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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING BRIDGE
STREET IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AS A PUB-
LIC STREET OR HIGHWAY.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Fort worth, that:
WHEREAS, there has been presented to the City
Council of the City -of Fort Worth a petition in words and
figures as follows, to-wit:
"The State of Texas
County of Tarrant
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Commissioners of
the City of Fort Worth:
The undersigned, Fort worth Power & Light Company,
respectfully represents to your Honorable Body that it
has heretofore purchased from the City of Fort worth,
and other owners, the bridge formerly_ cross Txir� t�t
River on Brfdge Street iii the Citi of Fort orth; and also
all interest of said City of Fort worth, and other pro-
perty owners, in and to said Bridge Street and the property
adjacent thereto on both sides of the same, and your peti-
tioner is now the owner of all property formerly abutting
on said Bridge Street from Franklin Street to the Trinity
River, and that said Bridge Street is no longer used as a
pablis highway and has not been so used for sereral years,
and is of no Use to the public as such a highway. -
Therefore, your petitioner prays that an ordinance
be passed by your Honorable Body abolishing. and abandoning
said Bridge Street from Franklin Street to the Trinity
River as a public street or highway.
Respectfully submitted,
Port Worth Power & Light Co.
By A. J. Duncan, K
President."
And it appearing to' the Cit7 Council that said
Bridge Street is no longer useful or necessary for highway,
street or public purposes, and its further continuance and use
serves no useful public purpose;
THEREFORE, BE IT ta5a5�AM BY THE CITY COUNCIL of
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the City of Fort Worth that Bridge Street extending from Franklin
Street to the Trinity River as shown upon the maps and plats of
Port Worth be, and the same is hereby abandoned and abolished as
a street and highway, and the same is hereby ordered to be closed
and vacated as a public highway, street and roadway.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.
ATTEST:
SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.
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