The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-18
CITY ORDINANCES.

| A N ORDINANCE tAPPRoVED APSl !.
a r. lis sS 80 AhLq RSrL NWlSHM iGa
PANY TC BUILD A SINGLE TRACK
| HRANCH ALONG FIRST STREET
FROM, CLAY STREET. no Pro Fi 17HT
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| Re It ordained by the Council OF the
city of Richmond.
Section ]. That permission IS hereby
given TO the Richmond Union Passenger
! Railway Company, a company duly IN
corporated under the laws OF the state OF
| virginia under the conditions and pro,
| visions hereinafter set forth, TO build
| and 0perate q single track branch from
| and connected with It's present .ricks at
! the intersection OF First ard Gay streets,
along said First street to the sontnerIh
land Railway and Improvement COM
| pany with two turn-outs; one pet"esh
! said viaduct and I'LL street, ana the
! other between Leigh and Duval streets
! provided that at any time after the ex-
! plratiOn Of tweDty-tOur months rom udts
! Of approval Of this ordinance me s@il
| company will, whenever 80 required ny
! the city Council, remove said tuTnoul9
and construct a second track along sald
Second. That the said route shall be be-
| CUR within ninety days from the date tnl5
| ordinance takes effect, ir manner satls,
! factory TO the Committee on streets, ana
shall be pushed diligently ana NllhVu1
interruption or cessation towards concur
l
six months from the date above mentloh-
ed have their cars in operation upon tne
said entire route. Should the sara hlch-
mond Union Passenger Railway company
fail TO begin said work in a manner satis-
factory to said committee. or should the
said company fail within the sara SIX
months 10 have their cars In operation
upon the said entire route, or snould the
said comDdnv after having begun SAID
work fail TO prosecute the Work III d pIvP-
or manner and with due diligence, 10 me
satisfaction Of said committee on StreeIs'
and should I'm the judgment OF sald com
mittee continue for ten days IN sucn I'M
proper prosecution, after having been nou-
fed by the said committee TO push the
work more rapidly and satisfactorily,
then each and every one of the privileges
herein granted shall cease, ana al ths
privileges hereby granted ana an tne
tracks laid upon sald streets shdll IeNeLt
and belong TO the said city. by and with
the full consent Of the said company, gwen
by the acceptance of this ordinance IN
proceeding TO exercise any or the prlVl-
Third. The said Richmond Union Pas
senger Railway Company shall upon each
day and night hereafter render fair scr,
vice TO the public upon the SAID route ana
shall not at any time cease so TO 90.
as to the said route. or any
part OF the same. without the con-
sent OF the city Council by ordinance;
The company shall run all cars over said
route 10 the switch over on Gay street
between Fifth and Sixth streets, az when
point as long as said switch-oyer is al
lowed by the COUNCIL to remain the SAID
cars may be switched over for their re-
turn trips; but no car shall be allowed
To remain there more than one minute;
No car shall run on Sundays on said
route from Leigh street 10 Futh ana
CLAW streets between the hours Of IL A. NJ.
and L 30 i. VI. The said company snail
also al all times keep its cars in proper
repair and neat condition. Inc s2id COM
Dany shall start from the extreme north
orn end of its route in said county at
least one car at $3.50 o'clock a. NJ, every
morning. Upon complaint made at any
time to said company by the Committee
on Streets that such service is not being
rendered or that its car or cars are not
in proper repair or neat condition the
said company shall within ten days after
receipt Of such notice rectfy and remove
the ground or grounds Of said complaint,
and fully satisfy the said committee that
thereafter fair and satisfactory service
cars will be kept in proper repair and
neat condition. Should the said company
run any car between the hours above
named on Sunday or fail within the said
ten days 10 rectify and remove the af0re-
said grounds OF complaint TO the salts
faction OF the said committee, II shall be
liable for such failure 10 a fine of not
less than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars each days failure To be a sepa-
rate omense. Should the said company
fail. unless II is, in the opinion Of said
committee. temporarily prevented by
some Unforeseen extraordinary and i'm
personal cause. within said ten days so
to rectify and remove said grounds Of
complaint. and satisfy the said commit
tee that thereafter fair and satisfactory
service Will be so rendered. and that its
cars or car will be kept In proper and
neat condition, then the said committee
may, If 1t deem proper, notify said COM
pany not to run any car or cars upon any
part of its said route until otherwise au-
thorized by the said committee or the City
Council. Should The said company al ans
time after forty-eight hours from the re-
ceipt Of such notice not 10 run its car
or cars from said committee, run or
operate upon the said route, or any part
of the same. any one or more of its cars,
il shall be liable 10 fine OF not less
than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars for each and every car 50 run;
each days running Of any such car to
be a separate Ofense.
Fourth. The said company i'm laying the
tracks and turnouts upon the route above
dos ribbed along said street, shall follow
the locations and grades 10 be designated
by the CIV anplrtcr. restore all streets
and pavements and regrade all earth taken
up or disturbed In said construction, and
shall at all times. under the supervision
Of the City Engineer Of the city. at it's
own expense and charges, keep the streets
and pavements upon which said tracks
are laid, TO the extent of the portion OF
said street covered by said tracks. and
for two feet on each side beyond the out
side Of said tracks, in good and complete
repair. and shall pave and repair and re-
pave the same i'm such manner and with |
such materials as the city may, from
time 10 time pave. repair and repaVe the |
remaining portions OF said street. All
rails and other materials used In the con-
struction, repairing and relaying or the
tracks upon said route shall be such as
are satisfactory to the city Engineer.
And the said company shall at all times
grade the said street 10 the same width, |
as above stated. in accordance with such
grades as the Couroil may from time 10
time. adopt for said street. and shall at
all times repair any portion or its road
along said street or renew the materials
thereof whenever directed by the Commit
tee on Streets Should the company fail
to perform any Of the duties and Obliga-
tions above imposed in this section for
ten days after the receipt OF a written
notice from the city Engineer OF the
TcCtssity OF such performance then the
said company shah he liable tn a fire
OF ten dollars: each days failure 10 be
a separate Omense. The city Council NAV
forbid the running of any car or cars
upon the route OF said company along
said street until tho requirements shall bee |
ft1v complied with. The City Engineer
IS hereby authorized In all cases If failure
10 perform such duties and obiiga lions,
TO have such streets paved, repaired. re-
paved or graded to the extent required
Of said company. as above set forth, ana
said road repaired or materials renewed.
and the eH pens IS thereof 81 al he debt
against the CO mpany. recoverable as debts
are now recoverable nv the city Of Rich
mond and the said debt shall be \ lien
upon the tracks Of said company prior 10
any other lien or encumbrance
upon said tracks. But the said
long as any such debt may remain
due and unpaid. IT will not run any one
or more Of its cars along the said route.
Should the said comnany while any. such