Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-18

pany's differences with the city over
/ the Belt Line improvement The COM
pany. he said realizes fully that the
( situation in the West End is unsa,is-
factory. and that IL must he adjusted
in the interest OF both the city and
the railroad company. He expressed
The hope mat The differences over this
problem will not Ice prolonged. since
the realization OF the new station pro
jcct Will necessarily. in his belief, be
deferred until the Belt Line con-
trovcrSy is settled
The directors did not Yesterday un-
dcr;ak" u discussion of the station
plans in detail. II is assumed. how
ever that the new station Will follow
the lines originally contemplated for
the hermitage depot. and that il Will
he :, monumental structure designed to
take care Of the business of the two
roads for many years to come II was
estimated that the Hermitage station
with all its appurienances would
mean an outlay OF s2.oo0.OOo. and the
new station will not he less ambitious
No DOWNTOWN STATION
on HRO&D STREET
Having committed themselves to an
Improvement OF these proportions the
directors laid down the condition that
no other station shall he required OF
the Richmond. fredericksburg and
! Potomac in the city OF Richmond In
sistencc on this condition will mean
the defeat of a widespread demand for
smaller supplementary station far
Their downtown in the Harrison street
neishborhoOd for the convenience Of
suburban passengers.
Tile last-minute scheme of the roads
owning the Main Street Station to bring
all the roads into an enlarged terminal
at the Fifteenth Street location recalled
to those who are familiar with the
recent history OF the station move
ment the same plan that was sug-
gcstcd by the Seaboard and Chesapeake
and ohio three years ago at dinner
given by the Chamber Of Commerce at
the jefferson Hotel to the directing
authorities of the several roads enter
ing this city.
UPTOWN PLAN HAS
STEADILY GAINED STRENGTH
Al that time the Chamber OF Com
'ncrce was bending every effort 10 unite
ali the railroads on the Main and Eff
tccnth Streets site. The Seaboard and
Chesapeake and Ohio maintained an
attitude of strict neutrality. Offering
TO allow the other roads 10 use it's
station If Il mutually satisfactory
agreement Tor a joint use OF the prop
crty could he reached.
The Atlantic Coast Line and Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac de
spite the testimony of Engineer G. T. T.:
HurGwyn. now dead. who introduced
Il plan 10 show that the scheme was
entirely feasible, natly refused to con
slider bringing their trains into the
Main Street Station. AS far as could
be learned yesterday, these two roads
are as unalterably opposed to such a
scheme to-day they were three
years ago
CHAMBER or COMMERCE.
FOR ROSENEATH SITE
In the course OF the long agitation
that followed, public opinion steadily
vccrcd towards the West End station
idea. After holding out for IL long
time against this current, the Chamber
of Commerce finally fell into line, and
has been foremost in urging the con-
structiOn Of Il two-road station I'm the
| West End. The Council, too, has en-
hraccd the idea. and has directed its
energies towards this end.
The hasty preparation, at the in-
stance of tho Main Street Station
owners. OF ambitious plans for union