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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2-A-1*:A AN ORDINANCE Whereby the ,City, Council of the City' of Beaumont, grants to,' the Beaumont, Sour Lake & West,ern.Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right 'to lay, its railroad tracks, ,-and- operate its railroad across Bibb Avenue,'and, across Fannin Street'at the inter- section thereof -;'and i'f necessary across .Rachford. Street and Forsythe, Street, and over, along.and upon, a part of .Railroad 'Avenue and across Mall Street= in -the . City of Beawnont, and to mike connections with the Brack of the: Texarkana, & Ft. Smith. Railvray Company ., on, Railroad Avenue, and imposing' c,,e,rtan conditions in respect thereto.: BE IT ORDAIN.BD BY' THF: CITY COUITCIL OF THT, CITY OF BEA.TUTONT : Section I. That- the Beaumont, , Sour Lake -& Wes tern Railway. Company in its own right. and in the right° of its successors and assigns'. is -hereby granted the right and authority to construct., own, mainiain.and operate a railroad track over, along, upon and'.'acrose the. following. pubic streets .or highways within' the corporate limits of the City of Beaumont, as follows, towit: 1. Across Bibb Avenue and.across Fannin Street at theinter-. section thereof immediately adj-oin ng andla3most parallel to the north boundary line of the yards of the 'Texarkana & Ft.. Smith Railway Com- ".pany, and if nee eesary ,across Rachford Street and Forsythe Street im- mediately north' ,of `and adjoining the north boundary line of said yards of the Texarkana &' Fort Smith -Railway Company. 2. Beginning at� or near the north-west corner, at' the inter- section of Wall Street _.with,.Railroad, Avenue, and thence on .a right curve crossing Wall Street. -in a southeaste. nly- direction along Rail- road Avenue' to a connection'.with the track of the Texarkana, & Fort Smith Rlvray Company,__ at. gr near 'the' cente,r' of Railroad Avenue, between . ocks "�"� f .the: Van' worr�er� Add tion; :,'.a di stance- of _.about '.two Q.n of this' r_ t t e -Beaumont 58 of the oz' f ct -iRr �in along and, adj oining ' then bou e ,SmithRailway Company's yardsto the point where saidVra6�ken _- -said -yards at the - southeas.t end of same and pass_ ing thence..to 'a con -----ne-etion- -with- the. -track of said Texarkana .&. Fort Smith -Railway. Com- pany at or nea , thecenter- of Railroad Avenue as above indicated.,' Section II. ` That -if the construction of said railroad track 'in any wise interferes with catch basin or drains at the ,northeast corner of said Block 7, the ' latter .shall' be reconstructed or . readjusted !at said point or contiguous thereto in a manner as efficient and serviceable as' here- tofore to' . the satisfaction of the City -Engineer at 'the sole cost and . expense of `said Railway, Section III. The righte and privileges above granted ,'to the Railway:. Com pany are subject to .all,of the liabilities. and obligations imposed upon the Railway -Company by the provisions of Sections .3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the original ordinance in,favor of the, Beaumont, Sour: Lake & ,West e'rn Railway Company, above referred .to, approved. February. _lst.,. 1906. Section V. The provisions of thils. ordif'mce 'shall take effect and be in. force :subject to'the conditions thereof ' from and after, :its, ,final : - pas�sage Approved this the 4th day of Dec ber,A.D.1906. Atte9t,., Mayor. City . ecreta,ry. ; ` dip- ")o A !� Beaumont, Texas, Dec. 4th; 1906. To the Honorable, the Mayor and -City Council of said.City: We, the ordinance committee, to whom was referred the above and foregoing ordinance, beg'to report that -we have duly considered the sane, and recommend that .the, same do pass, With the following amendment, viz:Amend the caption,so that 'the 'same will :hereafter read as follows: "An Ordinance whereby the City Council of the City of Beaumont,. -grants to The Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western. Railway, ,Comp -any, its .successors and assigns,- the right to'lay its railroad tracks,.and'operate its railroad across Bibb Avenue, and across Fannin Street, at the, intersection thereof, and if necessary across Rachford Street andForsythe Street, -,and over, along and upon a part of Railroad -Avenue and across Wall. Street.in the City of Beaumont, and to make connection with the track of the Texarkana & Ft. Smith Railway Company on Railroad Avenue, and imposes certain conditions in respect thereto. " yours very truly, Y. STATE .OF TEXAS, ) ) COUiTTY OF JEFF MSON ) VrTIhMEAS '_-ere.tofore, the Ci t Council of the City of Beaumont, Te.x .s, has passed, enacted and adopted an Ordinance, -the same being entitled-: "ATT ORDIYANCE, whereby the City Council of the City of Beaumont, grants to The Beaumont, Sour Lake 8c Western Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right to lay its railroad. tracks and operate its railroad across Bibb Avenue, and across Tannin Street at t -'-_e intersecticn thereof, and if necessary across Rachford Street and Forsythe Street, a-nd over, along and upon a part of Railroad Avenue and across Wall Street in the City of Beau-mont, and to riake connections with the track of tjze Texarkana & Ft. Smith Railwray Company on Railroad Avenue, and imposing certain corditIons in respect thereto." Which was approved by the HonorablE E. A. Fletcher, Mayor of the City of Teaumort, Tex.,,-_, Decenber 4th, 1100. THEREFORE The Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railway Company does hereby accept t'r.:e rin`�tS, privileges and franchises granted and conveyed to it by the terms of said ordinance upon and subject tc the terns and conditions of ' the sa ie. IIT TESTIHIONY 1VNERFOF The Beauront, Sour Lake & Western Railway Com -parry has caused this instraTrient to be executed by its presic'er_t, attested by its secretary,'with the* corpo---ate seal affi�_ed this '10. day of Dece:r,oler, 1906. S.ry. THE BEATR,TOITT, SOUR. LASE & WESTFRIT RAILWAY CO2 P4 TY, a President. B•] -I1-2 M *The Beaumont, Sour Lake & Xestern Railway Company ` GENERAL OFFICES R. C. DUFF, President Beaumont, Texas, D e c eni o a r 2'.6 , I G 0 6. SUBJECT: M±. J. G. Su -ton, City Secretary, ---- — - - - City. - -- -- - — - - - - - - r Dear Sir I hand you herewith an instrinment whereby this company accepts the rights and privileges granted to us by the City .Council by the Ordinance approved December 4th, 1906, subject to the terms and conditions of the same. Please file and recox•d in your ordinance records. yours very truly, APc RCD-CH 8-7 11-2M.• The Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western �tailwiay Company GENERAL OFFICES R. C. DUFF, President Beaumont, Texas, October 19, 1906. j SUBJECT: -f To the Honorable F.A.FJ_eteher, Mayor, To the Honorable City Council, Of the d ity of Beaumont Dear Sir: This company is now engaged in constructing its. tracks in the Van 'Wormer Addition to the City of Beau- morit, on and along 'the streets and alleys, the right of ?,ray over which was granted by the Honorable, the City Cowicil of this city, by ordinance ap'-proved Feb.? st, 1906. " Among other tracks provided for and authorized by that ordinance, was a track adj oinin and practically parallel to the northeast boundary line of the yards of the Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Company, described in Section 8 of the ordinance, and 11hich track is essen- tial to this company to enable us to connect the main line track of this company Tvith the main line track of the Texarkana & Fort Smith Rail,vay Company leading to and dolvn Washington Street, over which it will be the p1.LY'- -. --- _')o3e-of-this company to send a very large volume, if not the entire volume, of the �YiTO11P,,Yl`fr�l�?1t`,traf_f-ic -of this line. So that for the purposes of freight traffic the track in question, which appears in red on the accom- panying blue print, is substantially main line track. 'vhen the ordinance in question was passed, it was thought by us practicable to effect the connection be- t?v oen that track and the tracks of the Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Company in the yards of the latter company, which, however, it has -now been found impracticable to do, and that about the only - practicable connection 'or the track will be. as shown on ,the accompanying blue print, which will necessitate our connecting the same along the northeast side of the Texarkana .& Fort Smith Railmay Company's yards to the Fast thsreof, and passing off of their property onto Railroad Avenue at the North- west corner of the intersection of Railroad 'Avenuewith 'Tall Street on a curve of 7 deg. 7�0' , and affecting our connection in the middle of Railroad Avenue about oppo- site Bloc'. 8. 'Ve do not think that the short portion of this track !vhich will lie in the streets will constitute any - - add-:ition:l—o-bst Liction to Railroad Avenue or wall Street, as it immediately adjoins and connects with the tracks a-0 The Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western lZalINyay GENERAL OFFICES R. C. DUFF, Premdent j e--7 SUBJECT: Beaumont, Texas, Company already located at that point, and we propose that you require of us, and' that the comply with a requirement on your part, to construct the track in conformity with the street grades and promptly surface ,,ane. The track in question passes over and to some ex- tent ivi ll interfere .vith the catch basin at the northwest corner of Block 7, but the engineers for the company have consulted TYith your city -engineer and have agreed upon a plan, if satisfaetofy to the Council, to complete- 1 omplete1 Y remedy this difficulty and provide a substitute' for the drainage at this point by proper piping, which will in every respect be as satisfactory as the existing .ar- rangement. The details of this mill be explained to you by the engineer, and if approved by you, the expense of such alterations as may be regriired, will, of course, be borne by us, and the work will either be done by us under the direction of yo1jr engineer, of,., if j►o,_z prefer, can done -by 3rolz and--1,Ye--wi.11_ho.nor,-y_2ur 1� 11for_ sane. in fact, we prefer the latter course, as 17ou .vill thereby be guaranteed the work performed to yoiL, satisfaction. I hand you her. eTvith form for an .ordinance granting us the authority requested, made to harmonize with the original ordina.nce, and !vill greatly appreciate it if the Council will pass the ,sane. Your s ' v ery truly., President. Hon. J.F.Keith, Hon. P. A. Hon. Holmes Duke, Hon. I. R. Hon. W. Kyle, Hon. P. A. Hon. R. A. Fletcher, Mayor. Do ,vl en, Bordag es , Hei sig, i AN ORDINANCE, 01�101 12-A-1 I-4--/9Q(v �her.eb;r the City Council of 'the City of Beaumont grants to THE BEAUMONT, SOUR LAKE & WrSTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, its successors and assigns, the right to lay its railroad tracks and operate its, railroad over, along and upon .a Part o.f Railroad Avenue and across 'Vail Street in the City of Beaumont , and to make connec- tion 7,rith the track of th e Texarkana ec, Fort Smith Railway Company on Railroad Aveliue, and imposes certain conditions in respect thereto. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: SECTION I. That THE BEAUMONT, SOUR LAKE & WESTERN RAILWAY COM---- PANY in its own right and in right 6f its successors and assigns is hereby granted the right .and authority to con- struct, onn, maintain and operate a railroad track over,, .` -along, upon- and -across- -the- following pl}blic streets- ar highways within the corporate limits oz the City of Beau- � ~� wont as follovrs, to -i. -it: < \ Beginning at or near the northwest corner, at the intersection of Wall Street with Railroad Avenue, and thence on a right elzrve crossing avail Street in a south- easterly,direction along Railroad Avenue to a connection with the track of the Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Com- I)any,. at or near the center of Railroad Avenue between Blocks 7 and 3 of the Van Wormer Addition, a distanee�in all of about two hundred (200 ) feet., SECTION II. That if the construction of said railroad track in any vise int--Tfer.es- with catch basin or drains at the northeast corner of said Block 7, the latter shall be reconstructed or readjusted at said point or contiguous thereto in a manner as efficient and serviceable as here- tofore to the satisfaction of the city engineer, at the sole cost and ex-oense of said Railway Comparr�T. SECTION III.. The rights and. privileges above granted to the RailTvMr Coiirpany n.* -e subject to all of the liabilities and obligations :irnposed, lipori,. the Railway Coin�oany by the provisions -of Sections 3, 49 5, 6 sand_ 7 of the original ordinance in favor of THF BEAUTAONT,' , SOUR LAKE & 1TF,9TBRN RAIL"VAY ,COMPANY above referred to, Approved February lst, 1906. SECTION .IST. The provisimis of this ordinance shall false effect - and be in force subject to' the conditions thereof from and after its final passage.