HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 77-BAY ORDINANCE,
Granting to the Texarkana and. Fort
Smith Railway Company, its successors or assigns,
the right and privilege to construct, lay and maintain
a side or switch track of standard gauge, over and
upon a portion of Washington Street in the City of
Beaumont -Rand to operate its trains and cars thereon for
a period of Ten (10) years, said side track or switch
track of standard gage to be laid along, over and
upon Washington Street, between Jefferson Street and
Park Street, breaking out of the main track of the
Texarkana and. Fort Smith Railway Company on the
northwesterly side of said main.track in Washington Street,
between Trinity Street and Jefferson Street; thence
extending northeasterly in Washington Street parallel to
and fourteen (14) feet distant northwesterly from, measured
at right angles to said main track, and over and across
Trinity Street and Neches Street; thence curving to the
left to an intersection with the southeasterly line of
Lot Number Three Hundred and Bighty?4tyn (382) in block
Fifty-five (55) of the original town of Beaumont, as
per solid yellowy lines on attached blue. print, which
is made a part of this ordinance; prescribing the con-
ditions to be fulfilled before said ordinance shall go
into effect, and the time limit for the construction of
said track;
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BE IT ORDAINED : BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIM CITY
OF � BEAUHONT', TEXAS :
SECTION I.
The Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Company
is hereby granted the right and. privilege to lay and
maintain at its own expense, a switch or spur track of
standard gauge, over , along, ` across and upon Washington
Street in the City of Beaumont, and to operate its
trains and cars thereon, for -'a period of Ten. (10 )
years, said switch or spur track being specifically
described as follows:
A standard gauge railroad track breaking;
out of the main track of the Texarkana & Fort Smith
Railway Company on the northwesterly side of said '
main track in Washington Street between Trinity Street
and Jefferson Street; said track thence extending
northeasterly in Washington Street parallel to and
fourteen t14) feet distant northwesterly from, meas2red
at right angles to said main track, on, over and across
Trinity Street and Neches Street; thence curving to.
the left to'an intersection with the southeasterly
line of l;ot Number Three Hund.red and Eighty-two ( 382 )
in Block Number Fifty --five (55) of the original town
of Beaumont, said track being represented by. solid
yellow line on attached blue. pr int whidh is made a
part hereof.
SECTION II.
The switch or spur track constructed,
laid and maintained under this ordinance, shall be
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used only as an industrial track, it being understood
that the construction of said track is only 'for the
purpose of.reaching commercial 'and industrial. 'enterprises
located along the near said Vlashington Street,
SECTION-III-
The
ECTION III.
The foregoing rights and pr ivilgges are granted
upon the expressed. condition that the said grantee, its successors
or assigns, shall comply with all the .laws and regulations
of the City .of Beaumont, and shall, within thirty (30 )
days after the final passage of this ordinance, file_ with
the City Secretary of the City of Beaumont, its written
acceptance of this ordinance, and deposit with the City
Secretary the sum of Twenty' -five (25,00) Dollars, to
cover the expense of publication of this ordinance, as
required by the. City Charter, provided, that in the event
the cost of publication exceeds that sum,said grantee
agrees and obligates. itself to pay said City any amount
.in excess thereof,: and provided`, 'also' that the City
shall return to the.Grantee, any amount which may remain
out of the said twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars f irst deposited
after defraying the expense of sal d publication,
SECT ION IV.
Unless the grantee, its successors , or assigns,
in the event .it accepts this ordinance, shall construct,
lay and have completed the track herein stipulated, within
one hundred and twenty (120) days after the final passage,
acceptance and publication of this ordinance, the same
shall be null, and. void. and of no force and effect,
OVOMTnTT Tr _
This ordinance ia passed subject to the provisions
of the Charter of the City of Beaumont, and all laws now
in force or that may hereafter be enacted.
SECTION VI.
This ordinance shall. go into effect from and after
its passage, the filing of the acceptance of the grantee,
and the lawful publication.
APPROVED this the .- 1,671) - day of February,
A. D. 1916.
PASSED this the day of February,
A. D. 1916.
MAYOR
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ATTEST,
I TY SECRETARY.
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