Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-19
REROUT|NG ORDINANCE
REPORTED TO COUNCIL.
Street COmnn:;tce Approves Plan for
North and South Street.
Car Service.
WILL USE NINTH STREET ROUTE
Ordinance Calls for Double Track
In BartOn Heights md Permits Re-
mOval Of Brook Avenue and Duval
aud Baker Street Tracks.

Final touches were added to tho fran
chise ordinance which will allow the
Virginia Railway and Power Company
to rcroutc' tho Barton Heights. Gint"r
Park and Hull Street cars into ii single
cross-town line. and to extend the line
or the Marshall street viaduct ears to
Barton Heights. BY the Committee on
streets at IA special meeting Yesterday
afternoon. and the measure was recon-
mended to tho city Council for adop-
ton.
The ordinance will arst come UP for
hct'on NJ the anuary meeting OF tho
common Council. which will also pas.
upon the Highland Park rcrouting or
FINANCE. also recommended for adop-
ton by tho Street COMMITTEE al a mcc,.
ing last week.
The Ginter rark-IiuIl street and
duc Barton Heights measure goes
20 'he '"unc!! in practically the same
S'ai. III "hich II was presented in the
oid council last summer. At that time
u WAS passed by tho Common Conner
p"' "eteated in the BOARD Of Alder.
men. There is now every Indication
mat II Will bc adopted by bo,h
branches. W."
HtNih STREET DECIDED on
NJ NoRTiBOIND ROUTE
me co,hnit,ce amended tho ordin-
"hce L" allow the following route. fr,,,
l'tburnum and Chamberl,yn .vnr,o
inter Park. through BARTON Heights
"NeF inc same lin" as now pursued IN
First and BROAD street. To Seventh 90
Main. to Fourteenth. acrogs M,yn
.T'dTc ana along Hun street Ia tho
terminus. at Broad Rock Road. Son,h
hichfnond. Returning, along uull c,,o.,
ana across Mayo fridge. I-our,cnn,h
street t" Main. up Ninth 10 BROAD and
men ont First stree, 10 tho G,n,or
Park terminal 1870
RI
IN" commute" was forced 20 recon.
Sidcr It's action OF routing ,bc.. ,,r.
.'''h"arh on Eighth instead OF Mimi
rect The latter wa. the oricin,I
PROPOSITION. but II brough, form,
vigorous protest from tho vcs,ry M
-. Ianfs Episcopal Church. Ninth am,
race streets. Tn" committee chanrcd
IN" route 10 Eighth street. and Co,r.
p'nint was then lodged by 81. Peter.
,h'h"lic Church. Eighth and r;rac.
streets. with this obstacle boforc !,
IN" requested the power
company for Information as 20 tn.
nuhhh"r 81 cars passing up and down
Ninth. eighth and Seventh streets. The
Seventh Street Christian church beinr
i"'a'cd on tho latter thoroughfarc.
Captain 4 Ei';uiSon. general a,,or-
ney Tor The COMPANY. presented tho
committee with figures which showed
mat during tho rush hours an average
or hfty-f"mr cars an hour pass IN and
- u ''N'lIlu street. between ITOsI
and Main. and at other hours forty
eight. ON eighth street. he said. dur
inE rush hours. there were siNty-n;nc
cars passing 10 and fro. and a. other
hours thiriy-scvcu ON Ninth street.
only used for northbound cars. during
rush hours the cars total t~wcuty.EiN
each hour and t~w"ntv-f"ur AZ other
times. II being demonstrated ihat
Ninth street was hurdcucd with the
fe"est cars. tho committ"" determined
uron II as tn" Dropcr route for the
new line. In reality. the change adds
no cars 10 Ninth street. while II takes
one line of OF Eighth street. The
Iinil street cars now usc Ninth street.
and the reroutinS will simply merge
This line into AN extended one. which
Hiil make it's in tiintcr Park,
Instead OF seventh and Broad Streets.
Fred Valentine made a vain plea
with the committee 20 eliminate that
portion OF the ordinanc which would
give tho power company the RICH; To
remove tho tracks now on Baker and
Duval streets aud Brook avenue.
PITT URGES COUNCIL TO
GIVE NORTHSIDE RELIEF
Rev. Il. II. Fit. n. D.. representing
the Northsidc Citizens Association,
urged that the ordinance not be fur
Their tampcrcd with: declaring that the
Councils delay in acting III the mat
ter had already subjected thousands
OF residents on the Northsidc TO serious
difficulties in tho matter Of transpor-
tation. lie said that they should he
given the benefit OF immediate relief
by tho improved service which IN"
passage Of the ordinance Will grant
10 them.
Fritz SitterdinS. vice-prcsidcrt OF
the power company, tolG tho committee
that the removal OF the old Richmond
and IlcnricO tracks waS a necessary
part Of the program decided upon f"'
the ~rerouiing. First street. from Broad,
Will be doublc-trackcd, as we'll as tn"
remainder OF tho BARTON Heights line.
The plan is 10 carry tho Richmond and
Henrico cars through iart"n Heights
and return to the present terminal in
Fulton. Therefore. these additional
cars cannot he operated in old jackson
Ward. II is this part OF the plan which.
will give to Barton Heights tho five
minute schedule in lieu OF the present.
t%cn-ininute schedule.