The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-04
AN ORDINANCE
To grant permission to


to construct and operate upon the
conditions hereinafter specified ar
electric street railway within the city
OF Richmond connecting with tbs
tracks of the Virginia Railway and
Power company on Broad street. a.
First and Broad streets thence north.
wardly on and along the streets here.
matter named to the corporate limit:
and requiring certain traffic contract.
to be made with the Virginia Railwa,
and Power company which will ex.
tend and enlarge some OF its franchise
rights and relieve it OF the obligation
TO maintain and operate certain Of
Its lines:
BE It Ordained by the Counci,
of the City Of Richmond:
/. That
be and it is hereby authorized TO con
struct, maintain and operate a str-.
railway within the limits Of the city
OF Richmond along the following
routes and subject to the condition:
and provisions herein set forth.
| % A double track beginning a
First and Broad streets, connect'nf
there with the tracks Of the Virgins
Railway and Power COMPANY or
Broad street, and extending north
wardly on and along First street t.
the First-Street viaduct AMI by O sin.
gle track over said viaduct. and alons
Monteiro avenue to the intersection
of Fells street aud Monteiro avenue
and thence by a double track acros:
private property or along Telis stree
to Mitchell street, thence along Nit
! cheil street to Poe street: thence
along Poe street TO North avenue
thence along North avenue to TIE In
tersection OF North avenue and Rogers
street. 20 that the street RAILWAY
tracks will be double tracks alone
the said streets within the limits her--
in mentioned; thence with a single
track along North avenue to the in
| tersection of North avenue ana the
! brooklani Park boulevard, .hencf
along the Brookland Park boulevard
in n westerly direction to Char1 bnr-
Jayne avenue; thence northwardly
along Chamberlain avenue to La
hurnum avenue; thence westwarfly
along Laburnum avenue to the Her
mitage road. and thence north wardly
along the Hermitage road to the cor.
porate limits The privileges hereby
| granted and the work of construction
maintenance and operation hereby
authorized shall he under and In al
respects in accordance with the gen
eral ordinances OF the city of Rich
mond relating TO street railways now
! or hereafter ordained and with the
provisions OF an ordinance approved
December 23rd. 1899. entitled. IAN or.
dinance to authorize the construction
and operation OF street railway
within the limits OF the city or Fitch
mond by the Richmond Passenger and
! Power company" and all ordinance:
amnndatory thereof. and. in the even
or any conflict between the said gen
eral ordinances of the city and the
ordinance approved December 23rd
1923, the provisions of the last ma et
ordinance shall be applicable. excep
that the general ordinances OF tht
city OF Richmond relating 70 transfer:
snail also apply to this ordinance a:
TO every passenger who shall bott
board and leave the car within tbs
| city limits, Provided however thn
although the right TO require the re
construction or relocation of any por
ton of any existing single ira k or
SAID rtreets Is hereby expressly re
served to the said city, tn be exer-
cised by the administrative board
thereof under the general ordinance:
or the city. the said existing track 4
any there be, may remain as at pres
ent until 1t becomes necessary to re.
new the same In accordance with the
provisions of the said ordinance o,
December 23rd. 1899. and ordinance.
amendatory thereof. Provided fur
ther that in the construction of tht
said tracks hereby authorized tbs
grantee may use the rails. overhead
construction and materials of the pres
ent lines of the Virginia Railway ant
POWER company on Baker street Du
val street and Brook avenue. so fal
as the same are removed as herein
after authorized. and provided tht
said grantee makes Arrangements Sc
to do with the Virginia RAILWAY art
| Power company; but the said rails
overhead construction and material!
shall be so used only to the exen
that they are in a reasonably soot
condition for the use hereby author
ICED. in the opinion OF the city engi
neer. and are approved by him
CD The rights. privileges and fran
chises hereby granted are granted up
on the further condition that the gran
tee shall make satisfactory and suit
able arrangements with the Virgini,
Railway and Power COMPANY for IN.
joint use of tracks and operation o
cars in the manner hereinafter specl
fed so that the cars Of the virgtni;
Railway and Power company herein
after mentioned may use the track
hereby authorized in the manner pro
vfded by this ordinance and so tina
the cars or the grantee operating owe
the tracks hereby authorized IRON
both portions of the city of Richmon,
known as Ginter Park and Barto,
Heights may be operated over tn
tracks of the Virginia Railway an,
Power company in the manner hereil
provided. And when ana after sucl
an agreement for the operation o
cars shall have been made II shall ~
lawful for the Virginia Railway an,
Power company to abandon perma
nently the present operation of It
cars on Baker street, from the inter
section Of Fifth and Baker streets t,
Brook avenue. and on Brook avenu
from its intersection with the sal,
/ Baker street to the present western
terminus OF the line formerly owne,
ana operated by the Richmond an,
Henrico Railway company: and ais
to abandon permanently the presen
operation of cars along Brook avenu
from the said terminus Of the saia lin
to Duval street and along Duval stree
to the intersection Of Duval and Fiftl
streets: and to remove the rails. over
! head construction and - poles frou
Baker street from Fifth street &
Brook avenue. from Duval street fror
Fifth street to First street, ana I
take up and remove the western trac
on Brook avenue from Baker stree
: to the terminus of the line on Broo
.avenue. and to connect the ain yl