The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-19
CITY ORDINANCES.

| "A IL, 1883 TO ALLOW RICHMOND
UNION PAssENGER HAiLWAY ION
PANY Tc BUILD A SINGLE TRAc !. IS
FROM CLAY sTREET TO FIRST
STREET VIADUcT, AND TO CON
| STRUCT TWO TURNOuTs.
BE II ordained by the Council Of the
| Section ]. That permission rs hereby
| given TO the Richmond Union f29sS,anfef
| Railway Company, a company GUY M
| Virginia under the conditions and pro.
| visions hereinafter set forth, 10 build
! and operate single track branch from
| and connected with it's present racks al
| the intersection OF First ard Gay streets,
along said First street TO the southern
| abdtm"nt Of tie viaduct of the BROOK
| land Railway anG Improvement Com
| pany with two turn-outs. one between
| said viaduct and Hill street, and the
other between Leigh and Duval streets,
| provided, that AZ any time after the eA-
| piration of twenty-tOur months rom 1aes
! of approval OF this ordinance the sdid
| company Will, whenever SO required Ny
| the City Council, remove sald turnouts
and construct a second track alonS salu
route.
Second. That the said route shall be be-
gun within ninety days from the date tiiis
| ordinance takes effect, IN manner satls,
| factory to the Committee on streets, anu
| shall be pushed diligently ana WITHOUT
| interruption or cessation towards conCiu-
sion; and the said company shall WITHIN
six months from the date above mention
ed have their cars IN operation upon me
said entire route. Should the said Rich
mond Union Passenger Railway Company
fail 20 begin said work I'm "A manner salts
factory to said committee, or should the
said company fail within the said SIX
months to have their ears in operation
upon the said entire route, or should the
said company. after having begun Sald
work, fail TO prosecute the WORK IN prop
mo- mt IA Il a
satisfaction of said committee on Streets,
and should in the judgment Of said com
mittee continue for ten days IN such I'M
proper prosecution, after having been mott
fled by the said committee TO push the
work more rapidly and satisfactorily,
then each and every one Of the privileges
herein granted shall cease, and all the
privileges hereby granted, and al the
tracks laid upon said streets shall revert
and belong TO the said city. by and win
the full consent OF the said company, gwen
by the acceptance Of this ordinance IN
proceeding TO exercise any Of the priVi-
Third The said Richmond Union Pas
senger Railway Company shall upon each
day and night hereafter render fair ser
vice 10 the public upon the SAID route, and
shall not at any time cease 50 10 do,
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 Clay street
between Fifth and Sixth streets. al which
point as long as said switch-Oyer Is al
lowed by the Council 10 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 TO Ftftn and
Clay streets between the hours OF IL A. VI.
and 1870 L. NJ The said company shall
also at all times keep its cars in proper
repair and neat condition. The said com
pany shall start from the extreme north
ern end of it's route in said county AT
least one car at $50 o'clock y. NJ, every
morning. Upon complaint made at any
time 10 said company by the Committee
on Streets that such service IS NOT being
rendered or that IFS car or cars are not
in proper repair or neat condition the
said company shall within ten days after
receipt Of such notice rcctify ana remove
the ground or grounds Of said complaint,
and fully satisfy the said committee that
thereafter fair and satisfactory service
Will be rendered. and that it's car or
cars viii be- kept in proper repair ana
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 afore-
said grounds OF complaint 10 the salts
faction Of the said comnittee il shall be
liable. for such failure to fine. Of not
less than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars, each days failure to be- a Sepa-
rate Offcnse. Should the said company
fail. unless IL is in the opinion of said
some Unforeseen extraordinary and inn
personal cause. within said ten days SO
30 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
ears or car viii bee kept in proper and
neat condition, then the said committee
may. IL IL deem proper. notify said COM
pany not TO run any car or cars upon any
part Of its said route until otherwise au-
thorizeed by the said committee or the city
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,
it shall be liable to a fine of not less
than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars FOR each and every car so run;
each days running of any such car to
be a separate OHense.
Fourth. The said company in laying the
tracks and turnOuts upon the route above
described along said street, shall follow
the locations and grades to be designated
and pavements and rcgrade all earth taken
up or disturbed in said construction, and
shall at ell times. under the supervision
Of the City Engineer OF the city, at its
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 to time, pave repair and repaye the
remaining portions Of said street. All
rails and other materials used I'm 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 ar ali times
grade the said street TO the same width,
as above stated. I'm accordance with such
grades as the F0''~"il may from time 10
time adopt for said street. and shall AT
all times repair any portion of its road
along said street or renew the aiHrlaiS
thereof whenever directed by the Commit
tee on Streets. Should the company fail
to perform any Of the duties and ohllga-
tons above imposed in this section Tor
ten days after the recent of a written
notice from the City Engineer OF the
necessity of such performance then the
said company shall be liable % fire
OF ten dollars; each days failure 10 be
a separate offense. The CITY Council NAV
forbid the running Of any car or cars
upon the route Of said company along
said street until the requirements shall be
fully complied with. The city Engineer
IS hereby authorized IN all cases Of failure
TO perform such duties and obligat Ions,
to have such streets paved, repaired. re-
paved or graded 10 the extent required
Of said company. as above set forth, ana
said road repaired or materials renewed.
and the expenses thereof - al be- debt
against the CO mpany recoverable as debts
are now recoverable by the city Of Rich
mond and the said debt shall BE- = lien
upon the tracks Of said company prior 10
upon said tracks. But the said
company hereby agrees that as
long any such debt may remain
due and unpaid II will not run any one
Should the said cOmpany while any such
debt shall remain due and unpaid run