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148 REVISED ORDINANiCES OF PADUCAH,
Paducah Iron 'Company.
P., T. & A. R. R. Co.
or that may hereafter b e established intersecting said Norton
street in the city of Paducah from the vrannd now owned by
the Paducah Lumber company on Third street to the New.
port News & Mississippi Valley railroad track at the west-
ern end of Norton street. Provided, &..at the work of con.
stn.eting the railroad be commenced within six months and
completed within two years.
2. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its
passage and publicaticn.
Adopted June 30, 1888.
IA'. II. PATTERSON, C. C. P.
Approved July, 31, 1888.
CHAS. REED, :Mayor.
P. T. & A. R. R. Co,
An ordinance authorizing the city of Paducah to sub-
scribe $roo,000 to the capital stock of the Paducah and Ten-
re;,ee Railroad company.
Whereas, on the 28th day of January, 1%o, the city
col-ncil of Paducah pa. -sed an ordinan -c, approved January
29th, 1888, of the same title as above, directing ti.at the city
of Paducah should subscribe $1oo,ouo to the capital stuck of
the Paducah and Tennessee Railroad company, with all the
cor di'ions therein ,expressed, among others that the said or
dinance should not gc into effect so as to be o:nding upon
said city, or said subscription be made until the same was
sulimitted to and sati,fiied by a majority of the qualified
voters ofsaid city voting at an electior cr.11ed and held
thereunder.
And, whereas an flection was called and held thereunder
on the are.. day of March, 1889, in said city of Paducah, and
by a large majority the proposition was carried to make said
subscription. Dut now, whereas, a similar question was sub-
mitted to a vote on the same day to subscribe $Go,000 to the
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capital srock of the Paducah, Hickman and Southern Rail-
road cmpany, which last proposition was also carried by a
large majority of the voters.
But now,, whereas, by reason of the acr of the Kentucky
legislature, passed in 1870, forbidding, as many contend, the
submission to a vote of the people twc such questions at the
same election.
And now, whereas, legal doubts have arisen since said
election as to the legality and validity of the same,therefore,
to remove all doubt upon the subject, the city council of Pa-
ducah passes this ordinance, hereinafter set forth, in lieu of
said original ordinance• ti.e purpose and intent being to en-
tirely supersede, annul and set aside said original ordinance,
and this ordinance hereinafter set _`Orth is to become binding
as an ordinance •.tpon the acceptance of the same by the Pa-
ducah and Tennessee Railroad company in writing, signed
by its president, and delivered to the mayor of. the city of
Paducah, containing therein a complete relinqui.hment of
all rights' which might be supposed to have accrued under
said original ordinanceand the vote of the people ratifying
the same, therefore,
Be it ordained by the council Of the city of Paducah in
the state of Kentucky
T. That the said city of. Paducah subscribe one hundred
thousand dollars to the capital stock of the Paducah and
Tennessee Railroad ccmpany, to he paid for in os�e hundred
bonds of said city, in the sum of one thousand dollars each
said bonds to be payable or the end of thirty years, and beat
interest at the rate of four per. cent per annum, payablt
semiannually,t-he principal and interest of said bonds to be
made payable at some banking house in said city; said
bonds to be isued under -'nd in accordance with the provi-
sions of an act of the lcg'slature of said state of Kentucky.
entitled "An act to amen.l the charter of Oe Paducah and
Tennessee Railroad company, approved March 8th, .1854.
and the amendments thereto approved March 5th, 1873,
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passed and approved February 25th, x888, and said bonds
to ba executed accordin g to the provisions of said act of the
legislature having coupons or interest warrants attached
thereto; and when said bonds are issued and delivered as
herein provided they are- to be received by said railroad com-
pany at par and in full paymentoP said subscription of one
hundred thousand dolla rs to the capital stock of said railroad
company; and said city agrees• annually thereafter, and from
time to time, tolevy and collect an ad valorem rax upon all
the taxable property of every character in said city of Padu-
cab, which is made taxable under •the general revenue law -
of said state of Kentucky,. in an amount sufficient to pay the
interest accruing on sa'd bonds as the same matures, and cc
ptovide for the paymert of the principal of said bonds at
maturity. Said railroad is to be built from irs terminus in
Paduca? by way of,the town of Murray, in Calloway county
and on to the state line
2. That said subwription-of stock be mtde on the fol•
lowing conditions, .viz : That said railroad company shall
within two years, from the first day of January, 1889,construM
its road as hereinzfter mentioned, so as coo earn said bonds
by compliance with 'tht fallowing terms and conditions, viz.
Said railroad should bt constructed as a well built steel rail
standard gauge railroad, so as to reach and form a connect -
tion with the Union dcpor, or with its own depot in said
city. And within the city limits of Paducah it may reach its
said depot either over its own tracks or tracks of other rail-
roads now or hereafrer to be constructed in said city. But of
all events, the tracks of other roads coming to its said de-
pot or depots, are not % o used, ei.t'her or any of them, for that
purpor•e, except in the curporate limits of Paducah,' or not
exceeding one-half mile therefrom. The said railroad com-
pany shall, within thirty days after the subscription of said
stock is made under this ordinance, commence work in good.
faith'on said road, and prosecuee the same until comple
tion,and within the time above stipulated. Unless the forego=
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ing terms and conditions are complied with, this ordinance
shall be null and void, in which case said city of Padu-
cah shall be ander no obligation to pay or deliver to said
railroad company any bonds whatever.
3. After .having been properly and legally execated, sair
one hundred bonds shsll be- paid over to said railroad com-
pany or its order by said mayor of said city, or by the par-
ty with .whom the same may be deposited in exchange for
said capital stock; thai is to say, upon the construction and
+ completion of, said raihnsd by the laying of the track there
of and the running of cars regularly thereon, connecting
with said Union depot, or it)s own depot; itusaid city, in the
way and manner as above provided, thence to a point upon
the south line of said s tate of Kentucky, then and thereupon
there shall be paid over and delivered to said railroad com-
pany or order all of said one hundred bonds. Said bonds
shall only bear interest from the date of delivery of said
bonds; and the date.of delivery of said bonds, said railroad
company shall deliver to the mayor of said city, for said
city, an amount of said capital stock equal to the bonds
then delivered.
4. This ordinance shall not go into effect so as to be
binding upon said city% or said subscription be made,until the
samr is submitted to and ratified by a majority of the quali-
fied voters of said city, voting at an election called and held
hereunder. .And for the purpose of ascertaining the will and
sense of said qualified. voters of said city upon such proposi-
tion, it is ordered that an election be held on the 8th day of
July, r8&1, in said city, of which election notice shall be giv-
en for the space of fift.en days .by the publication of this
ordinance by one insertion thereof each week in some weekly
or daily newspaper published in said city; that said election
be held as now provided L -y law, in the several wards and
voting places in said city, at which election each voter of -
faring to vote shall be asked if he is for or against the sub-
scription. to the capital stool: of the Paducah and Tennessr
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1'., T. & A. R. R. Co.
Railroad company, and his vote shail be recorded in accord-
itance with his answer. Said election shall be held, returns
made and the rtsult ascertained in the manner provided by
the general charter of said city in so far as the same is con-
sistent with and applicable to this kind of an election. In
the event of a majority of the qualified voters voting in fa-
vor of said subscription then said mayor shall proceed, upon
behalf of said city, to make said subscription of one hundred
thousand dollars to the capital stock of said Paducah and
Tennessee Railroad company, subject to the conditions
aforesaid; but in case Jhp subscription is not voted for
by a majority of the qualified voters of said city v6ting at
said election, then this ordinance shall be void and of no ef-
fect. Proof of the giving of the notice, as required to be
given of said election may be made by the certificate of the
awl.s,her of the newspaper so publishing this ordinance, of
such publication; which certificate shall t filed with and re-
corded by the city clerk, in the records of said city, and said
certificates so recorded, or a certified copy thereof, shall be
conclusive proof of the giving of said notice The said rail-
road company shall notify the said mayor of the acceptance
cf this ordinance within ten days after the passage of the
same.
g. Be it further ordained, and it is agreed by said rail-
road company, as a part of this ordinance, to remove all
doubt, that when said railroad shall be completed and opened
for regular traffic from Paducah to the outer boundary line
of the county of McCracken, then that part of said road
and property situated within the corporate limits of said city
I Hi be held to the same, and only the same, ad valorem tax-
aton for all city purposes, including the liability created by
this ordinance in the city, as the property of individuals lo-
cated in said city is subject, and no more and no less, to tax-
ation for all city {purposes and said railroad company further
agrees that it will, by the time its said road is opened for
traffic, construct in said city a good and subsontial depot, to
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be built of brick, iron or stone, or join with any other rail-.
toad company or companies in so doing; provided, however,
it shall be'competent for said railroad company to use and
run its trains into said Union depot in said city and transact
its passenger business thereat, and its freight business at its
own freight depot. And it is agreed and understood that
when the said railroad company shall construct its machine
shops, that the same shat' be located and constructed in the
city of Paducah, and shall in good faith operate and main-
tain the same in said city. And said Paducah and Tennessee
Railroad company covenants and birds itself, its successors
and assigns, unto the city of Paducah, in the sum of fifteen
thuusand dollars, to so locate, operate, construct and main-
tain within said city its principal machine shops.
6. Be it further ordained and agreed, as part of this or-
dinance, that when said railroad shall be completed from the
city of Paducah and in running order to the outer boundary
line of McCracken county, said railroad and property of said
railroad company situated in McCracken county shall be sub-
;ect to and shall pay the same rate of ad valorem taxation
for county purposes as the property of individuals situated
in said county, no more and no less. The assessment for tax-
ation for the first five years to be made by the county as-
sessor, a> other property is assessed, and after that as may be
prescribed by law.
7. This ordinance shall take effecc and be in force from
and after its passage.
Adopted June 17, 1889.
W. H. PATTERSON, C. C. P.
Approved June 17, 1889,
J. H. JOHNSON, Mayor.
An' ordinance granting the Paducah, Tennessee & Alaba-
ma Railroad company the right of way over Sixth street, be-
tween Norton and Jones street.
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Be it ordained by the council of the city of Paducah:
t. That there is hereby granted to the. Paducah, Ten -
'lessee & Alabama Railroad company, its successors and as-
signs, the right to build and maintain and operate two tracks
between Norton and Jones streets, over and across Sixth
street, necessary for the purposes of its road in connection
with its grounds at or in'the vicinity of its depot. Provided,
always, that said railroad company shall lay its tracks and
maintain the same in accordance with the grad-- of the street,
and will, at its own expense, lay between its tracks two good
two-inch oak plank and the same one foot in width on the
outside of every rail across the gravel portion of said street.
I And after the expiration of five years, in lieu of the plank
that said railroad com,)any is required to pave between its
rails and one foot on the outside of each rail with good
smooth limestone rock of proper depth, under the supervi-
sion of the city engineer, and so maintain and keep in re-
pair the same, and so lay its tracks, and maintain the same
as not to impede the free flow of water in the gutters of the
i street, and also will hereafter if required by the city coun-
cil, build and maintain, at its own expense, such character of
culverts at the gutters as the council may deem proper and
necessary and prescrite.
2. The city of Paducah reserves the right tohereafter
require by ordinance that said compsny, its successors or
t.ssigns, shall keep a flagman at said crossings, and this ordi-
nance shall take effect from its passage,
Adopted March 9, t89t.
W. H. PATTERSON, C. C. P.
Approved March g, iSgt.
J. H. JOHNSON, Mayor..
An ordinance granting the Paducah, Tennessee & Alaba-
tna Railroad company the right of way across certain streets
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Be it ordained by the council of the city of Paducah:
t. That the Paducah, Tennessee & Alabama Railroad com-
pany be, and it is hereby granted the right of way and fran-
chise to build and operate a single raiiroad track and incline
:oto the river across the following streets in said city, towit:
Beginning on and in connection with its track on Norton St.,
.at a point to be selected by it between Fourth and Third
streets, from thence running said track obliquely across the
+ northwest side of Norton street, to private property in rhe
direction of Third street, and across Third street near to its
present track across said street and in the direction of the
river to private property, thence through and across private
property to the margin of the river bank, thence obliquely
down the river bank gradually nearing the channel to a point
at or near the mouth of Tennessee street and thence across
the mouth of . Tennessee street, near the line of low
water mirk, in conformity all the way with the survey of the
engineer of said railroad company now exhibited to the caun-
pil and filed with the council clerk and made a part hereof.
But the same is, not intended to be any more than one line
of track and does not embracethe two right angle lanes on
Flat. But, of course, said .railroad company, so far as said
track passes through private property, will have to make its
own terms with, the,Qwnrrs J).y agreement or condemnation,
and the city does not undertake to grant any right of way
across the same, and provided further, that in granting said,
right of way -across Norton street and Third street, said
railroad company accepts the same upon the conditions that
said company will so lay its track as to be no obstruction to
the travel by vehicles or otherwise upon said streets. That
the railroad track shall conform to the grade of said streets
under the supervision and satisfaction of the city engineer.
Moreover, said railroad track shall be so laid as not to
obstruct the free flow of water in the gutters of said streets..,
That proper culverts of stone sfiall' be'inade at the crossings
of said gutters in sucirmanner and form at the cost of said
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company as the mayor and city engineer may deem neces-
sary and direct.
That said railroad company shall plank with two-
inch oak plank between the rails of its track and one foot on ne'.
the outside of each of said crossings in manner and form pre,
as the mayor and city engineer may deem necessary and di- Thi,
rect so as to make level and smooth crossing for the travel- gron-
rng public across said tracks, and the city council reserves the vey
right hereafter at any time to require said company to pave eng;'
with stone instead of plank at said crossings between said That
tracks and one foot wide on the outside of each, and pro- 'f not
vided further, that said company shall not at any time be al- corn
]owed to stop its trains or to allow them to stand in Third road
street, under a penalty of not less than $g nor more than $zo said
for each offense to be recovered before the Paducah city ]tern.
court, and that said company shall at all times in the future c
maintain and keep the same and said culverts in good repair
and condition, and that said railroad company shall keep and that
maintain a watchman or flagman at the crossing of Third Tat
street during the same hours of the day and under the same pany
penalty that the C. O. & S. W. R. R. Co., or N. N. & M. V. ton =
R. R. Co., are required by existing ordinances of the city at repai
their crossings named therein. This ordinance shall take ef- ill a,
fect from its passage and acceptance. laic]
Adopted August to, i8or. acd r
W. H. PATTERSON, C. C. P. shall
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An ordinance granting to the Paducah, Tennessee & AI- 1.7; -
abama Railroad company the right of way to change the lo- twin t-
cation of its present railroad track across Third street lead- ucnt
ing into the ground's of the Paducah Iron company. an(
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