Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-19
OUR UNION DEPOT.
ORDINANCE TO BE OFFERED.


he Presented nj the sest Meeting OF the
Council.
The Committee on Streets have agreed
10 present the following report in regard
TO the new union depot
BE IL Ordained By the Council Of the
CITY of Richmond, Section /, That
Byrd street from Seventh street to the
western line of Lot No. 436, between
Eighth and Ninth streets, and Eighth
street from the northern terminus Of
the Petersburg bridge TO the southern
line Of Canal street, as it may be when
widened under the provisions herein
after set forth, shall be, and the same
are hereby, closed from the - day OF
-, 1885, for the period Of twenty
years from the passage Of this ordi-
nance, and also until further decision
of the Council of the city Of Richmond
to the contrary, in accordance with the
terms of this ordinance: Provided. that
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac and the Richmond and Peters
burg Railroad Companies, or the said
companies and any other person or cor
porations uniting with them for the
building and erection Of the dep0ts be-
low mentioned, shall, on the day above
stated, begin and duly proceed there
after with tho building and erection of
said depots in accordance with the con-
ditions, provisions, and undertakings
hereinafter set forth.
Section 2. That the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac and the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
Companies having asked the privilege
to use and occupy the aforementioned
parts of said streets, in conjunction
with the land now owned by said COM
psnies, and by each Of them, for the
erection Of suitable passenger and
freight depOts, the said companies, or
said companies and others uniting
with them for the erection Of said de-
pots, are hereby authorized to use and
occupy the aforementioned parts Of
said streets, when closed as above
stated, for the building and erection
thereon Of freight and passenger de-
pots, subject to each and every one of
the conditions, provisions, and under
takings hereinafter prescribed.
Section 3. That the erection Of the
buildings requisite for said depots shall
be begun within months from the
passage of this ordinance, shall be
prosecuted with reasonable dispatch,
and completed within two years.
Section 4. That upon the occupation
by said companies, or by said compa-
MES and others jointly interested in
said depots, Of the above-described por-
tions of said streets, or Of either of
them, the said parties so occupying
shall, within - months from the pas
sage Of this ordinance, widen said Canal
street to an additional width Of thirty
feet from Seventh street to the eastern
boundary of their land, or the land Of
either of them. on Canal street between
Eighth and Ninth streets. And should
any one or more of the owners OF said
depots increase his or their frontage on
Canal street hereafter, then the said
companies, or said companies and
others interested with them, shall. with
reasonable dispatch, widen said Canal
street to the same width along such addi-
tional frontage. When at any time
said Canal street shall be widened
under the requirements Of this ordi-
nance, the said companies. or the said
companies and other interested in said
depots, shall remove the present curb
ing, cutters, sidewalks, and paving. and
properly place the same in positions
suitable to the increased width of said
street, and shall. in conformity both as
to material and grade with the paving
now in said Canal street, pave the adAi-.
tional roadway along such portions Of
said Canal street as is now paved. The
land used in giving the additional width
to Canal street shall be thereby dedi-
Gated to and accepted by the city of
Richmond as long as the privileges
granted under this ordinance shall re-
main in the owners Of said depots.
Section 5. That the said buildings to
be erected are to be reasonably secure
from fire and subject to all ordinances
on that subject.
Section G. That all curbing and paw
ing materials now in those portions Of
said streets to be closed by virtue of
this ordinance shall remain the property
of the city Of Richmond, and are to be
removed by said city.
Section I. That the said companies.
or if others be Interested with them.
then the said companies and all others
so interested, by exercising the privi-
leges granted under this ordinance, do
thereby agree and bind themselves,
severally and jointly, to indemnify and
save harmless the city of Richmond
against all loss, damages, and expenses
arising from any suit brought against
said city by any person or corporation
by reason Of the closing Of said streets
as above mentioned, and bind them
selves, jointly and severally, to per-
form each and every one Of the condi-
tons, provisions, and undertakings Of
this ordinance.
Section s. That the parties erecting
said depots, before proceeding to exer-
else the privileges granted in this ordi-
nance, are to get the written consent of
the Richmond Paper Mills to the closing
of said streets, and their written agree
ment that neither they nor their assigns
will make any claim, on account Of the
closing Of said streets, to the land occu-
pied by said streets abutting the land
of the Richmond Paper Mills, and that
they will make no objection to the re-
opening Of said streets at any time by
the city Of Richmond. The said writing
is to be filed with the clerk of the Coun-
Gil before the - day Of -, 1885.
Section 9. That the said companies.
or the said companies and any other
parties interested in the above-mention-
cd depots, will allow all other railroad
companies desiring to enter said depots,
or to deliver freight or passengers there
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