The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-27
Be 1t Ordained by the Council
of the CITY of Richmond.
AN ORDINANCE
To grant permission to


, to construct. and operate upon the
conditions hereinafter specified an
electric street railway within the city
i 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
finafter 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
it's lines:
Be It Ordained by the Council
of the City of Richmond:
l. That
he and 1t Is hereby authorized to con-
Htruct, 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
First and Broad streets, connecting
there with the tracks of the Virginia
| Railway and Power company on
! Broad street, and extending north
waraly on and along First street TO
/ the First Street viaduct. AMI by a sin
gle track over said viaduct. and along
! AeHteIro- avenue to the intersection
of FEELS street and Monteiro avenue
and thence by n double track across
+ private property or along Fells street
10 Mitchell street: thence along Nit
chell street TO Poe street; thence
along Poe street 10 North avenue
thence along North avenue to the in
tersection Of North avenue and Rogers
street, SO that the street railway
tracks will he double tracks along
+ the said streets within the limits here
in mentioned: thence with a single
track along North avenue to the in
tersection Of North avenue and the
Brooklanj Park boulevard: thence
along the Rrookland Park boulevard
| in westerly direction to Char7 her
! layne avenue thence rorthwardly
! along Chamberlain avenue to La
/ burnum avenue; thence westwardIy
along Iaburnuri avenue 70 the Her
mtaga road. and thence nerthwardly
falong the Hermitage road to the cor
/ porate limits The privileges here by
granted and the work of construo on.
/ maintenance and operation hereby
authorized shall be under and In ali
respects in accordance with the gem
! eraI ordinances of the city of Rich
mond relating 10 street railways now
| or hereafter ordained and with the
! provisions of an ordinance approved
December gard. 1899, entitled, AN 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
rover company" and all ordinances
amendatory thereof, and, in the event
OF any conflict between the said gem
eral ordinances of the city and the
ordnance approved December 25rd.
1893. the provisions OF the last named
ordinance shall be applicable. except
that the general ordinances or the
city of Richmond relating 10 transfers
snail also apply to this ordinance as
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-
construction or relocation of any por-
ton OF any existing single tra.k on
SAID rtFeets is hereby expressly re-
: served to the said city, to be exer-
cised by the administrative board
thereof under the general ordinances
or the city. the said existing track. IL
any there be. MAY remain as at pres
ent until II becomes necessary to re-
1 new the same in accordance with the
provisions of the said ordinance OF
December 23rd. 1892. and ordinances
amendatory thereof Provided fur
fher that in the construction OF the
said tracks hereby authorized the
grantee may use the rails overhead
construction and materials of the pres
ent 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 rhe extent
that they are in a reasonably good
condition for the use hereby author
lied, in the opinion of the city cngi-
neer. and are approved by him
t2l The rights, privileges and fran
chises hereby granted are granted up
onsthe further condition that the gran
tee shall make satisfactory and suit
able arrangements with the Virginia
Railway ana Power company for the
joint use OF tracks and operation OF
cars In the manner hereinafter speci-
Ned 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 lIuChss HeEeDy autNOT1Hed 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
Ian agreement for the operation OF
cars shall have been made II shalt ne
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 inter -ection with the said
Baker street to the present western
terminus of the line formerly owned
ana 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
4 streets, and to remove the rails, over
;, head construction and poles from,
! Baker street from Fifth street 70
I Brook avenue. from Duvai street from
Il Fifth street to First street. ana ia
take up and remove the western track
on Brook avenue from Baker street
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