Ordinance No. 313
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A11 ordinance granting to the Southern Pncific Company, the
:r:ig:ht, privil~ge p,nd permission to J~ and oonst:!,1_1ct .. r..i..lroad BlJur
vr~ck in the City o~ Vernon.
The .Boa.rd of Trustees of' the Ci tj' of Verncn do ord~in as
follows:
Seotion 1. 1'h~_t t.he rj.gllt, privile::;e and permlsaion 'be,
;and the game is h~reby granted to tbe SouttJ.ern Pacific Ra11J'oP.d
Camp [inY.l "" c0r,;,Jo:ration, its S:Ucce'isors and ;;u~9ign8) to l..~r I construct
tlo.intain and operate a. railro':.id 2pur track on Alameda. Stl'e<,;t, in the
City of Vernon, County of Lo~ Angeles! State of Californi~, bet~een
the point9 hereinafter deecri~ed to wlt:-
Deginl1ing at a !,Joint in South~rn Paoific Company fa San Pedro :BrMch
ED.sto'":I"ly right of way line, said point being disto:..nt 23 feet more ar
less me'o.i.fillred eoutherl~;r ...long said riglJt of' way frolll its intersection
with the southerly lin~ of 51~t Street produced weeterlY; thence south~
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e;>,et~rlJr through the latter p..rt of .. number 9 s,vitch a distQJ1ce of
54 feet, more or lese) :'0 a point in Alameda Stree-t; thence aouth-
easterly along a curved llne coneetve to the left having a rudiu8 of
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260.53 feet a dietance of 31 feet more or less to a point in the
easterly line af Alameda Street, said point being distant III feet
m.ore ar less, meafluTt'Jd southerly along said easterlY line of Alar1eda
Street from its intersection with the southerly line of 51st Stre~t.
seotion 2. Tl1...t the e:pur track whioh m~ be laid ~nd
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constructed under the privilege hereby granted sha.ll oorrespond
tm the official grade of the street aoross or along which it mil:.y
b. placed I as now esta1.Jlished by Said City of Vernon; the topa of
the r~ils to be fl'tsh \vith th~ surrounding surf3.ce of the street
and. in the eVf'nt such strel;"t ahall be gr&.ded, paved or ot1.0rwise im-
proved u.nder the autboJ'ity of flaid City of Vernon, then such spur
track over or upon stich street and the around. for ~ distance of two
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feet on each side th~reof', ,h....ll be b;' q;ril.nte~, or its a~f'ligna r.lade
to conform to s:tid grade, and sh&J..J.1~ be so m:.lin t".ined by said grlin tee,
ite e".looe:asors or aS9igns, with the tops of ~:dd Tails flueh with
the 2urface of said street.
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Section 3. 'i'he right, l)rivilege and permj Rsion hereby
granted shall be exercised ...no. enjoyed Iu.bjat to the following
condi ti:ma.
1st: That no caTS or locomotives shall be pend tted at any time
to stand upon the f:3treete OccuIJied by E'c'.id spur tr..ck excegt d:lring
the time a.ctuallY employed in awi tchine, lObldim; or unlof:Ldlng c:;(.rs
pla.ced thereon>> ..no. t:r~..t said spur tro;.cl-c shall ~,t ~.11 times be used
90 as to obstr;.lct the use of said streett!l 9.nd alleys by vehicles
or p_6sengers as little ...s possible consiutent with the uses for which
said ~};ur tr~ck is to be con13tr'..l.cted.
2nd: That Sli.id gra...ntee, i te successors :ind aSSit-rD8, ehOA11 con-
struct all n..esaary flumee and culv\!"rte for the paScl;ii;);e of wat~r
undtr e:dd tr_.cl: whenever or wherever necesf:lary. and. that all s\.~ch
flumes or culverta shall be construoted in acoord~~ce with thepl~n8
~nd specifications therefor, 4pproved by the City Engine~r of the
City of Vernon.
3rd: Th.t 8Rid grantee, its suoeeasors and aBsip'n~1 will 21ank
imd re:plank, gr4!vel and regr~,vel, p..we and rcp...v, all port.ianli of the:
'Btre~t occupied by said spur tr..ck, and for a die:tance o:f ";wo (2)
feet on eiol.ch "ide thereof with the sam., material and under the f'I'Jllle
8p~cifications and in the same manner ;..5 sa.id streets and E.J....
leya are now, or amy l1ereaftl~r "he planked or r""planked, graveled or
regraveled" pav~d or repaved, ilud that all such work shall -be done
under the instructione of J ~.nd to t.r!e satisfaction of the .bQ:ard of
Trustees of the City of Vernon.
4th: Tl1'lt any neglect, fil_ilure or refusal on the :part of the
grantee, its successors lii.nd lii.fl.9'lgns, to observe or comply with any
of the terms or conditione in this ordin.ulce contains sh.II effect
0. forfeiture of the right, :privilege and permission hereby grwted,
and the said City, by its Board of TruBte~:1J ....1lil.J, tlH!re'~pon declare
such rightfl and ;privileces forfeited, und my exclude Baid p,!'ante~,
its succeseor~ and ~~9ign8, from any further use of the ~treetB and
~.lJ eys occupied by said spur tra.ck, and the grant hereby made shall
thereupon "hecQme and rem...in null, void and of no ~ffect.
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5th: Th:J.t the City of Vl"rnon e:x::;':r~6Bly reser'ves the rigl"t to
pave, maoadamize, sewer, or repave, remao~dami~~ or resewer 5~id
street acr036 which tlle: right to construct said railroad spur trp.ck
is ho=~by granted, :And to pay gaB, watt:r and oth~r pipes ther~inJ
such \'fork to be done so as to injure said railrCp.d as litHe as
poe-sible.
section 4. That said railro...d company shall ;I,t the tiLe s..id
spur traok is oonstructed, construct a crossing acrose, in and. along
~aid Alameda Street ~t the place of crossing extending two feet from
the rails, the sa,me clans of pavement as the rest of the stre~~t, ~o
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as to make good and sufficient crossing for teams and wagons, ~nd
it o.nd its sucoeesors and aS8igna ah;dl at ~,ll t!Y:1es while I:;u,id spur
tr8ck is maintained, m~intain ~aid oroeeing in like good manner and
failing therein the said Ci t:~ of Vernon 8h~] 1 have thl!' right to
constr-J.ct EH::l.id. crossing and main tain the same, wd sli'.1d railroad
company, its eucceSBore or Qssigns, shall pay to the City whatever
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amount it sh~ll h~ve expended to BaCh construction and mainten.nce.
Section 5. The City Clerk ~h-.ll certify to the ,pasBiI.ge of
this ordinance, and 8h~11 cause the spme to be printed and palted
aB required by law.
I nereby certify th~t the foregoing ordin~nce W~~ ~dopted
by the Board of ~ru8tees of the City of Vernon at a regul~r meeting
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thereof', hold on tne l-o dll,)' o~, by th. follo~ing vote.
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Absent: Trustees
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