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1.7 ORDITTKTCE granting the isscuri, Kar sas -`< Tex: s
F'ailray Copipany of Texas and its I;eceivers, the
ri-ht and franchise t-- construct, t:.aintain and
operate certain ruil:;ay tracks over Ecxie Street,
Lo•rdcn Street, Capps Street, Ida Street, Laura
Street, Doan?aan `3traet, Keit` Street and Calhoun
Street, all withir. t--Ie city lir-its of the Cite of
Fort V.,orth, Texas.
BE IT ORDAI'TED -Y TT'_F !K.AFD C CC'1 "IcCI1)",'FFF= OF THE
CITY rF FORT rOrTTI:
Sedtion 1: That the i_:scuri, KansaB & Texas Rcilrray
Co,:_ &.ny of Texas ani its Receiver, are hereby Zra--,ted
the ri_,ht, +:ever, privile-e and frurcl-ise tc cc:_struct,
::.aint:lin and operate certain udaitional tracks over
the hereinafter named streets, as _ereinafter descri'ned,
to ;vit: One additional trac'. over Z'-o,?;ie Street; tv:o
additional tracks over Lovrdon Street; four additional
tra,c?,s over CaN_�s Street, (it being und:;rstood that one
of the tra,cns nox across said Cr s streot is tc be
rer:,cved•) one addit ion I track over the cxtrc;,e east
end of Aida Street; three additiona.l .tracks over the
East end cf Keith Street and the south end of Calhoun
Street a proxirr.ately as sat:,e intersects; all of said
additional tracks wre shown 'oar blue print on file in
the office cf the Secr tart' f the Cit,, of Fort 7.'orth.
The dotted -.%most track o_- s:- -. ue print is elir:;inated
and is not included in the � and privil.-Ue granted
by the teru,s of this ordina,_�r.
Section 2: Al' tracks l,iid under the terr_:s of this
Ordinance or. said street, that wre now or shall hereafter
be paved, shall be of firstola.se Tails of such kind as
shall be design ted by ti.e cit-; engineer of the City of
Fort !Forth, and shall be 1-id in such :manner as to make
the least ,.ossicle etstr-iction t� vehicles, said ohall be
maintained in that condition.
Section 3: The said Yllssouri, K:,�;;sa.s & Texas FLailway
Co: ,,.wny of Texas, its s•..tecessors Lmd assigns, shall, wt
its or t"-'eir cost and expense, pave and repave, or ctheri^.ise
surface and resurface and keel; constantly in good order
arid condition ,,r:ith the sat::e rr.aterial. °rith },ich the strer:t
on the cut8ide of said tracks is --aved, and surface all
that part of each street or streets occu;ied by it, or that
which lies between the rails of said trzabks, and for
eighteen inches or. each side thereof, as way be laid under
the provislona cf til-As Crdine,nde, and the said Lissour.i,
Kan:3as & Texas Railway Cu. wry of Texas, its successors and
assigns shall conform:, said tracks,or an; ;.:art thereof, to
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the Proper ;rude of the street.
Section 4: The said "isscuri, Kansas Texas
Railway Co:. any of Texas, its successors and assiL;ms, do hereby
agree to indetimify and hold the City of Fort Porth harmless because
of, and prmptly to p:�y off and dischssge, or repay tc the said
city, all da.,';aEes, claims, judgia, nts, utterneys fees, and other
cost ani expense rendered against cr incarredor paid out by the
said City of Fort t`orth by reason of injuries either tc per. cns
crprcl,crty, occasioned by,or as the r roximatb' result bf' anythinb
done, or permitted under this ordinance, or in any ;:ay l.rcxL.,ately
irisin; out of the construction, operation or -:iinten:ance upon the
above street and thorcu;�hfares of the said tracks.
ection 5: This Ordinance shall tare effect and
be in force frcm and after its pusses e.
I hereby certify that the above and fore going Ordinance was
duly ptesented and unanimously passed and adopted by the Board
of Commissioners of the City of Fort Vlorth, Texas,att a regular MNXIX
session of said Board held Tuesday 1,ay uCth, A.r.1'915.
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