El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-17
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Section /. The city of Ell Paso, Texas,
hereby grants to the Ell Paso 81 White
Oaks Railroad company the following
described franchises and privileges, to
enter upon, construct, operate and
maintain line Of railroad with all
necessary sidetracks, turnta bles,
switches and depot buildings on, over
and through the following streets, al
leys and lois and blocks within the said
city of El Paso, to-wit:
Sec 2. A right of way twenty eight
feet wide, beginning at the Intersection
of the levee west of chihuahua street
south of block AZ with Ninth street as
the same and adjacent blocks are shown
upon the map of Camphell's addition
to the city of FL Paso, Texas; thence
easterly along and over said Ninth
street to the easterly line OF Austin
street as shown upon map of Cotton 9
addition to said city of Ri Paso; thence
in a northerly curve through block -
bounded on the west by Austin street.
on the east by Lee street, on the south
by Ninth street and on the north by
Eighth street to point in the north
erly line of Eighth street just west OF
the westerly line of Lee street; thence
mort erly and parallel with said Lee
street and just westerly thereon to the
northeasterly line of Fourth street:
the Ell Paso Irri gation company to
point where the right OF way OF SAID
irrigation company ION which SAID
canal runs,) with the meanderings
thereof to point just westerly of the
| intersection of said right OF way OF SAID
| irrigation company with the dividing
line of Cotton S addition and Bassett's
addition as shown by maps Of said addl-
: tions; thence northerly parallel with
oai 6ixyt6 of cd
| just westerly thereof to a point just
westerly of where said dividing line OF
said additions intersects the southerly
line of the right of way las it formerly
existed) to the old White Oaks railroad
thence in a portheasterly direction
along said south line of said old right
of way Of said White Oaks road and
parallel Herewith to he city limits OF
the city of Ell Peso, Texas.
Sec. 3. Beginning at point where
the easterly line of Campbell street
intersects the said Ninth street 6s
shown ON the map of Campbell's addi
ton to the city of Ell Paso, Texas:
thence southerly in curve to a point
where the north line OF Eleventh stree,
intersects Kansas street; thence south
erly over and along Kansas street to
the Rio Grande river, and south boun.
dairy line of said city of Ell Paso.
Sec. 4. Also, the right to build, con
struct and maintain all necessary
freight aud passeug ger depots, and switch
yards on reservations to be granted by
the owners of the property on Ninth
street. and between Eighth and Tenth
streets, and also lying between Ell Pase
On the east.
Sec. 5. The right of way and fran
chises herein granted, are upon the
following condition.: That said compa
nv shall commence the construction o.
its line OF road over the streets and the
alleys over which the right of way is
herein granted, within sixty (6O) days
from the passage OF this ordinance, aud
said work shall then be prosecuted con
tinuo lsly until completion as herein
prov ded for, and upon failure to com
mence or SO build the same as herein
provided, then this ordinance shall be
null and void, and said company shall
grade it's tracks SO as to con Orm to the
official grade AS established by the
city, as IL is now, or as it may hereaf-
ter be changed by said city: and soall
Keep the streets and lots crossed by
said road open at all times for the fires
passage of the public, except rs here.
lnbefore otherwise provided, and shall
maintsin good and sufficient plank
crossings over said streets and al
leys.
Sec. 6. This ordinance is to take eff
feet f rom and after it's passage and ap.
proval.
MIR. Burgess was Immediately asked
| for map of the proposed line, but he
and Mr.. Stevens SAID Cotton addition
had been changed SO OF late that
present maps obrainable would not
agreed that map sufficiently accurate
for all practical purposes could be pre-
pared as giving correct enough idea
of the location of the proposed road
within city limits.
MIR. Burgess was asked who were the
hackers Of his road. and he replied
that they were New York and Ell PasO
parties. The New York people were
w. B. Burkholtz, Felix Gottschalk,
Julius NJ. Ferguson. The Ell Paso
directors were II B. Stevens, Z. T.
White and G. F. Slack. The company
had just been Incorporated in Texas
for $40O 900 of which SAC, 900 had been
subscriber aad . per Can't paid in.
The road had been incorporated in
New Mexico for $1,000, 900, of which
$3.50 900 had been subscribed and 5
per cent paid in.
Mr.. Burgess was anxious to secure
action that night by the council, but
Judge Coluwell said it was not good
precedent TO establish to grant a ran
chise at the tim. of its presen tation,
although for himself he would be will
ing enough to Sc 1t Done in this Case.
So the matter was referred in the re-
gular order of business, and the coun-
Gil adjourned to meet Monday morning
to act The project has been kept
very quiet for business reasons; aad
| though predictions have been made
from time to time and up to very re-
cent date that dirt would soon be fly ing
on the long delayed Ell Paso line to
White Oaks, these predictions have
baen based on the movements or pro-
posed movements OF parties known to
be Interested in building the much de-
sired line, and not any know lege of the
last organization thai has now appear
ed for the first time and which is dis
tinct from any that has hitherto been
known.
DiaZ Oh the Dam.
In his message to the Mexican con-
or