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ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PROPER OFFI-
CIALS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO EXECUTE A DEED
CONVEYING APPROXIMATELY 2.261 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF
THE WILLIAM McFADDIN AND A. WILLIAMS SURVEYS IN,
THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, TO D. P. WHEAT AND WALTER
J. CRAWFORD FOR A CONSIDERATION OF FIVE THOUSAND
FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS AND THIRTY-SIX CENTS.
WHEREAS, in connection with the relocation of the Sabine -
Dallas Branch of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company
across the new U. S. Highway 90, it was necessary for The City
of Beaumont to purchase certain property from the Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe Railway Company in addition to that actually needed
from said Railway Company; and,
WHEREAS, it was also necessary to purchase certain land
from D. P. Wheat and Walter J. Crawford, doing business as a part-
nership under the name of Transit Mix Concrete & Foundation Company,
and in negotiating for the purchase of the latter tract of land
the City Attorney found that by -'agreeing to sell the Santa Fe land,
the Transit Mix land could be purchased at a reasonable figure,
and damages requested would not be pressed; and,
WHEREAS, the partners of the Transit Mix Company have agreed
to pay to The City of Beaumont the exact amount paid to the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company for the excess land, and the
City Council is of the opinion that this is a fair price for said
land, especially when damages.to the other land will be dropped,
which might exceed several thousand dollars, and the Council is of
the opinion that it is to the best interest of The City of Beaumont
to sell said land to the partners of the Transit Mix Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY.THE CITY OF BEAUMONT,
TEXAS:
That the Mayor be, and he is hereby, authorized to execute on be-
half of The City of Beaumont a deed dated December 19, 1950, con-
veying to D. P. Wheat and Walter J. Crawford, doing business as a
partnership under the name of Transit Mix Concrete & Foundation
Company, approximately,.2.261 acres of land out of the William
McFaddin and the A. Williams Surveys in The City of Beaumont,
Jefferson County, Texas, more particularly described in said
deed; and the City Clerk is authorized to attest to same and to
affix the seal of The City of Beaumont thereto.
1950.
PASSED by the City Council this 19th day of December, A.D.
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