The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-02
AN ORDINANCE
To grant permission to


to construct and operate upon the
conditions hereinafter specified an
electric street railway within the city
OF Richmond connecting with the
tracks of the Virginia Railway and
First and Broad streets. thence north
wardly on and along the streets here
matter named TO the corporate limits
prd requiring certain traffic contracts
To be made with the Virginia Railway
and Power company which will ex-
tend and enlarge some Of It's franchise
rights and relieve It OF the obligation
to maintain and operate certain of
It's lines:
Be Il Ordained bv the Council
of the City of Richmond:
l. That
be and Il Is hereby authorized TO con-
struct, maintain and operate street
railway within the limits OF the city
OF Richmond along the following
routes and subject to the conditions
and provisions herein set forth
% A double track beginning at
there with the tracks Of the Virginia
Railway and Power COMPANY on
Broad street. and extending north
wardlv on and along First street 10
the First Street vtaduct. AMI by q sin
gle track over said yiaduct, and along
Monteiro avenue to the intersection
of Fells street and Monteiro avenue
and thence by double track across
private property or along Feils street
chelI street TO Poe street: thence
along Poe street to North avenue;
thence along North avenue to the IN
tersection OF North avenue and Rogers
street, so that the street railway
tracks will be double tracks along
the said streets within the limits here
in mentioned: thence with single
track along North avenue to the in
tersection OF North avenue ane the
Brookland Park boulevard thence
along the Prookland Park boulevard
in a westerly direction 20 Chamber
layne avenue: thence northwardly
along Cham herlayne avenue to La
burnurn avenue: thence westwardiy
along Iaburnum avenue to the Her
mttags road. and thence northwardl
along the Hermitage road to the cor
porate limits. The privileges hereby
granted and the work of construction.
maintenance and operation hereby
authorized shall be under and In all
respects in accordance with the gen
ersi ordinances of the city OF Rich
mond relating TO street railways sew
or hereafter ordained and with the
provisions OF an ordinance approved
December 2srd. 1899. entitled. IAN or
dinance to authorize the construction
and operation of street railway
within the limits OF the city OF Rich
mond by the Richmond Passenger and
Power pany," and all ordinances
amendatory thereof. and. in the event
OF any conflict between the said gem
eral ordinances of the city and the
ordinance approved December e3rd,
1899, the provisions OF the last ma med
ordinance shall be applicable. except
that the general ordinances OF the
city or Richmond relating TO transfers
shan also apply to this ordinance as
to every passenger who shall both
board and leave the car within the
CITY limits Provided. however that
although the right to require the re-
construction or relocation of any por-
ton OF any existing single traak on
said rtreets Is hereby expressly re-
served to the said city, to be exer-
cised by the administrative board
thereof under the general ordinances
OF the city. the said existing track. II
any there be, may remain as at pres
ent until II becomes necessary to re-
now the same In accordance with the
provisions OF the said ordinance OF
December 23rd. 1899, and ordinances
amendatory thereof. Provided fur
Their that in the construction OF the
said tracks hereby authorized the
grantee may use the rails. overhead
construction ami materials of the pres
emit lines of the Virginia Railway and
Power company on Baker street, Du-
val street and Brook avenue. so far
as the same are removed as herein
after authorized. and provided the
said grantee makes Arrangements so
TO do with the Virginia Railway and
Power company: but the said rails,
overhead construction and materials
shall be so used only to the ex ent
that they are in reasonably kood
condition for the use hereby author
lied. in the opinion of the city cngi-
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 Virginia
Railway and Power company for the
joint use OF tracks and operation Of
cars in the manner hereinafter speci-
fed so that the cars OF the Virginia
Railway and Power company herein
after mentioned may use the tracks
hereby authorized In the manner pro-
vided by this ordinance and so that
the cars Of the grantee operating over
the TRACKS hereby authorized from
both portions Of the city Of Richmond
known as Ginter Park and Barton
Heights may be operated over the
tracks of the Virginia Railway and
Power company In the manner herein
provided. And when and after such
an agreement for the operation of
cars shall have been made II shall DO
lawful for the Virginia Railway and
Power company to abandon perma-
nently the present operation OF Its
cars on Baker street. from the inter-
section Of Fifth and Baker streets to
Brook avenue, and on Brook avenue
from its intersection with the said
Baker street to the present western
terminus OF the line formerly owned
and operated by the Richmon1 and
Henrico Railway company: and also
to abandon permanently the present
operation of cars along Brook avenue
from the said terminus Of the SAID line
to Duval street and along Duval street
to the intersection Of Duval and Fifth
streets; and to remove the rails, over
head construction and 81 pales from
Baker street from Fifth street 20
Brook avenue, from Duval street from
Fifth street to First street. ana TO
take up and remove the western track
on Brook avenue from Baker street
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