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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1711 1 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT THE DEDICATION TO A t PORTION OF THE M. G. ELLIS ADDITION TO NORTH FORT WORTH, BLACKS 185, 186, 187, 188 AND 189; LOTS NUMBERED 1 TO 16 INCLUSIVE IN EACH OF SAID BLOCKS, AND BLOCKS 190; 191, 192, 193 and 194, LOTS NUM- BERED 1 to 24 INCLUSIVE IN 'EACH BLOCK, AND THE STREET BETti'PEEN BLOCKS 185 AND 186, and BLOCK 193 AND 194, BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH LINE OF SUCH BLOCKS 185 and 186, EXTENDING TO THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SUCH BLOCKS 193 and 194, AND BETWEEN BLOCKS 186 and 187, AND BLOCKS 192 and 193, BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH LINE OF SUCH BLOCKS 186 and 187 AND EXTENDING TO THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINES OF SUCH BLOCKS 192 AND 193, AND THE STREET BETWEEN BLOCKS 187 and 188, AND BLOCKS 191 AND 192, BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINES OF SUCH BLOCKS 187 and 188, AND EXTENDING TO THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINES OF SUCH BLOCKS 191 AND 192, AND A STREET BET71EEN BLOCKS 188 and 189, AND BLOCKS 190 and 191, BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINES OF SUCH BLOCKS 188 AND 189, AND EXTENDING NORTH TO THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINES OF BLOCKS 190 AND 191, AND A STREET RUNNING EAST AND WEST BETWEEN BLOCKS 189 and 1900 188 AND 191, 187 AND 192, 186 AND 193; AND 185 AND 194, THE SAME APPEARING TO BE AN EXTEN- SION TO THE EAST OF TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET, AND BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE LINES OF BLOCKS 189 AND 190 AND EXTENDINGTO A POINT ON THE LINES OF BLOCKS I" ARID .18A.$� AND-VARIOUS ALLEYWAYS EXTEND- ING THROUGH BLOCKS 189, 190, 188, 1910 187, 192, 186, 193, 194, and 185, IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, BE ABANDONED, CLOSED AND VACATED, AND PRO- VIDING FOR THE.REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES OR PORTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND ROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE. WHEREAS, on the llth day of February, 1890, M. G. Ellis filed and had recorded in the records of the County Clerk's office of Tarrant County his dedication of the M. G. Ellis Addition to North Fort Worth, a part of which was Blocks 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, and 194, which said blocks were in such dedication subdivided into lots, those in Blocks 185, 186, 187, 188 and 189 being numbered from 1 to 16, inclusive, and those in Blocks 190, 191, 192, 193, and 194 being numbered from 1 to 24, inclusive; and on the plat in such dedi- cation so filed as aforesaid there appeared to be a street running between Blocks 185 and 186 and Blocks 193 and 1940 beginning at the south boundary line of such Blocks 185 and 186 and extending to the north boundary line of such Blocks 193 and 194; and between Blocks 186 and 187 and Blocks 192 and 193, beginning at the south boundary lines of such Blocks 186 and 187 and extending north to the north boundary lines of such Blocks 192 and 193; and a street between Blocks 187 and 188 and Blocks 191 and 192, beginning at the south boundary lines of such Blocks 187 and 188 and extending to the north boundary lines of such Blocks 191 and 192; and a street be- tween Blocks 188 and 189 and Blocks 190 and 191, beginning at the south boundary lines of such Blocks 188 and 189 and extending north to the north boundary lines of Blocks 190 and 191; and also a street running east and west between Blocks 189 and 190, 188 and 191, 187 and 192, 186 and 193, and 185 and 194, the same appearing to be an extension to the east of 27th Street and beginning at a point on theAline9Cof Blocks 189 Aar` and 190" and extending to a point on the Aline of Blocks 185 and 194; and WHEREAS, there also appeared on the map and plat of such dedication various alleyways, to wit! one extending through the middle of Block 189 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 190 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 188 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 191 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 187 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 192 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 186 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 193 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 194 and running from north to - south; and another extending through the middle of Block 185 and running from north to south; and r WHEREAS, it appearing to the City Council of the City of Fort worth, Texas, that none of the blocks above mentioned by number in such M. G. Ellis Addition to North Fort worth, Texas, have ever had any residences or buildings or improvements placed upon the same as lots, nor have the same ever been used as lots or blocks, but that the same have been since said year ,of 1890 and at all times since the filing of such plat, map and dedication in acreage used as such, and that none of the streets or alleys have ever been opened or used as streets or alleys and that the same constitute and are a part, in large measure, of the stockpens and yards of the Fort Worth Stock Yards Company; and that all of the same which is not used as stock pens and yards of such Fort worth Stock Yards Company is the small portion of the same on which the line of the Fort worth Belt Railway Company has been built and is now maintained and the said Fort worth Belt Railway Company's roundhouse and houses, shops, and the various switches and turnouts of the same; that portion so occupied by the tracks, switches, turnouts, roundhouses, shops, water and fuel stations, and buildings of such Fort Worth Belt Railway Company being land in bulk or acreage, but according to the said map, plat and dedication of said blocks hereinbefore mentioned being the east portion of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Block 186; the west portion of Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 of Block 185 and the aforementioned unnamed street between such blocks; and a portion of Lots A7 and 8 in such Block 185 and the major portion of the east and west street betwe U such. Blocks 185 and 190; also a portion of Lots 1,2, 3, 4, 50A 190 18, 17, 16, 15, and 14 and all of Lots 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 of Block 194j also all of such unnamed street between Blocks 185, 166, 194, and 193; also a portion of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 51 6, 7, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 12. in such Block 193; such portion so -3- r• used by such Fort Worth Belt Railway Company, however, belonging to and being the property of the said Fort Worth Stock Yards Company and leased by it to such Fort Worth Belt Railway Company; and WHEREAS, it appearing to the City Council of the City of Fort Worth that the above described property was purchased by the Fort Worth Stock Yards Company on or about the llth day of May, A. D. 1895; that it has heretofore conveyed a portion of Block 185 to Armour & Company, which such portion is described as Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and a portion of Lots 6, 7, and 8, and a portion off of the east ends of Lots 91 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16; all in such Block 185; and a portion of such un- named street between Blocks 185 and 194; that such land so conveyed to {armour & Company is yet owned by such Armour & Company and used and occupied by them not as lots but as acreage; tUat it appears from such map, plat and dedication so oh file in the office of the County Clerk of Tarrant County that the right-of-way of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company is platted and that a portion of Lots3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,^ 17, 16, 15, 14, and 13 of such Block 194 is in and a part of the right-of-way of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company; that in truth and in fact the said Gulf; Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company purchased as acreage such right-of-way many years prior to the dedication of such addition as aforesaid and has continuously and at all times since its such purchase of such right-of-way and the building of its line thereon operated its trains and maintained its tracks on and along such right-of-Way. In the year 1895 the Chicago; Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company built its line of railroad to along and across portions of Lots/ill and 12 of such Block 194; and legally procured such right-of-way and has ever since the building of its said line of railroad operated its trains and maintained its tracks along and over such portions of such lots as acreage and not as lots or blocks; and that immediately to -4- the north of Lots 13 and 12 in Block 190, of Lots 13 and 12 in Block 191, of Lots 13 and 12 in Block 192, of Lots 13 and 12 in Block 193, and of Lots 13 and 12 in Block 194 there appears on said map, plat and dedication an open space between such north line of such Lots and the south line of the M. C. Jobe Survey of about 68 feet, such open space being conveyed to the Fort Worth Stock Yards Company along with the other lands herein described by general warranty deed and being yet owned by it and used by it; that all of the land so owned by such Fort Worth Stock Yards Company is now, and has been at all times since it has so owned the same, under fence; and the land de- scribed as belonging to Armour & Company is under a separate fence and the rights-of-way of the aforementioned Gulf, Colorado Manta Fe Railway Company and the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company are likewise under fence, which said fences have been maintained for a period of more than twenty years; and WHEREAS, it appearing to the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, that such dedication insofar as subdivid- ing such land into lots and blocks and the fixing of streets and alleys along, over and upon the same has always been ineffective and not in use, and because of said ineffective- ness of such dedication and nonuser of such streets and alleys, such streets and alleys should be closed; that the public interest is not served by a continuation of such dedication, and, in fact, such public interest will be served by the closing of such streets and alleys above described, insofar only as the aforementioned Blocks 185 to 194 inclusive are concerned, and that it will serve a useful public purpose to so close said streets and alleys, and that it is to the best interests of the public that said streets and alleys be closed, abandoned and vacated as public thoroughfares, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 10ilT ..ORTH: -5- SECTION I. That that portion of streets running between Blocks 185 and 166, and Blocks 193 and 194, beginning at the south line of such Blocks 185 and 186, and extending to the north boundary line of such Blocks 193 and 194, and between Blocks 186 and 187.. and Blocks 192 and 193, beginning at the south boundary lines of .such Blocks 186 and 187, and extending north to the north boundary lines of such Blocks 192 and 193, and between Blocks 187 and 188 and Blocks 191 and 192, beginning at the south lines of such Blocks 187 and 188, and extending north to the north boundary lines of such Blocks 191 and 192, and between Blocks 188 and 189, and Blocks 190 and 191, beginning at the south boundary lines of such Blocks 188 and 189 and extending north to the north boundary lines of Blocks 190 and 191, and between Blocks 189 and 190, 188 and 191, 187 and 192, 186 and 193, and 185 and 194, the same appearing to be an extension to the east of 27th Street, and beginning at a point on the -A-U-f' lineg of Blocks 189 and 190, and extending to a point on the AJ4­11- line of Blocks 185 and 194, all in M. G. Ellis Addition to North Fort Worth, Texas, be and the same hereby are vacated, closed and permanently abandoned as streets or public thorough- fares of any kind or character. SECTION II. That that portion of the alleyways appearing on the map and plat of such M. G. Ellis' dedication of M. G. Ellis Addition to North Fort Worth, to wit, one extending through the middle of Block 189 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 190 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Bloc, 188 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 191 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 187 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 192 and running from north to south; -6- • e � Z another extending through the middle of Block 186 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 193 and running from north to south; another extending through the middle of Block 194 and running from north to south; and another extending through the middle of Block 185 and running from north to south, be and the same are hereby vacated, closed and permanently abandoned as streets or alley- ways or public thoroughfares of any kind or character. SECTION III That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION IV That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage. APPROVED AS TO FORM: ORDINANCE No. Title r� Date--- Filed __-- day of ; -- i City Secretary 4