The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-24
A COOL PROPOSITION
Atlantic Coast Line Asks the City OF
0eaIa TO Make 1t Gift of
Three OF It's Streets

lantic Coast Line Railroad Company,
It's Successors ana Assigns, Certain
Rights, Franchises and Privileges on
and Over Parts of Certain Streets in
the City of Oea1a; and Closing and
Disseminating a Portion of Certain
Streets Crossing Osceola Street South
Iof South Third Street.
Whereas, the present freight depot
and yard facilities of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company in the
city of Ocala are not adequate to fully
meet the public convenience, or the
business of said company, and by
reason of restrictions resulting from
the present location of the freight de-
pot building Of said company the said
building cannot be enlarged so as to
meet the necessities of said company,
nor the public eonveniences; and recog-
nizing the justice of extending to said
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
it's successors and assigns, such reason
able privileges as the pursuit of their
business may require, at and near its
freight depot yards, not materially in
|confiict with the rights of private cfti-
zens, nor the rights of the public.
therefore, be it ordained by the mayor
and city council of the city of Oeala:
L. AL
Line Railroad Company, its successors
and assigns, be and they are hereby
granted the perpetual right. privilege
and franchise of constructing, operat-
ing and maintaining sidetraeks, spur
tracks, as in their judgment may be
reasonably requisite or useful in the
conduct of its business as common
carrier. across the portions of South
Civfb
South Seventh streets lying between
IOsceola and Main streets: the said
numbered streets extending east and
west, and the said Osceola street and
Main street, extending north and south.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of permit
ting of the construction of said tracks,
the operation and maintenance of the
same, and the running of steam loco
motives. trains and cars thereon, and
to afford greater facilities for the
maintenance of yards and freight de-
pot accommodations, it is further or
dained that the portion of all the said
streets running east and west and
south of South Third street, and lying
between Main and Osceola streets, ex-
cept South Fifth street which shall be
left open for public use, shall be clos
ed and discontinued and abandoned as
public streets or thoroughfares from
the date of the passage and acceptance
of this ordinance.
Sec. 8. The construction and main
tenance of said sidetracks, spurs and
team tracks across the said streets
running east and west, south of South
Third street, and between Main and
Osceola streets, may be according to
such grade as the officers and agents
of said railroad company may deem
most suitable, provided, however, the
same shall not materially interfere
with the grade crossing at South Third
street, and the crossing at South Fifth
street; and the said railroad company
shall, at its own expense, make the
approaches at said crossings to so con-
form to the track grade, when relaid,
as to render the same reasonably safe
and easy, leaving said streets at said
crossings and approaches thereto as
we'll macadamized or paved as at pres
ent
Sec. ?. said railroad company, it's
successors and assigns, are hereby en-
powered and authorized to perpetually
obstruct the portion of the said streets
so abandoned, and to erect, operate and
maintain freight depot and warehouse
building incident thereto, across the
closed portion of South Sixth and
South Seventh streets if so desired
and construct, operate and maintain
lperpetually its tracks over and across
said closed streets, in the operation of
| its trains, in the discharge of its duties
as a common carrier.
Sec. 5. In consideration of the
rights privileges and franchises here
| by granted, the said railroad company
! is to build a suitable freight depot in
/ the vicinity of its present freight depot
| in the city of Ocala, said building to
be not less than two hundred feet in
length, and forty feet in width. and
similar in plans to the brick freight
idepots recently heretofore constructed
and now being constructed by said
company at other points along its line
or lines of road, and when said new
structure shall be ready for use. the
old freight depot shall be abandoned
and removed from its present location
Said railroad company will also pro-
vide suitable crossings for it's tracks
where they cross Main street, said
crossing to be maintained in suitable
condition for vehicle travel
Sec. s. All the work contemplated
by this ordinance is to be begun with
in four months from the date of the
passage and approval of the same, and
to be completed as soon thereafter as
practicable, and if not SO begun al
rights shall cease and terminate.
Sec. Z. Be it further ordained that
the said railroad company, or its proper
representatives. shall be furnished
with a true copy of this ordinance duly
Terrified, which shall be a legal and
iproper conveyance of said above rights
privileges and franchises to said rail
road company, its successors and as.
Isigns.
Read and referred to the Judiciary
Icommittee Feb. 4, 1913.
i Returned without recommendation
C. NJ livingston.
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