HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 734NO.
An ordinance gTanting to the Northern Texas Traction
00yany, its successor, and assignso the righto Manse snr:l
franchise to construct, equip, maintain amd operate along
and upon oartain streets and public gxounds within the cor-
porate limits of the City of Fort u oertain lines of
single and double tra street-railvay as branches, extensions
at
azd conneotions of certain of its existing lines of stxe4t
Mlway in the said City, together with the xightes license
au d franchise to construct std maintain all necessary poles,
wires on overhead ejectrio equipment amd appllazces suitable
or recessaxy for maintaiting and operating said Itnee.
IE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONFRS
OF V CITY OF FORT TORTE:
Section 1. That the TiF
,�,Phto licenBe and fra',zw1ii9e a're
here'!,,V given and granted, by the City of, or Worth to the
Northern Taxes Trartion Compary, its successors and assignkf
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tain line of single or double track electxlc street rallw1a"I"y
for the carriage of passengers and frefght for hire as a
bri,io,,'�,o'h., 6%tenelon and connection of its present lines of
Stre0t railway in the City of Fort Noxth now being operated
by said Northern Texas Motion ootmpan �m I n
y trador grn,,r,,t9,, f
ol,Usts and rights heTetofora given and gramted to it and owned
by it, ovez Mt h Mockmorton Meet, along, over and upon the
following named streets and p,tibblic
grounds In said City of
I Fort Worth,, to-rdt:
Beginning at
the
'ate rsect ion of
AM
Throckmorton
Street and North
Sixth
Street;
tbence
south
along Notth Throct-
morton Street to Fifth Street; tbence east on North Fifth Street
to North Houston Street; thence Or& on NorthEouston Meet to
North Sixth Street with the rigbt of making all necessar',jr oozi-
No
interseotion of North MockmoTton and North Sixth Stre
North Houston and North Sixth Streets.
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, annd.
Section 2. , !17he City, of Fort Worth hereby further gTants
unto t1he Northern Texas Traotion, 11 Co,"rApany,, its successors and
assigns, the right, Moense and franchise to aoqAre, oonstruct,,
equip, maintain and operate on and upon any or all of the
streets Meintbove named, A conneotion, vrith t branch, ex-
tension
and
oonneotion
of
the
said pvoposed
line of street
railway
as
set out in
Motion
I hereof, all
necessary switobes,
eldings, turn-outs and connections, and also all neoessaxy enrid
desirable poles, trolley wires, vi,'4�p azi'wires arOd other
_,qrte., wp
head trolley system*
Seetion 3* That all the rights, license and franchises A
this ordinanoo granted, as sst out In Seotion I and 2 bersof,
shall run eonouxrent with, and MAY are made subject to the
Oonditiol, requiTements and limitations specifically set out
in the original ordinance of the City of Fort WOTth, granting
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unto the grantee or its predeoessore the righto Hoonse Lmrnd
frachise to maintain and operate its certain lines of double
track oleotrio street railway on North Throokmorton and on,
North MhIn Streets.
Section 4. This franchise is gTanted upon the conditloalln,
t1ist the ea,ld Torthern Texas Traction Company, in addItIon to
the conditions and limitations hwrelne�bove itposed, shall at
all times indemnify, save bald My of Forl Vorth free
and haxmlese from any and all oostex injury or, dam —m-agmm #hlch
may arise or for which the City of Hit Worth naght otherwise
be held lAble, as ones by or resulting from the operation,
and maintenanoe of said propoaed line ;(,)f st'reet rellway.. or
any other
act
done or
oocastoned in
oonnection with
the
con-
sQuotion,
maintenance
or operation
of the same by
the
grantee
or any of its overhead or eleotxioal equipment*
Section 5. That this Minamos shall tak r,,j.tffect and, be
in force from and after its passage.
wus duly pZesented, paiied and. Adopted by the B d of Commissioner$
of the City of Fort Wortb, Texas, at a Regular session of said
Board held July 20th, A..D,,192o.
James Liston$ Jr.,
City Secretaxy.