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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2422 ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO ST. LOUIS, SAN FRANCISCO AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY, ITS SUGCESSOF6 AND ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE TO MAINTAIN AND CONSTRUCT A SPUR TRACK WITHIN WEST LANCASTER STREET OVERPASS LIMITS IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; PROVID- ING THAT THE GRANTEE SHALL INDEMNIFY THE GRANTCR AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAIWD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That St. Louis, San Francisco, and Texas Railway Company, its successors and assigns, is hereby granted the right and privilege to construct and maintain within West Lancaster Street overpass limits in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, a spur track, said portion of said spur track being more particularly described as follows: Said proposed spear track is to extend in a north masterly and southeasterly direction across the limits and under and between bent No. 1 and bent No. 2 of said West Lancaster Street overpass a distance of about 183.4 feet from a point in the southerly line of said West Lancaster Street over- pass about 377.81 feet easterly from the inter- section of the southerly production of the east Lim of Fooh Street, Van Zandt+s Park Addition to the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Teams, with the southerly line of said West Lancaster Street overpass to a point in the northerly line of said West Lancaster Street overpass about 335.1 feet easterly from the intersection of the east line of Foch Street aforesaid with the northerly line of said West Lanmaster Street over- pass. SECTION 2 The grantee, St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway Company, shall have the right to construct, maintain and operate a single line of rail- way track over, along and across said West Lancaster Street overpass limits as described in the foregoing section hereof, and it is expressly provided that the laying and construction of said line of railway and track herein- before designated by the said grantee, its successors and assigns, shall be under the supervision of the City Engineer and the City Council of the City of Fart Worth, and shall in all things be subject to their approval; grantee shall place a blast plate on the under side of said overpass over said spur track and in the construction of said track shall coaply with all require- ments made by the Railroad Commission of Texas. SECTION 3 The said grantee, Si. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway Company, its successors and assigns, does agree to indemnify and save the City of Fort North harmless from any and all damages, claims, judgments and other costs and expense recovered against or paid by the said City of Fort Worth by reason of injuries or damage to either persona or property proxi- mately caused by or arising from and out of the construction, maintenance and operation of said tracks upon and along said street. SECTION d, This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORMS RA - City Attorney STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT I, E. S. Birdsong, City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing pages contain a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. , passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held in the Council Chamber at the City Hall Wednesday, the day of A.D. 1947. WITNESS my hand and official seal this day of A.D. 1947. City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas.