Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-24
C|NTER PARK FAV0RS
CAR REROUT|NG SCHEME
Wants Assurances That Service viii
Re Maintained and Track
Improved.
NORTH AND SOUTH TRUNK LINE
Proposes Connecting Hull Street and
Ginter Park Cars for Direct
Through Service-Doubie Track
4" Stop is. Barton Heights.

Resolutions were adoptcd by the
Gintcr Park Citizens Association last
niSht by which il will approve. under
certain conditions. the proposed ordi-
nance providing for rcroutiue the Gin
, ter har& and Huh street ear lines.
: coupling tho two systems int" ose
straight trunk line. which will he con-
! sidercd by the Council Committee on
Streets Tuesday night
The Ginter rark citizens Will NO;
oppose the passage of the measure
providing tho change in the method OF
operating the two lines docs not take
place until the double tracking Of First
| street. from Broad to the viaduct and
! from the viaduct 20 the terminus of
. the BARTON Heights line, and tho i'm o.
provcments or Fourteenth Street be-
! tween Main Street and Nayo's Bridge.
! &c ompl"t"h: that reasonable ass,Ir-
ancc - given thar ears inferior to
! those now opcrattd on tho line will
not be placed into service. and that
there is reasonable assurance that y
rcaular schedule viii hc maintained at
all tines.
The subcommittee Of tho associa-
! ;ioN was also instructed 10 ask the
Virginia Railway Trd Power Company
to place IN operation an cHprcss car
making no stops between First aud
! Er"hd Streets and the terminus of the
BARTON Heights line. in order To pro-
,
dents "f t;irt"r ;'irh. The associa-
't"n is DESTROYS Of obtaining the double
tracking "f the c"tiro system from,
First and l:road streets to stop is al
though the traction company has only
suggested as far 49, stop l5l-.; and
!or not less thin twenty minute
schedule from stop 81 III. end OF the
C!rtor Par', line. =" the city limits.
NEDIN t>CE PROPOSES WORTH
MD SOUTH TRUNK LINE
Tn" PROPOSED ordinance pending be-
fore the street COMMITTEES Of the
Council provides that the Gintcr parl.
cars VIII nc run from stop 81 to Firs;
aud BROAD Streets, down Broad to
seventh. down Seventh to Main. along
Main 10 Fourteenth and nc"oss AIavo's
Bridge TO the end Of the Hui street
line. Returning. the cars will make
the same route 10 Ninth street. up
Ninth 10 Broad, aud along BROAD
street To First, an! continuing to BAR
ton Heights and GiMter rark The
traction company will. in addition
operate 10 Barton Heights certain
part Of It's cars that now run along
BROAD Street as "a" east as Eleventh.
maintaining five minute schedule
The Virginia Railway and Power
Company Will double track the line on
First street and i'll Barton Heights az
FAR as stop IL -. In addition. ii Will
construct a second switch between the
Rarton Heights terminus and the end
OF the Gintcr PARK line. making two
switches in this stretch Of single
track. allowing the maintenance Off
Gals have stated. 81 tcn-miniite
schedule at all times
OUTLINE BENEFITS
OF PROPOSED SERVICE
Speakers last night outlined several
reasons why the change Of service
would bc beneficial 20 Gint.r I.arIl.
while several disadvantages were also
mentioned, principals he question OF
going through two conGcs,ca districts
ON Road and love- Main S.cctS +,
was pointed ont that NorthSidn ..iti-
zcns having offices on Main Street
wiIhou; a transfe" and that they
could reach the TWO present general
railroad stations o. walking Two blocks
without change OF ears. The street
car company claims that by taking
the Gintcr lark linz out Of :hc t:i.hth
Street loop, several minutes can ir
saved. while the Hull Street car line
loading at Seventh and nroad Streets
has caused several minutes delay since
The line was run around the loop
The association extended "a vote of
thanks and communication ~ it's
bridge approach committee for IFS
work IN placing the matter before tl,
Council Committc. or Streets. which
favorahiy reported the proicct Wed
ucSdav night