The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-12-10
STREETS ARE VACATED
FOR The NORTH COAST
Granting Ordinance Much Amended
and Restricted Goes Thru. Depot
Located. Trains in Eeighteen
Months

The council met in regular ses.
sion after the votes were counted
tuesday night and the principal
business was the consideration
amendment and passage of the
North Coast vacation ordinance
The ordinance had been rewritten
by Attorney J. L. Sharpstein, adj
dltlonal counsel employed by the
town. The first section listed the
streets to be vacated as a portion of
Z street in the Garden Tracts
and the end of Columbia Avenue
on the north side Of the n. p. tracks
and all the alleys blocks five, six
and eleven in Beach's first addition
and such portions of Ash, Walnut
Adams, Jefferson and Madison
streets as fall within line drawn
fifty northerly and $50 southerly
from the centerline of the North
Coast right way as now staked
On section l Mr.. Bier desired to
keep Walnut street open to the east
limits of town in the interest of
prospective development where the
Leard orchard is now plated and
other property farther east but not
receiving support from other coun-
cilmen the amendment was drop
ped and Section l adopted. Sec
ton 2 which names the North Coast
as the grantee was adopted with
out delay. Section 8 grants right
to maintain main line and side
tracks across the streetsat the grade
set by the city and this was strength
|ened by binding them to main
tain their main line on this route.
Section provides that the North
Coast shall maintain arc lights Of
the same kind and capacity as the
other city lights on all the street
crossings. Section 5 requires the
company to build all ,conduits
necessary to convey waste and irri-
CATION water across their right-of-
way the work to be done as speci-
fed and to the satisfaction of the
city. Section s requires the grantee
Ito grade all streets at the intersec-
itions with their line to conform to
the city grade and place the street
crossings in condition satisfactory
to the town of kennewick and pre-
vents obstruction, of streets and
hindrancc to travel during time of
construction.
Section ! received considerable
attention and az finally adopted re-
quires the grantee to build its pas
senger depot, freight depot and
platforms of non-combustible ma
terials in conformity to the fire
ordinance of the town. The depots
must be located between Washing
ton and Monroe streets unless pre-
vented by State Railway Commits
sion and in any case if they are
not located there and kept there
the grantee must on demand restore
the streets to town and place them
i in shape for use by the public.
Section s provides that the North
Coast shall be in the place of an
abutting property owner and stand
one half the expense OF any local
street Improvements the cost OF
which is apportioned to the abut-
ting property owners. According
to Section 9 they must maintain
a private crossing at Madison street
so feet wide which shall not be
blocked by spotting car or by dead
trains and further in case said
Madison street opened and extend
ed across the Northern Pacific then
the North Coast agree to reopen
the street to public use and main
tain a public crossing.
The company are to permit water
| mains under their tracks when
properly put down under the dlrec-
tion of the,tow of Kennewiek and
such fire hydrants as are located IN
the streets and alleys vacated are
to he maintained and paid for by
1.-THE railway company.
/ C~oof onraaC tn man