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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Special - 2/27/1923February 27th, 1923 The City Commission met in Special Session with the follOving present: Mayor, Percy Spencer, Commissioners H.J.Love, Geo.C.VV'olffarth, J.O.Jones and W.S.Posey, R.A.Sowder, City Attorney. Rosco l"uilson was before the City Commission with the following Ordinance. which was read and ordered pass ed by a unanimous vote of the City Commission. ORDINANCE NO 222. AN ORDINANCE GRANTIIJG TO THE PECOS AND NORTHERN TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY SECTION 1: There is hereby granted to tie Pecos and Northern S Texas Railwa t;om an and t th Li h y p y o e an anAl DBB e and Santa Le Aaiiway company as the lessee of the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway Company, the franchise, right and privilege of going into, upon, along and across "D", "O", "B", Ninth, signtn, Seventh,, ditth and Fifth Streets in the city Limits of the city of Lubbock, Tex, for the purpose of excavating, putting down, constructing, repair• ,ay ing and maintaining a drainage, sludge and sewer Line, with all nd proper and reasonably necessary manholes, for the purpose of y carrying the sludge and sewerage from the treating; plant of said 9 companies, a follows: Beginning at a point on the easterlyer prop- erty line of said railway company about ten feet southerly from tr of intersection of the west Line of "D" Street with such property s, line; thence northerly along "D" Street cro ssin Ninth add .eighth Streets, for a distance of about d53 feet to a point in the center iy of "D" Street, where a manhole may be constructed; tnence continu- 'eet ing north along the center of "D" Street crossing Seventh and Sixti 5tteets, about ?50 feet to a point intersection of the center line of "D" and Fifth Streets, where a second manhole may be constructed ing thence east along the center line of Fifth Street,cwossing "C" Stre and continuing about 700 feet to a point the intersection of the center lines of Fifth and "B" Streets; and thence North, 45. degree 19 east to the southwest corner of Block 15, as snown by the map and plat of the city of Lubbock. _ _ k Section 2; In~making the necessary excavations for �vutti . strutting such sludge and drainage line with the necessary man-holescand other required appurtenances, the said companies shall proceed in such way and manner as to interfere as little as possible with public use of such streets and shall so finish said work as toleave the vsurfaccethe of the streets as neatly in like good conditions as before being disturbed as reasonably can be; and all manholes so constructed shall be by said companies so covered and protected and kept covered and protected as -to prevent accidents to travel along and upon said streets and damages resulting therefnIDm. Section 3: That an emergency exists and this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, as os provided in and by the charter of the City of Lubbock. Attest: J.R.Germany. Secretary. Approved this the 27 day of February 1923. Percy Spencer,, Mayor.