The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28

Be it ordained by the Town Council of
the Town of Punta Gorda. Florida.
Section !. That there be and is hereby
eStdblIshed within Ut no said Town vg, public
Virginia Trabue Parkway upon the fol-
lowing tract of land, to wit: Beginning
at the southwest corner of Taylor Park,
as the same is shown on the original
Plat of the town Of Trabue (now the town
of Punta Gorda) as the same Is recorded
in Book ! at Page in the office Of the
County, Florida. and running from thence
southeasterly, at right angles with Ret
Ia Esplanade, sixty feet, to the souther-
ly line Of Retta Esplanade. thence south
made, to the easterly line of Berry street,
thence northwesterly. at right angles
with Retta Esplanade. one hundred and
alleil with Retta Esplanade, to the
westerly line of Harvey Park. thence
southerly ninety-five feet, to
to the southwest outtS corner of Harvey Park.
corner OF Harvey Park, thence north
westerly with the easterly line of said
park. ninety five feet, thence northwest
to the westerly line of Taylor Park,
thence southeasterly ninety-five feet to
the place Of beginning. An of said tract
o. land lying and being within the
Cross Park, Gill Park, McGregor Park,
Cross Park. McGresor Park. Chastsen
and Berry Park, and the highways i'm
mediately adjacent to said parks, to wit:
Retta Esplanade, Taylor St, Cross, Cross
st, Harvey St, Gill St, McGregor St.
and Chasteen st. All of which parks and
highways were dedicated to public use.
by Isaac Fl. Trabue in his plat of Ira
bue as the same is recorded in Plat Book
! at page ], in the office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court of DeSoto County, .Tlorl-
da; which dedication to public use Of spid
parks and highways was duly, and form
ally, accepted by the town of Punta Cor
da by an ordinance adopted on the elev-
enth day OF May, A, D.. 1888 which ac-
ceptance Is hereby ratified and confirm
SECTION 2. The tract of land incIud-
ed in the above described boundary is
hereby established as q public parkway
to be known and designated as Virginia
Trabue Park Way, and the same shall
be Immediately filled in to a grade cores
ponding TO adjacent streets.
Sidewalks are hereby established "a
round said parkway of n width. meaaur-
ed from curb line to the line of parkway
Berry street to Harvey Park and from
Harvey Park to Taylor Park said
SIDEWALKS d5 be .d shall be botb ten fett
s0Gth at s DG{h tRd
shall be sixteen feet wide. And all
sidewalks on streets crossing said park
way shall be sixteen feet wide.
DriVeways are hereby established adj
joining said sidewalks of width as fol-
lows, to-wit: Those adjoining sidewalks
that are sixteen feet wide shall be thirty
four feet in width, and all others shall be
thirty feet wide. Said driyeways shall
be improved by hard Surfacing with mari,
or other suitable road metal, and shall be
curbed on both sides with concrete curbs
not less than six inches in thickness and
sixteen inches deep.
The space between said drtveways
shall be devoted to lawns. or otherwise
improved and beautified as parks, walks
and driYeways.
The cost Of the above improvement shall
be paid by the Town of Punta Gorda and
thereafter said parkway shall be kept in
repair and be further improved in like
manner as other highways and public
grounds are improved and repaired, an
der statutes and ordinances now in force,
Dr that may hereafter be enacted.
SECTION 3. An ordinance establishing
Trabue Park yithin the Town Of Punta
iorda, Florida, providing for the depth of
same and the width of streets intersect-
ng said park, adopted the eighth day of
october, A. D., 1914, is hereby repealed.
SECTION A. This ordinance shall take
fleet, and be in force from and after its
passage and publication four successive
weeks in The Punta GOrda Herald.
Passed and ordained this Goth day of
ion by the Council Of the Town Of Psnta
iorda Florida
S. F. J. TRABUE. President of
S f. j. TRABUE
President of the Cosmcil
p. o. GAUTIER, Clerk
approved by me this Goth day of Janu8ry,
GEO. s. STORE. 2-akr.