The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-27
AN ORDNANCE.

AN ORDINANCE.
city OF Richmond.
oiticc Of the CITY Clerk.
To the Public
Notice Is hereby given according to
law, THAI an amendment is proposed
aud j. pending Ia the CITY Council To-
tho franchise granted by the CITY Of
Richmond by an ordinance approved
July -. 1913. 10 the Virginia Railway
ana ana Power COMPANY. for the construc-
wardly on Broad street to In" west
ern corporate limits OF the City Of
same are nov established. The cTcc,
OF which VIII he TO release the Nir-
ginia Railway and Power Company
from tn. performance of the duty OF
constructing the said line and putting
the same into complete operation with
IN fourteen months from the said July
Hallway aud Power Company an cX-
tension Of time for the construction
aud completion Of the said line. in ac-
cordancc with tho terms ana condi-
tons of the following ordinance.
amending section az the ordinance
approved July 2l 1913
BEN T. AUGUST.
CITY Clerk.
above notice. amending section ! OF
the ordnance approved July 81, 1913.
providing. for the construction OF a
street railway westwardly on Broad
Of tho city OF Richmond. proposed and
pcudine i'm the city Council as aforc-
said. read. as follows:
An ordinance
I" amend and reordain section OF
an ordnance approved July p. 1913.
entitled An ordnance to grant per
mission TO the Virginia Railway and
I,af
ate street railway on. along and over
the streets OF the City of Richmond
under certain conditions. so as to ex-
from the Intersection OF Broad and
S,,heppard streets 10 the western city
limits as now established on Broad
street shall be constructed and put into
complete operation
BE TT ORDAINED BY THE: COUNCIL.
Or THE CITY OF RICHMOND:
rhat section OF an ordinance APP
dinancc 10 grant permission to the Nir-
Einia Hallway and Power Company to
construct and operate :; street railway
on, along and over the streets of the
Guy OF Richmond. under certain condi-
tons be amended ana reordained so
as TO read as follows:
i That the Virginia Railway and
rover Company, hereinafter called
the company, he. and IL is hereby au-
tnoriHed TO construct and operate an
electric street railway in the City OF
richmond ON, along and over the
following streets OF the City of
Richmond
beginning at the intersection Of
Broad and Robinson Streets i'm said
CITY. thence wcstwardly along Broad
street 10 the western corporate linn
It's Of the said city on Broad Street
as the same are now established
with all sidings. turnouts, cross
overs and switches necessary to the
operation of the said line: provided
however that the said line from the
Intersection OF Broad and Robinson
streets TO the intersection Of Broad
and Sheppard Streets shall be begun
within three months after the APP
proNaI OF thus ordinance and con-
structed and put into complete opera
ion within nine months from the
day OF such approval. and that the
said line from the intersection OF
Broad and sheppard Streets TO the
western city limits. as now estab-
lshed, on Broad Street. shall be
constructed and put into complete
operation within twenty hree months
from July II, 1913. And in the event
OF failure TO begin work on said line
from Sheppard Street westwardly on
Broad Street to the corporation line
and to construct and put the same
INTO complete operation within
twcntY-thrce months from July IL
1913, all right TO construct and oper-
ate said line on Broad Street from
sheppard street to the said corpora
ton line shall cease and determine
and the bond provided for i'm section
OF this ordinance shall thercupon
bccome due and payable TO the City
or penalty under this ordinance shall
be imposed for such failure
And provided. further. that the
said company shall operate its cars
on the said lines between said term
mi on schedule Of at least one car
each way every fifteen minutes In
the day between the hours OF
o'clock ~ NJ. and u o'clock mid
night. and until otherwise directed
hy he Committee on Streets, which
Shai have power TO require a more
frequent schedule when in its opin-
Ion the public convenience requires
That portion Of the said lines b.
tween the intersection OF Broad and
Robinson Streets and the interser-
ZION OF Broad Street and the Roule-
ward shall he double track street
railway, and shall connect with the
double track electric street railway
IB% nleySS I'd nor'h Var nlons The
grounds OF the Virginia state Fair
Association.
That portion. OF the said lines run
between the intersection of Broad
street and the Boulevard ana the
western corporate limits shall be
single track electric street railway.
and shall connect with tho aforesaid
doubl" track line by proper and
necessary switches or crossovcrs at
or near the intersection of Broad
street ana the boulevard.
but ;he SAID company shall have
ne right with the consent OF the
city Council. at any time during tic
life of this franchise. TO double track
the said liens; and the I'D Council.
whenever in its opinion the public
convenience requires. shall have the
power to require the, said companS
10 double track the id lines Within
= reasonable time after notice SO to
do. For any failure or refusal TO
comply with any requirement of this
ordinance, or OF the said committees |
the company shall be liable to a fiuc q
recoverable before the Police Justice ,
ot the city OF Richmond. OF not less !
than ten nor more than one hundred ;
dollars for each offcnsc, and each tlaX. /
OF such failure or refusal shall Lee = {
separate ofIcnsc.
'rhe sidinEs of tho said line shall /!
ne located on the south side Of Broad /