Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-04
REOPEN NEGOTIATIONS
AS TO BELT LINE TRACKS
City Attorney Tells Council Compro-
mise Settlement Is in
Sight.
ITS TERMS ARE WITHHELD
Chamber 0f Commerce Acts as Medi.
ator TO Bring About Decision as
To Long discussed Improvement
Other Business Transacted.

Through the mediation of the Cham
Der OF Commerce, the Common Council
was informed last night. tn. Richmond
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Company has agreed to make further
concessions III regard 10 depressing the
tracks and dcdicatinE Il right OF way
across the Belt Line for the extension
of Monument Avenue and other streets,
and at the written request OF city
Attorney Pollard the body tabled until
the next meeting resolution recon-
mcndcd by the street Committee to
Instruct The City Attorney TO break of
negotiations with the railroad COM
pany
Mr. Pollard who WAS i'll Yesterday.
ala not in his communications 10 sub
chairman w. l.. Sullivan. OF the street
Committee. enter into details OF the
compromise which is nearing pcrfcc-
tion. and Mr. Sullivan said he was not
Informed as To the nature Of the pres
cnt negotiations
John 9. Easley, vice prcsiien, Of the
Chamber of Commerce. stated last
night that il would he unwisc now to
diVuigc the plan o! compromise whicn
had been suggested. ana which is be
ing worked out. fearing that premature
publication might defeat the object tor
which the fresh negotiations had been
an'cred He did say, however. that it
III" compromise We're successfully car
ried out IL would end all threat Of liti-
eaton between The city and the rail
road company.
FiLL TEXT OF LETTER
FROM CITY ATTORNEY
IT Will he recalled that tho Richmond
fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
company, through President William
IL White and its counsel, Eppa Hunton.
.'r, finally agreed To the modified plan
Tor the depression of the Belt Line
tracks aud the construction of aii arch
type Of bridge. aud that the question
remaining was as to the cost. the rail-
road company maintaining that the cx-
prnsc should lie divided between itself
ana the city. y deadlock resulted and
the city Attorney requested the city
council 10 instruct him to break off
further negotiations and to proceed
with condemnation proceedings against
the company.
CITY Atiorney pollard's lcjtc, To Mr..
sullivan follows
since the passage 10y Tia" Board Of
Aldermen at its last regular meeting
OF Il resolution rccitinG that nceotia-
tons had been unavaiiiuC and rruuir-
'ns The CITY Attorney TO proceed bv
condeinnator to acquire the necessary
land OF the Richmond, Fredcricksburg
ana Potomac Railroad Company, needed
Tor tho extension OF Monument Avenue
over and across its right OF way, the
CIty Attorney has been Informed by the
wee president OF the Cha nbcr of Com
mcrcc that the Compan! was wiling 10
make further concessions TO the city OF
richmond. and. dccmiuS il wise TO do
So have been IN negotiations through
hcia!s OF the SAID company. with the re
suit that | am encouraged to believe
that within the next ton days an agree.
ment can he reached which will be sat
istaciory TO the city aud accepted hy
the company.
Il. therefore. recommend that the
said resolution. which now stand on
the docket OF the Council for concur
renee with the Eoard. who have already
adopted il. br laid or the table until
the next regular meeting Of the Coun-
cii'
COUNCIL GETS DOWN ~
BUSINESS. DESPITE PRIMARY
Despite the fact that II was thu eve
of the Democratic primary. sixteen
memhcrS were present at the meeting
last night. President r. Ice Peters
aud tounciimcn Clarence .>. Seaton and
L. Parsons Pitcher, of Clay Ward. who
iuu,I On iifIh I'lp,