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As attorney for a syndicate of gentlemen, who have obtained
a charter of incorporation, and desire to construct, equip and
operate a street railway in the City of Charlottesville, and suburbs,
either by horse or electric power, I hereby make application
to your honorable body for the right-of-way for said proposed
improvement, with the necessary wires, poles, appurtenances, etc.,
upon and over the following named streets of this city, or such
of them as we may hereafter elect.

(First). Commencing at the corporate line on the old Lynchburg
Road; thence to Main Street; thence down Main Street to
South Street; and along South Street to First Street, or Second
Street east; thence along First, or Second Street, east to Market
Street; thence along Market Street to the corporate line.

(Second). From the corner of Market Street at Fourth Street
(Peoples Bank), to Jefferson Street; thence to Parrott's Hotel.

(Third). Along North Seventh Street, from Market Street
to the C. & O. Depot.

(Fourth). Along Ridge Street from Main Street to the corporate
line.

(Fifth). Along Ninth Street west from Main to Nalls Street;
along Nalls to Dice Street, thence to Ridge Street.

(Sixth). Along Tenth Street west from Main to the corporate
line.

It is our purpose to contruct a first class railway of the best
material, to be laid with the most approved street car rails, to be
equipped in a manner in keeping with other larger cities and to
operate the same in such a way as to afford reasonable accommodation
for the public.

It is further proposed to commence the said improvement within
ninety days from the date of the granting of this petition; to
complete twenty-five per cent. of the line within six months; fifty

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To this end, we are prepared before beginning the work, to
execute such reasonable bond as your honorable body may require.