The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-12
'REROUT|NG HIGHLAND
PARK LINE AGREED TO
According TO Ordinance RECON-
mendc1 Yesterday.
ST. PETERS NOW OBJECTS.
Proposal To Route GintCr Park-Huit
Street IAnc Un 'H@h::i street OPP
posed On account of Addcd Noise.
VIII BE Discussed Next Monday.

VIII BE Discussed Next Mohue3'
Consideration Of the rcrouting
ordinance Of the Ginter Park HUI
Street line and the Highland Park
line yesterday afternoon by the street
, Committee, opened up a new avenue
Of litigation between the city Of Rich
( mond and the Virginia Railway and
Power Company, when II was learned
shat the company Was calming per-
pttua} rights 70 Hal Street and Ger
tam thoroughfares in Highland Park.
This = denied by the city but the
committee recommended the ordin
anCe relating 70 Highland Park, and
due 10 opposition Of - Peter
church. the Ginter Park proposition
was tabled. 10 be taken up at spe-
cal meeting Of the committee. 30 be
held Monday December IS, at
o'clock The protest OF the church
was due TO the belief that extra cars
would be placed on Eighth Street,
which would interfere with the ser
vices
After the merits 81 the respective
claims Of the city and company re
sardne the question of perpetual
rights had hecn stated by Captain A.
and assistant city attorney. Colonel
George Wayne Anderson. the COM
mi;toe decided 10 recommend the
Highland park ordinance 20 the
CorncH Tor adoption after inserting
clause that the granting Of the
changes would have no hearing on
ths rotnpany> claim for perpetual
8 his in Highland Park
fifth and Ir}a ~ Terminus.
This ordinance provides that Firth
and Broad Streets shall he the termi-
nus Of tho Highland Park cars, in
stead o. Seventh Street. as a present.
and permits the company to construct
q loop at the Highland PARK end Of
the line running along Maryland Ave
hue ard Meadowbridee Road The
cars viii come into the city over the
Fifth street Bridge. continuing
through to Broad street instead of
turning down 20 Seventh Street.
Colonel Anderson, IN his address to
the commute. stated that the power
company claimed perpetual rights in
Highland Park through an old agree
men; made with the original land
com pany that developed the property.
No franchise. he said, existed giving
the company the right 10 operate its
cars through Highland Park. He
stated that he had endeayored to have
! the company waive all claims to per
petUal rights in that suburb, and for
I this he granted the permission to
make the loop in Highland park and
: abandon the tracks at Seventh and
/ Broad Streets
Owns RICH: OF Way.
Captain Guigon replied 10 this that
ii woHld he poor bargain for his
/ company to agree 10 give up all claim
ha ,.,1 - l.
IeRe of constructing loop and max
ing Fifth Street the terminus for the
Highland Park cars. when the patrons
of that line wanted the convenience
and the company could make then
without any concessions, He stated
that the ground on which the track'
were run in Highland Park was pur
chased by the company and was nov
owned by them. He said thet the
streets through which the lines rur
were also the property of the com
pany. but was dedicated. or through
usage as n public thoroughfare haC
become city property.
1t was stated by Colonel Anderson
that the city did not recognize III
J right of the company 70 claim per
petual rights in Hull Street. Soutl
, Richmond and that he did not thinl
: ii the proper thing for the compan
: to have such rights in any commu
I nifty. He declared that he had mad
. an effort to have the company sur
{ reT0er their claims on the S0uthSid
: for the right 10 run the through Gin
= ter Park Hull Street cars and remov
3 ing the tracks Of the Niaduct lin
A running west on Baker Street Thi
- proposition was met with a rcfusa
K Colonel Anderson stated that the ap
Q pearance Of these claims of the com
4 pany shows all the more forcihly tina
$ the company should have a blanke
G franchise both for its own good. an
= the benefit OF the public.
Granted Under Old Charter.
Captain Guigon, m speaking OF m
Hon street claim stated that II wa
granted under the old charter of tn
city of Manchester. when It was nc
!, contrary TO law He says that Rich
mond, as now controlling Manchestel
should recognize the contracts of tn
old city. He said that the two mat
I tiers Of retouting had aroused all kin
Q or objections and contentious fror
Y every side, but that he hoped IN
8 claims Of his company for perpetua
= rights would not be considered in con
= nection with them. He stated tina
s the franchise Of the company did no
4 expire until 1890, and there RENAME
= thirteen years in which to thresh on
: all matters between the company an
1 city before a blanket franchise woul
be applied for.
0 Before the Ginter Park Hull Stree
' rerouting matter was taken UP Nj
r Fuller stated that he would not vot
a for the ordinance. because 1t carrie
a curtailment of the service of tn
company by permitting them TO TAX
up the Baker Street tracks. He de
ciared that the company should dou
bie-track the Barton Heights lin
without taking up the tracks. and I
5. permit them to do so would be ba
business on the part of Richmond.
+. s Valentine. OF the Valentin
. Meat Juice Company, stated to tn
: committee that to remove the track
!, from Brook Avenue would cause hin
, any amount OF trouble and incon
A venience. as his workmen depende
4 on that line in coming to the factory
storm, similar in cha racter I
that caused by the objection of 81
Paul's Church to running the heav
Ginter Park cars UP Ninth Street brok
l. when j. J. Blake, an attorney, APP
peared before the committee for 81
Peters Church. asking that no furthe
cars be placed on Eighth Street, a
that street already had more tina
either Seventh or Ninth Streets, an
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