Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-11
street CAR ORDINANCE
MEETS WITH APPROVAL
Changes From Near-Side Stop Where
ss Cars of Diverging Lines Leave
Main or Broad Street.
NO FUND FOR cHARTER-cHANGE
Appropriation of $3.50 for Expenses
Is Held Up on Opposition of Alder
$>S man Christian-NIaBy Resolutions
Arc Concurrcd In.

2 BY coucurr!nE in an amendment 10
4 the city ordinance. the Board OF Al
g dermen last night changed the near
3 sides stop law, which viii prohipit cars
4 of divcrging lines on Main and Broad
II Streets from stopping on those streets
20 receive or Discharge passengers.
sSEighth and Main Streets is exempted.
81 The ordinance was approved by the
81 Ordinance Committee al the request Oh
Fl Mayor Ainslie and Chief OF Poncc
hwerner, who hold that 1t Will be OF
great benefit in>SpcedinE up traffic on
the two principal business streets lying
east and west.
s The change becomes effective az soon
as the amendment is approved by the
Mayor, which will likely be the latter
4 part of this week. II is expected that
It viii be put into effect on SUNDAY.
~ The Ordinance AS amended. reads
as follows:
"That street railway companies ope-
rating lines of railway on the streets
fS,of the city of Richmond be. and they
are hereby required to stop their cars
for the receipt and discharge OF pas
i senEers only on the near side Of in
L tersectinE streets. Provided however.
i that cars of diNerginE lines entering
4 or leaving Broad or Main Street shall
! stop for the purpose OF receiving or
discharsing passengers at such points
+ OF entry or divergence only just before
entering aud just after leaving said
1 istrcets: but this requirement shall not
apply TO Main Street at Eighth street
Friends of the measure mustered
Just sufficient strength IN the Board
Eto pass It, With eight members pres
sent, the vote in favor OF IL was five
Etc three. follows: Ayes--Gilman,
Mitchell, Powers, Workman and Pres
/ ddent Adams. Nocs-CHristian. Nielsen
r and Paul.
tsINwILL1NG TO PAY EXPENSES
OF CTIARTER-CNANGE COMMITTEE
resolution appropriating $3.50 for
the expenses of the Charter-Changc
y Committee. recommended by the Com
mittee on Finance, was tabled. Tho
Charter Change Committee had asked
/. for $1,000. but the watch dogs of the
city treasury thought that three
( quarters of that sum would be suf-
fcient. When the resolution Swas Of
& fcred. Alderman Christian voiced his
opposition to il. and Alderman Work
mittee and a friend OF the measure,
promptly moved that it be tabled. Car
rying an appropriation the resolution
required two-thirds vote of the full
1 Board for adoption. AS there was
t. present just two thirds of the member
ship Alderman Christians vote would
have killed IT, Mr.. Worknan's mo-
tion prevailed.
resolution to appropriate $4,000
for paving, gutterinE and cnrbinG
seventh street from 1'aker 10 tioSIltal
i Street. and Hospital Street from
! Seventh street to Potter Street WAS
{ introduced by President Adams. and
was referred to the Finance Commit
tee. These streets, because OF the mn
!. usual actt<lty about the local plant of
q the American Locomotive Company, are
I now subjected TO considerable heavy
) traffic. and il Is regarded as mpcra-
tive that they be placed in proper con-
dition.
MANY RESOLUTIONS
ARE CONQUERED IN
4. The following measures were con-
Cured in by the Board:
i Resolution aPpropriating $3.50 10
!. pay Judgment Of +. :. Anderson
4 against the city.
\ Storage Warehouse Company. Inc. to
build platform about it's building at
+ Seventeenth and Cary Streets.
* Resolution directing the City Attor-
ne" TO enter into compromise with
the railroads against whom applica-
tons TO correct assessments were fled
In the City Circuit Court
ii Amendment 10 the code prohibiting
Z the parking Of any vehicles on the
west side OF Ninth street. between
) Broad and Cary streets.
( Ordinances equalizins the charge for
\ perpetual car" of SECTIONS In Cemc-
h teries. and authorizing the Ai,ninis-
I tra,ive BOARD 20 keep uukcmpt see
( tions in order
Amendment 10 lhe building code 10
( permit the use OF interlocking channel
Ordinance. e~t.nairts the zone where
moving picture hou-eo may be bull, TO
include Second street. between Mar
shall and Clay Streets.
Ordinance allowing the EQUAL Suf-
frage League to swing q banuar across
Second Street between Broad and
Grace Streets.
Amendment to the City Code in
crcaaing the powers OF the inspector
3 of Weights and Measures