Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-06-20
Ordinance No. 399.

Ordinance No. 399.
| An Ordinance granting the right of way
to the Tacoma, Olympia and Gray
Harbor Railroad Company over GER
tain streets and alleys, and authoriz-
ing it to construct railroad and lay
out depot grounds within the City OF
Olympia.
The City Of Olympia does orddin as tolloacs:
SECTION l. That the Tacoma, Olympia
and Gays Harbor Railroad Company,
| its successors and assigns, are hereby
granted the right and privilege of con-
structing, equipping, maintaining and
operating its line of railway over, along,
through, across and under the streets
and alleys of the City of Olympia as fol-
lows: Commencing at a point at the
northeast corner of block % in Ayers
addition to the City of Olympia
where Dayton street, continued east
across said addition, touches the north
east corner of said block; thence run
ling in generally southwesterly direc-
ton across Wheeler, Henderson, Pioneer
and Prospect streets to a point on Cen
trail streets at or about its intersection
with Washington Avenue; from thence
across Central street and in a generally
northwesterlv direction across Henry,
Wall, Boundary, Eastside, Lincoln,
Dayton, Ounce, Swan, Pear, Fremont
Plum. Davis, Pacific, Union, Chestnut,
Tenth, Cherry, Ninth, Eighth and JET
ferson streets to point at or about the
point where Jefferson street is intersected
by Seventh street; thence westerly
along Seventh street across Adams.
Franklin, Washington and Main streets
thence in q generally southwesterly di-
rection across Columbia, Eighth, Water,
Ninth, Tenth and Union streets and
along Deschutes street. and over and
across that portion of Budd's Inlet be-
tween Deschutes street and the upland
at or neaD the mouth of what is known
as Percival's creek, SO far as the city s
right to grant franchise over said tide
lands may extend; and from thence in a
generally southwesterly direction across
Baker, Thirteenth, Tacoma, st. Helens,
Fourteenth, Mary's. Fifteenth, Sixteenth
Seventeenth and Hoods streets, all in
Billings addition to the City Of Olympia
Also, from some point at or near the in.
tersection of Eighth street with Water
street northerly along the line Of said
Water street, and the extensions thereof,
| to the deep water. Said company, its sue
cessors and assigns, to have the right of
locating, constructing, equipping, main
tanning and operating its line Of railway
across all of the above mentioned streets
and intervening alleys between said
streets, and across, over and along other
streets, avenues and alleys Of said city as
may be designated and shown upon the
map required to be filed as hereinafter
provided. Also, across, along, through
or under any streets, avenues and alleys
on its line Of railway to be fixed as here
matter provided within the corporate
limits of said city that may hereafter be
plated and dedicated or condemned for
public use.
Sec. 2. Before said railroad company,
its successors and assigns, shall take
possession Of or do any work upon any
of the said streets, it shall cause to be
fled in the Office of the City Clerk a
map of such part of said City Of Olympia
showing thereon the parts of said streets
to be occupied by said line Of railway
| for the purposes hereinafter mentioned,
which said map shall conform to the
terms of this Ordinance and after the
filing of said map as aforesaid, this grant
and franchise shall be confined to the
right Of way designated upon such map.
Sec. 8. There is hereby granted to
said company, its successors and assigns,
the right and privilege to establish,
grade, construct, equip, furnish, main
tain, use and operate its depot grounds,
side tracks, spurs, switches, turil.outs
and all adjuncts. appendages and ap.
purtenances to said depot grounds, and
all necessary yard room at, over, through,
across, along and upon any of the streets,
alleys or highways bounded by Water
street on the east, Deschutes street and
Eleventh street from its intersection with
Deschutes street on the south. the channel
of the Deschutes river ON the west, and
on the north by line extending from
the center of Seventh street to where il
'lwouid intersect the channel OF the Des.
chutes river; Provided, That if, during
the term of this franchise, it should be-
come necessary for the City of Olympia
10 open a street or streets across any
part of said territory, the City of Olym-
pia hereby reserves the right to open,
lay out and use such street, paying to
said company reasonable compensa
ton for any injury to superstructures
upon the line of such street or streets.
SEC. 4. That at all points where said
line of railway shall cross any street Of
the City of Olympia that has been graded
said company shall maintain, at its own
expense, a safe and proper crossing. and
wherever said railroad crossings shall
be above or below the grade OF such
street, they shall maintain. at their own
expense, suitable approaches at such
crossings or bridges over said railway, oil
tunnels under the same and approaches
thereto, and in all cases where the grade
of such streets heretofore established, OIL
that hereafter may be established, may
be or shall be more than six feet above
or below the established grade of such
railway track, said railroad company
shall, at the option of the City Council Of
the City Of Olympia, construct or MAIN
tain such bridge or tunnel instead of
grade crossing. All the provisions o
this section shall apply to all streets
hereafter graded, when SO graded.
SEC. 5. Said company In construct
ing its railroad on Seventh street afore
said, between and inclusive from Malr
street through and inclusive OF Adams
street, shall construct the same IN Gu
or tunnel between said points, which
tunnel or cut is to be driven. excavatet
and made by said company. at its owl
expense, and is to be of no greater wldti
than forty feet at any one point; ant
said railway company shall, at its owl
expense, wall up or timber up, in SAT-
and secure manner, the sides OF suci
cut, and for the entire distance thereof
up to the present grade of Seventh street
and to any grade that may be adopte.
by the City Council for said Seventh
street. and said company shall cove
said cut, and maintain the same in goo'
, condition for public travel in such
manner as to interfere with the use
! said street in the least possible degree
Said company shall, at the time OF tn
construction Of said railway immediatel,