0072 (East Coast Railway)ORDINANCE NO. 72
AN ORDINANCE GIVING AND GRANTING THE FLORIDA EAST COAST
`RAILWAY COMPANY THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT A LINE OF RAILWAY
,CROSS NORTH CURVE STREET, SOUTH PARK STREET, HIWASSEE
STREET AND HANCOCK STREET IN OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Okeechobee,.
,,,,Whereas, the Florida East Coast Railway Company proposes and
.s preparing to extend. its line of railroad south from the City of
Okeechobee, Florida to intersect with its main line at a port be-
tweeri Fort' Lauderdale, Florida and Miami, Florida; and
Whereas, said Company has made applicationto the City Council
Qf jthe City of Okeechobee, Florida for right 'and permission to con-
"etrnot its proposed extension across, upon and over certain streets
i? the Oity of Okeechobee, Florida; and
Whereas, the construction of said proposed extension will be
,beneficial to the City of Okeechobee, Florida and the inhabitants
thereof ;.:
NOW THEREFOR!,
,,BE.+IT ORDAINED by the Oity Council of the City. of Okeechobee,
tom I-.That the Florda.aet .Coast Railway Cc+rnpany be
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and 'is hereby given and granted the right and privilege, in consi;d-
eratiou of the benefits to ,.be derived by said City of Okeechobee,
Florida, and its inhabitants thereof by the constuction of the 'pro-
posed extension, and the further consideration set forth in Section
two of this ordinance, the right and privilege to oohstruct, operate'
and maintain its line of railway upon, over and across the follow-
ing named and described streets in said City, as mentioned below A.
to-Wit:
North Curve.Street from the intersection.of.tbe center
line of the..,extension with the south line of said Street
ato the South line of South Park Street: South'Park Street.
between Cherokee and Hiwassee,,-Streets: Hiwassee Street
between North Park and South Park Streets: and Hancock
Street south
of North Park Street.
,Section 4. The rightts and: privileges given and granted
the:lsaid Florida East OoastRailwayCompany in Section One
of. this Ordinance are subjedst always to the following condition
and stipulation; that all such crossings, interseotioniv etc.,
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as ,:set °out in _Section One of this Ordinance shall *constructed 0,;
and maintained by the said _Florida East Coast Railway., Company,
said oonstnuotion to m' d tk the approval of the Street Com-
time
,_suttee of the City of Okeechobee, and to fromf to time be made sutt-
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able '. to whatever paving the said City may do on the aforesaid
treets.
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,Section III -} Ail ordinano ?a and, parts ; of ordinances. in cony t
flint .ith the provisions "hereof, be and they are hereby 'repealed;
Section: IV- This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage
and approval by 'the Mayor or upon its, passage over the Mayor's
Passedbat a regular mum session of the City. Council of.the.
City.' of Okeechobee, Florida, on :this 9th *day of November A. D.; 1923; ,
Attest: .,
R. P. Fletcher
City Clerk.
City Seal
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,President City Council
pproved by, me this ,.9th day of" November A. D. 1923.