The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-01
CONSIDERS
RERCUT|kG MEASURE
VIII Act Upon Ordinance Which Isc-
moves street Cars From
Broad Street.
CHURCH HILLlTEs Or
OBJECT
Two Jefferson Ward Members OF
sirceI COMMITTEE Are Overwhelmed
BY Uptown Vote Against DcIcsa-
tons Wish.

posed reroutins ordinance which
changes the stree; car map of Church
Hiil Tho ordinance was adopted by
the Street Committee hy the vote OF
s go . and recommended 10 Council
for adoption,
Those voting fo. the ordinance
were; Mcssrs. puilel. Powers. Gunst,
POLLOK English. Butler, those
against. Nc.scn, Sullivan. Mr.. tones
VINO had previously expressed hinsei.
as against tho ordinance, was not
at tho meeting. Here is the text q,
the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE
To allow the Virginia Hallway and
Power Company to make a tenn
porary charge Ia the routing of its
Broad and MAin Street line and of
its Clay street line and to temper
arily construct. maintain and oper-
ste suitable connection tracks NJ
Twenty-hfth and Marshall streets
and at Twenty -rinth and NJ Streets,
on certain conditions
BE IL ordained by tho Council Of
the city Of Richmond.
First. That permission he and is
hereby granted 20 the Virginia RAIL
way and Power Company To change
temporarily the routing Of Is Broad
ard Main street line and of It's Clay
Street line and To temporarily CON
struct. maintain and operate suitable
connection tracks NJ Twenty tifth and
Marshall Streets and Twenty-ulnth
and VI Streets. upon the following
conditions
90 The aid company may route
rw1 operate temp etariiy it's Broad am
Main live io Twcnty-fifth and Broad
Streets along the route authorized by
an ordinance approved March II,
1915. and thence northwardly on
Twenty-fnh Street to Marshall street..
thence eastwardly along Marshall
Street TO Th'rty-sixth Street. returning
by the same route
~ The said company may route
and operate its Clay Street line along
the route now authorized eastwardly
TO Broad and Twenty fifth Streets and
thence northwa-dly on Twenty-fifth
Street to VI Street. thence eattwardly
along NJ street to Twenty-n Street
and thence northwardly along Twenty
ninth Street to Street, returning by
Its present route,
~ The said company may tenn
porarily construct. maintain and oper-
ate curves and special work connec-
tious at Twenty and Marshall
Streets and at Twenty-ninth and VI
Streets so as 10 allow the rerouting
Of the Broad and Main line and OF
the Clay Street line. as hereinbefore
provided.
on Broad street
90 The rights and privileges grant
cd by this ordinance to the said com
pnny are granted on condition that
the said company shal) temporarily
take up and remove all OF it's tracks
trolley poles and trolley wires OF,
Broad Street from Eleventh street 70
Twenty fourth Street, and from
Twenty~fifth Street to the eastern
terminus OF the said Broad Stree'
tracks al Thirty-fourth Street, and no
cars shall be operated on Broad street
east of Eleventh Street in either d.
vection except on Broad Street be-
tween Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth
Streets The said company shall re-
store the roadbed so disturbed and
smooth pave that portion OF Broad
Street between Twenty third and
Thirty~Tpurth Streets for which ii IS
tesponsihle. that is to say. between the
outer rails of It's tracks and for two
(2l feet beyond the said outer rails, In
accordance with the class of paving
adopted and in use or contracted for
by the city OF Richmond in that por-
ton az the said Broad Street so dis
turhed by the company and shall re-
store the roadbed and paving SO dis
turbed on Broad Street between
Eleventh and Twenty fourth Streets
and on the connecting streets TO the
condition Of the remainder Of the
streets ard 10 the satisfaction of the
Administrative Board and the. City
Engineer
Supcry ision City Engineer.
90 The said company shall take
up and remove its single track line on
twenty ninth street from Broad
Street to NJ street and the curve and
connection track at Twenty ninth and
Broad streets and the trolley poles
and the wires connected herewith and
also the crossing at Twenty-ninth and
Marshall Streets. and shall restore the
said streets and any paving or cross
Ing 50 disturbed to the condition ot
the remainder OF the streets and TO
the satisfaction Of the Administrative
Board and OF the City Engineer.
ts) The construction and main,en-
ance of said curves and connection
the satisfaction Of the City Engineer
and shall be subject to and In ac-
cordAnce with all general ordinances
OF the city relating to street railways
and especially to chapter IS, Rich
mond city code. 1910. and any amend
ments thereto. and subject also to all
Of the conditions regulations. require
tnents and stlpulations set forth In
the ordinance, entitled AN ordinance
TO authorize the construction and oper-
alton of a street railway within the
limits Of the city OF Richmond by
the Richmond Traction Company" APP
proved August rs. 1896, and ali
amendments thereto, and in the
ordinance. entitled An ordinance to
authorize the construction and opera
ton of q street railway within the
limits OF the city OF Richmond by
the Richmond Passenger and Power
Company" approved December 20,
1919. and all amendments thereto. and
in the event Of any conflict between
the provisions Of the said ordinances
the regulation, requirements or
stipulation which IS most favorable to
the public shall govern.
90 The maintenance OF the said
connection tracks at Twenty NTH and
Marshall Streets and Twenty mint /,
and NJ Streets shall he subject 10 the
control Of the Administrative BOARD
and shall be removed upon thirty days
pnsiq.. ~aauirsd IA. the