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<br />I' <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORI)INArTCE 14:0. <br />:!'_::!'-::',=fI::I!:!I:''-::I~I/I: ":/'; I/::.'!:!'" !!::,~':l'=l'. <br />. I .. I I . , . ~ . ",. <br /> <br />An Ordinance granting the Galveston Harrisburg and ~an Antonio <br />Railway CCtmpany, its successors and assignf), the right, pri....elege ad <br />and easememt of constructing, maintaining and oper.ating its line of <br />Railroad within and through the corporate limits of the Town of La <br />Porte; regulating the exercino of the rights granted heroby, and de- <br />claring an emergency. <br /> <br />Be it. ordained by the Town Council of the Town of lAa Porte:- <br />Section One. That the right, pri......elege and esaemffi t of constructing, <br />maintaining and operating a line of single track, standard guage <br />railroad, with its appurtenances into and through the Town of :ta- <br />Porte, in Harris County, Texas is hereby granted to the Galveston <br />Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company, its successors and <br />assigns, the center of said track to be as tOliows, to wit,- <br /> <br />Beginning at a point where said line of Road intersect~ the <br />West line of South E. ~treot, which is also the South line of Oonald <br />son Avanul!, and the North line of the Tovm of La Porta; thence in <br />a Southerly direction crossing South E. Street, and upon and along <br />Park Avenue 59 feet from the Wcst line thereof to a point opposite <br />the North'-east corner of Block No 11, at the corner of Brownell and <br />Park Avenues; thence continuing in a Southerly direction along <br />Park Avenue to the beginning Qf a curve of approximately 2 degrees <br />to the le:l't, which point 1s 67 feet from the West line of said Park <br />Avenue; thence continuing in a ~outherly direction with said curve ~ <br />to a point of tan~ent near whero the East t,1#I La Porte branch of <br />said Company connects with the said line of road herein referred to; <br />thence continuing Southerly along Park Avenue, and 35 feet from the <br />West line thereof, to the South boundary line of the Town of T,a <br />Porte, at or near the North line of ~outh L. Street. <br /> <br />Section Two. Said line of Railroad shall be so constructed <br />and maintained as not to un-necessarily impair or interfcre with the <br />use of the streets in and upon which the same shall be constructed, <br />and said Railway Company, its successors and asoigns, shall con- <br />struct and maintain the nece~sary culverts and sluices for the pur- <br />pose of carrying surface water beneath said traclc. <br /> <br />Section Throe. Saie Rail'VTay compan~r, its successorn and <br />assigns, shall construct and maintain all necessary crossings over <br />said trac:k where the same shall be crossed. by existine streets of <br />said Town of T,s: Porte. <br /> <br />Sec1;ion 'Four. That the Ordinance adopted on the 9th day of <br />April A. O. 1913 be, and the sarne is heroby repealed. <br /> <br />Section 'Five. It being deemed to the best interost of the <br />Town of La Porte that said Railway track be constructed and placed <br />in opera'~lon as soon as possible, that un emer~ency and imperative <br />necessity exists, that the reading of this Ordlnance at three meet- <br />ings of the councl1 be dispensed with, and that this Ordinance <br />therefore shall be in full force and effect from and after its pas- <br />sage and approval by the l8ayor. <br /> <br />Approved thi~ 8th day of June A. O. 1914. <br />A. N. Mc Kay <br />Mayor of Town of r,a Port c Texas. <br /> <br />Attest <br />'E. ;r. Sul11...ran <br />Secretary. <br /> <br />t <br />