Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30
AN ORDINANCE

Company to Erect, Build
and Maintain a New Iron
Bridge at the Site of Pres.
ent Wooden Bridge on
Clark Avenue over Said
Companies r. X. Tracks.
BE il or,'diUed by the CouncH Of
the CITY Of Nerjco, Missouri, as
fOUOWS:
|. For and in consideration of
the agreements, contracts and coy
enants heretofore made by and be-
tween the City of Mexico, Mis-.
souri,, of one part, and the Louis
lana and Missouri River X r.. Co. or
the Chicago 4 Alton Railroad
Company, or the Wabash Railroad
Company, on the other part; and
also for and in consideration of the
convenience, increased safety and
other benefits that will inure to the
City of Mexico, Missouri, and its
inhabitants from the erection and
maintenance of Il new and sufii-
Client iron bridge over the tracks
and yards of the Chicago 4 Alton
Railway Company and the Wabash
Railroad Company, at the site of
the present bridge on Clark Az
enue, i'll the City of Mexico, Mis-
souri,, as shown on and by the ele-
walton and plan of said bridge,
number D-32J9, now on file in the
Office of the City Clerk, the City of
Mexico hereby authorizes the Chi
cago Il Alton Railway Company
and the Wabash Railroad Com
pany to erect and build q new iron
bridge at the site of the present
wooden bridge over the tracks and
yards of the Chicago & Alton
Railway Company and the Wabash
Railroad Company; and the City
of Mexico hereby undertakes and
agrees to indemnify and save
harmless the Louisiana 4 Missouri
River Railroad Company and its
lessee, the Chicago & Alton Rail
road Company and its lessee, the
Chicago x Alton Railway Com
pany, and the Wabash Railroad
Company, from any and all DANA
ges, actual or exemplary, arising
from or growing out of the con-
StructiOn, erection, maintenance
or use of said bridge and the APP
prOaches thereto, other than to
employees engaged in construction
of same. And in consideration of
the erection and maintenance of
said bridge, the City of Mexico
further agrees and contracts with
said Companies that they may re-
move, utilize, and use the present
bridge, and that, so long as they,
or any of them, shall maintain
said bridge in a safe and proper
condition for traffic and travel
thereover, it will not open any
streets or grade crossings through
the yards, or over or across the
tracks of any of said Companies,
between Jefferson Street on the
East, and Western Avenue on the
West, in said City of Mexico.
,. That work on said bridge
shall be commenced within ten
days after the passage and APP
prevail of this ordinance by the
Mayor, and be completed, with the
approaches thereto, within a reas-
enable time thereafter; and when
completed, said Chicago 4 Alton
Railway Company and Wabash
Railroad Company, their success
ors and assigns, shall keep and
maintain the said bridge in good
repair at their own expense, but
the City of Mexico agrees to give
the said Railway and Railroad
Companies reasonable notice when
such repairs are necessary and re-
quired; but said bridge, after COM
pletion, shall be under the control
of said City of Mexico.
3. The Chicago and Alton
Railway Company and the Wabash
Railroad Company shall, within
thirty days after the passage and
approval of this ordinance by the
Mayor, file their written accept
ance of the terms and conditions
of this ordinance in the Office of
the City Clerk.
Passed, May p, 1901.
Approved, May ~, 1901.
SEAL. w. X. POTTS,
President of Council.
w. X. POTTS,