More Trouble For Street Car Folks
August 6, 1904
Summary
Judge states “that the financial condition of the Streetcar company and its branches has grown steadily worse” due to “the "Jim Crow" feature has tended to aggravate the situation.”
Transcription
Judge J. M. Mullen of the Corporation Court of Petersburg, Va., has rendered a decision in the application for the appointment of a receiver and the sale of the streetcar properties in the case of Mr. George E. Fisher at als versus the Virginia Passenger and Power Company and announced his intention to grant the request of the petitioners.
This action is a severe blow to the street-car company's interests. He will also order a sale of the road after a reasonable time, provided the revenue derived from the operation of the line does not relieve the company from its financial embarrassment. He has announced too, that he will not grant a suspending order for ninety days as requested by the defendants if there is any authority for his not doing so. This will necessitate immediate action on tho part of the Supreme Court of Virginia or one of its judges, else there will be a conflict between the receiver appointed by Judge mullen and those appointed by Judge Waddill, of the "United States District Court.
His Honor, Judge Mullen asserts that the financial condition of the Streetcar company and its branches has grown steadily worse. This emphasizes the fact that the "Jim Crow" feature has tended to aggravate the situation and reduce the revenues of the company.
The arrangement is impracticable and should be done away with. The White and colored people of this city having no trouble on the street. The signs should come down, the streetcar company should have money now denied them by the colored and white people who know that it is good now and are staying street-cars
This action is a severe blow to the street-car company's interests. He will also order a sale of the road after a reasonable time, provided the revenue derived from the operation of the line does not relieve the company from its financial embarrassment. He has announced too, that he will not grant a suspending order for ninety days as requested by the defendants if there is any authority for his not doing so. This will necessitate immediate action on tho part of the Supreme Court of Virginia or one of its judges, else there will be a conflict between the receiver appointed by Judge mullen and those appointed by Judge Waddill, of the "United States District Court.
His Honor, Judge Mullen asserts that the financial condition of the Streetcar company and its branches has grown steadily worse. This emphasizes the fact that the "Jim Crow" feature has tended to aggravate the situation and reduce the revenues of the company.
The arrangement is impracticable and should be done away with. The White and colored people of this city having no trouble on the street. The signs should come down, the streetcar company should have money now denied them by the colored and white people who know that it is good now and are staying street-cars
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“More Trouble For Street Car Folks,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed May 12, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/657.