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ORDINANCE NO e�,,,�
An Ordinance authorizing the closing of a portion of
Garvey Street in the City of Fort Worth.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CIETY OF FORT WORTH&
SEC, 1. Whereas it appears that it will b e to the advantage
of the immediate section contiguous and adjacent to a part of
Garvey Street, and it further appearing that the owners of all
of the abutting property have made requests therefor, and it
further appearing that the portion of Garvey Street sought to
be closed is not an open street, but abutting and adjacent 4
a high grade of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company,
and it further appearing that said Street on the block in
question is an unused street, and it further appearing that
it in for the best interest of the City of Fort Worth and the
property owners in that section and designed to promote indust-
tial enterprises to be located in that immediate section, now
therefore be it resolved;
SEC. 2. All that portion of Garvey Street situated
77 X
Westnfand extending 4a the West line of Hampton StreetWest
to the dump and grade of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Railway Company, the same being a distance of about 204 feet
and lying between blocks C and F in Foster's Addition to the
City of Fort Worth, be and the same is hereby closed and
vosseseion and title of the portion of said3iftethereby
closed shall `vest in the abutting owners as is by law in
such oases made and provided.
SEC. $* The attached waiver of property owners in
the section above described is hereto attached and is made
a part of this Ordinance.
SEC. 4, This Ordinance shall be in force and effect
from and after its passage.
Approved as to Form,
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Corporation Counsel.
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THE STATE OF TXXAS/
COUNTY OF TARHk T.%
Whereas the St.Louis Southwestern Railway Company
of Texas proposes to construct a line of railway track from a con-
nection with its present tracks near Denver Street in the City of
Fort Worth, such track to thence extend in a southerly direction
along and over Hampton Street , past Oak Street , and across Garvey
Street and to the south line of said Garvey Street rendering it nec-
e �Q ry t cha_get,hp�otreete grade AfsadH and to close said
Garvey Stre th and l/
Whereas in consideration of the construction of said railway
track as aforesaid, the undersigned- are willing to waive all damages
of all kinds and character whatsoever that they may respectively
sustain by reason of the construction, maintenance, and operation
of said railway track.
Now Therefore the undersigned do hereby expressly waive any
and all damages that they or any or either of them may sustain re-
sulting from and incident to the construction,maintenance , and
operation of the said railway track and the closing of said Garvey
Street and hereby expressly release said railway company from all
damages of any and all kinds and character whatsoever by reason of
the closing of said Garvey Street and the construction,maintenance,
and operation of said railway tracks.
The undersigned, B.B.Getzendener, is the owner of lots 1, 2,
9, 10, and 11 in Block TTG" of the Foster Addition to the City of
Fort Worth,Tarrant County,Texas; the undersigned J.W .Ohildress is
the owner of lots 7 and 8 in Block "DTT of said Addition; the under-
signed Georgia Dadd (an unmarried woman) is the owner of lot No.7
in Block 'TF" of said Addition.
WITNESS OUR UNDS this the . . . . day of August , A.D. 1916.
I hereby certify that the above and doregoing Ordinance was duly pre-
sented and unanimously passed and adopted by the Board of Commission-
ers of the City of Fort Worth at a regular session of said Bard hold
Tuesday, August 32nd, A. D. 1916.
City Secretary.