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AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO THE ST.LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY OF TEXAS THE RIGHT TO /CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN,
0 AND OPERATE A LINE OF TRACK ON NORTH HOUSTON STREET IN THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEICAS, FROK THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF
NORTH SECOND STREET AND EXTENDING THENCE NORTHWESTERLY UPON
AND ALONG SAID NORTH HOUSTON STREET AND ACROSS ALL INTEBSEM6
ING STREETS AND ALLEYS TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF TRINITY
AVENUE, AND WITH THE FURTHER RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN
a AND OPERATE SIDE' TRACKS, SWITCH AND SPUR TRACKS CONNECTING
WITH SAID TRACK TO BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG SAID NORTH HOUSTON
STREET AND ACROSS ALL INTERSECTING STREETS, AND EXTENDING
TO THE EASTERLY AND WESTERLY BOUNDARIES OF SAID NORTH HOUSTON
STREET AND ACROSS ALL INTERSECTING STREETS AND ALLEYS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMUSSIONERS OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH;
SECTION is The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company
of Texas is hereby granted the right, privilege and franchise
to construct, maintain and operate a certain line: of track be-
ginning at the Northwesterly line of North Second Street, sad
extending thence approximately along the center of North Houston
Street and across all intersecting streets and alleys in a
northwesterly direction to the Southerly line of Trinity Avenue,
and with the further right, privilege and :franchise on the part
of the St.Louis Southwestern Railway OompazW of Texas, to con»
struot, maintain, and operate side tracks and switch and spur
tracks on both sides of said North Houston Street, connecting
with said track to be oonstrwoted approximately along tEe
central line thereof, and to be constructed, maintained and
operated across all intersecting streets and alleys and to the
masterly and Westerly boundary lines of said North Houston
Streets a blue print of which such street to be so occupied by
said track is hereto attached, marked " Exhibit A " and made
a part of this ordinance. ^
SECTION 23 It is provided that: (a) the rails and
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equipment used in the construction of all of amid tracks on,
across or along said streets shall be of standard quality, and
the construction shall be satisfactory to the City Engineer,
the Board of Commissioners of the City of Fort Worth. (b) St*
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Louis Southwestern Railway Comparq of Texas shall maintain the
space between the rails of all said tracks, and for eighteen
inb'lres on each wide thW `d6—MI <""as may-t@ with the
taps of any such tracks, and the same shall be oonstraoted and
maintained so as not to unnecessarily obstroot or endanger travel
on said streets, or any portion thereof: and the construction,
maintenance, and operation of said tracks, and of the streets
between the rails, and for eighteen inches outside of such rails,
shall be satisfactory to the City Engineer of the City of Fort
Worth,p and the Board of Commissioners of the City of Fort Worth.
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SECTION 3: The said St.Louis Southwestern Railway Company
of Texas, its stw000soro and assigns, shall at it or their ova
cost and exposse, pave and repave or otherwise surface and re-
surface and keep in good order and condition the space between
the rails of all of said tracks, and for eighteen inches on each
side thereof, with the same material with which the streets are
paved and surfaced, and shall conform its or their tracks, or
any part thereof, to the proper grade of said streets, and change
the grade thereof as often and whenever the grade of said streets
are ohanged, so that all parts of said tracks shall always be
kept at the duly established grade line, or as near thereto as
the surface of the grade of the streets will permit.
SECTION 4: Said St.Louis Southwestern Railway Company of
Texas, its saooeesors, and assigns, do agree to indemnify and
save the City of Fort Worth harmless from anyy and all dwagos,
claims, judgment, and other costs and expense recovered against or
paid by the said City of Fort Worth, by reason of injuries either
to persons or property approximately paused by or arising
from or out of the .construction, maintenance and operation of
said tracks, upon and along said streets; provided said RaLlwaiy
CompazW is notified by said City of Fort Worth of the claim, so
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made or the suit brought against said City and approved the
settlement of the elaim or is permitted to pertioipate in the
-defense+of any suit brought thereon.
S3MTIOH 5= This ordiname shall take effect and be
in force eftenSte-P�emsee..•.
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance
was duly presented and unanimously passed and adopted by
the Board of Commissioner of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
at a regular session of said Board hel't September 16th,
A. D. 1920.
City Seor tart'.
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