The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-10-26
CITY ORDINANCE.

ana across the st. Louis, Iron Noun.
tain q Southern Railway Company
in the City of Texarkand; aud to
open street crossing over said
railway at point on the same lying
opposite a point midway between
Beech and Pecan streets, running
south; and to open a street crossing
over aud across the right of way
and tracks OF the st. Louis South
western Railway Company at a
point where East street extends
north from Dudley street, crossing
the same.
WHEREAS, The st. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway Com
pany has agreed to construct a new
roadway (similar to the present Col
lege Hill street, being sixty (6O)
feet right of way with a twenty
four ga foot road bed from the
junction of Dudley and East streets
across the right of way of the St
Louis Southwestern Railway Com
pany, on through the property of
j. f. Kirby; thence running north
west and passing over the st. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Company's lands south or west of
the present coal chutes; thence
across the tracks and right of way
and forming a connection with
Broad street at point lying be-
tween Beech and Pecan streets;
and
WHEREAS, The said Railway
company has further agreed to con-
struct roadway, sixty (60) feet
wide, with twenty-four (24) foot
roadbed, extending from the pres
ent College Hill street at a point
lying south of the tracks of the st.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Railway; thence running from said
point northeast and connecting
with the proposed new road first
above referred to, said road to be
constructed on the south side of
the right of way of said St. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Company, and all of which is shown
by map fled with said agreement;
and
WHEREAS, Said work is to be done
by the St Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Railway Company without
expense to the City of Texarkana;
therefore,
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of Texarkana:
SECTION l. That the street cross
ing over the St. Louis, Iron Noun
tain & Southern Railway Com
pany's tracks and railway IN the
City of Texarkana, at the point
known as College Hill street cross
ing, be and the same is hereby va
Gated, and the said St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway Com
pany is authorized to take up and
close said crossing, and the public
is hereby forbidden to use or to
cross over the same.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained
that a new street and street cross
ing and roadway IS hereby opened
over and across the right of way
and tracks of the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway Com
pany at point south and west of
the present coal chutes, on Broad
street, midway between Beech and
Pecan streets, extending South
east over and across the lands, right
Of way and tracks of the ST. LOUIS,
Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Company on to and connecting
with Dudley street at point where
East street enters the same from
the south, said street to be sixty
| (60) feet wide, with a twenty-four
(24) foot roadway, and to cross over
the right of way and tracks of the
ST. Louis Southwestern Railway at
East street.
SEC. 3. And it is further ordained
that said new roadways are hereby
declared to be streets of the City of
Texarkana, open to the public, and
to be under the jurisdiction and
control of the City of Texarkana.
SEC. 4. The said st. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway Com
pany shall erect and maintain at it's
own expense, an Arc electric light
at the crossing hereby established
over and across its said right of
way,
SEC 5. The said ST. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway
Company shall keep and maintain
that part of the street hereby es-
tablished in good order across it's
said right of way, and the approach
es thereto at its own expense, as
now required by State law
SEC 6, This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and
after the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
& Southern Railway Company shall
have completed the work upon said
roads, and the same shall be ac-
cepted by the Mayor of the City.
And all ordinances and parts Of or
dinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
STATE OF ARKANSAS
COUNTY or MILLER,
CITY or TEXARKANA,
!, j. r, Murphy, Recorder within
and for the City Of TeXarkana, Ar
kansas, do hereby certify that the
above foregoing ordinance was duly
aud regularly passed by the council
Of the aforesaid City, on the goth
day Of October, 1896, the same be-
ing an adjourned session of said
council
In witness whereof, ! hereunto
set my hand and cause the seal Of
said city to be affixed This, the 2lst
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