HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 24-OBE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BEAU ONT:
Section 1.
That the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Railway Company is
hereby granted the right and franchise to maintain and operate
at their own expense over and across Railroad Avenue in the
City of Beaumont, a side or switch track of standard guage and
to operate its trains and cars thereon for a period of Ten
Years (10)., Said side or switch track is a continuation of a
track now existing in the rear of block Twenty-two (22) of the
Van Wormer Addition and which is fourteen (14) feet from the
main line of the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Railway Company
to the Crockett Street depot, and which runs in a westerly
direction across.Railroad Avenue, where it enters the north
portion of block fifty-five (55) of the Van Wormer Addition,
as shown by red line on blue print hereto attached, marked Ex-
AN ORDINANCE
GRANTING TO THE GULF, BEAUMONT & KANSAS CITY RAILWAY
COI'fiPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE FRANCHISE RIGHT TO
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A SIDE OR SWITCH TRACK OF STANDARD
GUAGE OVER AND ACROSS RAILROAD AVENUE AND TO OPERATE ITS
TRAINS AND CARS THEREON FOR TEN (10) YEARS; SAID SIDE OR
SWITCH TRACT TO LEAVE THE 1rVEST LME OF BLOCK 22 OF VAN
WORMER ADDITION, WHICH IS ALSO THE EAST LINE OF RAILROAD
AVENUE, AND TO RUN IN _A VITSTERLY DIRECTION ACROSS RAILROAD
AVENUE TO THE WEST LINE OF RAILROAD AVENUE RHERE IT ENTERS
THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF BLOCK FIFTY-FIVE, (55) OF VAN WOR-
MER ADDITION, AS SHOWN BY RED LINE ON BLUE PRINT HERETO
ATTACHED, MARKED EXHIBIT "Arr AND MIADE A PART OF THIS ORDIN-
ANCE; PROVIDING FURTHER THAT SAID GULF, BEATMONT & KANSAS
CITY RAIIWIAY COMPANY, OR ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, SHALL
PAY TO THE CITY OF BEAUt':+IONT ANNUALLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE
OF EACH YEAR THE SUM OF FIFTY DOLLARS (50.00) AS REASONABLE
C011,,1PENSATION FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND FRANCHISE THEREBY GRANTED;
AND PROVIDING FURTHER THAT SAID FRANCHISE SHALL BE SUBJECT
TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY
OF BEAU�i i ON T.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BEAU ONT:
Section 1.
That the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Railway Company is
hereby granted the right and franchise to maintain and operate
at their own expense over and across Railroad Avenue in the
City of Beaumont, a side or switch track of standard guage and
to operate its trains and cars thereon for a period of Ten
Years (10)., Said side or switch track is a continuation of a
track now existing in the rear of block Twenty-two (22) of the
Van Wormer Addition and which is fourteen (14) feet from the
main line of the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Railway Company
to the Crockett Street depot, and which runs in a westerly
direction across.Railroad Avenue, where it enters the north
portion of block fifty-five (55) of the Van Wormer Addition,
as shown by red line on blue print hereto attached, marked Ex-
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.used only as an industrial track,; that is, for the purpose of
affording loading, unloading and switching'facilities to com-
mercial -and industrial enterprises now located or hereafter to
be located in the -vicinity of said track.
Section 3.
No cars of any kind shall be allowed to stand on the por-
tion of said switch track which is in the public streets of the
City of Beaumont.
Section 4.
The grantee hereunder shall keep up and maintain a cross -
ing over said track satisfactory to the City Engineer of the
City of Beaumont, and upon the failure of said grantee at any
time to keep said crossing and said switch track in a condition
satisfactory to the City Engineer, the City of Beaumont shall
have the right to remove said track from its streets and to col-
lect the costs thereof from the grantee herein.
Section 5.
This ordinance is passed subject to the Charter and ordin-
ances of the City of Beaumont, and all future charters and or-
dinances that may be passed thereunder.
Section.6.
The foregoing rights and privileges are granted'upon the
express condition that said grantee -,.its successors and assigns,
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shall, within thirty (30) days after the final passage of this
ordinance, file with the City Secretary its written acceptance
of this ordinance.
Section 7.
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Section 8.
This ordinance shall go into effect from and after its
passage, filing of the acceptance and shall continue for a
period of Ten Years (10), -unless annulled sooner as provided
in said ordinance.
PASSED by the affirma ive vote of all members of the City
Commission, this the �Z — day of _ A. D. 1943.
Approved as to form:
Easterling,
City Attorney.
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GALVESTON, TEXAS, Larch 8, 1943
To the Honorable mayor and
Board of Comnisaioners of the
CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
The GULF, BEAUMONT & KANSAS CITY RAU;QVAY CO1h?ANY
hereby signifies and files in writing its acceptance of an
ordinance passed by your honorable body on the 9th day of
February, 1943, and enrolled in the Minutes of Ordinances
of the City of Beaumont in Volume 79 page 1532, granting said
Company, its successors and assigns, the franchise right to
maintain and operate a side or switch track of standard gauge
over and across Railroad Avenue and to operate its trains and
cars thereon for ten years, said side or switch track to leave
the rest line of Block 22 of Van Wormer Addition, which is also
the East line of Railroad Avenue, and to run in a westerly di-
rection across Railroad Avenue to the Meat line of Railroad
Avenue where it enters the Northeast portion of Block 55 of Van
Wormer Addition, as shown by red line on blue print attached to
said ordinance and made a part thereof; and said GULF, BEAUMONT
& KANSAS CITY RAILWAY COMPANY acknowledges itself bound by the
terms, conditions and provisions of said ordinance.
GULF, DE !WANT-& KANSAS CITY RAILWAY CCUPANY,
By
AT+s Land & Tax Commissioner