09-21-1953 MinutesVI~GIi~IA: At a call meeting of the Board of
Supervisors of Chesterfield County,
held at the Courthouse on September
21, 1953, at 4:00 p.m.
Present:
Ivy. Irvin G. Homer, Chairman
Mr. H. T. Goyne
Mr. R.J. Britton
Dr. Robt. O. Gill
R~. Stanley R. Hague~ Jr.
Absent:
Mr. J.P. Gunter
T'.~is m~eting of the Board of Supervisors was c~,,led b'~ ]'~;~
· . ~.~ ~ ~. Goyne and I~tr. Hague
for the expressed purpose of dmscusszng the [~rade crossing on Rt. 10 and other
ro,~ds by the Seaboard Airline t[ailrosd.
This day Rir. Eppa Hunton, 1V, Counsel for the Seaboard Airline Railroad, RLr. C.
I. Morton, Superintendent, Mr. Laing~ Resident Engineer, came before the Board
and explained the project in detail saying that the estimates of the costs of
the Railroad were based on a grade crossing and that said expenditure was barely
justi~iable by the traffic proposed on the railroad and citing that the terms of
the.permit w>~ich was issued by the Highway Department called for 2 trains daily,
roadway not to be blocked for more than two (2) minutes at any time, that there
must be a flasBing light signal on Rt. 10 and other restrictions.
Speaking in opposition to the grade crossing were Mr. Goyne, R~. Fred Gray, and
numerous citizens attending the meeting, The Co~'nonwealth's Attorney's office
reported that the law had not been changed and the Seaboard Airline Railroad
Company's
m~ st~ll recruited to submit pla~s to the Board of Supervisors for
a?.roval.
Mr. Hunton st~ted that he did not a~ree that the Railroad had to submit plans to
the Bor:rd of Supervisors.
Upon con~idera~tion whereof and on motion of Mr. ~oyne, seconded by l'4r. Hague, it
is resolw~d that this Board authorize and direct the Commonwealth's Attorney to
do what is nece~;sary to require the Seaboa, rd Airline R.R. to comply with the law
as pertains 'to grade cro:::zings in this County.
This was par~sed bz unanimous vote.
There ensued a discussion concerning businesses being started in Residential and
Agricultural areas, and the Board gen~rally agreed theft these should be stooped
in so far as possible. ~
On motion, the meeting adjourned until 8:00 p.m. September 29, 1953.