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Modifications of, and Additions to, the Franchises of the
P. C. & I. Co.

(1) The Piedmont Construction and Improvement Company
is permitted to remove its tracks from Ridge Street south of C.
& O. Railroad, leaving the street in a satisfactory condition to
the Street Committee.

(2) The Piedmont Construction and Improvement Company
shall upon acquiring the franchises of the Charlottesville and

University Street Railway Company, remove the tracks of the
last named company from that portion of Main Street between
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad crossing near the University
and the intersection of South and Main Streets, and shall also
transfer its own present tracks from South street, and that portion
of First street south of Main street to that portion of Main
street east of Midway extending the same to Seventh street east,
and operate the same in accordance with the terms of its franchise
as heretofore granted, provided, that in making said transfer,
the present track of the Charlottesville and University Railroad
Company shall be removed from Main Street, east of its intersection
with Ridge street.

(3) In consideration of the advantage to the public to be derived
from this consolidation of the two roads, the Piedmont
Construction and Improvement Company shall hereafter when
in its judgment its interests require a double track line, have a
right to replace these tracks in the same location on First street,
South street, and Main street west of Ridge street, to the then
corporate limits.

(4) The Piedmont Construction and Improvement Company
shall be required to keep in order its track on Main street in accordance
with the requirements of the sixth section of the franchise
granted January 4th, 1894. And in consideration of the
great advantage arising to West Main street as a drive-way by
the removal of the Charlottesville and University Railroad Company's
tracks, the said Piedmont Construction and Improvement
Company shall not be required to pave its rails until such time as
the city paves Main street, when the Piedmont Construction and
Improvement Company shall pave twelve inches on each side of
each rail with Belgian blocks or some suitable material. This ordinance
shall be in force from its passage and has been adopted
at the request of the Piedmont Construction and Improvement
Company and the Charlottesville and University Street Railway
Company.

(5) The Piedmont Construction and Improvement Company
shall have the right to lay its tracks over and along Seventh
street east from Market street to Jefferson street or High street,
subject to the same conditions that are imposed as to the residue
of said Seventh street east, the said company may also take up

its track from First street north, between Main and Market
streets, and along Market street, and shall have the right to replace
the same whenever the said company may deem that its interests
require it to be replaced.

(6) In consideration of the ground rent of $5 per annum the
right is hereby granted to the Piedmont Construction and Improvement
Company during the term of its franchise to erect and
occupy a neat office and transfer station on the plat of ground in
front of Midway school known as Midway Park. It being understood
that the Piedmont Construction and Improvement Company
shall erect a building in every particular satisfactory to the committee
on grounds and buildings, and will properly beautify the
grounds, provided that at the end of said term or sooner, in the
event that the city should desire the use of said park, for other
than park purposes, the said company may on ninety days written
notice be required to remove its said building without cost to
the city.