The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-17
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DEMANDS FOR
THE NEW DEPOT
ORDINANCE WHICH HAS BEEN IN.
PRODUCED IN THE CITY coUN-
GIL PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONAL
TRACK PRIVILEGES AND THE
CLOSING OF STREETS.

: The ordinance which has been intro
9uced in the city council is printed be-
low this morning for information. 1t
grants to the Louisville & Nashville
additional track privileges on several
streets approaching the proposed new
depot building, and also gives the com
pany the right to close up many
streets east of the railway shops to the
bayou. The company proposes laying
about forty-four tracks in the space,
provided the city makes the grants.
The ordinance follows:
proposed Ordinance No. 36.)
AN ORDINANCE
To be entitled: An Ordinance Granting
Certain Street Privileges to the Louis
Vile and Nashville Railroad Company.
Section l. That the Louisville g.
Nashville Railroad Company, a corpora
ton, its successors and assigns, is hereby
granted the privilege of constructing and
maintaining new and additional railroad
tracks, sidiRgs and connections, over and
across and upon the following streets, to-
wit: On Wright street between Hayne
and the East Line Of Alcaniz Street, and
on Wright Street between Ninth Avenue
and Fifteenth Avenue; across AlcaniZ
Street, between Wright Street and Greg
DRY Street; Across Cevallos Street Ninth
Avenue, Tenth Avenue, Eleventh Avenue
Twelfth Avenue, Thirteenth Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue, Fifteenth Avenue,
Sixteenth Avenue and Seventeenth Ave
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Streets; across Heinberg Street, between
Ninth and Tenth Avenues, and down
Tenth Avenue to a point between Helm
berg and Gregory Streets; On Heinberg
Street between Tenth and Eleventh Ave
nues; said tracks being indicated by solid
white lines on plat hereto attached as
a part hereof.
Sec. 2. That Wright Street between
Tenth and Fourteenth Avenues, Eleventh,
Twelfth and Thirteent Avenues between
Belmont Street and Heinberg Street. and
Avenues between Wright Street and
Heinberg Street are hereby declared va
Gated; and ii shall be unlawful for any
person to use said portions Of said streets
for traffic not connected with the opera
ton Of said railroad company.
Sec. ,. That the City Of Pensacola,
in granting said rights, privileges and
franchises herein mentioned shall be held
only TO grant such as II has the power to
grant. and not as warTantinE the same
or subjeCting itself to any damage or la
bllty whatever that may occur by reason
Of granting the same. and the said gran
ing the franchise granted by this Ordi-
nance. shall thereby bind themselves 10
release the City Of Pensacola from any
liability for any damages to them what
ever OCcasioned OF arising by reason Of
the adoption of this Ordinance or by rea-
son of the exercise of enjoyment Of any
rights privileges and franchises which are
hereby granted. and they shall thereby
bind themselves to indemnify the City Of
Pensacola against any and all liability
to which il may he subjected thereby
Sec. 4. The tracks Of the said railroad
in all Of the streets above mentioned shall
be laid and maintained upon the grade
designated therefor by the City authort-
ties, except that where no grade therefor
shall have been esta blished by the City
authorities prior to he construction Of the
said roadbed, said grantee. Its successors
and assigns. shall have the right to con-
form as nearly as practicable to the
natural grade of the land, but in all cases
the railroad bed and tracks shall be made
to conform TO the grade from time to
time thereafter established therefor by |
the City authorities.
Sec. ). That the said grantee, its sue |
cessors and assigns, shall keep and main |
tain on Wright Street, between Hayne |
and Alcaniz Streets. and on Tenth Ave |
nue., Heinberg Street and Fourteenth |
Avenue, between its said tracks, and for |
eighteen G8) inches on either SIDE thereof; |
in the same condition as the City shall |
keep or require to be kept the same |
streets adjacent TO the parts occupied by 1
the said tracks, and snail construct and |
maintain all necessary intersecttng street !
crossings over said road bed and tracks, |
and whenever the City or abutting prop |
erty owners on any OF the said streets |
shall improve, grade or pave any street |
or mart Of street upon which sai ID grantee, !
its successors OF assigns, shall construct |
their said tracks, or any part thereof, the |
said grantee, its successors and assigns, |
shall, at the same time, or upon notice |
given By the proper City authorities, i'm |
prove. grade or pave the space betw en- 1
their rails and tracks and for eighteen |
Gs) inches on each side thereof in the /
same manner and with the same material /
as Is used IN improving, grading, or paw |
ing the remainder Of said street adjacent |
10 the said rails and tracks, and shall |
maintain the same in good order and con- /
ditiou 10 the satisfaction Of the proper /
CITY authorities in accordance with the /
terms OF the Charter or Ordinances Of /
the City Of Pensacola.
Sec. S. The grantee shall be allowed /
thirty C30) days from the passage Of this |
Ordinance within which to file a written
acceptance Of the same, in the Office Of