The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-02

distinctly understood chat the payment SO
made by these companies shall give them no
right or title to the property so condemned,
nor any privilege over the same beyond
what IS berein specifically mentioned but
the, permission 10 lay their raiway.tracks
along the streets as aforesaid IL granted by
the city to the said Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company, apd accepted by
them seyeraliy. upon the conditions. limita-
tions, and restrictions folioWing-to wit:
lst. That.no part of said railway-tracks
snail be changed without the consent OF the
Council, and the same Shall be completed
within twelve months irsm the date hereof.
Cd. That at the same time that the said
Richmond and DaByille Railroad Company
and the said Chesapeake and Ohio Company
lay the said connecting railway-tracks they
shall Jointly extend their tracks to the
wharves OF The Powhatan Steamboat Com
pany and the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany, on such routes as the Council OF the
city shall designate; and the said city re-
serves to Itself the right to permit side con-
nectionS 10 intersect and unite with the said
connecting railway-tracks.
Sd. That the said connecting railway
tracks shall be constructed on the most ap-
proved plan, and laid down at such dis
tance from the sidewalks on the respective
streets along which they are permitted to
pass as the Engineer OF the city may di-
rect; that the location, the radius OF the
curves, the grade, the form OF rail, and the
general construction OF said raiIway-tracks
shall be subject to the direction Of said En-
.gfneer, who shall have power to stop their
construction at any time he considers it not
properly done until the decision Of The Com
init ffnn ho ohk r1n1 kt,Ia
points at issue.
4th. That the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company shall each over
their respective routes to the corner OF
Eighteenth and Dock streets and jointly over
their joint route along Dock street, restore
all pavements and regrade all earth taken
up or disturbed in the construction OF said
tracks, and shall at all times, under the SUI
peTvision OF the Superintendent OF Streets
of the city, at their own expense and charge,
keep the streets and paving upon which
the tracks Of the railways are laid, to the
extent OF the portion OF the street covered
by said tracks, and for two feet on either
side beyond the outside Of said tracks, In
good and complete repair; and should they
neglect or refuse to do so within ten days
after being notified by the Superintendent
OF Streets the city may repair such streets,
and the expense thereof shall be debt
against said companies, recoverable rs debts
due the city are now recoverable.
9Th. That they shall not be allowed to run
their trains at rate exceeding four miles
an hour, and that during the period be-
tween sunrise and sunset they shall be per-
mitted to draw their trains only by dummy
engines; and that no cars shall be allowed
to remain or stand on any other portion OF
the connecting tracks except so long as may
be necessary for the receiving, discharelng,
or transfer OF freight.
9th. That the privileges and permissions
herein granted to the said companies shall
continue until revoked by the vote OF two
successively-eected councils, and for six
months after notice of the vote OF the said
councils shall be given to said companies.
And the said Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company do severaliy cove
nant and agree TO anu with the said city
faithfully to perform all the stipuations,
covenants, and agreements ON their respec-
tive parts, and faithfully to observe and
keep all the conditions, limitations, and re.
strictions herein contained and set forth.
1t may be we'll to add that these facts are
published just now in view OF the interest
manifested in the contract recently entered
into between the Old Dominion Steamship
Company and the Ciydes.