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AN ORDINANCE granting to the St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Company of Texas the right to construct, maintain and operate
a ceritlLi.n spur track upon, over and across Williams Street
at and near and adjaoent to the right-of-way of the St. Louis
Southwestern Railway Company of Texas, all within the cor-
porate limits of the City of Fort Worth.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That the St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Company of Texas is hereby granted the right, franchise and
privilege to build, construct, maintain and oi3erate within
the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, a certain
single line spur track to reach the peoperty of L. L. Hawes
on, over ioN along and across Williams Street at and near and
adjacent to the right-of-way of the St. Louis Southwestern
Railway Company of Texas in the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Texas, as is more fully deathbed and as is shown in
RED on blue print map hereto attached and made a part of this
Ordinance.
SECTION Z: That the St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Company of Texas shall have the right to build, construct,
maintain and operate single line spur track on, over, along
and across Williams Street at such a grade as it may be
given by the City Engineer of the City of Fort Wort4% and
the manner of construction and materials used in such con-
struction shall be satisfactory to the City Engineer and '
Board of Commissioners of Fort Worth, Texas.
SECTION 3: AA* tracko and the rails thereof, 1kid
under the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be of standard
quality and so constructed and maintained that travel on
said street shall not be unnecessarily obstructed or en-
dangered at any place, and all matters of construction and
of maintenance shall be subject to the approtal of the City
'Engineer and the Board of Commissioners of the City Af Fort
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Worth. Ail trackacon said street, and all portions thereof
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that are now or shall hereafter be paved, shall be of
first class rails of such kind as shell be designated by
the City Engineer, and shall be laid in such manner as to
make the least possible obstruction to vehicles, and main-
tained in that Condition.
SECTION 4:aaid St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company
of Texas, its successors and assigns, shall at its or
their expense or cost, pave and repave, or otherwise surface
and resurface, and keep constantly in good order and condition,
of the same material with which the street outside is paved
0 and surfaced, all that part of sash street oa-cb� occupied
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by it, or that which lies between the rails of said track,
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and for eighteen inches on each side thereof as may be laid
under this Ordinance, and the said St. Louis Southwestern
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oproper grade of i h street; and change the level of said
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o C trackf.as often and whenever the grade of anyr sash street is
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o p.0 the duly established grade line, or as near thereto as tte
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o P SECTION 5: The said St. Louis Southwestern Railway
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z m o agree to indemnify and hold the City of Fort Worth harmless
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md o a to the said City, all damages, claims, judgments, attorneys
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0 o w incurred or;,paid out�by, the City of Fort Worth by reason of
co m injuries either to person or property occassioned as the
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way proximately arising out of theAoonstruction, operation
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m -or maintenance of said spur track upon the above named
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streets and thoroughfare.
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ORDINANCE
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Date
Filed day of
19i%'p.' .
City\Seem'rary