO Broad Street. better than
1t is cared for now
City Engineer Boiling explained that
i.oumor Avenue. while hardly more
IMAM county road and only twenty
-FOUR feet wide, afforded a direct an
pfoacn 10 the city from Acca. and the
Industries located between that point
anu inc city proper, notably the Rich
mohd Forginss Corporation. The clos
ins or the street, ne said would defect
this direct approach
ROLLING ADVISES
WAITING FOR SURVEY
While Mr.. Boiling was not prepared
TO say that the permanent maintenance
OF ms hishway was desirable or neces-
sarE, ne thought il would be tho mart
oi wisdom 10 withhold action on the
pending application until the survey
OF the annexed territory now in prog
ress was completed. Not until this
survey is finished. ne said. would 1t be
possible to establish definitely the
highway scheme of that section of the
city
Chairman Pollock said that he was
confident that the closing Of I.oumor
Avenue between the points indicated
would simplify instead Of compltcate
nj IND
intention to vote for the closing with
out waiting for the completion of the
survey.
Inc motion to recommend properly
Drawn ordinance for passage was sup
ported by Councilman Pollock and AL
dermcn Pullcr. Powers and Nielsen. Al
derman Gunst voted In the negative.
lie explained that while he was anxious
TO facilitate the extension OF the manu-
featuring plant in question he thought
ina no interests would be jcopa rdizcd
ny waiting for the completion of the
survey, IL the city Engineer advised.
CONFER WITH H.. T.. & T..
ON BELT LINE TRACKS
The committee recommended to the
council for passage a resolution an
pointing a committee to confer with
the Richmond. fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad Company, with the
view of formulating a plan for de-
pressing the Belt Line tracks from the
north side of the James River TO the
corporate limits north of Broad street,
so as 10 avoid grade crossings The
procedure was recommended by the
City Attorney.
y resolution providing for the ey
change of the old gas house lot, belong
Ing TO the city. for tract belonging
10 the Sea board Air Line Railway Com
pany ahuttinE the east side of Cary
street, between Fourteenth and Elf
teenth Streets was referred for report
and recommendation to a subcommittee
composed of Alderman Fuller, chair
man, and Aldermen tiunst and Powers
The subcommittee will call into con-
ference the City Engineer.