HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 912 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO THE FORT WORTH &
RIO GRANDE RAILWAY COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS, A STRIP OR PARCEL OF LAND AP_
PROXIMATELY 30 FEET WIDE OFF OF THE NORTH-
ERLY SIDE OF RAILROAD AVENUE, AND EXTEND-
ING FROM JENNINGS AVENUE TO THE SOUTH EAST-
ERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE TEXAS & PACIFIC
RAILWAY COMPANY, VICINITY OF HENDERSON STREET.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH:
SECTION I
That the Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway
Company, its successors and assigns, be and it is
hereby granted all rights and title to occupy and
use for railroad purposes a strip or parcel of land
approximately thirty feet wide along the north side
of Railroad Avenue and more particularly described
as follows:
BEGINNING at a stone, the northwest coerner
of the intersection of Jennings Avenue and Railroad
Avenue of the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas;
THENCE west along the north line of said Railroad
Avenue 2071.9 feet, more or less, to a point on
the south easterly right of way line of the Texas
& Pacific Railway Company, said point being fifty
feet perpendicularly distant in a southeasterly
direction from the center line of the main track
of the Texas & Pacific Railroad; THENCE south«esterly
along said southeasterly right of way line of said
railroad a distance of 38.1 feet; THENCE easterly,
making an angle of 32 degrees and 03 minutes in the
northeast quadrant with last described course a
distance of 669.6 feet to a spike, said spike being
30 feet perpendicularly distant in a southerly direction
from the north line of said Railroad Avenue; THENCE
easterly, parallel to and 30 feet perpendicularly
distant in a southerly direction from the north line
of said Railroad Avenue a distance of 1404.7 feet ;
THENCE north 30 feet to point of BEGINNING. Said
strip or parcel of land containing 1.356 acres more
or less.
SECTION II
The strip or parcel of' land granted to
said Railway Company, its successors and assigns by
this ordinance, shall be used by said Railway
Company for terminal and team track purposes only
and said company shall leave sufficient space be-
tween the curbing and the land used for such track
Purposes on which may be placed telephone, trolley
and other poles and also far enough from said curb-
ing that it will not be necessary for wagons, trucks
and other vehicles to sstr�Jothe purpose
of loading and unloading freight, it being under-
stood that said railway company, its successors
and assigns, may construct team tracks and such
additional paving and driveways on such strips or
parcel of land as they may from time to time deem
necessary.
SECTION III
The City of Fort Worth shall protect the
said Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Company, its
successors and assigns, in the peaceful possession
and use of said strip or parcel of land, so long as
it is used for railroad purposes. If at any time,
however, said railway company, its successors or
assigns, shall cease to use said strip or parcel
of land for terminal or team track purposes as pro-
vided for in this ordinance, then, and in that case,
all rights and title to said strip or parcel of land
shall revert to said city.
SECTION IV
The said Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway
Company, its successors and assigns, by acceptance
and exerc j sw c.� t;lae grw It herein made, does agree
to indemnify and hold harmless the said City of Fort
Worth against and from any claim for damages, for or
on account of injuries to persons or property re-
sulting from the possession and use of said strip
or parcel of land by said railway company, its suc-
cessors or assigns.
SECTION V
This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force from and after the. date of its passage.
APPROVED;
Corporation Counsel