The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-27

! thorized to be abandoned and discon
tinued on Baker street and Duvai
street and Brook avenue. the Virginia
! Railway and Power com pa9y shall
operate one or more of it's cars, by
agreement with the grantee herein.
I from First and Broad streets. north
wardly on First street to DuvaI street,
I and thence by a single track west
wardly on Duval street to Brook ave-
nue., and northwardlv 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 sail last
named Duval street line shall be on
Grated upon schedule OF fifteen min
utes in each direction: provided that
between the hours OF and A. M
and and p. NJ, they shall be on
| Grated on a schedule Of seven ana one
half minutes in each direction; and
they may be operated with one 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 by the re-
movaI Of SAID rails, overhead constrnc-
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 be done
under the supervision and TO the sat
| isfaction of the city engineer ana IN
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 Duval street, and until
the completion Of the construction bv
the grantee herein of the double track
| on First street, Mitchell street, Poe
street and North avenue, as author
| lied by section |, OF this ordinance
the said Virginia Railway and Power
| company shall be and II liz 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 Fifth street
and shall continue the operation Of
! its present line Of cars from Broad
street along Fifth street to the inter-
/ section of Fifth and Duval streets,
| returning by the same route until the
! said line OF cars Is rerouted westward =
| ly on Broad to First street and north
wardly on First street and thence to
I North avenue and Brooklani Park
/ boulevard as provided In division (c)
/ of subsection (5} of this ordinance.
and thereafter the said Virginia Rail-
way and Power company shall be and
| hereby is permitted temporarily to
discontinue the operation of its cars
: on Fifth street from Broad To Baker
| streets, such temporary abandonment
not to exceed the period OF eighteen
| tls) months from the approval OF
this ordinance; provided, however,
| that the said city council shall have
power to require the said company to
operate the cars of the Highland Park
! line on Fifth street. from Broad to
Baker streets, or any part thereof,
J and thence to the terminus of the
! Highland Park line ana returh If
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 10 begin the
/ operation OF cars of the Highland
! Park line along Fifth street, as above
set forth. between Broad and Baker
streets or any part thereof then the
said company when required by the
said council so to do, shall Immediate
| ~ 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 and lines to as good
condition as the remainder OF the
surface OF said street contiguous there
/ to; the work OF removing said rails,
I poles and overhead lines and restor-
I ing the surface of said streets shall be
done under the supervision and 10
} the satisfaction of the city en- 'ineer
ana In all respects In accordance with
/ the provisions OF the ordinance 90 the
/ city Of Richmond under which said
tracks were constructed and are now
! maintained, and all ordinances amen
datory thereof.
tS1 That the grantee herein and the
| virginia Railway and Power company
! he ana they are hereby authorized Ia
construct, locate and maintain such
switches, crossovers, turnouts and
( overhead lines as are necessary FOR
I the operation of their cars according
TO the agreements and in the manner
! hereln provided and for the purposes
of this ordinance.
/ franchises hereby granted shall Expire
along with the franchise of the Rich
! nond Passenger and Power comcany
granted by the ordinance approved
December 23rd, 1899. which franchise
by section :. was limited to period 81
thirty years from the first day of jan
uary. 1900. unless sooner surrendered
or forfeited. And it is hereby ex-
pressly provided that the rights. privi-
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
i'tion Of street railway along the
streets designated in section J. OF this
ordinance, from First and Broad streets
to the Corporate limits, which surreu-
der shall be filed in writing with tne
city clerk and shall be duly aCknowl-
edged and In form satisfactory to the
city attorney.
OBJ 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
question of such rights as the sale
Virginia Railway and Power COMPANY
! may have or claim, to the perpetua