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M~y 8, 19Z3 1. That Article 1, section 1, be amended to include ~mong the routes the following streets, namely, Fourth Street from Lincoln Street to Key Avenue, Key Avenue from Third to' F~arth Street, Third Street from Key Avenue to Lincoln Street. 2. That Article 11, section 2, be amended to read as follows; to-wit: "Section 2. Grantee shall purchase ~nd acquire from Virginia Railway and Power Oom- pam~y all the franchises, rights and privileges to operate a street railway system in the City ~f Portsmouth, Virginia, heretofore acquired by it and its predecessors under private as well as public authority, ~nd shall succeed to a~d be substituted for the Virginia Railway add Power 0ompany and its predecessors as to any and all of the rights, privileges and franchises, ~nd conditions, limitati~ons, covenants and restrictions granted to and imposed upon said Vir- ginia Railway and Power Company ~.nd its predecessors, and grantee shall purchase or lease or otherwise acquire the use of all the property of said Virginia Railway and Power Company exclusively for street railway purposes in the City of Portsmouth, and the following terms and conditions shall be applicable to the franchises heretofore granted to Virginia R~ilway and Power Company and its predecessors, any terms, conditions, limitations, restrictions or pro- visions in any or all of said franchises under which the Virginia Railway and Power Company now operates to the contrary nevertheless and notwithstanding. Any and'all the terms, con- ditione, limitations, restrictions and provisions contained in any and all franchises hereto- f~re granted to the Virginia Railway and Power Company and any and all of its predecessors which are in conflict with the terms, conditions, limitations, restrictions and provisions hereinafter enumerated are hereby expressly amended, modified, changed and abrogated to the extent of such conflict and the terms, conditions, limitations, restrictions and provisions of this ordinance shall govern and apply to operations under all prior franchises; but where all valid terms of said prior franchise are not so moaified th~same shall remain in force and effect and shall be assumed and performed by grantee." 3- That Article 11, section 3, clause (o), be ~mended to read as follows: u(c) Such portions of the Cross Town Bin, south of High Street as amc not needed for some otb, r 'line or lines, namely, the tracks o~ H~ison, Fifth, Henry and Fayette Streets, and Third Street from Lincoln to Henry Street. Such abandonment shall not become effective until the improved service over the Navy Yard Line has been inaugurated, and pending the estab- lishment of such improved service the present Navy Yard Line ky be temporarily abandoned and a ten minute schedule naintained over the following route: From Crawford Street along High, Court, South, WaShington, Harrison, Fifth, Fay, tie, Third, Henry, Fifth, Harrison, Wash- ington, South, Middle, County and Back to Cr~-.wford Street." ~, ~gh~t Article 11, section 3, clause (d), be amended to read as follows, to-wit: "(d) The tracks on Lincoln Street from Efflngham Street to Fourth Street, and on Lin- ooln Street between Third and First streets, an~ on First Street from Lincoln.~Street to near Wythe Street. Provided, however, unmil service can be est~bt.ished along Washington Street from H~rrison to Lincoln Streets, the tracks on Lincoln, Fift~ or Harrison Street-s may be used for the 0raddook and Gilmerton Lines, therein~fter provided for, along such r~te as the City M~nager of said Grantor m~y designate." ~. That Article iV, section 1, clause (d), be amended to read as follows: "(d) Soottsville Line: Starting on Crawford Street at loop~and continuing to High Street, to Sixth Avenue, to Glasgow Street, and returning by same route ~0 loop. After bridges morose branches Of Scott's Creek and Atlaatio Comet Line R&ilroad have been constructed, the right of way secured by grantor, then the grantee at the request 'of the City agrees to extend the Soottsville Line through Shes' s Farm one-half mile, more or Ieee; to co,.fin, ct with the present line on Hill Avenue and operate on Hill Avenue to Carolina, to Spencer, to Pinner, to Serpell, to Carolina, returning by same route. When the extension has been made and placed in operation grantee shall discontinue the operation of c~rs passing through Port Norfolk ~into Pinners Point and shall route the Port Norfolk oars on Mt. Vernon Avenue to Bay View Boulevard, to 0hatauqua, to Third, to Mt. Vernon Avenue, and is hereby authorized and directed so to 6. That Article 1.V, section 1, be amended by adding a new clause, to be designated (i) and to read as follows: "(i) Navy Yard Line: Starting on Crawford Street, at loop, ~nd continuing to High, to Court, to W~the, to Fourth, to Key AVenue, to Third, to Lincoln, to Fourth,' to Nythe, to Court, to South, ~o ~tlddle, to County, to Crawford,at loop. For this line the construction of a diamond turn-out on Co,,-rt Street in the vicinity of Clifford Street is ~uthorizedo" and that section 2 of Article iV be amended by adding a new clause to be desigr~ted as (i) and to remd as follows: e(i) Navy Yard Line: Fi~e minutes;" and to .~nge the present designation of clause (i) to (J), 7- ThatArtiele IV, section 5, be amended to read as follows: - "Section 5- The provisions of existing frs~nchises of the Virginia Railway and Power 0ompany ~nd its prede0essors or any general ordinance or ordinances requiring both a mo~orm~n and conductor on the oa~s, ~re hereby abrogated and'repealed. Provided, that if in ~he opinion of the Grantor, two men are necessary on c~rs on any lines of the Grantee, the ssme may, by ordinance, be required of the Grantee." S. That Article V, section 1, be amended to omit the paragraph reading as follows: ~Navy Yard Line: Sta~tlng at High and Crawford ets., to Co,mt, to Wythe, to Fourth, To Key, to Fifth, to M~dison, to Fourth, and returni.ng same rou.t.e, providing as soon as Key Avenue has been paved by'~he City to. Green Street thzs line snazz be extended to Green Street,