The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-27

An ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND
a Rh4KpAIHT n, SECTION ct T TWEhHE S1S e
WAGONS, DKAYS, CARTS, &C
Passed April l7!h, ls7l.]
Be ii Ordained. That section twelve of chapter
thirty six OF the city ordinances be amenrcd and
reordainc,l so as to read as follows:
H. The load for single carts Shall not exceed one
thousand five hundred pounds, and their width OF
tires shall not be less than two inches The l'ad
for sIugle drays or trucks shall not exceed two
thousand five hundred pounds and their width OF
tires shall not be less than two inches. The loat!
for double carte draws, or trucks, shall not exceed
three Thousand pounds, and their width of tires
shall not he less than two inches. Three or four
horse wagons or trucks shall carry load no. eX-
Gee ing five thousand pounds, With oItlrcs
sha II not he less than two and halt inches. Wag-
ons or trucks carrying load exceeding five thou
sand pounds and not exceeding six thousand
pounds shall have tires not less than two and a
half inches Wild. Railroad cars, unless moved
upon permanent or shifting tracks. shsll pass
over The streets upon eight wheels with fiat tires
wheels with tires not less than ten inches wide
Prorided. That the T-edegar Iron Works Com
pany shall be allowed to carry the railroad cars
built by them until the first tiav of January, ls7?
on the streets OF the city, subject to the fellow
ing conditions: They shall be carried along
Tredegar street 10 Arcn along Arch to Tenth. and
along Tenth to the south side OF the Basin In
the rear Of CALICO mills. and thence along Twelfth
| or Thirteenth streets into, Gary street to lhe
dock or river; and the said Tredegar Company
shall be ut the expense of repairing such extra
ordinary damages cone TO those streets as the
Committee on Streets shall be convinced exceed
that which would have been done by ordinary We
hicles halliiDg like amount of tonnage. Porta-
bic engines. exceeding ten thousand pounds
shall he moved four wheels, " h tires not less
than six inches wide. Locomotive md stsiionary
engines ami heavy ordnance exceeding Fl ve tons,
snail &c moved on four wheels having tires not
less than six inches wide. Any p!ece of ma
chinery or other indysihIc article shall he trans
ported upon wheels having tires corresponding In
breadth to The weight Of The piece OF machinery
or article III the ratio specified for cars, en-
gIneS. or ordnance. The owner OF any
cart, dray, truck, or wagon, and the manu-
iacturer or transporter OF any cars, engines, ma
chinery or other article, WHO shall fail 10 comply
with The rest lotions imposed by this chapter sh I'll
fpr every such ,ffrace be fined not less than ten
nor more than twenty dollars. That portion Of
this ordinance relating to the tires of carts drays.
trucks. and wagons, shall go into operation on and
after the st day nj January, ls72: PrOrided. hoo-
erer. That all such vehicles constructed subsc-
Quent to It's pISSags and I'll new wheels replacing
those now In use SHALL conform thereto; and that
portion Of this ordinance referring TO the ds tor
carts. drays trucks, AID wagons, and TO cars en-
gines, machinery, or other indlvisihIe articles,
Shall take effect from its passage Nothing in this
6, Cton shall apply TO vehicles used by farmers
others living in the country coming Into the city
with produce or fuel.
Published by all h"rlty: z. c. HOWARD. II.
"1-Jt CITY Clerk,