HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 39-XAN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO BEAUMONT WHARF
AND- TERMINAL COMPANY, A CORPORATION,. ITS SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS, -A FRANCHISE RIGHT TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE
AN INDUSTRY TRACK FROM A.POINT IN BLANCH.ETTE STREET
SOUTHWESTERLY OF BLOCK 69; OF TH.E OLD TOWN OF.BEAU-
MONT, CONNECTING WITH AND PARALLEL TO. THE MAIN TRACK
OF BEAUMONT WHARF AND TERMINAL -COMPANY NOW .CON-
STRUCTED IN.SAID STREET AND RUNNING DOWN SAID BLAN-
CHETTE STREET, TO A POINT JUST BEYOND LOT NO. 357 IN
SAID. BLOCK,. AS SHOWN BY THE. PRINT ATTACHED TO THIS OR-
DINANCE; :PROVIDING ALSO. THAT SAID TRACK IS AND SHALL
BE USED ONLY AS, AN INDUSTRY TRACK,. AND- PROVIDING FUR-
THER THAT -THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES_ HEREIN GRANTED
SHALL BE ACCEPTED IN WRITING BY BEAUMONT WHARF AND
TERMINAL COMPANY WITHIN. THIRTY.(30)DAYS AFTER THE
PASSAGE AND APPROVAL -OF THIS ORDINANCE; ALSO PROVIDING
THAT BEAUMONT WHARF AND TERMINAL COMPANY SHALL PAY
TO THE CITY OF. BEAUMONT ANNUALLY -ON THE FIRST DAY OF
JULY OF EACH YEAR -THE SUM OF FIFTY AND NO1100 .DOLLARS
($5.0. 00) AS REASONABLE, COMPENSATION FOR THE PRIVILEGE
AND FRANCHISE HEREBY GRANTED AND PROVIDING FURTHER
THAT SAID FRANCHISE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO. THE TERMS
AND.CONDITIONS OF THE CITY. CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT. AND SHALL EXIST FOR A.PERIOD.OF TEN (10)
YEARS FROM ANDAFTERJUNE 14, 1952.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
Beaumont Wharf and Terminal Company; its successors and assigns, is
hereby granted the right and franchise 'to maintain and d^perate at its own expense
a standard gauge railroad track along, over and upon Blanchette Street, from a
point in the main line track of Beaumont Wharf and -Terminal Company in Blan-
chette Street at Track Chaining Station 25+56. 4, to a point just beyond Lot No.
357, in Block No. 69, a distance of approximately 343 feet, as more accurately
shown by the print hereto attached ,marked "Exhibit At° and made a part of this
ordinance, the fine of said railway being indicated by .the red line drawn on said
print.
Section 2.
The track now on said right of way which is to be maintained and operated
under the terms and conditions of this ordinance shall be used only as an indus-
trial track, that is, for the purpose of affording loading, unloading, and switching
facilities to commercial and industrial enterprises now located or hereafter to be
located in the vicinity of said track.
Section 3.
The foregoing rights and privileges are granted upon the expressed condi-
tion that the said grantee shall, within thirty (30) days after the passage and ap-
proval of this ordinance, file with the City Clerk- of the City of Beaumont its
written acceptance of this ordinance.
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Section 4.
This ordinance and the rights and privileges therein granted are subject
to all of the terms and provisions of the Charter of the City of Beaumont, and
said privileges and franchise hereby granted shall continue in force for a period
of ten (10) years froi-n and after June 14, 1952.
Section 5.
As reasonable compensation for the rights and privileges granted by
this ordinance, grantee agrees and obligates itself and its successors and as-
signs, to pay to the City of Beaumont on or before the first day of July of each
year after the taking effect of this ordinance, the sum of Fifty and No/ 100
Dollars ($50.00).
PASSED by the City Council, t' -ds the 9/ -'"_�d9ay of 1952.
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- MAYG �( -
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I, , City Clerk of the City of Beaumont,
Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy
of an ordinance passed by the City Council of the City of Beaumont in session
held , 1952.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE CITY OF TEAUMONT,
This the day of 1952.
City Clerk
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'GALVESTON7 TEXAS, August 87 1952
To the Honorable Mayor and
.City Council of the
City of Beaumont, Texas•
The BEAUMONT WHARF AND TERMINAL COMPANY hereby
signifies and files in writing its acceptance of an ordinance
passed by your honorable body on the 22nd day of Julys 1952,
"ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO BEAUMONT WHARF AND TERMINAL
COMPANY? A_CORPORATION1 ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNSI A FRANCHISE
RIGHT TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE _AN' INDUSTRY TRACK FROM A POINT
IN BLANCHETTE STREET SOUTHWESTERLY OF BLOCK 69, OF THE OLD
TOWN OF BEAUMONT2 CONNECTING WITH AND PARALLEL TO THE MAIN
TRACK OF BEAUMONT WHARF AND TERMINAL COMPANY NOW CONSTRUCTED
IN SAID STREET AND RUNNING DOWN SAID BLANCHETTE STREET TO A
POINT JUST BEYOND LOT N0. 357 IN SAID BLOCK, AS SHOWN BY THE
PRINT ATTACHED TO THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING ALSO THAT SAID
TRACK IS AND SHALL BE USED ONLY AS AN INDUSTRY TRACK, AND
PROVIDING FURTHER THAT THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES HEREIN
GRANTED SHALL BE ACCEPTED IN.WRITING BY BEAUMONT WHARF AND
TERMINAL COMPANY WITHIN THIRTY (30)DAYS AFTER THE PASSAGE AND
APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE; ALSO PROVIDING.THAT BEAUMONT WHARF
AND TERGAL COMPANY SHALL PAY TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ANNUALLY
ON THE FIRST DAY OF JULY OF EACH YEAR THE.SUM OF FIFTY. AND NQAOO
DOLLARS ($50.00) AS REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND
FRANCHISE HEREBY GRANTED AND PROVIDING FURTHER THAT SAID FRANCHISE
SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND SHALL EXIST FOR A PERIOD OF TEN (10) YEARS
FROM AND AFTER JUNE 14, 1952•"
BEAUMONT WHARF AND TERMINAL COMPANY
By
Its/Land & Tax Commissioner
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