Ord 1302 5/13/1940 b
ORDBANCE NOI. 13
CLOSING AND ABANDONING THAT PORTION OF -,vVASHINGTON STREET ADJACENT TO AND SEPARATING
BLOCKS THIRTY-FOUR AND FORTY-NINE OF THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE OF WICHITA FALLS., TEXAS.,
FROM THE EAST BOUNDARY LIM OF SCOTT STREET TO THE VEST BOUNDARY LINE OF THE FORT
I LT -OF-WAY; SAID PORTION OF VIASH31TGTON STREET
,7ORTH AND DENVER CITY RAILINAY CO ANY RIGHT
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,E PARTICULARLY HEREIN R DESCRIBED.* AND THE CLOSING AND ABA14DONING OF IN
UM s INTER
DIANA AVENUE FROM THE NORTH BOU14DARY L OF LINCOLN TREET TO THE SECTION OF
)E INE THE
INDIANA AVENUE WITH TIE � ST AND NORTH BOUNDARY L S OF , FORT 4ORTH AND DENVER
CITY RAIJ;t,11Ay COMPANY RIGHT-OF-WAY; SAID PORTION OF INDIANA STREET BEING MORE PARTI-
CULIMY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBEDq AND THE CLOSING AND ABANDONING THAT PART OF THE ALLEY
RUNNING THROUGH BLO(;K THIRTY-FOUR OF THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE OF WICHITA FALLSs TEXAS,
AND LYING NORTH OF THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF 'g.kSHINGTON STREET THROUGH BLOCK THIRTY-
I-OUR AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBEDt AND DECLARING AN EI%MRCENCY-
SECTION 1. Whereas,, the Board of Aldermen after an investigation of the
closing of a portion of Washington Street running between Blocks Forty-Nine and
Thirty-Four of the original townsite of Wichita Falls.. and of a portion of the alley
running ot , and of
, through Block Thirty-Four from the North side of Washing on Street
Indiana Avenue., lying adjacent to and East of Blocks Forty-Nixie and Sixty., Original
Townsite of Wichita Falls, Texasp and %yiA7 North of the North line of Lincoln Street,
deems it for the best interest of all concerned that the portions of the streets men-
tionedo and the alleys described, be closed and abandoned., and find that the rights of
the public will not be affected adversely.
NOW., THEREFOIT,., BE IT 01MADdED BY TN� DO�'aZD UF �,LDERE N OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS., TEXAS:
SECTION 2. That that portion of Washington Street and Indiana Avenue., and
of the alley to be closed and abandoned is described as f ollows., tO-wit:
STREET
WASHINQTQN STREET - Beginning at the Northwest corner of Block
Yo_i;E_j-Nine,# same being the intersection of Scott Street with
Washington Street; Thence in an easterly direction with the
North line of Block 49 to the intersection of the West line of
the right-of-ray of the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Com.-
paxW right-of-i�,ray; 'Thence in a Northwesterly direction of the
West line of said right-of-way to the North line of T.Vashin,:,'ton
Street; Thence West with the South line of Block 34 to the South-
east corner of Block 34, being a point in the intersection of
Washington Street and Scott Avenue; Thence in a Southerly direc-
tion with the East boundary line of Scott Street to the place of
beginning.
INDIAN& AVENUE - beginning at a point which is the Southeast
corner of Block 60; Thence in an Easterly direction along the
North line of Lincoln Street to the Southwest corner of Block 61;
Thence with the West line of Block 61 intersecting Caroline and
across Caroline Street with the East boundary line of Indiana
Avenue to the intersection of said street with the Fort Worth
and Denver City Railway Ccmpany right-of-way; Thence in a North-
westerly direction of the West boundary line of said right-of-way
to a point where said right-of-way intersects Block /+q; Thence
in a Southerly direction with the East boundary line of Block /+9
across Caroline Street., and intersects the Northeast corner of
Block 60; Thence in a southerly direction with the east line of
block 60 to the place of beginning.
ALLEY
BEGINNING at the Southeast of Lot 8., Block 31+; Thence East
with the North line of Washington Street across the alley;
Thence in a Northerly direction with the East line of the
alley to the intersection of the Fort Worth & Denver City
Railway Company right-of-way; Thence in a Northwesterly
direction with the West line of the said right-of-way to a
point where the Fort Worth & Demrer City Railway Company
crosses a portion of the West 1/2 of Block 34; Thence in a
Southerly direction along the East boundary line of the
West 1/2 of Block 31+ to the point of beginning.
The fact that the State Highway Department has fixed May 15., 1940., as
the last day for the City of Wichita Falls to acquire certain properties for high-
way purposes on Lincoln Street and the construction of the underpass thereon., and
that upon such failure the State and Federal funds may not be avail-able thereafter
for the construction of said underpass., and the further fact that it is necessary
to close the streets and alleys, above described, in order to acquire said right-
of-way., creates an emergency and the rule requiring the reading of ordinances on
three several days is hereby suspended and this ordinance is declared an emergency
ordinance and shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED., this the 13th day of May., A. D.., 1940.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLE1?X