HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1224 ORDINANCE providing for the extension of Ryan
Avenue after intersection with Biddison Street, across the
right-of-way of the. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Com-
pany; the granting by said Railway Company of an easement
over additional portions of its right-of-way; the vacating,
abandonment and closing by said City of a portion of 6 11
Biddison Street as heretofore maintained and.platted over
said right-of--ay; and the dismissal by said Railway Company
of a suit against the City of Fort .;orth and the General
Construction Company to cancel contrast heretofore awarded
for the improvement of Ryan Avenu6 and seeking to enjoin
enforcement of assessment made on that account.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Fort .north THAT:
'.V11EREAS, by resolution passed by the City Council
of the City of Fort Borth on July 27, 1926, the improvement
of Ryan Avenue, between Cantey Street and Bolt Street, by
raising, filling, grading and paving the same was ordered,
and acting thereunder a contract for said work was awarded
by said City on August 31, 1926, to the General Construe-
tion Company, and there was assessed against said Gulf,
Colorado & Sant Fe Railway Company a portion of the cost
of said work and of the contract price therefor as shown in
published notice of a hearing in respect thereto; and
';SAS, the said Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway
Goiapa y has filed a suit in the 48'th District Court aX sir-
rant Co=ty, Texas, being o. 74857 on the docket thereof,
against the City of Fort ..orth and said General Construction
Company to set aside the award of said contract and to enjoin
enforcement of said assessment e_ain::t said Railway Company;
and
PHEREAS, b max.tual aYreement between said City,
the said General Construction Cor.ipany and sL.id T. _ile4Z� r Co apany
and as show in pink on Exhibit A hereto attached.
hereto attached and made a part hereof, a change has been ,
made in the location and course of said street across the said
Railway Company's right-of-way, where*said Ryan Avenue,
at points off of, and on the east and west side of, the
right-of-way of said Railway Company, will first intersect Biddi-
son street, ani Ryan .venue and Biddison Straw w.LU 44gree-
after be extended as one street across said right-of-way, for
the accomplishment o_� which said Railway Company has consented
to grant an easement over additional portions of its right-
of-way not now uhilized for street purposes, and said City
has agreed to vacate, abandon and close a portion of said
Biddison Street, as heretofore maintained and platted over
and across said right-of-way;
NO' THEREFORE in confirmation of, and to make ef-
feotive, the mutual agreement and understanding above re-
ferred to, it is now ORDAINED by the City Council of the
City of Fort ',7orth as follows, towit:
THAT in consideration of the dismissal of said
suit, and the granting by said Railway Comp apy to said City
of an easement for street purposes over sudh portions of
said right-of-way as are shown colored in pink upon said Ex-
hibit "A", the City of Fort ,forth has abandoned, vacated and
closed, and does- now abandon, vacate qnd close, all portions
of Biddison Street on and across said right-of-way not shown
colored in pink upon said Exhibit "A".
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