HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2238 J01 ORIZEA110E G TO THE GULF, i'E
RAILWAY' COMPANY , THE RIGHT TO BECOUSTRUCT,
AND aPERATE AN EXIST1T",,`,,G UR 011,' T11ACCI,", ,12""D
EXISTINa PA111AY ITAGNS, OVER I 'UPON i"11`�;D AC'T,,�O"]'3S
MAIIED STREITFS IN THE CITY OF FaRT
TEXAS , TO-WIT: AN EXISTING HA. 1,",l SPUR OR 1 NT1101-1, T1`(&C",K
OUT OF SAID RAILZAY G0QLNYTS MAIN LINE TRACK IN THE SOUTH-
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, 01,,Tn1 OF MIFIRD $TREET, A1,1D '1`,1R"1%-CE ONI A
(,11RVE TO THIE RI QHV , OVER "2",],`D TERRY 6TREET , Ir TO , UPON'
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UPON AND ALONG THE SOUTN`1111'1 IZ SIDE OF SAID FOURTH &TREET TO
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1i,`,,XISTI1Q,'G 1U111 A?UR OR ShITCH
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ON PRINT C.E.G. NO . C-11907075 , DATED FEBRUARY" 15, 1945,
BERETU ATTA&H-110 o 1v'ikFK_ETD 11E.,'U1113IT V Al�D FILED
ORDINANCE; ]PROVILING D-0,1AGES TO P],",,'01`1,,RTY 0' IN01m"Y
TO i ImI l!': 'N'S ON, A=JNT OF TEE LO Ca TT aF , REC01,STIUC IT 01 , REPYJR
NAINrERA9CE AND OPERATION' OF iAID 1,VD 111,,,,1,&V1D11,1G 211
LFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINBD BY °11:1`1 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
SEGIrl all
1.
That the Gulf I Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company , a corpora-
tion , is hereby gramted the rig
,git t,,,,) reconstruct , repair , maintain aad
operate within the City of Fort Worth , Tarrant Countly , Texas , an exist-,
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in main spur or switch track turning out of said railway company's
moin line track in the souVmast one-qparter of Block Thirt,,,�t-
one ( 31) , just South of Third Street , and running thence southwesterly
on a curve to Q right , over and across Terry Street , into , upon and
along Fo,txrth, Meet , to the end of said curve in the center of said
Fourth Street, th snce mester try , upon, end the c(,ritt,5r of said
fourth Itreet ; and over and across Pecan ;Areet to a poixyt near, the
easterly line of Grove Street; thence continuing westerly , over and
across Grove Street , -upon end along the southerly sods an f seid FoTLrth
Street to Jones Stref.)t , v*Lth the right and privilege of reconstruc.,ting ,
repairing and aaintaishit apd operating existi.rW,,, industry , switch or
side tracks leading off of said main sj,,)iA!% or switch track near each
street Qtcax sec tirq,,,, said Fourth Street that said existing mein spur,
or switch track now nor ossesp serving industries in the immediate area ,
all of said tracks so to be reconstructed , repaired , maintained and
opewated beiYv!,,,,, shown 'by red lines on print attached hereto , marked
"Exhibit "A" s and filed with thAs ordinance .
SECTION 2.
That the said Gulf , Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Co,pany shall
have the ridat to reconstruct, repair , maintain and operate such
railway tracks along and over said Fourth StrE*it at sz)ch � rade or
grades as it is now using or as may be changed with the approval of
the Director, of the Departmait of Public Works of Ve City of Fort
W=th , Texa sir q it being 11nderstood thA all wDrk of reconstructing
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and repairing the said line of railmy traelp,'s , switches , switch,-
trackso turi,,,i-outs uwrcnd Al'ier appi,u�tenances over and along said street
as hereinbefore described shall be under the supervision of the Direc-
tor of the Department of Public Works of the City of Fort 4orth
Texas , and in all things sul-,)Ject 'to his approval.
jE dig ION; S.
It is expressly undersOod and provided that the said Gulf , Colo-
rado and Santa Fe Railway Company shawl 1p at ito owm cost and expense ,
imnediately after the aompleti,,)n of i.:iny or rej,"�,airing
of said tracks, switches, turn-outs and other appiartenances, restore
the street in as good condition as it was prior to the reconstructing
or repairing of the said tracksp switchesp turn-outs and other appur-
tenances , end as to this the Director of the Department of Publio
Works of the City of Fort Worth shall be the excluzive judge as to
when this section of the ordinance shall have been complied with.
SECTION 4.
It is further provided that said Reilway Company , in reconstruct-
ing and repairing its tracks , switches and appurtenances under the
privilege and franchise hereby granted , shall at its own cost and
empense protect all sewer end water pipes and underground conduits
and "utilities now existing end hereafter constructed iipon Or IM�Jer
the grade of the street or streets over which the tracks shall be
reconstructed or repaired so as not to impsir the usefulness of
same,
QQTION
Said Gulf , Colorado and Santa Fe Reilway Coi,�ipeny , its successors
and assigns , does hereby-agxee to ir,,Ldemnify and hold the City of
Fort Worth , Texas, harmless because of , and prompt IT 'to pay off and
discharge or repay to the seid City , all dam9ges , claims , judgments ,
attoraey 's fees end other costs and expenses rendered against or
incurred or paid out by the said City A Fort Worth * Texas , by rea-
son of injuries , either to persons or property , occasioned as the
proximate ret,,ult of anything done or permitted or in any way proxi -
mately arising out of the location , reconstruction repair , mainte-
nance and operation upon the above streets and thoroughfares of the
said tracks and cars , engines or locomotives thereon.
SEC TI ON 6.
The said Gulf Wolorado and Santa A Railway Coai,,;,' ny , its sue-
cessors and assi gn s , shall , at it s o,en aw:) not on d exp ens can v pave t he
street between the rails of all tracks laid "under the provisions
of this ordinance , including spur , switch or side tracks 1 as well
as the main, .5pi.w or switch tracks , and for a distance of eighteen
ON inches on the outside of each rail of all of said tracks , and
repave and otherwise surface and resurface in like manner said
tracks * includIng in6in s�rvtxr or sTwitch track and spur , switch, or
side tracks , and keep the same constantly in good order end condition,
with the some material with which the street an the outside of said
(4)
tracks is paved and surfaced; and said Gulf , Colorado and Santa Fe
Railway Company , its aaccessors and ass igis , shall conform. its said,
tracks or any part thereof to the proper grade W said street and
chuage the level of said tracks as often as the �a!rad,e of said street
is obangeds so that every part of every track shall always be k eTt at
the all established grade line, or as near thereto as the surface
of the grade of the street outside md 1.1 :[x rmit.
SEUTION 7.
The pwivilege and franchise herein granted is subject to all the
conditions . limitations and provisions of the original franchise ,
granted to the said Gulf , Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company , and
the same is concurrent with the said original franchise of the said
Railway—Company. This privilege and franchise is to continue and
exist for a periDd of twenty-five ( 25) years from the date of taking
effect of this ordinerwe end the filing of a written acceptance of
its terms, conditions and covenuats by the said—Railway Coppany,
within thirty ( 3 0) days after the date of its passage.
SECTION S.
This ordinance shall 'be i�n, M1.1, for and effect from and aft(exr
the date of its passage and acceptance , and it is so ardained .
The above ordinaace was duly passed and adopted on this the
day MZ 0
A. D. 1945
ATTEST:
20
City Secretary
i'�,PROVED It,) F0,RM,
City, Altorne
STATE OF TEX13
COUD'i"TY
—LE'. Ex. ffifdsollg City jecretary of the City
of Fort Worth p Texas , do hereby, certify that the above and,
foreg ix,,ig, i s a true and correct copy of Ordinance No . Z ;L 3
duly presented end unanimously adopted by the City Council Of
the City of Fort Worths Texas , at a reqiLar session Iie;Id r,,)n
the 2 ` 1915 , as same appears
of record in Ordinance I3,,,,,)ok Page _2
'V'd III Dff 1-111,,TM and tGnu e.,Peficial s e e l of the City of'
F,ort v—,'-wth , 111exest t�,,iis the
a 17, D f XhiVy,po n A- 0. 1915.
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a I I Y d tia,y7.,T? trie, c"ilty of,7`7—
Pat horth , Texas.