The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-05


present operation of Its cars so au-
thorixed to be abandoned and discon-
tinued on Baker street and Duval
street and Brook avenue, the Virginia
Railway and Power company shall
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 Duval street,
and thence by a single track west
wardly on Duval street to Brook ave-
nue.. and northwardly on Brook ave-
nue. by a single track to said western
terminus OF the line formerly owned
and operated by the Richmond and
Henrico Railway company, returning
by the same route to First and Broad
streets. Said car or cars on said last
named Duval street line shall be op-
Grated upon a schedule of fifteen min
utes in each direction: provided That
between the hours Of and A NJ.
and and z =. NJ, thew shall be on
Grated on a schedule Of seven ana one
half minutes in each direction: and
they may be operated with or,. man
to car instead Of two: provided fur
Their that such schedules may be
from time to time either Increased or
diminished by the administrative
board
And provided also that the said
Virginia Railway and Power company
shall at once restore the surface OF
the said streets disturbed hv the re-
movai Of saii rails, overhead constrt1c-
ton and poles to as good condition
as the remainder OF the surface of
said streets contiguous thereto the
said work of removal and OF restoring
the surface Of said streets TO he done
under the supervision and TO the sat
isfaction of the city engineer ana m
accordance with the provisions of the
ordinances of the. city under which
said rails, poles and overhead lines
were constructed and maintained
And In the event OF such agreement
being made, during the period Of re-
moval OF said rails, poles and over
head lines on Baker street Brook
avenue and DuvaI street and until
the completion OF the construction by
the grantee herein OF the double track
on First street. Mitchell street, Poe
street and North avenue. as author
tied by section 1. OF this ordinance.
the said Virginia Railway and Power
company shall be and Il Is hereby au.
thorized to construct and maintain at
or near the intersection OF Fifth
street and Duval street a temporary
cross-over between the present tracks
OF the said company on Firth street
and shall continue the operation of
its present line OF cars from Proad
street along Fifth street 70 the inter
section of Fifth and DuvaI streets.
returning by the same route, until the
said line OF cars Is rerouted westward
" on Broad to First street and north
wardly on First street and thence 10
North avenue and Brookland Park
boulevard as provided In division (c)
of subsection (5) of this ordinance.
and, thereafter the said Virginia Rail
way and Power company shall hA and
hereby IS permitted temporarily To
discontinue the operation Of it's cars
on Fifth street from Broad to Baker
streets, such Temporary abandonment
not to exceed the period Of eighteen
ts) months from the approval of
this ordinance; provided, however.
that the said city council shall have
power to require tire said 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 return. II
al 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 tho
operation of cars OF the Highland
Park line along Fifth street, as above
streets or any part thereof then the
said company. when required bv the
said council so to DO, shall INN ediate-
ly take up the remove the rails. over
head lines and poles of said company
along said Fifth street. from Broad
TO Baker streets, or any unused part
thereof, and restore the surface of said
street disturbed in the removal Of
said rails, poles ana lines to As good
condition fGa n -i ~ nc
surface OF said street contiguous there
to; the work OF removing said rails.
poles and overhead lines and restor-
ing the surface Of said streets shall be
done under the supervision and to
the satisfaction of the city engineer
AMI In all respects IN accordance with
the provisions of the ordinance Or the
tracks were constructed ard ara now
maintained. and all ordinances amen
datory thereof
CD That the grantee herein and the
Virginia Railway and Power company
be ana they are hereby authorized to
construct, locate and maintain such
switches, crossovers. turnouts and
overhead lines as are necessary for
the operation OF their cars according
to the agreements and In the manner
herein provided and for the purposes
of this ordinance.
% (a) The rights, privileges and
franchises hereby granted shall ~xpire
along with the franchise OF the Rich
mond Passenger ana Power company.
granted by the ordinance approved
December 23rd, 1929. which franchise.
by section S. was limited to a period of
thirty years from the first day of Jan
aary. 1900, unless sooner surrendered
or forfeited And II is hereby ex-
pressly provided that the rights, priv
leges and franchises hereby granted
are granted upon the condition that
the grantee herein shall secure and
surrender the several street railway
franchises. or so 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 he fled In writing with the
city clerk and shall be duly acknowl-
edged and in form satisfactory TO the
city attorney.
(b) Nothing in this ordinance con
tanned. 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 and Power company. in the man
ner required by this ordinance. shall
be construed to affect in any way the