El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-23
ITS A SURE GO!
The Council Grants the Franchise Ask
ed hN Mr. Eddy

The council met this morning to con-
slider the propos ed Eddy franchise for a
railroad 10 While Oaks. There were
rumors rife about surprise Alderman
Scott was TO Spring IN the shape of q
tiftJ word telegram VIII en- he wa
CT ellted with saying would 'squelch
the whole Eddy OUTFIT So he meet
ing opened Win more or less batei
breath. Tnere were 80 to IS prominent
cit zens present.
Tue full petition for the ordinance
as read was as follows:
Gentlemen-We are DESTROYS of OBJ
tanning, and hereby petition your hon
Orabie body to grant to Us, in trust,
for the railroad enterprise which we
represent, the iranch Sc d described in
the proposed ordinance heroto attact =
ed: with the terms and conditions
therein set forth. la the event that
your honorable body sees fit to grant
this petition and enact this ordinance
granting such franchise, we will and
hereby offer to deposit with your hon
oraDIc body ten thousand dollars &c.
OUO) as guarantee That We will com
mence the construction of said road,
as desert bed in the ordinance, within
period OF ninety 800 days, complete
the same TO the boundary line between
the state of Texas ana territory of
New Mexico within nine ~ months,
and to d distance leo miles northerly
from Ell PaSo, within eighteen uS)
months, and which said sum is to be
returned to US by your homo able body
upon compl5 tion of said railroad fo!.
said distance OF one hundred 400
miles.
Tnis offer is made for acceptance or
rejection at the present session of your
honorable body. Respectfully,
Y. b. EDDY,
by j. A. EDDY,
J. A. EDDY.
The franchise proposed was read by
the clerk as follows:
An ordinance granting right of way
franchise to Charles B. Eddy and
joan a. Eddy, iu trust, for certain
railway purposes.
Be it ordained by the city council of the
city of Ell Paso:
Sec. L. That the city of Ell Paso,
Texas, hereby grants unto Charles Is
Eddy and Jonn a. Eddy, in trust for
he railway company represented by
Lnem, and now organized o. u be Or
gained, the following desc 'lbed fran
chlsts and privileges, to enter upoo E,
construct, operate aud maintain a line
of railroad with ali necessary side
tracks, turn tables, switc hes aid
depot buildings on, over and thrOue h
Vic &c duu dlIcy5 aEO
los and blocks and across the streets
and alleys intersecuiug same with
10 the city of Ell Paso, Texas. to-wit:
Sec. 2. A rignt of way twenty-eight
(2o) feet wide, beginning at the inter
section of NInbn street and the Il o
Grande q Ell P,.so hallway company's
right of way in Ell Paso street, las showa
upon the map Of Cimpbell's addition
to the city OF Ell Paso; thence east rly
along Ninth street to the intersec ion
of Ninth street and Mesquite street in
COttOn's addition to the City of Ell Paso,
as shown by the recent map of said
Cotton's addition; thence curving in a
northeast direction across Mesquite
street to, and cross ng the canal Of the
Ell Paso Irrigation company; thence
continuing northeasteriy and alo g the
right OF way and nOrtherly of the west
bank of said canal, with its III sandec-
iags to u point where said canal Cross
es the line b 4twean CottOn's and Bias
sett's additions to said city; thence
along the west side of said dividing
line between said additions to the right
of way of the E. PasO Northern Rail
way company CORNER y known DIS Tine
Old White Oaks RtiIway;) thence
along the EAST de- of s aid Ell P8so
NOrt1ern Railway company'- righ5 of
way to the uortheasLerly mits of the
City of Ell Paso.
Sec. ). Also a right-of-way Of the
afof esaid wild h, beginning at point
in the CUttons addition where said
righf -of-way hereby gran ed and q hove
de-Cribed inters Il is the right-of-way
of the Galveston, Harris burg & S N
Antonio RAILWAY comp4ny;tbeucec curry
Ing westerly in;o st Louis stree;
tt ence westerly along St. Luis street
to Ange street.
Sec. 4 Also a right-of-way of the
wid5r aforesaid beg uHing AT t)e in
IL -~e,:L.oa o. ) p. L,uiz street vi the
west side OF tine right-oi-way vi the E