HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 140 Ordinance No. 2"±Q:
ENTERED tN D BETWEEN W E T )9, S &P PACIFIC
MADE Y J. D. A EN 't`tttWER W"'kI
W "`E tENCE TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTE-
NANCE
DRAIN BEGINNING AT A POINT SOUTH OF THE
EOUTH LINE OF EAST FRONT STREET AS TRE SAME,'
RAS BEEN WIDENED BY CERTAIN DONATIONS MADE
EY THE TEXAS fl u; PACIFIC RAILWAY C QKPANY AND
OPPOSITE T'111 OF JONES STREET
W W SAID t µa hR W FRONT SW.0.WREQ AND IIERICII SAID
WATER-WAY OR DRAIN EXTIET,"IDS SOUT11 THE
SOUTH EDGE OF SAID EAST FR("YNT 1;3TREE To THE
WEST 03E OF THE RAILWAY VIADUCT, CROSSINTG
SAID EAST FRONT STREET, AND THENCE ALONG THE
POINT AT OR NEAR BOAZ STREET; AND ACCEPTINIG
THE TERYS AND PROVISIONS OF SAID kGREEMENT:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH:
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Whereas the Vity of Port Worth,
b y, and through its City , ginee , J. io% hammell, has
,made to the said Texas & Acificlxilivay Cor,.pany the
following offer and proposition: r
"To the Texaz & Pacific Railway Oompany:
Now es the Cite of Fort Worth, by and
throug its city engineer, J. D. Trammell, and
makelthe follomw njffer and, p1roposition to the
said Texas & Pacific t ailway Company:
(1) Whereas, there is row in existanee
and maintained 'b"y said C ty of Fort Worth, a
of Front Street eastward to py"n"t l a r the inn -
sect ion of East P on t Street tt AS Street, and
wbich said e; ay or drain is t.ntende , to take
care of the water aucam u ,frog n the north side
of said East Front Street;Whereas there exists n the south
side said Eas ro'"nt St reet a water-way or drain
i
maintained the Texas t art ft r Railway Coy
and extending eastward lon or near the souto side
of said East Front Street, and which said water-wagy
or drain is intended to take care of the rater ar -
ulatin on the south side of East Front Street, and
es. - fly w te r accumulating, in and coming from the
yards of the Texas ate Pacific tt tlya" C Mpa"Y and
tram its round-house, rrtr s and other pri P rrt es
south of East Fran t t rte; ' and
Whereas, it is deaned to the best interest
of both parties aforesaid Mto have one water-way or
train to take care of the water accumulating as era-
inbefo r seethed
Now therefore, t1e, said City of Fort North
Agrees as sho o
That it will, at its own expense,
build, eon trust and maintain a and suitable
t� t�inni
water-way n a a _ �ore Jones Street
intersects asst tram M''trset, thence extending
southward across said East Front Street to a point
adjacent to the o t h line of said East Pram Street
as no widened and extended by virtue of a certain
donation made by the said Texas & Pacific Railway
O tern: , t anoe extending eastward ad Ast cent to ��m�t
Just a�tr tt ' ��t the south m Otte �,���t�� said Fr nt Street
to the railway re µ East Front Street, and
therm, under said AM& and ttr,e south eclgr
said East Front Street to a convenient drainage taint
rear Boaz Street.
2 Said wa ter igy or drain rbrt t", be so constr rt.
rtt and maintained as to take care of all atrj.» aera r outrtin
I a, d passing through ;arse fr,,om the north side flowing
so ot n
r . rrro.s East FrontStreet and thence ear
p a i toward Boaz Street, aMW sufficiently larg to
care of the water accumulating on t he south silde
of fast
Fount Street and west of t t said viaduct in eluding water
rams: a from the round-house, rte tai art yards the Texas
t
Pacific ,tat�lwa rr and �e��t adjacent thereto.
tt -- Said water-way or drain tilt: to built,
nototructed and maintainod at the exnense of the Cit y of Fort
Wort h Texas e from any oost or ch xge to said Texas 8
AMA Railway Company, an said Texas t Pacific Railw
t t hall g
ss
as o perindt the water.
accumulatirg at its laid round-house,
shops, ;bards, r�, d premises adjacent thereto and lying
south of Front Street and east of said ail a adl : t
y
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to flow into said water-way or drain and to pane
eastward t rrough same.
- Said water-way or drain shall be built
constructed in aocordaree with pl a s to be agreed upon
between the y Engjneer of thi said C u t i of Fort
Worth and the hie y�n��,tneer of the said �ma e � WON
ttai y mpay j and Ot t staote to the said engineer
of the Texas & Pacific ai lwa ompan, .
5 -- This rreree en t shall be to force and
take effect upon its rov l by Ube Board of Commissioners
of the City of Fort Whi , and an ordinance passed by the
said Board—of Commissioners ratifying and approving the
me.
This 'eta ru rrr, E d", 1910.
City of Fort Wort r
said form and agrees to tervs and provisions of same.
Vice President aand Grem Pal an ger ?
said Board of Commissioners having been apprized,
Ae o cont eat e of said contract and agreement) and of the
fact that the said Texas & MGM RAilway Comlpa ry had
accepted the same, the said contract and Agreement In
her6by ratified, approved and adopted; rid the said Ci ty
of Fora w�Vert h hereby agrees to carry out the terms and
provisions of said eer try, et and agreement as herein set
forth and contained.
Section 2:
This ord nanee ,shelf take effect and
be to forte, froni, and after its passage.
I herely terti fy tat tbo Ow sod fore-
goitg oriihsh a was my, pr*aontei w d
_ nanasko sly passe, ji the !gar of Gone.-
. , ., ' .. ,, . ... issioners of the ditywof Fort Worth of +�
session of said Beard beld Tu MY Poo.
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