The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-05
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
Power company on Broad street. at
First and Broad streets. thence north
wardly on and along the streets here
matter named to the corporate limits
and requiring certain traffic contracts
! to be made with the Virginia Railway
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 Council
Of the City Of Richmond:
] l. That
he and II Is hereby authorized to con-
struct, maintain and operate a street
railway within the limits OF the city
Of Richmond along the following
routes and subject TO the conditions
and provisions herein set forth.
t) double track beginning at
First and Broad streets, connecting
there with the tracks Of the Virginia
! Railway and Power COMPANY on
Broad street. and extending north
wardiy on and along First street 70
the First Street vfaduct. AMI by a sim
gle track over said viaduct and along
Nonteiro avenue to the intersection
Of Fells street and Montefro avenue
and thence by a double track across
private property or along Fells street
I 10 Mitchell street; thence along Nit
chell street to Poe street; thence
along Poe street 70 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 herr
n mentioned; thence with single
track along North avenue to the IN
'ersection OF North avenue ane the
brooklani Park boulevard. thence
along the Brookland Park boulevard
in a westerly direction to Chamber
layue avenue: thence northwardly
along Chamberlayne avenue 10 La
burrum avenue; thence westwardfy
along Lahurnurn avenue to the Her
mltage road. and thence northwardly
along the Hermitage road to the cor
porata limits. The privileges hereby
granted and the work OF construction.
maintenance and operation hereby
authorized shall he under and in all
respects In accordance with the gem
eral ordinances OF the CITY of Rich
mond relating to street railways now
or hereafter ordained and with the
/ - NlHt'isS Va al ordnance approved
December 23rd. 1899, entitled, IAN or
dinance TO authorize the construction
and operation OF street railway
within the limits OF the city Of Rich
nond by the Richmond Passenger and
( Power company" and all ordinances
a1nendatory thereof, and, In the event
of any conflict between the said gem
eral ordinances Of the city and the
ordinance approved December e:rd
nf ut ,nd
ordinance shall be appnca BILE. except
that the general ordinances OF the
city OF Richmond relating TO transfers
shal also apply to this ordinance az
10 every passenger who shall both
board and leave the car within the
city limits Provided however that
although the right to require the re-
ton OF any existing single track on
said etreets Is hereby expressly re-
served TO the said city. to be exer-
c'sed by the administrative board
thA-eaT 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-
new the same in accordance with tho
provisions Of the said ordinance Of
December 23rd. 1899. and ordinances
amendatory thereof. Provided fur
ther 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 tho 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 Virginia
Railway ami Power company for the
Joint use OF tracks and operation OF
cars in the manner hereinafter speci-
fed 30 that the cars of the Virginia
Railway and Power company herein
after mentioned may use the tracks
sereby authorized in the manner pro-
/ vided by this ordinance and so that
the cars of the grantee operating over
the tracks hereby authorized rom
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 1t shall DC
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 Richmond 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 poles from
BaRer street from Firth street TO-
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
to the terminus OF the line on Brook
avenue. and to connect the single
track OF the Duval street line. at Bak-