Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-20

"a.
General superintendent
terveninp streets or alleys not now es-
,ablished and Hague, Nicholson, Denny
I Louisiana. and Orleans streets 10 the Guy
limits. paralleling or occupying Thirn
street for the most part or the uistancc
between Hague and Orleans streets, Win
the right to construct SAID Niauuc1 vi
structure so as to carry such anul.ioilai
tracks as may be desired between hasue
street and the city limits. All or winch
route and the said gas-works grounds
arc more parricularly but approximately
shown on the general map submitted oy
the said company and filed in the office OF
the CITY Engineer, and the city hereby
grants 10 the railway Company Tor the
construction and use Of said viaduct OF
structure. a strip OF land through It's
passwords property bounded ana ue-
scribed as follows. to-wlt: lhht pieNe
or parcel Of land 20 feet wide ana apou.
40 feet long. the centre line OF which
begins in the east line OF Maple street
10, feet, more or less. south OF fopiai
street: thence running eastwardly at
an angle Of about Il degrees. 20 minutes,
with the said line OF Maple street ~
feet more or less. TO Gillie's creek.
STREET GRADES.
And IL Is further ordained that the
CITY OF Richmond shall lower the grades
o. Denny. Louisiana, and Orleans streets'
and Third street between Denny street
and the city limits, so That the ne" sur
faces under said viaduct or structure VIII
he NOT more than three feet lower than
,be nresent surface of said streets. The
ctesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
shall. however, reimburse the SAID city
of Richmond all costs and expenses oil
anv and every kind and nature whatso-
ever connected with or occasioned py
the lowering of said streets. Ana II the
lrwerine of said streets shall make II
necessary to alter or rearrange ths wa
ter-mains. sewer. gas, or other pipes OF
Tho ci,v ,he same shall be done by the
CITY in A reasonable and substantial man
ner and the cost thereof reimbursed said
CITY by said railway company. The gra-
dents used in lowering said streets snail
not be more than four feet in loo feet.
OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION.
. The said Chesapeake and ONO Rail
way Company. its successors ana assigns,
shall have the right likewise 10 construct
and maintain forever an iron or steel
v.aduc, or structure. with such elevated
railway tracks as 1t may now or at any
time hereafter elect TO place or lay there
on. and TO operate the same forever: such
viaduct or structure and tracks TO be
located on the property Of the railway
company, commencing at its present
tracks near Clay street between Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets. which
said Clay street is hereby forever closed
between said Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets thence crossing overhead Mar
shall Broad. Grace tunopened), Frank
lin. Main. Cary, Seventeenth, and DOCK
streets and all Intervening streets and
alleys. opened or unopened. TO a connec-
ton with the line described In section !
of this ordinance: all OF which IL more
particularly but approximately shown on
the general map submitted by said railway
company and filed in the office OF the
CITY Engineer; and the said company,
its successors and assigns. shall have the
right TO erect its passenger-train shed
across and over Franklin street near
Union street. as shown approximately
on said general map. having the same
free. clear height over the street that is
provided for in section 3 OF this ordin-
ance.
BRIDGE OVER NINTH STREET.
g. The right is also given to the said
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
its successors and assigns. to erect and
maintain forever. at its cost. an over
head wagon and foot-way bridge, the
general features and principal dimen-
sions OF which shall conform approx
mately to the plan submitted by said
railway company. from a point OH Ninth
street between Main and Cary streets.
crossing Cary. Basin Bank. and Canal
streets overhead. and descending to the
surface OF Ninth street near to and just
north OF Byrd street. The plan OF the
asatI nd ~
bridge shall be filed I'm the Office OF the
City Engineer. and no material variation
shall be made therefrom without the APP
prevail OF the City Engineer. Upon COM
pletion OF the said bridge or structure.
Ninth street between the north line of
Canal and the south line OF Basin Bank
shall be closed and shall remain closed
as long IA the said overhead bridge shall
be kept in good and safe condition for
public use.
4. Upon completion OF the elevated
tracks provided for herein. the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway Company. its
successors and assigns. shall have the
right to maintain and operate forever.
as said company is now maintaining and
operating them the tracks from the
northern limits of the city, along and
between Seventeenth street and Shockoe
creek. to the termini of the several ex-
listing tracks near the line OF Grace
street. subject 10 the right OF the said
company. its successors and assigns, TO
effect such changes as may be necessary
to connect and operate conveniently the
said existing tracks with the tracks on
the said elevated viaduct or structure
and the said railway company. its sue
cessors and assigns. shall also have the
right TO maintain and operate forever
any and all OF its tracks that have been
laid along or near the canal, or on, near.
or over the canal basins between the
western limits OF the city and Thirteenth
street.
no EXISTING RIGHTS TERMINATE
The said Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way Company. its successors and assigns.
shall have the right TO make any other
and further use whatsoever OF its said
viaducts. structures. and elevated tracks.
and also such regulations as to speed
or otherwise for the running OF trains
thereon as II may elect. and the SAID
company. for itself. Its successors. ana
assigns. by accepting the provisions OF
this ordinance. agrees to hold the said
city of Richmond harmless from the
consequences OF any accident occurring