Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-04

~ so '''c WIS tahen on a definite
Ioii"y I: the directors. This. Mr.. i.ol
iaf' said Was vindication Of tie
city's stand in The controversy.
DAnNEy AND WALTERS
hold MANY CONFERENCES
Then came the more Interesting oues-
Ton OF station faci!it !es-where the
BOARD OF directors wanted the new
passenger station located This was
not surprise TO members of the en-
ecntiIe committee, because the matter
was discussed at an executive ,ncc,in,,
at Rutgers Hotel last week.
Mr.. Dabncy had Just returned fro,, :,
visit to New York city. where he had
conferred with Chairman Walters. of
ia" Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
MI wa alters ana Mr.. Dabncy had fro
Hu"h' conferences concerning the trans
poIt"tion conditions ia Richmond Mr..
ia was told that plans for one of
the handsonest passenger stations I'm
the south were already drawn. and thar
the station would be erected on Broad
street near the Old Fair Grounds, II
being tho site that tho railroad com
pany oihc'als had decided upon after :,
long ana careful consideration OF IN.
engineering problems OF the approarh
10 kichnond and the tendency OF picb
mond's growth
II was pointed on; that II would he
nnwise 10 build n union station on Main
street, because Of the engineering ar
'cti'les of going through the vallcy
and the necessity Of backing in ,r,ins
over steel grades. The growth OF Hjch
'n"nd' Mr.. Walters explained. was
westward ana. according TO figures
cohpileh ~ the railroad company. more
iAan 50 per cent OF the travelling NH
lie of Richmond boards trains M ~.
Eliza Station.
RESOLUTION INDoRsE:s
SITE on BEI.T LINE,
MI waters however. said that the
~" railroad companies. would build
III" station for through trains n, Broad
street and the Old Fair Grounds. All
OF TINS was discussed at yestprdav' :
meeting y plea was made for the
building Of the station on tn. north
sidc of Broad street, where the Belt
Line tracks cross at present Just wes,
10! the Rosenea,h Road. The discus
sion on this question was brief. and a
specific resolution was voted which is
III substance as follows:
That the board of directors Of The
chamber OF Commerce 20 on record as
being in favor of the site for the Dro-
posed S2,"Oo,nO0 passenger railroad sta
ton 10 be built by the Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Potomac and the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroads TO be on
the north side of Broad Street where
the present main line tracks of the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac Railroad cross that thoroughsare,
rather than the site at Broad Street
and the Old Fair Grounds. as proposed
by Chairman Walters, of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad. and President
White, OF the Richmond. Fredcricks-
burg and Potomac Railroad Company
AID. further, that when Chairman
Walters arrives In Richmond Friday
he he Informed that it is the sense Of
the board of directors that the site as
proposed by the board OF directors is
the one that will work to the best
interests OF the city
RESOLUTION CARRIED ny
VOTE OF TWO TO THREE
y vote was taken on this resolution
ana WAS carried by a vote of IL TO g.
But all of the members of the board did
not vote. The members OF the boa rd
OF directors are as follows: w. II.
Adams. Hugh Antrim. John h Branch
w. b. Broa'idus, a NJ. Cannon, H. (.
Carter, j. c. Corlcy, &C. Dula, John C.
Easley, 4. Peyton Giles. Julien IT,
Hill. Fl. w. Jackson. l. J. Marcuse. DR..
Stuart Mcclure. !. 7. Planetary, J..
Powers. W. IT. Schwarzschild 6. w.
stevens NJ j. Straus. a. o. Swink.
John NJ. Taylor w. p. Taylor and
Charles Y Norman.
now THE MEMBERS VOTED
WAS NOT MADE ri BLIC
The meeting of the hoard of dircc-
tors of the chamber was cHccutice. hut
the matter was discussed publicly at
the Retail Merchants Association AN
nual meeting at the jefferson last
night, when w. II. Schwarzschild arose
at the end OF the dinner and asked that
the action of the board OF directors OF
tac Chamber Of Commerce he indorscd
He spoke briefly, and when u vote was
taken vivc vocc, the resolution was de-
fcatcd But after Mr.. Dabncy spoke
for n few minutes and was followed by
several others. the association. on Il
vote to reconsider, decided TO uphold
the vote OF the chamber directors
There was but one dissenting voice on
the last vote.
no STATION on MAIN
STREET., SAYS DARNEY
Mr.. Dabney said:
"Gentlemcn. the plans have been
drawn for new S2,0o0,000 station by
the two railroad companies. If Won
think that you can get Union Station
at Fifteenth and Main Street, let me
tell you that you will never get It.