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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 641ORDINAWRIC NO. AN ORDINAPICE granting the Fort Worth & Denver City Rail Company the xif""ht to coxistruot and i Manta a in Oonzaptin truck across Terry Street and 8 and. Str'eet in t'he City, Fort Tfortb, Texas. BF, IT, ORDAINMI) by the Bosrd of GoriuvAesionoxe of the City of Fort Worth: Section 1: The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Com'jpa�ny is hereby granted the right, power, privileF ge and franohise to build, construct, maittaln and operate a certain, connecting track over certain portions of Terry wid Sixth Streets as follows: The canter line of said oonnectitig track beginning at an intersection with the east line of Terry Street 85.2 feet measured north along said east od(p of Terry Street from of the east line of "furry Street 1"'V'Itlh the north lino'ol EUxth Street, continuing thenoe southwesterly a a ose Terry Street to the intersection of the mast iii,ie of said Tarry Street 32.6 feet from the north line of Sixth Street. Axid which said ooraieotirig track as sauke crosses Sixth Street beg ,,,Aiis at the intersection of said track with the north line of Sixtl,,� Street 3,2.2 feet from the intersection of the west line of Terry Street and the north lito of Sixth Street, oontinuing thence southmestorly to a interseotion with the south line of Sixth Street at as point 75.8 feet from ail intersection with the west live of Terry Street and the south Line of Sixth Street. 'geotiet 2: It is provided that, said oonzeoting,, track as constructed across the s&1d Terry, azd Sixth 'Btreets, as provided heroin, shall be upon such grade as shall be approved by the City Engineer of the City of Plo:vt Worth) and the top of each rail of each and every part of said track, and the opaoing between the rails, shall be kept level With the street alongside; Viand the t,racks,and all other equipment used in suob extension or conaactiotl shall be of standard wality and so oonstructed and /'rA I M&intaine& that travel on said streets shall not be unnecessarily obstructed or endangered at any pL&ce, and all matters of Uon- struotion and maintenance shall be eub3aot to tl,:xe ap) (,roval of the city engineer and Eoard of CoaoaAsaicners of the city of Ji"ort Worth; and all trac4e of said street; or portions thereof, that are now, or shall hereafter be paved, shall, be of first class rails of such kind as shall be designated by the City Lag gineer, and shall be laid in such wanner as to 'wake the least possible, obstruction to, vehicles, and shall be wainta,ir,ed iii that condition. Section 3: Said Fort Worth & Deaver City Railway Company, its successors wtd masigns, shall at its or tlivir costs and expouse, pave and repave,ox otberwise surface and resurface, and keep constantly in order and cor4ition, with the same material with which the streets on the outside is paved and surfaced, all that part of said streets occupied by it, and that which lies betweea tkae ra4la of said tracks occupied by it, and for eighteen Inches on each side thereof, as may be laid under t),Ue franchise, and said Fort Worth & Doxivew City Retilw&y Cor,,cpany, its assigns and suoce es ore, shall uonform Its or their tracks, or any 'part thereof, to the proper grade of said streets and change the level of said tracks as often and wbenevor the grade of said street is chaxiw ged so that every part of each track shall alwtqe be kept Fit tba duly established grade line, or as near thereto as the surface of the grade of the street outside thereof will permit, Section 4: Said Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Coa,,paany, Its suoeessq,;# and aasigns, do hereby agree to indetailfy and hold 'V"IW WA V"'J VA -'Vzu Uw4u," VC'W(MADV V.L' 4141" VA�VWY4'.Ly kl;,� VOY V'.L.L and discharge, or repay to the said City of Fort 'Nortb, all 4ammgas, claims, judguez,ts, attorneys fees axid other costs wid expenses rendered against, or incurred or paid out by the said City of Fort Worth by reason of injuries either to persons or pro arty _2- 41 1 r" occasioned as the proximate result of anythirig done or permitted, or in any vray proximately arising out of the Constw-action, operation or maintenance of said traoka upon the above named Section 5: This Ordinarice shall take effect and be in force frog and after its passage.