There is no question but that the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad will have the support of the city of Richmond in its application to the State Corporation Commission to be allowed to stop and start three local trains at Elk Station. A resolution offered by Mr. Fuller directing the city Attorney to appear before the Corporation Commission to advocate the granting of the application of the railroad was unanimously adopted by the Board under a suspension of the rules, and it now goes to the Common Council for concurrence.

A letter was read from Norman Call, secretary of the H.F. & P., setting forth the reasons why the road wishes to make the change, and pointing out the benefits which the city would derive. It would eliminate six movements of trains daily between Elk and Elk Street. This would reduce to a minimum the lowering and raising of safety gates along Elk Street, and is, in a measure, what the city has been striving for for a long while. It would also eliminate delays now encountered by through trains from the North and South on account of the local service, and would further reduce the danger caused by the use of the city's tracks by the steam roads. 