St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-15

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All ordinance granting to the Fifth Ward
Transfer Railway Company the right to
construct and maintain railway tracks upon
n strip of land fifty feet in width upon the
street or levee in the Fourth and Fifth
wards in the City of st. Paul, Minnesota.
The Common Council of the City of st. Paul
do ordain as follows:
Section l.. There is hereby granted and
given unto the Fifth Ward Transfer Railway
Company of st. Paul. Minnesota, its success
sors and assigns, the right to lay down rail
way tracks and to operate and maintain rail-
way tracks and railroads thereon upon the
following described portion of the street or
levee fronting OH the Mississippi river in the
Fourth and Fifth wards, in the City of st.
Paul. Minnesota, described as follows, to wit:
A strip of land fifty (50) feet wide through
out the entire length OF said street or levee
In said Fourth and Fifth wards, the north
erly line of said strip of land running and
being described as follows: Commencing at
point three hundred 900 feet east of the
intersection of the easterly l1ue OF Market
street with the levee, and distant sixty t6ol
feet southeasterly from the northerly line OF
said levee; thence southwesterly along
line parallel to the northerly line of said
street or leyee to point two thousand two
hundred and thitty (2230t feet southWesterly
from the west line of Chestnut street: thence
southwesterly in straight line to point
sixty (60) feet distant southeasterly from the
southeast corner of block seven ~. Kinney,
Bond & Traders addition; thence s0uth-
westerly along line parallel with and Sixty
(60) feet distant from the northerly line OF
said street or leyee TO point sixty (60) feet
| southeasterly from the southeast corner of
lot forty (4O), block twenty-eiSht (28), Stin-
son, Brown & Ramsey's subdivision of
stinson, Brown & Ramsey's addition;
thence in a straight a line o, to the
block twenty-eight (2S) Stinson. Brown q
Ramsey's subdivision of Stinson, Brown 4
Ramsey's addition; thence southwesterly
along the northerly line Of said street, or
levee, TO the southeast corner OF lot eighteen
QS), block twenty-nine (29), Stinson, Brown
d Ramsey's subdivision of Stinson, Brown
& Ramsey's addition.
Sec. 2: The foregoing franchise and right
of way is granted upon the express cond1-
its SUCCESSORS and assigns shall Commence
the grading or construction Of said railroad
on said strip Of land on the northerly side
within the Fourth and Fifth wards of said
city prior to the LIST day OF August 1893, aud
shall continue SAID grading or construction
within said wards so that at least fifteen
Thousand (Sl5,00W dollars shall be expended
thereon prior to the 1st day OF August, $685.
and shall entirely complete the laying OF at
least one track of said railroad on the north
erly side of said strip within said wards
within the year 1893; Provided, however,
that in case said company is unable to COM
plete the laying Of said one track within the
year 1893 it shall have until the LIST day of
December, 1894, within which to complete
the same.
Second-Sald Fifth Ward Transfer Rail
way Company, its successors and assigns,
shall at ali times defend and save harmless
the said City of st. Paul from any and all
damages, expenses and suits arising or ac-
cruing out of the passage of this ordinance
and the use of said levee and street with its
cars, trains or tracks.
Third-Ali railway tracks laid upon said
strip of land upon said street or levee shall
be a at such grades as shall be established
by the City of st. Paul at the time the same
are laid, aud said com pany shall make and
maintain proper crossings across said tracks
ments rendeied necessary by reason of the
use and occupation Of said street. OF levee by
said railway tracks whenever requested by