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ORDINA!ICE No.v v
AN ORDINANC~ PROVIDING FOR ~ otE~NJ~o~3.-MfJ_B ..... LI,_C USE OF THAT PART OF AVE-
') NUE "A" BETWEEN THIRTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH STREETS IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF
J LUBBOCK, TEXAS AND FOR THE ESTABLISHl!ENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A GRADE CROSS-
ING OVER THE TRACKS OF THE PECOS AND NORTHERN TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY AND/OR
THE PANHANDLE AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY WHERE SAID AVENUE "A't CROSSES
S.liD RAILWAY TRACKS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1.
That there now exists in the City of Lubbock 1 Texas a public convenience
and necessity requiring that that part of Avenue "A" between Tbirteenth
and Sixteenth Streets in the Original Town or Lubbock, Texas be opened to
the public use as a street of the City of Lubbock, and that the part of
Avenue "A" which the public convenience and necessity now require be open-
ed to the general public is described by metes and bounds as follows:
Beginning at a ~int of the intersection of the east property
line of Avenue A," also the west property line of Block No.
One Hundred Ninety (190), Original Town of Lubbock6 with the
. south right-ot-way line ot the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Company; Thence north along the east property line of Avenue
"A" to its intersection with the north right-of-way line or
said railway company; Thence in a northwesterly direction along
the north right-of-way line or said railway company to its in-
tersection with the west property line of' said Avenue "A"; Thence
south along the west prope~ty line of Avenue "A" to its inter-
section with the south right-of-way line of said railway com-
pany; Thence in a southeasterly direction along the south right-
of-way line of said railway company to the place of beginning.
~t a grade crossing be established and maintained across the tracks
of the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway Company and/or tbe Panhandle and
Santa Fe Railway Company at the point where said Avenue "A" crosses said
railway tracks.
SECTION 2.
That that part of Avenue "A" in the City of Lubbock1 Texas described
in Section 1 of this Ordinance be opened to the public use as a street of'
said city and that all obstructions, except railway tracks, be removed
therefrom, and that the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway Company and/or the
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company be and they are required to open
said part of Avenue 11 A" as described in Section 1 of this Ordinance to
the public use as a street and remove all obstructions, except railway
tracks, therefrom, and to establish and maintain a grade crossing over
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said railway tracks at the point Where said Avenue "A," as opened by this
Ordinance, crosses the tracks of said railway companies, or either of them,
within----days trom the adoption ot this Ol'dinance.
That that part ot Avenue "Att described in Section 1 of this Ordinance,
when opened as a street, shall be graded by the Pecos and Northern Texas
Railway Company and/or the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company in such
a manner as to permit the passage over same of motor vehicles and horse-
drawn vehicles.
SECTION 3.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be
and they are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in f'ull force and effect f'rom
and after the date of ita passage as required by law.
Passed and approved this the __ 2_4_th ____ day of • September,
A. D. 1936.
A.D. 1936.