Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-20

II II SOUTHERN fAClrlO
RAILROAD COMPANY, A COR
PORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE
TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN
AND OPERATE A DRILL TRACK
ACROSS COMMERCIAL AVE-
NUE. AND SECOND STREET
AND A SPUR TRACK ACROSS
SECOND STREET IN THE CITY
OF Ell CENTRIC.
The City Council of the City oi
El Centre do ordain as follows:
SECTION /. That franchise
De and the same is hereby granted
to the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, its successors and as
signs, for term of fifty years, tC
maintain and operate
drill track across Commercial Ave-
nue. and Second Styeet and a spul
track across Second Street, in the
City of Ell Centro, described as fol
lows:
Drill track across Commercial
Avenue: Beginning at a point
in the northerly line of Com
mercial Avenue go feet wide)
distant East thereon 231 feet,
more or less, from the norther-
ly prolongation of the easterly
line of Third Street; thence
southeasterly, along curved
line concave northeasterly and
having a radius of 458.59 feet,
a distance of 118 feet, more or
less to a point in the southerly
line of said Commercial Avenue
distant East thereon 316 feet,
more or less, from the eaSterly
line of said Third Street.
Drill track across Second Street:
Beginning at a point in the
easterly line of Second Street
$50 feet wide) distant South
thereon $50 feet from the east
erly prolongation of the south
erly line of said Commercial
Avenue; thence West 2148 feet
to point; thence westerly
along a curved line, concave
northerly and having a radius
of 458.59 feet, a distance of 39
feet, more or less, to point in
the westerly line of said Second
Street, distant South thereon
lat feet, more or less, from the !.
southerly line of said CONNER
cial Avenue;
Spur track across Second Street:
Beginning at a point in the
eaSterly line of said Second
Street, distant South thereon
ITS feet, more or less, from the
easterly prolongation Of the
southerly line of said CONNER
cial Avenue; thence westerly
along a curved line concave
northerly and having radius
of 458.59 feet, a distance of 81
feet, more or less, to point in
the westerly line of said Second
Street, distant South thereon
165 feet, more Or less, from the
Southerly line of said CONNER
cial Avenue.
Reference is hereby made to thu
therefor and the maj
the same on file il
the office of the City Clerk of E
Centre for further particulars.
SECTION 2. That said tracks tt
be laid and operated under thi'
franchise shall be used for tht
transportation of freight only ant
not as main line Or part there
of. and shall be used for the re.
ceipt and delivery of freight ant
for the purpose of connecting ware
houses, manufactures, and othel
business industries and enterprise
with the main line of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company, it sue
cessors and assigns, in the City O.
Ell Centro.
SECTION 3. That the City of E
Centro, in making the grant of thi
franchise, expressly reserves thu
right to pave, macadamize, remov'
or sewer said street, or lay gas anC
water or other pipes therein, suci
work to be done SO as to injure th'
railroad as little as possible.
SECTION 4. That the cars upol
said railroad tracks shall not b'
allowed to stand upon the street in
in such manner as tt
unnecessarily obstruct the use o
said streets by vehicles or pedestri
ans.
SECTION 5. That said spur o.
side track shall be operated ant
subject to such regula
tions and conditions as may b,
prescribed from time to time by th'
Council of the City of Ell Centre.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shal
certify to the passage of this ordi
nance and shall cause the same II
be published once in the Imperia
Valley Press, a neSwpaper publish
ed in the City of Ell Centro.
Signed and approved this 16tl
day of December. 1886.
HERBERT w. FAWCETT,
ACTING MAYOR of the City of E
Centro.
ATTEST:
C. G. MOUSSEAU, City Clerk.
STATE OF CALIFORNIAN
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL )SS.
CITY OF Ell CENTRIC }
I, Cal G. Mousseau, City Clerk o
the City of Ell Centre, do hereb!
certify that the foregoing is a tru'
and correct copy Of ordinance dull.
passed and adopted on the 10th da.
of December, 1896, by the following
vote:
AYES: Eyer, Scriven, Sones
Fawcett.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Womack.
WITNESS my official signatur
and official seal of the City of E