323 of 1900 - Ordinance 323 of 1900 – Franchise to O.S.L.R.R. Co. granting right of way through certain streets 4( 0A, .. AN ORDINANCE
Closing; a Portion of Fourth West Street and also South Temple Street,
between Third West and the Center of Fourth West Streets, and Granting
a Right of Way Through Certain Streets of Salt Lake City to the Oregon
Short Line Railroad Company, its Successors and Assigns.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
Section 1. That the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, its successors
and assigns, have the authority and consent of the said council, .ele
permission is hereby granted to construct, maintain and operate a stand-
arc railroad track, on the east side of and with the center of said
track not more than fourteen feet from the center of the present line
of the Rio Grande Western Railway Company, beginning at a point of
connection with its present track now located and operated in Fourth
West Street, most convenient and near the intersection of First North
Street and extending thence southerly along the said Fourth West Street
to a point near the intersection of Eighth South Street, and thence '
curving to the easterly, crossing said Eighth and Ninth South Streets
to a point of connection with the present railway track of the Oregon
Short Line Railroad Company at a point three hundred feet more or less
south of the southerly line of said Ninth South Street; and also to make
a connection with the tracks of the union passenger depot to be construct—
ed at or near the intersection of Third South Street and said Fourth
West Street in said city.
Section 2. All the easterly half of said Fourth Test Street, that
is to say, all that portion of the said street extending from the westerly
boundaries of Blocks 83 and 98, Plat °A," to the center of Fourth Test
Street,and also South Temple Street, between Third West and the center
of Fourth West Streets, be and the same4ep hereby closed end vacated,
and all travel by the public on said portions of said streets is hereby
prohibited, and. the axelusive right to occupy and use the same for rail—
road, purposes is hereby granted to the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company,
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its successors and assigns.
Section 3. During the term of this franchise the said ew__ntee
shall be subject to the following conditions, viz:
First— That said. railway track shall be laid upon and conform to
the established grade of the several streets upon which it may be laid,
and if said grade is afterward ehanged by order of the City Council,
the said grantee shall at its own expense change the said track so as
to conform to the same, and shall keep the said road ballasted, and.
shall betw(em Di.ghth South and Fifth North Streets keep the roes. ballasted.
with gravel to within two inches of tiie tops of the rails, provided
that whenever any of the streets along which the said railway track
is built shall be paved, then said grantee, its successors anti assigns
shall pave between the rails and for a space: of two feet outside of
each rail, with the same material as that used in the street pavement.
Second— `i'het shill. grantee shall gravel and maintain is so-0. condi—
tion at the established grade, the streets exelesi_l Of the sidewalks
along which the said trace: runs, subject to the approval of the :Supervisor
of Streets.
Third— Said grantee shall put in and maintain such crossings where
the nue of said railway track intersects the streets of said city as
shall be required by the City Council.
Fourth— That said tracks ial' be ':yid and the road. operated so as
to sauce no unneceeeary impediment to the common and ordinary use of
said streets upon which it is laid, except as hereinbefore provided.
Fifth— Good and sufficient boxes to convey water shall be laid and
maintained in good condition, at the expense of said grantee:, at all the
water ditches crossed by said railway track so as to admit of free passage
of water.
Section 4. The rights and franchises hereby confirmed and granted
are for the tens of fifty years from and after the passage of this ordi—
nonce.
Section 5. If the franchise for a Union Depot, granted concurrent
herewith to William H. Bancroft and David. C. Dodge, be not accepted,
tb.,n the franchise herein granted shall be null and void and of no effect.
Section 6. If this grant be not accepted on or before the first
day of May, 1900, the same shall be null and void and of no effect.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect from its passage.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City I"arsh S, 1t00, araf referred
tot he yOr for ills approval.
its P. order.
Approved this 10th day of March, 1900.
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