Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-14
BELv|DERE CROSSING
RISK MAY Be REDUCED
Railroad Proposes to Stop All Local
Trains at Elba
Station.
WILL RELIEVE CONGESTION
Applies to Corporation Commission
for Permission to Change Termi
nal Facilities Pending Erection OF
New West. End Station.

Permission to operate several of its
local trains only to Elba station. on
West Broad street in an effort partly
to relieve the badly couecstrd condi :
lions at the BYRD street station. has
becn sought by the Richmond. Fred :
ericksburS aud Potomac Railroad COM
panN petition for this relief has
Just been filed by the road with thr
state corporation Commission. and II
WIZ De heard probably the latter part
IF the week
olicinls Of the rnnd said Yesterday
that conditions had become 40 conu,.t
=" NJ tn" Byrd street Stnilon. which
Is also used by thu Atlantic Coast Line
ana Norfolk and Western railroads
'hat som" remedy must he found ~,
once IN. Corporation Commission has
been asked 10 allow the road 10 ston
'hr'" OF its daily local iraius ut Elbo
"'a''nn Tines" trains. which now run
through 10 the BYRD street Station.
IRE used In the main by commuters
me VAST majority at whom change to
trolley ears At the uptown station.
RESTRICT Use or rHI:
HEL'iDtRE STREET TRACKS
I'm stopping thes" local trains -,
rioa station the railroad company
M"ui" t"duSe the amount OF traffic
hi"hs h"lvidet. street. against which
many complaints have been made ia
recent months. 10y six daily movement.
three in either direction Tho road
had planned I" change the schedule
"n"ctiv" yesterday. hui onpo.i,io, ,
IA" pa't al commuters arose. and a
petition protesting against this action
was filed with tn. Corporation Com
mission
Under the present arrangement, tho
roads through train between New yor,,
ana IA" south. which arrives III Rich
h'1nu ~ I've carry morning. - often
behaved from twenty to twertv-Gyc
minutes At tn" Bolton Yards while onc
~ th"sc conmutcr trains IL standing
~ Elha station. l, IL planned under
~" now arrangement ia ran The spn-
cial train around the local whiln !,
* standing at the station. shnuId /.
T." necessary. ana In This wav avoll
ia" delay that has hccom. :. d.ii..
occurrence ''
The Richmond. Frea"tickshlrg ANA
i'"'ofnac Railroad Company was thon
advised to secure the sumner, ~ ~
city ~ Richmond Ia lis MAN ,;,h
II" result that I'll" entire ,na.tcr wiII
V" gwen tull hrar!ns before mo
commission in the next few dav4 In
many quarters til. plan OF tho CON,
'''"N received much consideration. ana
s'N'fal members OF til. Council heart,
~ Endorsed THE Icarrang.mcut
HOPE no CIR TRACKS
REMOVED ENTIRELY
They said that With the co,nn,o,ion
81 IN" new union station ON Nc.
'f"hd street the Itelviicrc and Broad
street tracks would he removed. and
mat II tho company could partly -.
i'eE" the traffic on these tracks riioi
!" IA" COMPLETION OF III" station. i,
should b. allowed 10 DO SO puhlt.
danger. they said. from the grad.
crossings with many trains using thcs-
tracks ~ all hours of tn. day and
night was unusually great. aud ever,
train taken from this line n.t.rinll,
reduces tho risk.
ih"sc tracks are owned by n private
compnny-th. Richmond r'redcricljs-
burg and Potomac and Richmond and
Petersburg Connection Railroad com.
panS-and are used by the Richmond
Fredcricksbur ana Potomac railroad
Company under lease IL Is understood
that EFFORTS have been made To pur-
chase the stock oc the connection com
pany with the Intention OF closing ii
ont. but stockholders declined to dts-
pose of their stock. although they w"r.
offered par FOR their holdings
officials Of the Richmond, Frcder-
cksburg and Potomac Railroad said
yesterday that the plans for the new
union station were being rapidly COM
platcd by architects. and but for sew
crai changes in the original drawings
they would have been ready nj this
time. The road had instructed tho
hermitage col! club 10 vacatc the
property on broad street by Novem-
her IL. that work on the station could
be started at once. The golf club. how
ever, had not completed its new home.
and Will he allowed 10 remain on the
grounds FOR a few weeks. although
railroad engineers Will move in during
the next few days.