The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20
THE CITY RAILROAD.
Extension OF Its Charter Recommend ed
Under Certain Conditions.

extension Of their franchise to January
!, .s2O, referred 10 this committee was
recommended TO the Common Council.
The following is the substance OF the
ordinance
First. That the Richmond City Rail.
way Company be, and the same is hereby
permitted, subject TO the restrictions.
regulations, and limitations herein men
toned, to have and possess, use and oper-
ate thereon its cars, until the 1st day Of
January, 1920, the following routes or
lines Of tracks.
First. A double track from its Broad
street tracks along Laurel 10 Beverly.
thence with single track along Laurel
from Beverly TO Albemarle, thence along
Albemarle to Cherry, thence along Cherry
10 Beverly thence along Beverly to It's
tracks on Laurel street
Second A double track on Main
street from the western corporate limits
to Main and Twenly-eighth streets.
Third. A double track from Twenty
eighth and Main streets down Rockets
street to Denny street, thence with sin
gle track along Denny TO Williamsburg
avenue, along said avenue to Louisiana
street, along said Louisiana TO Rockets
street, thence on Rockets to Denny
street
Fourth. A single track from It's tracks
At Ninth and Main sireeia along Ninth
street TO Broad, along Broad to Eighth
street, along Eighth TO It's tracks at Eighth
and Main streets
Fifth A double track from iis tracks
Of Lf.rHfl D. q a.. ID
Broad street TO It's tracks at Laurel and
Broad streets.
Sixth. A single track from its track at
Adams and Broad streets along Adams
TO Pulliam street, along Puliam to the
entrance OF The stables OF said company
on Pulliam and Prontiss streets
That tle said company shall run cars
on schedule of not more than ten min
utes between trips
The said company may operate ils cars
along said routes or lines by the use Of
horses, mules, or any other motive power
which may hereafter be allowed by The
Ciy Council
The said company is also hereby au-
thorized 10 use electricity as motive
power upon ils said routes or lines, and
10 run It's cars by means thereof, subject
TO the conditions and provisions herein
afier mentioned.
The quality, character, number, loca-
tion, coDdi ion, appearance, aud manner
of erection al the poles, wires, and other
apparatus needed for the use of said
motive power, shall be first determined
upon. aud approved by The City Engineer.
Whenever al any time tho said poles,
wires. and other apparatus shall, in the
opinion Of the City Engineer need re-
pairing, replacing teing made safe and
secure, or whenever any other re-
siriction or regulation az 90 the use OF
electricity as "a motive power shall be re-
Quired by the Council, the said company
snail Immediately proceed AT It's own eX-
Dense 90 conform fully thereto.
The officials Of the Richmond Fire
Department and Fhe Alarm and Police
Telegraph Department are 90 have the
power To- Gu any wire of said company
whenever deemed necessary for The pro-
lection of the city's interests. The said
shall have The right to use
any of the poles of said company when
ever and in such manner as may be
deemed desirable by said departments for
wires of said departments.
The said company shall have placed
and kent in their power station an
electric mechanical gong, the same 10 be
connected with the city fire. alarm service,
TO be used for transmitting signals when
il becomes necessary to have the current
cut OF the wires OF The said company
during the progress Of a fire, and the
said company shall, Immediately upon
the receipt of said signal, at any time.
have the said current cut Oh, and allow II
so 10 remain until notified by the proper
official of the Fire Alarm and Police
Telegraph Department.
ANY party riding on Main-slreet car,
going east or west, shall be entitled 10
transfer al Ninth and Main streets with
out any additional charge as far as Ninth
and Broad streets Any party getting on
d car on Eighth street between Broad
and Main streets shall be entitled, with
out any additional charge, to transfer
at Eighth and Main TO a Main-slreet car
going west Any party on Broad street
car going east shall be entitled 10 trans
fer TO Main-slreet car going east at tue
eastern teaminus of the Br0ad-street line,
without any additional charge. Any
party going west on the Fulton route
Shall be entitled 10 q transfer 10 a Broad
street car at the eastern terminus Of the
route, without any additional
charge.
The privileges hereby granted shall
continue until The first day Of January,
1920. unless the same be sooner forfeited
Upon the route from Adams and Broad
streets TO It's stables, the said company Is
not obliged TO render any service II
being understood that it is d be used
ONLY as track upon which TO run the
cars OF said company TO It's said stables.
But all other sections, as % repairing the
road bed and tracks, restoring the streets
" hen tracks are removed, etc, etc, shall
apply with equal force 10 the said Adams
street route. The privilege rs TO said
Adams street route shall cease before jan
uary !, 1920, whenever the said company
shall cease for ninety days to use The
same for the purpose above stated, and
the said tracks shall be removed by said
company at own expense, in manner
...t. f.,t..r,. q. th. Gftv Engineer