The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-07

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thor.zed to be abandoned and discon.
tinued on Baker street and Duvsl
street and Brook avenue. the Virginia
Railway and Power company sha II
operate one or more of It's cars, by
agreement with the grantee herein,
from First and Broad streets. north
wardly on First street to DuvaI street,
ard thence. by a single track west
wardly on Duval street to Brook ave-
nue.. and DorthwardIy on prook ave.
nue. bv single track to said western
| terminus OF the fire formerly owned
and opersted by the Richmond and
Henrico Railway comnony, returnira
by the sarle. route to First and pvoad
streets. Said car or cars on said last
| named Duvnl street line shall he OPP
Grated upon schedule OF ffteen mir
tites in each direction: provided tnat
between the hours OF and 3 A. Nj
! and 5 and z p. NJ, thev shall be op-
Grated on schedule Of seven an.4 one
| half minutes In each direction; and
they may be operated with one me
to car instead OF two Z nrovidea fur
! ther that such schedules may he
from time to time either i~crea sed nr
diminished by the administrative
hoard.
And provided also that the said
VIRGINIA Railway aod Power company
shall at once restore fha surface Of
i the said streets disturbed nv the re-
| movai Of satJ rails, overhead cons'r,,c-
ton and poles to as rood condition
as the remainder of the surface Of
said streets contiguou1 thereto the
said work Of removal and OF restoring
! the surface Of said streets TO ne done
under the supervisor and to the sat
| isfa ction of thu CITY engineer ana IN
accordance with the provisions OF the
ordinances Of the c'tv u~der which
said rails poles ard overhead rnes
were constructed and maintained
Ard In TIA event OF such agreement
being mr|e during the period OF re-
roovai Of sati rails. poles and over
head lines on Baker street ; Rrook
| avenue and Duval street and until
I the completion Of the CONSTRUCTION nv
| the grantee herein Of the d7uh,e track
| or Fist street, Mitchell street Poe
street and North avenue. as author
| 'ved by section /. OF this ordinance
| the said VIRGINIA Railway and Power
company shall he and II 10 he-aov an
| thoriznd to construct and mai,.a'r a.
| or near. the Intersection OF Flew
street ana Duva1 street temporary
cross-over between the rreee,t TRACKS,
OF the said COMPANY on Fifth street
ard shall continue the oneration 81
its present line Of cars from Proc
street along Firth street 10 the inter
section Of Fifth and Duval streets.
returning by the same route until the
said line Of cars In reroufed westward
" on Broad TO First street and north
wardIy on First street and thence to
North avenue and Brookiani Park
boulevard as provided in division (c)
of subsection f5) OF this ordinance
ana, thereafter the said Virginia Rail-
way and Power com panv shall he and
! hereby 3 permitted temporarily to
discontinue the operation OF Its cars
| on Fifth street from Broai to Baker
streets. such temporary abandon ment
/ not to exceed the period OF eighteen
; fls) months from the approval of
this ordinance: provided. however.
! that the said city council shall have
| power to require the as "a COMPANY to
| operate the cars OF the Highland Park
! line on Fifth street, from Broad to
! Baker streets. or any part thereof.
! and thence TO the terminus of the
Highland Park line ana -etun.. n
! at or after the expiration OF the said
eighteen months after the approval Of
this ordinance the said company has
! not begun or has not been required
| by the said city council to begin the
operation Of cars OF the Highland
Park line along Fifth street, IS above
set forth. between Broad and Baker
streets or any part thereof Their the
| said company. when required by the
/ said council so to do shall Immediate
! ly take up the remove the rails. over
! head lines and poles of said company
along said Fifth street. from Broad
| 10 Baker streets, or any unused part
Thereof, and restore the surface of said
| street disturbed In the removal of
/ said rails. poles and lines to as good
condition as the remainder o$ the
surface OF said street contiguous there
! to- the work of removing said rails.
poles and overhead lines and restor-
/ ing the sufface of said streets shall be
done under the supervision and to
/ the satisfaction OF the city Ell 'ineer
and in all respects in accordance with
the provisions of the ordinance - The
! city OF Richmond under which SAID
| tracks were constructed and ara now
maintained and all ordinances amen
/ datory thereof
! t3l That the grantee herein and the
Virginia Railway and Powe~ company
! be AMI they are hereby authorized to
construct. locate and maiatain such
switches. crossovers. turrouts land
overhead lines as are necessar. for
the operation OF their cars according
| to the agreements and In the manner
herein provided and for the purposes
OF this ordinance.
tD ta) The rights. privileges and
| franchises hereby s.anted shall ixpIre
along with the franchise OF the Pich-
mond Passenger and Power comnany,
granted by the ordinance app owed
/, December 23rd, 1899. which franchise.
ny section S. was limited to II period OF
.nirty years from the first day of jan
1ary. 1900. unless sooner surrendered
| or forfeited. And 1t Is hereby ex-
! pressly proviasd that the rights. privi-
Ieges and franchises hereby granted
are granted upon the condition that
the grantee herein shall secure and
surrender the several stree; railway
franch isses or 30 much thereof as now
authorize the maintenance and opera,
ton OF a street railway along the
streets designated in section /. Of this
ordinance. from First and Broad streets
to the corporate limits. which surren-
der shall be filed In writing with me
city clerk and shall be dulv acknowl
edged and In form satisfactory to the
city attorney,
| lb) Nothing In this ordinance con-
tainei. or in the acceptance thereof
by the grantee. or In the making OF
agreements for the operation OF cars
BY the grantee and the Virginia Rail
way ard Power company, in the man
ner REQUIRED by this ordinance. shall
be construed TO affect in any way the
question OF such rights as the said
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