The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-19
STREETS COMMITTEE
PASS ON RtROUT|hc
Cross Town Cars From Gintcr Park
To Hull Street Agreed
On Yesterday.
ABANDON JACKSON WARD
Richmond and Henrico Company
Tracks VIII Come Up In That Sec
tion--Mattcr Now Goes To Council
For Action.

/ What was probably the deciding
step in the car rerouting schedule
which has been under discussion foi
many months and which has aroused
! wide interest throughout the city. was
taken by the Streets Committee yes.
/ terday afternoon. when ordinances
drafted by city Attorney Anderson. in
conjunction with the Virginia Railway
and Power Company attorneys were
favorably recommended to the Coun-
/ ell for adoption. II is though that the
Council will also pass favorably on
the measures. and that they Will now
20 into effect within short time.
The ordinances, undertaking to re-
/ route all cars covering the Northside
territory, grew ont of concerted action
OF the citizens Of Barton Heights
Gfnter Park, Highland Park. and
South Richmond, to secure better
and quicker car service for their dis
ticts. number of petitions were
presented to the Streets Committee
asking for relief from conditions de-
clarcd to be bad. and for a long time
| the matter was discussed widely, but
without apparent effect. Then a petit
ton from the Virginia Railway and
Power Company, asking for a new
franchise which would permit them to
patrons the accommodation asked
for. was presented. out Of which grew
the ordinances that were adopted by
the Committee on Streets yesterday
afternoon.
New Routing Scheme.
The new routing scheme calls for n
cross-town routing of all Ginter Park
and HUH street cars. Highland Park
cars Will have terminal at Fifth and
Broad Streets, where they will con-
tinue north to Highland Park com
plete the Meadow Brook loop, and re-
turn down Fifth street to Broad
street, thus eliminating the loop be-
tween seventh Street and the Fifth
Street bridge. Hull Street cars will
be connected with the First street
line, being routed from Main Street
north up Ninth Street, continuing to
Gtnter park and back down Seventh
street. Ginter Park cars will take tho
Hull Street route, running from Ginter
Park 10 South Richmond. The Via
duct cars will run over the Barton
Heights route. and the Richmond and
Henrico line through Jackson Ward
Will be abandoned.
VIII Give Quicker Schedule.
This system will give the patrons
of both the Northside and Southside
quicker schedule, cutting the time
of trips appreciably. AS a further aid
In producing shorter time schedule
the power Company through the new
ordinances, will have the power to
double track First Street to the south
end of the Viaduct. and from the
north end of the Viaduct to Brook
! land Boulevard. 1t is further set out
that tho skip-stop system may be used,
and Will serve, it is thought, as an
efectual time saver.
some opposition was expressed to
the proposition of allowing the street
car company to abandon the old Hen
rico line, but IT was pointed out that
! only through this could the company
provide the other facilities asked for.
The routing of cars up Ninth Street
instead of ny Eighth street was de-
cided upon after it was shown that
at present the number of cars run
/ ming over Eighth Street between
Broad and Main Street is in excess of
I the number using any other street.
| BY sending these additional cars up
| Ninth Street, the traffic on each of
these busy streets Will he euuaiized