The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-05-19
AN ORDINANCE

Bush & Randolph, Paramount.
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AN ORDINANCE,
Accepting from the Shreveport art
Red River Valley Railway Compan,
certain grounds, and defeating tn
same to public use, and granting t,
said company the right to close an,
occupy a portion OF Eighth street.
WHEREAS, The following communi
cation and proposition has been ad
dressed by the Shreveport and Rec
River Valley Railway Company Il
the Mayor and Council of the towr
OF Colfax, Louisiana, to-wit:
Shreveport. La, April 20, 1900.
To the Honorable Mayor and Town Council o
| tue Town OF Colfax, Louisiana
Gentlemen-On account Of the 10
cation of the line Of our railwa,
track through your City, it will bt
necessary FOR us to use a portion o
Eighth street for the erection of ouI
Depot building, necessary warehous
es, platforms and buildings. and fol
us to close that portion OF Eighth
street between the north line of '.B'
street and the south line of North
street. We therefore ask you to per.
init US to take possession of and use
all that portion of Eighth street. and
to close it and erect said necessary
buildings thereon.
In consideration thereof, we pro-
pose and agree to permit the open
Ing to public use all that portion OF
Block 81 lying west of the Shreveport
and Red River Valley hallway Com
pany's one hundred foot right OF
way, so long as we may make use OF
or possess as aforesaid the portion OF
Eighth street above described also,
to open to public use those portions
OF Blocks 81, 81 and 81 lying west OF
said right OF way and extending TO a
line beginnining at thenOrtheast cor
ner of Lot One Of Block 81. on the
south line of North street 1855 feet
from the intersection of said line OF
said street with the east line OF Sev-
enth street, and running thence with
a straight line to the southeast cor
ner OF Block 81. at the intersection OF
the north line of ''D'' or Main street
with the west line of Eighth street
said line crossing Blocks "a, 63 and 81.
as shown by the bl;.ck portion OF a
map attached hereto, and initiated
and signed by me for purposes of
Identification.
We would also ask that the Open-
ing OF said ground to the public aa
aforesaid shall he upon the condition
that none OF the trees now standing
upon said ground shall be DESTROYED,
and that your honorable town coun-
Gil shall take. all proper and necessa-
ry precaution to preserve said trees
from injury.
1t will be seen that the public will
suffer no Inconvenience by this ar
rangement. Very respectfully,
SHREVEPORT AND RED RIVER VALLEY
RAILROAD COMPANY
BY p. McILvRIED.
First Vice President.
Therefore, BE 1t ordained by the
Town Council of the town of COifax.
Louisiana. in legal session convened,
That the above and foregoing propo-
sition OF the Shreveport and Red Riy-
er Valley Railway Company I've and
the same is hereby accepted, and that
said railway company, its successors
Or assigns, shall he and and are here
by authorized to take possession ui
all that portion Of Eighth street "
ing and being between the north line
Df 'sB street and the south line OF
North street In said town, and to
close same up and erect thereon its
depot buildings, necessary platforms.
and other necessary
buildings; and that said portion OF
Eighth street be and the same is here
by transferred and dedicated to said
railway company, it's successors and
assigns, Tor such purposes.
Section 2. Be it further ordained.
That all those portions of Blocks 81.
Y, 63 and "a, described I'm the forego-
ng petition stnd proposition of the
and Red River Valley Rail-
way Company, be, and and the same
8 hereby accepted, and dedicated and
opened to public use, in the manner
and ON the terms and conditions sta
ted in said proposition of said rail-
way company, and that all proper
measures and action necessary for
the protection and preservation of
The trees growing thereon shall be
saken by the town marshal of the
Town of Colfax.
Section 3. Be 1t further ordained
md provided, That In ease it should
occur from any cause whichever by
he act of either party to the forego-
ng agreement, or by the judgment
II any court Of competent jurisdic-
ion, that said railway company
should he deprived Of the privilege OF |
losing and occupying said portion |
IF said Eighth street as hereinbefore
agreed to and provided, ORION using |
he same as therein provided and |
agreed, then this ordinance shall be- |
;ome null and void In all respects, aud |