The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-01


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 it's franchise
rights and relieve 1t of the obligation
to maintain and operate certain OF
its lines:
Be 1t Ordained by the Council
of the City of Richmond:
/ !. That
be and 1t is hereby authorized to con-
struct. maintain and operate a stree;
railway within the limits Of the city
of Richmond along the following
routes and subject to the conditions
and provisions herein set forth.
a. 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
wardly on and along First street to
the First Street viaduct. AMI by a sin
gle track over said viaduct, and alon e
Monteiro avenue to the intersection
OF Feils street and Monteiro avenue
: and thence by double track across
private property or along Fells street
10 Mitchell street. thence along Nit
chell 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 he double tracks along
the said streets within the limits her--
in mentioned: thence with a single
track along North avenue to the In
tersection OF North avenue anc the
Brooklanj Park boulevard. thence
along the Brookland Park boulevard
| in westerly direction to Chamber
layne avenue thence northwardly
along Chamberlayne avenue to La
| burnum avenue; thence westwardfy
along. 1ahurnum avenue to the Her
mitsge road. and thence northwardly
along the Hermitage~roadt to the cor
porate limits. The privileges hereby
granted and the work of constru c.ion,
maintenance and operation hereby
authorized shall be under and In ali
respects In accordance with the gen
erai 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, AN or
dinance to authorize the construction
ana operation of street railway
within the limits OF the city Of Rich
! mond by the Richmond Passenger and
Power company" 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 23rd.
lsss, the provisions OF the last-narned
ordinance shall be applicable, except
that the general ordinances OF the
| city of Richmond relating 10 transfers
shall also apply to this ordinance as
/ 10 every passenger who shall both
| hoard and leave the car within the
] city limits. Provided however that
although the right 10 require the re-
construction or relocation of any por-
ton Of any existing single track on
said etreets is hereby expressly re-
served to the said city 70 be exer-
cised by the administrative board
thereof under the general ordinances
or the city. the said existing track. II
any there be, may remain as at pres
| emf until II becomes necessary 10 re-
new the same in accordance with the
/ provisions of the said ordinance OF
December 2Srd. 1899, and ordinances
amendatory thereof. Provided fur
| Their that in the construction of the
-~~'N - ANS bAtEEHN authorized lle
grantee may use the rails, overhead
construction ana 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.
1 nCerha1d rt a..
shall be so used only to the ex.ent
that they are in reasonably good
condition for the use hereby author
lied, in the opinion Of the city engi-
neer, and are approved by him.
! (2) The rights, privileges and fran
chises hereby granted are granted up
on the further conditio~ 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-
| 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 DuvaI and Fifth
streets: and to remove the rails over
head construction and poles from
! Baker street from Fifth street 10
| Brook avenue, from DnYal 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
Naval etroa< ytua NJ.