The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
AN ORDINANCE


Granting to the Southern Railway Co
in MISSISSIPPI and the Wade-Hobbs
Hardwar re Co. right-of-way for q
switch track across johnson street
in the city of Greenwood, Miss.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the city of Green.
wood, MISSISSIPPI;
Sec 1. That the Wade Hobbs Hard
ware Co., a corporation Incorporated un-
der the laws of the State of Mississippi
domiciIed at Greenwood, Mississippi
and its assigns, and the Southern Rail
way Company in Mississippi be and are
hereby authorized and empowered to
lay aud maintain a railway track across
johnson street in the said city, at a
point beginning at the south side of the
said Southern Railway Company's right
of way about twenty (2O) feet from the
eastern boundary line of Main street in
the said city, to point near the north
ern boundary line of lot two ~ of block
three (3), of the Henry Addition to the
city of Greenwood, Mississippi, as
shown by blue print filed with the
clerk Of the Board, upon which lot, to-
gether with lot one, is located, or is to
be located, the warehouse of the, said
Wade-Hobbs Hardware Company. The
said Southern Railway Company and
the Wade Hobbs Hardware Company
are further empowered to maintain said
side track, and to operate, or have op-
Grated on same snch cars and locomo-
tives and trains as may be necessary or
proper for the conduct of the business
of the Wade Hobbs Hardware Company,
or its assigns, or of any business which
may hereafter be conducted on certain
premises now owned by Il. W. Millsaps.
and alongside of which the said track
will be laid, and for no other purposes;
and the said Southern Railway Com
pany and the Wade-Hobbs Hardware
Company are hereby granted right of
way to cross the said Johnson street for
the purpose above mentioned, and the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
said city of Greenwood, Mississippi, is
hereby authorized to give to the said
Southern Railway Company and the
Wade-Hobbs Hardware Company a
written instrument evideDcing the grant
herein contained upon the said Wade
Hobbs Hardware Co. presenting to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen deeds
from the abutting property owners, con-
veying to the said Wade-Hobbs Hard
ware Co. or the Southern Railway Co.
the right to cross the said Johnson
street in front of, or along their proper
ty, abutting on Johnson street, waving
all damages where said switch is to
cross.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that
the said tracks are to be laid, kept and
maintained on a level with the street
and the side walk, and the ties on the
said street are to be placed in the
ground below the level of the said
street and in crossing the side walk
along said Johnson street to the said
lots one aud two, the rails are to be on
level with the said side walk, and the
said ties are to be covered with con-
crete, so as not to interfere with the
use of said side walk as passage way,
and the said track, as to use, shall be
governed by all laws relating to cross
ings.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained that
for cause shown, being the present me-
cessity for the above mentioned right
of way, that this ordinance take effect
and be enforced from and after ts pas
sage.
Approved this 9Th dav Of July, 1909.
GID MONTJOY, Mayor.
Aldermen: Shute, Bell, Young, El!ing-
ton and Whit tington-voting yea.